Yours Truly

All the way from the Land Down Undah, Lilypad Lacquer presents True Blood, a deep (blood) red/burgundy/wine/sometimes plummy looking holographic polish. I had been envisioning a polish like this for months when I finally saw this sparkly gem and realized I'd have to order it from Australia, nbd. Also now available on Llarowe. 

Sometime I realized that what I may have been looking for was a dupe for EP's Vampire's Dessert, which this definitely isn't. It's much bluer, where Vampire's is browner. This polish is 100% beautiful in it's own right and I may even like it more!

 

True Blood. Natural Light.

True Blood. Natural Light.

True Blood. Natural Light.

True Blood. Natural Light.

True Blood bottle. Natural Light.

Always Room For

Hot chocolate.

I haven't had a lot of time to post lately, as my 9-hour/4-day per week school schedule was getting the best of me in a sleepy way. However, there's always room for hot chocolate, particularly Enchanted's Hot Chocolate. Here's a redo of the original. Three coats.

Hot Chocolate. Natural Light.

Hot Chocolate. Natural Light.

A big thank you! :)

This is a very special post! I want to give a big thank you to all my facebook friends for voting for me and the amazingly talented Wing Dust Collections. She can be found on facebook as well, here https://www.facebook.com/WingDustCollections and at Llarowe. 

I actually won this polish! I've never won anything that I can think of. I want to say thank you to Wing Dust for this generous gift and I hope the creator feels these pictures do her amazing and entirely unique creation, Steel Town Girl, justice.

I have to say that for a holo and for any polish really, the application on this was just flawless. I used Nfu-Oh aqua base, but I didn't have to. It was a smooth application, even with the beautiful steel blue shards and generous helping of chunky gold flakes. 

Another crazy thing about this polish I would not have expected was the staying time. I wore this for four days with no chipping or peeling O.o whaaaaa? Unheard of with a holo. I did use G+G Hk Girl topcoat. 

It is much more holo-y irl, and in the light box for some reason it did not photograph as holo as out of the lightbox (click to make bigger!!). 

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

A Charm

My third and maybe final post on Pretty and Polished's Jawbreaker--the first polish I ever posted. I think I got it right this time.

Bottle shots are on my very first post which is oh my gosh over one year ago! See the bottle here.

Jawbreaker.

Jawbreaker.

I don't know if I've ever gone so long without posting. Here's a nice gold foil from the OPI James Bond collection. It's surprisingly sheer, but flashy while wearing, so worth it. It's a little on the yellowish side, but I would say it's a true gold. It took about four coats. I'm not sure if this is indoor or outdoor. 

Goldeneye.

Goldeneye.

Goldeneye.

a dupe?

Or not a dupe? I found this gorgeous Chelsea polish, named Baja Green, on eBay--said to be a dupe of OPI's famed Creme de Menthe. This is two or three coats. I think it needs a bit more of the bright yellow gold flash to be closer to CdM. Since I probably won't ever have Creme de Menthe, what do you think? 

Baja Green. Natural Light.

Baja Green. Natural Light.

Baja Green. Bottle. Natural Light.

GTL

I had a lot of trouble at first with this one going on and because it was so gorgeous, I was worried that I would. It had that “eating itself” problem that holo polishes tend to have, though it's not a holo. Somehow I thought to use an aqua base with it and it applied perfectly. This is 3-4 coats—it lasted a long time and I didn’t want to take  it off, it's so perfectly coastal. This Dollish Polish is great for a mermaid! Gym, tan, laundry, and beach :)

Gym, Tan, Laundry. Natural Light.

Gym, Tan, Laundry close up. Natural Light.

Gym, Tan, Laundry bottle close up shot. Natural Light.