Moonlit Wink

Good morning!  Just wanted to pop in with a quick post of a mani that I wore while visiting my family in London a couple weeks ago.  When I moved out last year, I had to leave a lot of polishes behind with them, but my mom and sister also enjoy doing their nails so the polishes do get some use.  

As I'm sure you can imagine, getting to revisit some of those old polishes that I'd forgotten about was pretty nice!  This mani features one such polish, Coco Allure Moonlit Snow.  

I decided to layer one coat of Moonlit Snow over Illamasqua Wink, and top it with Essie Matte About You.  I absolutely love the way iridescent glitters look with matte top coat, and over the gorgeous lilac that is Wink, it made for such a dreamy combination!  :)  What do you think?  

Indie January: Hare Polish Bury The Hatchetfish

It's Day 14 of Indie January, and I hope you're all having a good start to your week!  Today's polish is yet another brand I'd never before tried, Hare Polish.  Bury The Hatchetfish is from the Fall 2012 Illuminated Life Collection, and is a light taupe jelly base with iridescent blue glass flecks and hexes. 

Here is two coats of Bury The Hatchetfish over one coat of Essie Merino Cool.  It can reach opacity by itself in three coats, but since it's kind of goopy, three coats got quite thick on the nail.  It also dries bumpy because the base sinks as it dries, so this is with three coats of Seche Vite.  

My camera doesn't like iridescent polishes, but I certainly do!  The jelly base of Bury The Hatchetfish matched perfectly with Merino Cool, and I always love those grey/purple/taupe/mauve colours, whatever you call them, haha! :P  This polish really glowed; it's such a unique combination and it works so well!

The Hare Polish Etsy shop isn't currently stocked, but they're available through Llarowe!  Follow the blog, and like the Facebook page for updates!    

Have you been able to get your hands on any Hare Polishes?  What do you think of this polish?  Do you like the unusual combination of taupe and iridescent glitters?  :)


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

Indie January: Candeo Colors Fallen

I'm starting off my Month of Indie with a gorgeous glitter topper, Candeo Colors Fallen.  Since posting every day this month will be a bit of a squeeze for me, the posts will be a little shorter than normal (I usually babble a lot anyways, haha!)  Let's get right to it!

Candeo Colors Fallen is a mix of white and iridescent glitter in a clear base.  I first layered one coat of this over three coats of Essie Macks for a Christmas-y look; I wore my red and white Christmas sweater to match and really enjoyed wearing it this way!

I then decided to layer one coat of Fallen over two coats of Orly Shockwave, since the iridescent glitter seemed to mostly flash blue.  This combination was also beautiful, but my camera didn't want to pick up the blue iridescent flashes over the blue base! 

The formula on Fallen was thick but easy to work with.  Only a little dabbing was required to get the larger hexes evenly spread.  Two coats of Seche Vite for a smooth finish.  

Fallen is a gorgeous polish, and it looks beautiful over so many different colours!  White glitter is an automatic win, and the iridescent flashes give it that extra special something!  :)

You can find Candeo Colors on their website, Llarowe, and Facebook. 

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