Indie January: ILNP Fully Turqued

Can I get an unenthusiastic hooray for Monday??  It's Day 21 of Indie January, and today I've got one more glitter topper from I <3 Nail Polish to show you, Fully Turqued.  You can see my two previous posts on I<3NP here:  All Gold Everything, and Once Upon A Starry Night.  

Fully Turqued is a clear base packed with black and white matte bars and hexes, and turquoise squares.  I used one dabbed coat over Orly Decoded, with two coats of Seche Vite.  (Eww, the bad bubbles are the fault of my SV with this one!)  The formula was what I've come to expect from chunkier glitter toppers, it needed a little pushing around and fiddling to get an even spread, but not too much trouble.  

I really like how all the nails are unique, but they still have a very uniform look overall.  The different glitters in this blend well together.  I love how the shapes of the black and white glitters are all the same, while the turquoise glitters are also all the same shape; I think it really helps define the different glitters. Does that make any sense? Haha!  I'm wearing this polish right now, and when I'm holding this at arm's length, it looks almost like a splatter mani!  

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You may have noticed that my nails are a bit shorter... I was in a bad mood last night, and I started filing and just kept going... I guess it's somewhat of a stress reliever, haha!  I really like them this length though, it's not a huge change but it's nice!  

Overall, this is a really cute and fun glitter topper that I think would look good over a lot of different polishes!  What do you think?  Any layering combinations you'd like to see?  :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review.  

Indie January: ILNP Once Upon A Starry Night

It's day 17 of Indie January, and today's polish is another beauty from I <3 Nail Polish, Once Upon A Starry Night.  You can see my previous post on I<3NP here. 

Once Upon A Starry Night is a glitter topper full of blue, silver, and white glitters in various shapes and sizes, along with silver holographic stars.  I layered one coat plus spot-filling over Butter London Big Smoke.  This is with three coats of Seche Vite, this glitter was a hungry one! 

Formula on this one gave me quite a bit of trouble, after such a great experience with All Gold Everything I was a little disappointed.  I had to dab a lot and the glitters wanted to clump together, and by the time I was done I had so much clear base on my nails that it took forever to dry.  However, the end result is beautiful so I think I', willing to put in the extra effort in application. Also, same problem with the awful smell as I had with the previous polish.  Oddly enough, it actually bothered me more this time around. 

I really like the look of this glitter, it's gorgeous over the dark blue!  It's super sparkly in person, which unfortunately kind of freaked my camera out; just trust me that it's gorgeous glittery goodness!

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I've got one more polish from I<3NP to show you this month, and that one will probably be up sometime next week.  What do you think of this glitter topper?  Are you willing to put in the extra effort in application for a beautiful glitter? :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review. 

Indie January: ILNP All Gold Everything

Indie January Day 11!  I've just about survived my first week back at school and dance after Christmas break... Then again, it wasn't really much of a break since I had to go in and do extra classes to learn the syllabus for my RAD Solo Seal exam that I'm doing in March.  

That aside, today's polish is from yet another new-to-me indie brand, I Love Nail Polish.  At least my nails can look pretty while the rest of me is sore from some intense conditioning classes this week.  -_-

I<3NP All Gold Everything is from the brand's New Year's Collection; it's a clear-based glitter topper packed with different kinds of gold glitters, and a few gold flakies!  I chose to layer this stunner over Essie Stylenomics, which I just picked up the other day at Winners for half-price.  (I know, late to the party.)  

Application on this polish was fabulous, the glitter spread perfectly with no extra work!  My only complaint about this polish is that it smelled weird.  Not like strong nail polish smell, something different.  It wasn't very pleasant while I was painting; however, I'm willing to get past that because it's such a gorgeous polish!

The blackened green base of Stylenomics really complemented the gold glitter; the whole mani had a very luxurious look to it!   I'm sure you've all seen pictures of the I<3NP packaging, Barbra goes so far above and beyond with her bottles and boxes!  Unfortunately I don't have the right lighting setup to take bottle/box pictures.  Boo.  Cue another me-holding-the-bottle shot. 

I think these bottles are the best things ever!  The logo and labels are adorable, and rubberized caps make everything better.  My friend came over to borrow some nail polish and I was literally shoving these in her face saying "Look! Aren't these so cute?! No, you can't borrow that one, I haven't swatched it yet! What if your dog eats it? What? Of course I trust you!"

Sorry, got a little carried away there, (love you, Michaela!)  I<3NP is currently available through Etsy, and like the facebook page for updates! 

I've got two more polishes from I<3NP to show you sometime this month and they're both gorgeous, so keep an eye out for those!   Gee, this has been a very wordy post.  Do I need to ask questions at the end of posts or will you comment anyways?  ;)


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