Wing Dust Collections: Zambezi Sunset

I have another beauty from Wing Dust Collections. This time is Zambezi Sunset, which is inspired by the gorgeous sunsets of Zambia. 

 

When I first looked at this lacquer, I thought it had an orange base. But upon closer examination, I would say it leans more toward a salmon base with a golden micro glitter shimmer. Zambezi Sunset is a buildable jelly that you can wear on its own or over another color. It has gold, pink, yellow, and red hexes throughout in hexes and bars. It really does look like a sunset caught in a bottle.

I chose to wear Zambezi Sunset on its own and it was opaque in two coats for me. Check it out!

 I love all of the colors in this one! It's very glowy.

Application was great. I didn't have any issues whatsoever and the glitter disbursed very easily. I like that you have the option of wearing this on its own (as you can see, coverage was great) or over something else. I opted to wear Zambezi Sunset on its own to show you all of the glittery goodness.

If you are interested in purchasing this or other colors from Wing Dust Collections, visit the Wing Dust Collections Etsy shop. Make sure to become a fan of the Wing Dust Collections Facebook page and check out their blog as well!

Note: The product featured in this post was provided to me for my honest review.

Candeo Colors: Orchid

Candeo Colors is a relatively new-to-me brand, mostly because the shop normally sold out too quickly for me to get anything. But I was recently able to acquire a few of them, Orchid being one. Orchid has a beautiful magenta jelly base with holo glitters disbursed throughout.

I opted to use Orchid as a layering polish over a shimmery magenta, China Glaze Ahoy!

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Absolut Lacquer: Finally 21

On my twenty first birthday I was completely sick and went home to my parents' house so that my mom could take care of me. I didn't go out. I didn't have a party. I didn't even paint my nails.

But Absolut Lacquer Finally 21 looks like it would have been a great lacquer to wear out on a twenty first birthday.

 Bottle macro:

 And here is Finally 21 on the nails!

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NotTooPolished: Watermelon

It seems like summer just started and it's already more than half way over. But before it ends, here is a very summery lacquer that you need to pick up: NotTooPolished Watermelon!

Watermelon is an incredibly fun pink-based lacquer with black and white hexes and black round matte glitters:

Here is Watermelon on the nails. I don't own any lacquers with black rounds in them and was a little hesitant because I thought that they were going to be difficult to apply, stick off of my nails, or be impossible to fish out of the bottle. Thankfully, I experienced none of that and application was flawless!

All photos were taken in artificial light, without flash, and show three thin coats of Watermelon with one coat of Poshe fast dry topcoat to finish everything off.

The depth of this lacquer is great and I was surprised at how good the coverage was -- no visible nail lines!

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Watermelon. It's a really fun polish and was incredibly easy to apply. Go pick one up!

NotTooPolished lacquers can be purchased on Etsy. And while you're perusing the internet, make sure to check out the Not Too Polished blog and Facebook page. Like the page to show some love!

Note: The product featured in this post was sent to me for my honest review.

Pretty & Polished: Chelsea Chelsea Bling Bling

Sometimes a girl just needs pink. And glitter.  Together, in one awesome lacquer. The amazing Chelsea at Pretty & Polished knows these sorts of things and she also happened to create Chelsea Chelsea Bling Bling.

(Please ignore that I held the bottle label with wet hands one time and smeared ink. I'm sure that me pointing this out will definitely make sure no one sees it).

 Bling Bling!

 And the reveal . . .

So girly. So fun. Perfect.

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NailsIT: Companion Cube

NailsIT is a lacquer shop I stumbled across through blogging. About a week ago, there was a post about a dreamy gray with holo and silver hexes, white squares, and pink hearts and I knew I had to have that lacquer. Thankfully, I didn't have to search far, as NailsIT lacquers are sold through the NailsIT blog.

Yesterday, my package containing the dreamy gray arrived, along with two others that I will post about in the future. And today I finally got to try out Companion Cube.

Click "Read more" for additional swatches and information on where you can purchase Companion Cube and other NailsIT lacquers!

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!

Pretty & Polished: Tart

I had purchased a bottle of matte topcoat a while ago but hadn't tried it until recently. Not quite sure why I waited so long because I really like the effect! And I used it with Pretty & Polished's Tart.

Tart is a really fun and funky polish. It has a pink/lavender base with purple, blue, gold, white, and pink hexagon glitters suspended throughout.

Bottle macros:

Tart is so pretty on. It has a really great base color and the glitter color combination is a winner. I would stick to wearing this one on its own because it leans more to being a creme than a jelly.

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Amy's Nail Boutique: Cotton Candy

I went to a concert the other night and saw someone selling cotton candy. Big, fluffy, pink, and blue. So it was perfect timing when I received my latest purchase from Amy's Nail Boutique, containing Cotton Candy. Cotton Candy is a very unique blue and pink matte glitter nail polish. Amy seems to specialize in matte glitters and she's created another great one with Cotton Candy.

There are at least two different types of blue matte glitters in Cotton Candy, which give it extra dimension. Here is a macro shot:

 

I tried out a variety of methods when swatching Cotton Candy and ultimately decided to go with it as a topcoat over a base color. 

For my base, I used a Sephora by OPI mini. I didn't keep the box set that this came in, but I believe that it is Casting Call. It's a fairly run of the mill pink creme with slight blue undertones. I chose it because I thought it would compliment Cotton Candy nicely, and I think that it does.

Here is are two coats of Cotton Candy over one coat of Casting Call:

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Aqua Daisy: Succulent

Aqua Daisy is a new-to-me Etsy store that sells polishes, hair ties, and barrettes.  I kept coming back to the Aqua Daisy shop and finally broke down and made a purchase. I scored two polishes during the week and they arrived yesterday. Needless to say, Aqua Daisy has VERY fast shipping.

One of my purchases included Succulent, a mint hued, creme based polish with two different sized pink hex glitters dispersed throughout. 

For all photos I used two coats of Succulent with one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.

The application on this polish was seriously flawless. Almost complete opacity with one coat but I always apply two to get as much depth as possible. There was just the right amount of glitter in Succulent. Not too much that it affected application but definitely not too little either. This was an excellently balanced polish and you can tell a lot of work was likely put into this to obtain the perfect formulation.

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Amy's Nail Boutique: Pink Lemonade

Amy and I are both members of a Facebook group so I was privileged enough to see her polishes before they hit her Etsy shop.

As soon as she opened Amy's Nail Boutique I hopped over there as fast as possible to pick up a couple of shades.

One that I had been eyeing is Pink Lemonade, which has fine pink and yellow matte hex glitters in a clear base. LOVE. I guess this could be called Floam's pretty little sister if I had to make a comparison, but check it out for yourself:

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Pretty & Polished: Girls Only

Girls Only by Pretty & Polished is a glitter topcoat after my own heart.

Dollish Polish: I'm a Material Girl

I was lucky enough to have my first indie polish purchase be from Dollish Polish.  Dolly creates unique, highly desired polishes and sells out very quickly when she does open shop.

One of the beauties I scored was "I'm a Material Girl" -- a collection of black, pink, and white matte hexagon glitters of varying sizes suspended in a clear base.