Great Lakes Lacquer Swatches!

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I have 3 Great Lakes Lacquer polishes to share with you today!

Rainbow! Right Here And Now! is a gray jelly with iridescent flakies. I thought the gray with the multicolored flakies was such a cool combination. This is 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Facing North is a periwinkle with multicolored tiny flakies. I am clearly all about the flakies lately; I just can't get enough!! This was 2 coats. Great formula on this polish!

Majick is a deep purple jelly with red shimmer and purple to blue to red flakies. The picture is like eh okay sure. BUT IN PERSON Oh my goodness. This is rather magical. The red shimmer in this is stunning and WAS IMPOSSIBLE to catch in a picture but was sooo glowy and beautiful! This was 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Have you tried Great Lakes Lacquer? What are your faves??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer Leaves In The Lake

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As bummed as I was to miss out on attending Polish Con in Chicago in September, I have been able to get a few leftover exclusives here and there. I was so glad to be able to purchase the Great Lakes Lacquer polish, Leaves in the Lake.

This is a dark navy jelly with red, orange, green flakies. I used 3 coats here, plus topcoat. This picture does this polish no justice; it is sooooo much prettier in person! The flakies in the jelly really stand out!

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer The Great Ones Collection

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Great Lakes Lacquer recently released their The Great Ones collection, 5 polishes inspired by the Great Lakes! As a Michigander, I love anything and everything inspired by Michigan or the Great Lakes so I had to purchase this collection! Moreover, they are all various shades of blue or green, which is perfect for my insatiable love for those colors! Let's get to the polishes, shall we?

Mariah has some great formula's to her polishes and these were no different. All 5 covered well, were very easy to apply and didn't leave any staining or cuticle pooling nonsense.

Lake Huron is a deep blue that has a green shift. I am THE WORST at capturing color shifts in polish but this is really pretty. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Superior is a deep green with with purple shifting multichrome. Again, I am THE WORST at capturing color shift, so I apologize. I actually love this color without even seeing the shifting colors, lol. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Erie is a deep blue to purple with a slight red tint. 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Michigan is a teal linear holographic with green flakies and shimmer. Definitely one of my favorites, this was 2 coats plus topcoat.

Finally, Lake Ontario is sapphire blue jelly with and several different kinds of blue flakies. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

If you haven't tried Great Lakes Lacquer yet, I recommend the brand! I have had great experiences with all of her polishes and I just love the collections she releases!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Sally Hansen Big Shiny and Big Matte Top Coats - Review

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I was recently sent two topcoats from Sally Hansen: The Big Shiny Top Coat and the Big Matte Top Coat.

Personally, the look of flakies mattified is just so lovely to me so I definitely wanted try this matte topcoat out with Great Lakes Lacquer I Left My Heart At Houghton, which I posted yesterday. I applied one coat of the matte topcoat over the GLL and waited a few seconds. The matte topcoat dried very quickly and and evenly. I wore the matte topcoat for about 3 days and didn't have any chipping, which is very impressive for my nails!

The Big Shiny Topcoat is a pretty standard, but good topcoat. I didn't notice anything exceptional about it, other than it covered nicely without any lumps or bumps or streaking in one coat.

Have you tried either of these topcoats? What did you think?

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer August Limited Edition Polishes!

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Today I have both of the Great Lakes Lacquer monthly limited edition polishes.

First is The Waters of Torch Lake, a gorgeous aqua blue with blue shimmer. This was two coats and had a great formula. Maybe slightly a bit thick, but I love thicker formulas. I added a topcoat, by the way!

Next is I Left My Heart At Houghton, a completely beautiful periwinkle with small silver flakies. This was 2 coats and topcoat and OMG I love this so much.

The August polishes will be available through August so be sure to make your way over to Great Lakes Lacquer and pick these up before the month is over!

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Amanda

Color Series Day 4: Cobalt Blue

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And we've come to the end of Cobalt Blue for the color series!! Do you guys like this? Do you have any other colors you would like featured in a color series? Let me know!

Today's polishes aren't going to be comparisons for color closeness to Sally Hansen Pacific Blue but they are cobalt blue and just lovely. My middle and ring fingers have Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and the index and ring fingers have the polishes that are being compared. I don't know if all of these polishes are available so forgive me if they are discontinued! All swatches are shown with topcoat.

China Glaze Frostbite is a bright blue with blue shimmer. This was a little bit sheer on the first coat but built up to opacity on the second.

Liquid Sky Lacquer Freedom Blue is a dark royal blue holographic. This was 2 coats.

Too Fancy Lacquer Set Fire To The Rain is a gorgeous bright navy (is that a thing?) holographic. This is one coat, ya'll. Yep.

A England Spirit of the Moors is a gorgeous navy blue scattered holo. This was two perfect coats, as per usual from A England.

Great Lakes Lacquer The Fashion Artist is very close to Pacific Blue in color but obviously has a blue fleck throughout the polish. This took a bit longer to dry than some of the other polishes so definitely be patient in between coats.

And that's it. I actually have more polishes in this general shade range but they were either One and Done polishes or something else about the color made me think I shouldn't include it, lol. What can I say? I love cobalt blue!!!!

What's your favorite color??

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer The Friends Collection, Part 2

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Great Lakes Lacquer is back with the second part of their Friends collection, consisting of 5 polishes that are inspired by the friends that most of us have in our lives.

The Polish Fairy Godmother is an orangey rust red with blue shimmer. The formula on this was a bit thick but I made it work. I used topcoat for these swatches. This was 2 coats.

The Animal Advocate is plum wine linear holo with fuschia flakies. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat and I'm please to report that this polish (and the polishes hereafter) all have the pretty perfect formula that Great Lakes Lacquer has delivered through the first part of the Friends collection and the monthly limited edition polishes they've released.

The Evil Enabler is a deep deep purple jelly with orange glitter and orange holo glitter. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat. I love the combination of the dark jelly and orange glitters; it's quite unique.

The Enigmatic Soul is a cobalt jelly with blue shimmer. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

 The Traveling Linguist is a warm bronze jelly filled with gold shimmer. I used 3 coats for this, plus topcoat. I love this color brown!

Be sure to check out GLL monthly Limited Edition polishes and the Friends Collections on her Etsy Shop!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer The Friends Collection Pt. 1

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Today I have the Great Lakes Lacquer The Friends Collection, Pt 1. Part 2 will be releasing later this month and I've seen some teaser pictures on Instagram and it looks just as beautiful as part 1! The Friends collection is based on friends that we all have in our lives, not the TV show. Admittedly, I was a little bummed to not have a Friends tv show theme but once I realized what the collection represented, I totally understood the theme!

Let's get to the polish, eh?

The Triathlon Trainer is a "deep blue leaning teal jelly jam packed with aqua, green, and gold shimmer with highlights of multichrome, color shifting flake." This was opaque in 2 coats, plus topcoat. 

The Soul Sister is "a pinkish red with a vibrant violet sheen and a bit of holographic goodness". This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Krazzzzie Fast Fingered Gamer Girl is vivid turquoise that leans a bit green in the sun and more blue with indirect light, with three types of purple shimmer. This is soooo much prettier in person, this photo does not even do it justice. I used 2 coats, plus topcoat. 

The Fashion Artist is a gorgeous medium blurple (blue purple) with aqua shimmer. This should not be a surprise that I love this color. These types of blues are always my favorite and I will tire of them! This was also 2 coats, plus topcoat.

The Quick-Witted Comedian is "a light to medium teal green with loads of silver and green shimmer, purple/blue flake, and a slight touch of holographic pigment". Again, this was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

I am so thoroughly impressed with Mariah's polishes for her first collection and being a new brand. The formula's are all really nice and easy to apply and I love the colors and the inspiration behind them.

Have you tried Great Lakes Lacquer yet? I definitely recommend trying one or two or 6 polishes ;-)

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer July and August LE's

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I have the first of two posts featuring Great Lakes Lacquer polishes! GLL is a new brand that launched in July and is of course based in Michigan. Mariah released her The Friends Part 1 collection first along with some LE monthly polishes and today we are looking at the LE polishes for July and August!

Sleeping Bear Dunes is a medium blue shimmer and is of course named after the Sleeping Bear Dunes located in Glen Arbor, Michigan. This was 2 beautiful coats with topcoat.

Big Lake is a bright red with some glowy metallic undertones. This was 2 coats, with topcoat.

ID is a fuchsia pink holographic microglitter. This was also 2 coats, with topcoat.

Torch's Purple Haze is a beautiful mulberry shimmer. Also 2 coats, with topcoat.

Kissing My Hun on Gun is a gorgeous pine green holo. This was 1 coat!! And topcoat :p

From the first releases, I'm super impressed with Mariah's polishes and Great Lakes Lacquer. I love that the polishes are named after places in my beloved Michigan and the formula's are simply amazing!! I can't wait to see what she has in store!

Stay tuned for The Friends Collection post next week!
Talk to you soon!
Amanda