butter LONDON Eventfull Swatches! Part 2!

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Today we have the other half of the butter LONDON Eventfull 6 piece set that I purchased before Christmas to share today!

Keep Clam is the main reason I purchased this whole set, if I'm being honest. I love love these types of rusty, orangey, sort of "ugly" colors! This was 2 perfectly lovely coats.

Royal Appointment is a dark taupey brown. This was 2 coats with a few areas dabbed with a little extra polish. Not quite a 3rd coat, but worth mentioning.

Cool Britannia is a deep navy creme. This looks pretty much black on the nails, lol. But it's a pretty polish and dries very shiny.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

butter LONDON EventFull Swatches!

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I purchased the 6 piece butter LONDON Eventfull set before Christmas and am just now getting around to swatching these. Since I'm not a fan of overly saturated posts with pictures, I broke this up into 2 posts, with 3 polishes in each post.

Warm Fuzzies is a taupe creme. This had a really nice formula, covering in 2 coats. All of these polishes did dry very shiny, as well! I've not tried the Patent Shine line before but they seem to live up to the "shine" name.

Mum's the Word is a peachy mauve. This covered in 2 coats, as well. This tone of color isn't my very favorite for my skin tone but otherwise the polish itself was fine.

Scrumptious is a berry creme. This needed 3 coats.

Stay tuned for the other half!

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Amanda

Virago Varnish 77 Collection

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I have 5 of the polishes from the Virago Varnish 77 Collection today. This came out in the fall but I was as per usual slacking and just got around to swatching these.

The Hustle is an orange terracotta creme polish. It's one of those "ugly pretty" colors that I love so much. This is pure 70's awesome decor rust brown orange awesomeness. This is 1 coat. Yep. 1 coat.

12 Inch Single is  a dark merlot creme polish. Another really great formula and another one coater!!

The Bus Stop is mossy green creme. And not to sound like a broken record (haha, get it?), this had another fantastic formula and covered in 1 coat.

Disco King is a blue jelly with holographic glitter. This built up nicely in 2 coats.

Disco Diva is a brown jelly with holographic glitter. 2 coats for opacity on this baby, too.

Some of these colors are still available on the site. Did you grab any from this collection? Have you tried Virago Varnish before? From what I've tried, they have the 1 coat creme formula on lock! So good!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

KL Polish Swatches!

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I have swatches of 5 of the 6 polishes from the KL Polish inaugural release.  I didn't purchase Snickerdoodle because I just didn't think I would wear that color very often but the rest looked perfect for me :)

One thing I will mention about these polishes actually has to do with the brush. The brush is very short and a wide paddle brush. At first, I really didn't care for it but once I applied a coat or two and got used to the feel of the short brush and wand, it wasn't a problem at all. I generally prefer a paddle brush so that was no issue for me.

Oh, and all of these polishes dry really really shiny!

Zoey is a rosy mauve creme. A nice formula on this polish, almost opaque in 1 coat but it needed 2 for complete coverage.

Caramello is a mustard creme. This is the star of the show for me. I love this sort of ugly pretty color and don't have anything exactly like this in my collection. Another 2 coater, good formula.

Brick Sidewalk is a brick red creme. Another great formula, and opaque in 2 coats.

Gumption! is a navy blue creme... almost a crelly type of formula. This was still opaque in 2 coats despite being a jelly/crellyish formula.

Broccoli & Chocolate is deep brown. This was a little bit thin and needed 3 coats.

Have you tried KL Polish yet? These colors aren't terribly unique, with the exception of Caramello but the collection is nice and the formulas and polishes are nice to wear. I was pleased with these for a first collection and would definitely purchase from the brand again!

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Amanda

Glisten & Glow Mittens & Mountaineering

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While I was doing some Christmas shopping, I had to snag this beauty for myself: Glisten & Glow's Mittens and Mountaineering. You should know by now that I love a good brown polish and this is just a divine brown creme. It had a superb formula and covered in 2 coats. I intended to add some glitter over this but it was too pretty so I left it as is.

Do you like brown polish??

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Amanda

butter LONDON Ruby Murray

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I have a quick post today, to show off the polish that came in the December BoxyCharm. This is butter LONDON's Ruby Murray, a beautiful oxblood creme (It wasn't intentional to show two oxblood polishes back to back... LOL!) This was 2 coats!

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Amanda

Bonita Holiday Swatches

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Today I have 3 of the 6 colors from the Bonita Colors Holiday collection. I really love Bonita polishes that I've tried in the past and was curious about these colors. Why they aren't completely unique, they are pretty and they all have great formulas AND since they are Bonita, they are very affordable!

Fast Lane is a dark green creme. I love green, you know, and this is no different. 2 coats!

The Hot List is a bright red creme, almost a crelly finish. This was 3 coats.

Finally, Masked Damsel, a rich brown shimmer. This was 2 coats.

Have you tried Bonita Colors yet? What are you favorites?

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Amanda

Fingerpaints I'm So Enameled By You

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A few weeks back, Sally Beauty Supply sent out a coupon offering a free Fingerpaints polish, with no purchase recquired so obviously I needed to go get a free polish, lol.

I picked out I'm So Enameled By You, a pink, gold, and holo hex glitter. I used it as a topper over KBShimmer Low and Be Bold. I used one coat and then blobbed a few extra glitters on, plus topcoat.

Did you get the free Fingerpaints coupon? Did you take advantage?? What did you get?

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Amanda

KBShimmer Swatches

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I was going through my helmers the other day and realized that I have sooooo many untrieds that are not new or possibly even still available for purchase. But I have to blog them so I hope no one minds!

I started with KBShimmer and I have two from that brand to share with you today. First is Sarong Place, Sarong Time, a beautiful orchid creme. This was 2 coats.

Low and Be Bold is a dark blue crelly. This was 3 coats.

KBShimmer can pretty much do no wrong in my experience. What are your favorite KBShimmer creme polishes?

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Amanda

Zoya Urban Grunge Collection - My Picks! Plus A Giveaway!

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I absolutely loved the Zoya Urban Grunge collection for Fall this year but I was super good and only bought a few polishes during the Zoya Trade In promo (essentially only paying for three polishes). These are all amazing so let's just get to it.

August is a slate gray creme. This is probably a one coater except that I had the tiniest patch that I needed to level out so I just did two coats on all of the nails, lol. AMAZING formula. Seriously.

Mallory is a deep cobalt blue creme. Clearly this was essential for me to own, as I own nothing like this.... heehee. Okay fine. But I love this color!

Wyatt is a deep hunter green creme. This was 1 coat. Amazing formula. Dead. Dying. Done.

Alicia is a silver holo with a touch of gold holographic glitter. This looks rather generic in the bottle but it's truly stunning on the nail. This was 2 coats.

Finley is a deep royal purple with Zoya's tried and true scattered holo formula. I LOVE this shade of purple. It is so rich and royal and just... ughhhh so pretty! This was 2 coats.

And then OBVIOUSLY there is Merida. Like... there are no words. This is amazing. It's stunning. Glorious. Rich. Luxe. FREAKING AMAZING. Just go buy it immediately.

What are your favorites from this collection? Did you pick up any??

Now for the giveaway! It isn't directly related to this post but I just couldn't really wait to post the link so I added it to today's draft lol!

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Amanda

Wet n Wild Lettuce Be Friends

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To round out Wet n Wild week, I have Lettuce Be Friends from the Summer Sizzle 2016 collection.

This is more of a minty green than a lettuce green but either way... I like it. 2 coats with a nice formula.

I've said it multiple times but the Wet n Wild Megalast polishes are some of my very favorite from the drugstore. They have great formulas and are very consistent.

Rite Aid is running a 25% off sale with your Plenti Card and free shipping on orders over $34.99 through 10/8/16. Use code OCT25.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Wet n Wild Split Pea Soup

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I have another Summer Sizzle Wet n Wild polish to share with you today! This is Split Pea Soup, and I mean, what else is there to say about this color other than it's perfectly split pea soup colored.

I used 2 coats; the formula was great and it covered evenly.

I did want to mention that I bought these at Rite Aid and right now, Rite Aid is having a 25% off sale with your Plenti Points card plus free shipping on all orders over $34.99 through 10/8/16. Just use code OCT25. This is an affiliate link, by the way, but it's also just a really great deal even if you don't use this little linky poo right here :)

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Amanda

Color Club Sunrise Canyon

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Today's Color Club polish is Sunrise Canyon, a limey yellow green creme. This was a bit thin and needed 3 coats but otherwise had a nice formula.

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Amanda

Color Club Almost Famous

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Apparently this week is Color Club week! LOL! I have another Color Club creme to show you today.

This is Almost Famous and you should know by now that I love yellow. However, this yellow... oy. It was kind of a mess. Very thick and because of that, covered in two coats but I had to redo my index finger several times to level out the polish and as you can see, it didn't really do that well.

This is still a beautiful color, though, despite it's rather unfortunate formula.

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Amanda

Color Club East Austin

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Today's NOTD is Color Club East Austin, a bright neon peach. This was three coats and the formula was a bit thick and definitely not the easiest to work with but I mean.. look at the color!! It's so bright!!

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Amanda

China Glaze Rebel Collection Fall 2016

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The China Glaze Fall 2016 collection is called Rebel and has some beauties to offer us. There are 12 polishes so I'm going to be short and sweet with this post.

Dope Taupe is a taupe creme. I like colors like this a lot lately. Maybe I'm getting old, lol. This was 2 coats.

Fresh Prince-es is a pale pink, which seems sort of odd in a fall collection but maybe that's part of the Rebel theme, ha. This was pretty thin and needed 3 coats.

Purple Fiction is a beautiful magenta shimmer. This was 2 perfectly lovely coats.

Teen Spirit is a midnight blurple glitter in a dark base. This was 2 coats with another nice formula.

Don't Mesh With Me over Teen Spirit, and Jagged Little Teal. Don't Mesh with Me is a blue and purple shimmer topper. 1 coat over Teen Spirit and 1 coat over Jagged Little Teal.

Ya'll Red-y For This is a glowy red with shimmer. This was sort of a surprise favorite but this was also just one coat!

Pearl Jammin' is definitely one of my favorites. This is a light blue with a fiery orange shimmer. You can use this as a topper or on its own, which I did here in 3 coats.

Holo At Ya Girl is meant to be a topper and I didn't quite realize that until I was 3 coats into this swatch lol. So it can be built up but even at 3 coats, this was not completely opaque.

Jagged Little Teal is a deep teal creme. Not terribly unique but I always love colors like this because I'm a sucker for blues. This was 2 coats, with a great formula.

Blue-Ya is a dark blue with green fleck shimmer. Another great formula, and 2 coats.

Heroine Chic is a charcoal gray with red micro shimmer. A bit thin and needed 3 coats.

Combat Blue-Ts. Oh. Mah. Gosh. This.. This is just amazing. A dark cobalt matte blue. This is one coat. Yes. One. Coat. The formula is a bit thick and you do need to work quickly to get even coverage but holy moly. I did add topcoat after this but I cannot seem to find that picture.... sooo... whoops. Trust me, it's gorgeous either way!

Did you pick any up from the China Glaze Rebel collection? What are your favorites?

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Amanda

OPI Washington DC Collection for Fall 2016!

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Today I have the OPI Fall 2016 Washington DC collection to share with you! I have all 15 polishes so let's just get to it! (Side note: I believe there are 3 additional Limited Edition shades available for purchase but I haven't seen those yet!)


First is Pale to the Chief, a true nude with the slightest slightest slight blue shimmer, which was basically not visible at all once applied to the nails. Whoops. This was the tiniest bit sheer after the second coat, but I will say that I also had some blue stained nails so if your nails are not stained smurf blue, you could most likely do 2 coats and have full opacity. For me, I used 3 plus topcoat.

Never A Dulles Moment is a gorgeous sunflower yellow creme. This was 3 coats plus topcoat. I didn't have any issues with formula and I pretty much just expect to do 3 coats for any yellow. I love this color, though!

Freedom of Peach is an orange creme. This was 2 coats plus topcoat.

Yank My Doodle is a rusty orangey color, and I quite like this one! This was two coats, plus topcoat.

Madam President is a pinky red (it looks more pink in person) with a FANTASTIC formula. This was 2 coats but alllllmost one.

OPI By Popular Vote is a maroon creme, opaque in two coats.

We The Female is a dark burgundy creme, opaque in 3 coats. This was almost a jelly/crelly consistency.

Kerry Blossom is a deep purple creme. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Suzi - The First Lady of Nails is a gorgeous dark green creme. This was 2 coats plus topcoat.

Inside The Isabelletway is a tan creme, 2 coats plus topcoat.

Squeaker of The House is a medium cool toned brown. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Shh... It's Top Secret is a super super super dark brown. This actually looked brown in person but not so much in pictures lol. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Stay Off The Lawn! is a pine green creme. I loved this one, I'm sure you could guess. 2 coats, plus topcoat.

CIA = Color Is Awesome, a dark gray with a tinge of blue. I don't have many colors like this! I like it! 2 coats, plus topcoat.

"Liv" in the Gray is a dark Prussian blue. No surprise that I love this, too. 2 coats, plus topcoat!

I actually really really loved this collection. The yellow and green shades speak to me! LOL

What shades are your favorite??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda