Spy Princess Nails: Freelancer

*Product provided for an honest review.

 

 Yay for the Boston PD and all involved in the capture of the Boston Marathon bomber #2!!!!! May we now get some answers and have justice be served! With that being said I would like to show you a polish that was sent to me by Chrissy at Spy Princess Nails. Freelancer is from her Alias collection and she describes it as "a honeyed bronze / nude shimmer, flecked with copper and turquoise glitters of varying sizes." I couldn't describe it better myself.

 

The formula was a bit thick. At first I tried to swatch this on its own but was extremely thick and goopy so I layered 2 coats over OPI San-Tan-tonio, a warm tan nude. Success!! I threw on a layer of topcoat and was smooth as glass. Some of the glitters look like they are curling in the pics but thats just light reflection. 

 

I really like how the turquoise pops against the honey color base.

 

Spr Pincess Nails is a new to me indie brand but I have a feeling I will be frequenting her shop on etsy as her glitter blends are beautiful and unique. Will you be adding Freelancer to your collection?

 

You can find Freelancer and others at Spy Sprincess Nails on etsy for $8.50.

 

**This product was provided to me for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

 

OPI: Mariah Carey Collection

So I have finally had time to sit and swatch so I reached for the Mariah Carey Collection by OPI that came out for Spring 2013. It's an 8 polish collection that consists of 4 Studio Shades and 4 Stage Shades. The Studio Shade are you typical OPI polishes while the Stage Shades are the liquid sand polishes that had everyone going crazy to get. The first ones I am going to show are the Studio Shades. They all had the typical OPI formula. All of them were pretty opaque except for Sprung which took 3 coats to reach opacity.

A Butterfly Moment-
a peachy nude with a chunky golden shimmer
2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Antibleak-



An plum creme
2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Sprung-

a copper shimmer

3 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Pink Yet Lavender-

metallic baby pink glitter topcoat with holo micro glitter

2 coats over A Butterfly Moment, no topcoat

 

 

The next set are the Stage Shades or the liquid sand texture polishes. I found it best to apply a thin first coat then a thicker second coat. All of the swatches shown have had hours worth of dry time.

 

Stay The Night-

a black textured base with hot pink glitter

2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Can't Let Go-

a purple textured base with purple hex glitter

2 coats, no top coat

 

 

The Impossible-

a pink toned red textured base with red hex glitter and star glitter

2 coats, no topcoat











Get Your Number-
a blue textured base with scattered holo goodness
2 coats, no topcoat

 

Get Your Number was my personal favorite of the collection with Sprung a close second. I want to mention that I did not have any issues with getting stars on my nails with The Impossible. They were however almost impossible to see and did not lay flat. I ended up picking off the stars because they annoyed me that much. Removal of these liquid sand polishes was pretty easy as well, no where near as hard as regular glitter polish.

 

**I purchased this collection myself

Mmmm Nails Between The Buns

Hi everyone. I know it's late but I wanted to post today. I have a beautiful duochrome from Mmmm Nails. It's called Between The Buns. It's mainly a heavy golden shimmer with copper shift depending on the lighting. The formula on this one was a little too thick but a couple drops of nail polish thinner had this polish gliding onto my tips with ease. It was so hard to capture it's true beauty on camera. Here's what I got.

 

You can find Between The Buns in MmmmNails etsy shop for $6.99

 

**This product was provided to me for an honest review.

Pure Ice Spitfire

Hello. Happy Hump Day. I am really looking forward to this weekend. How about you? Today I have a stunner to show you. A glitter bomb for sure! Pure Ice Spitfire. This beauty was IN YOUR FACE BLING! Its a mix of copper, pink and silver holo glitter in a clear base. It was easily opague in 3 coats. Feast you eyes on this baby.

and now for the sparkle....

When I went outside with this baby, my fingertips exploded with awesomeness. I had a total Joey Lawrence moment...WHOA! Now who remembers that?

Have a lovely day everyone <3