Pahlish: Dark Parades

And so another weekend comes to an end and, for a lot of people, tomorrow means back to work, myself included. It was a fun weekend for me that involved hanging out with my kiddo and going to a baseball game today. And to celebrate, I have a little Pahlish Dark Parades to show you. 

It just so happens that Dark Parades (a brand new bottle, not the one I used here) is included in one of the three sets up for grabs in my 100 Likes Giant Indie Giveaway. If you haven't entered, please do so immediately because it ends on Friday, July 13.

Dark Parades is a very squishy dark purple jelly packed with all kinds and colors of glitter.

 Bottle macro. So squishy!

And here are two thickish (totally a word, right?) coats of Dark Parades, no undies. Isn't this gorgeous?

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Cult Nails: Power Thief & Pahlish: Your Silver Lining Combo

As I've stated before, I really like Cult Nails. It's a great brand run by a great woman and they have a whole bunch of brown polishes, which are my new favorite color.

So today I have Cult Nails Power Thief. Power Thief has amazing little flecks of silver throughout that take a basic brown polish to a whole new level.

Check out the bottle macro. And no, Power Thief doesn't have any purple glitter in it, that's just my bad.

 And here are two coats of Power Thief with one coat of a random topcoat. <3

The silver in Power Thief lends to the polish appearing lighter or darker, depending on how the light hits it. Below shows Power Thief at the lightest I saw it:

 It's beautiful no matter what shade it's showing. 

So as you might have noticed since you are reading this blog and literate, I mentioned Pahlish Your Silver Lining in the title. Yet, I haven't shown Your Silver Lining yet. Well this was initially just supposed to be a post about Power Thief, but I apparently really like Cult Nails/Pahlish combos because I have another one.

Click "Read more" for swatches of Pahlish Your Silver Lining over Power Thief!

Cult Nails: Cruisin' Nude & Pahlish: Bixby Canyon Bridge

Today, I have my favorite nude polish and my favorite brown glitter polish -- together in one great mani!

First up is my absolute favorite nude polish: Cult Nails Cruisin' Nude. Cult Nails is a recently new-to-me brand and I love every polish that I've purchased. If you don't own any Cult Nails lacquers, they are a must for your collection.

What makes Cruisin' Nude so great is that it has the slightest shimmer, which you can see here:

While I love Cruisin' Nude on its own, I wanted to jazz it up a little bit and chose to do so with one coat of Pahlish's Bixby Canyon Bridge:

 This has beautiful gold holo hexes in it, along with brown and orange. LOVE.

And here is the end result. And no, I cannot explain why my index finger has a kind of weird brown smudge at the tip. I think it must have something to do with the shimmer in the polish and the glitter.

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Pahlish: Fire in the Taco Bell

Have you ever heard the song Danger! High Voltage by the Electric Six? In case you don't listen to cool tunes, check it:

This is one of my favorite songs in the history of songs. What does this have to do with nail polish, you might be thinking. Well Pahlish's Fire At The Taco Bell takes its title from the chorus of Danger! High Voltage, already making it an amazing polish without ever having seen it. 

But it's a great polish based on what's in the bottle as well.

Fire In The Taco Bell has a orangey, pinkish, coral jelly base with various warm-toned hex and square glitters. It is one of those polishes that tends to shift colors depending on what light you are in, which makes me love it more.

 The light in the shot was too beautiful not to share:

 Here are two thick coats of Fire In The Taco Bell with one coat of Seche Vite top coat:

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All photos were taken in natural light without flash. Application of Fire In The Taco Bell was great. The glitter dispersed evenly and I didn't have to do any kind of placement whatsoever. Pahlish's lacquers are some of my favorites and Fire In the Taco Bell just adds to the list of great ones that Shannon has created.

If you are interested in purchasing Pahlish's Fire In The Taco Bell or any other color, please check out Shannon's Etsy shop.  Or check out Pahlish's Facebook page to keep up to date on polish release dates and other info!

Pahlish: Toxic and Timeless

When you hear the word "toxic" you don't normally think of something as beautiful as Pahlish's Toxic and Timeless. But here Toxic and Timeless is -- a beautiful green jelly with lots of glitters. 

Check out those glitters!  Pahlish's Toxic and Timeless suspends multi-sized hex and bar glitters in an evergreen jelly base. You can see the holographic nature of the glitter in the way that some of them appear copper in the macros below.

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Pahlish: Dance Across the Sea

Happy Sunday everyone!

Dance Across the Sea is another beauty that I purchased from Pahlish. And another blue! I must be in a Blue Period Picasso-style because when I review my last lacquer purchases they are predominately all blue-hued.

 Look at that beautiful color!  A true sky blue base with sky blue hexes and smaller holo glitters.

 Here she is on the nails! Two coats are shown.

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Pahlish: Train Underwater

I was so excited to swatch Pahlish's Train Underwater.  I love deep blue sparkly polishes and this one was no exception.

As you can see, the polish has a lot of dimension:

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Nail Mail! Pahlish

Nail Mail from [Pahlish]!  These are my first [Pahlish] polishes and I'm super excited to swatch them.

I received:

• Dance Across the Sea
• Train Underwater

Look at all that glittery goodness!

Stay tuned for swatches . . .