Cult Nails Be Loco

Happy Thursday! This week has been pretty nice with not having to get up at 6 am with snow days, and tomorrow is a 2 hour delay so I get to sleep until at least 8. But having to work at 7am Sunday means I have to be up early that day, so that sucks. But I get off at 2 which means I will be home in plenty of time for the Super Bowl! I'm more interested in seeing Bruno Mars at the halftime show but I will still enjoy the game. I'm going for Denver just because I always pick one team that I want to win whether I'm a fan of either team or not.

Anyway, today I bring you Cult Nails Be Loco. You saw this one under glitter yesterday, so I am now showing it alone. Its a great orange color, it still surprises me how much I love orange nail polish colors when its my second least favorite color normally! I used 3 coats and top coat, and it went on like a dream.

New Shop Opening - Anne Kathleen

Happy Friday! Its been a while but I am back, all moved (for now) and I bring to you a brand new indie shop! Anne Kathleen is new, and is having her opening on September 15th. I have for you 2 polishes from her opening collection that were sent for review. You will also find jewelry sold in her store. All buying info and social links will be listed at the bottom of the post.

The first Anne Kathleen collection is called Blossoms, and is inspired by various flowers. I have Rose and Linnea for you today. First up is Rose, a light mauve with medium pink glitters. I used 3 coats and 1 coat of Wicked Fast for the pictures. Rose starts out sheer on the first coat, so this gives you possibilities for layering if you want to do that, but for full opacity I used 3. Formula was great, went on easily with no troubles with the glitter. Both photos shown in full sun.

Linnea is a sheer, light pink shimmer with pink hearts an teal glitters. This one is beautiful! I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Riot, with 2 coats of Linnea over that with Wicked Fast on top. The formulas again was great, went on easily, though the heart glitters didn't come out quite as easily. But all I had to do was tip the bottle upside down for a few seconds and they came right out. Both photos are again in the sun.

I really like both of these polishes, and I look forward to seeing more from Anne Kathleen! Below is listed all social info and places to order.

Etsy
Shop
Twitter
FB
Blog

*products were provided free for review, all opinions are honest and my own*

Model City Wear With Caution

Hello! Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I've come down with a bit of a cold but otherwise just busy with last minute things before we move out of our house Thursday. I had planned on being able to clear out my unposted swatches folder, but after looking at all the pictures I deleted everything. I wasn't happy with my crappy short nails or the picture quality, so I only have a few pictures I am happy with so I will have to work on redoing everything else in between swatching anything new I come across. So for now, it will be the few things I do have and then whatever I wear or get new for the next few months until we get settled into our new house and I have all my babies back! Being the polish addict I am though, I already have a dozen or so polishes waiting for me at my inlaws, and am planning on taking with me in my suitcase as many as I can and mailing as many as I can ahead of time, so I wont be without polish!

Today though I have a color that is absolutely stunning! I love this one so much I have worn it twice, plus as a pedicure, even though I have hundreds of untrieds! It is Model City Wear With Caution, and it is the prettiest purple color with the most amazing holo! You may remember that I have said holo is my favorite finish, well this is my favorite holo I have at this moment. Purple is my favorite color, so give me an awesome purple holo and I'm set! This is 3 coats, with Cult Nails Wicked Fast top coat (my favorite quick dry top coat) which you can see does not dull the holo at all. It went on great, formula was nice and smooth. If I didn't have my CNS with the french tip, I think 2 coats would have been enough for complete opacity. The white on these is very white and harder to cover. Model City makes wonderful polish, everything I have is very consistent in formula.

On to the pics! The top picture was taken outside in bright direct sunlight, and the bottom picture was taken inside in my laundry room with no direct light, just what came in through the window. Amazing holo even in normal lighting!

I hope you can see why I love this polish so much. It is definitely one going with me in my suitcase! What do you think? Do you love holo as much as I do?

Favorite Indies part 2

Today I have part 2 that was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I was busy and then too tired to post it! I will have part 3 later on today as well. I want to say first off, some of these pictures are not the greatest. Living in England natural light is limited with most days being crappy, cloudy and dark, so I have to do my best with indoor lighting and it just could not capture this. Lets get to it though shall we?