Indie January: Nubzen Claus Part 2

Day 18 of Indie January is a double feature!  You may remember last month that I showed you two polishes from Nubzen Claus, and today I have two more.  Take a look!

Ladies' Night is a magenta jelly base packed with orange, pink, and purple hex glitters and sprinkled with coarse holo glitter.  This polish is pretty sheer, so I layered two coats of Ladies' Night over OPI Casino Royale.  Two coats of Seche Vite for a smooth finish. 

Application was easy, no troubles there.  This is a beautiful polish, it's super sparkly and would be very appropriate for a ladies' night!  :)

Unicorn Drool is a white jelly with fine pink/purple shimmer in the base, which is sprinkled with rainbow shards. 

The base in this one can be problematic; if you try to use it alone (like I did twice before finally giving up) the base is goopy but super sheer, and the four coats needed for opacity take forever to dry.  However, for these pictures I layered two thin coats of Unicorn Drool over OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and the formula was much more manageable when layering!  I was glad to find that none of the shards poked out with only one coat of Seche Vite, WIN! 

Why is it that the nail polish community is so obsessed with naming polishes after gross things that come out of unicorns?  (Unicorn Pee, Unicorn Poop, Unicorn Drool, Unicorn Farts, Unicorn Barf... The list goes on.)  I suppose the theory may be that whatever it is, because it comes out of a unicorn it must be awesome. 

You can find Nubzen Claus Nail Pretties on Etsy here, and on the Nubzen Claus website.   For updates, check out the Nubzen Claus Facebook page and Twitter. 

My favourite of these two is probably Ladies' Night, because I absolutely love that magenta base packed with sparkle!  Which is your favourite?  :)

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

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I'm so tired this morning; I had rehearsals and a performance last night and didn't get to leave the theater until 10:30pm, then I had to be back at the studio this morning for ballet class at 9:30am and I have matinee and evening performances later today!  (And this isn't a scheduled post, because I'm awful at planning ahead when it comes to blogging!)

Anywho, I've got pictures of two pretty polishes from a new-to-me indie brand, Nubzen Claus.  Take a look! 

Vampire Eyes is a stunning warm-toned dark brown polish with a blue colour shift and scattered holo.  The  brown is very flattering, and the colour shift can make it appear black, charcoal, brown, or blue depending on the light.  

I used two coats here; it applied easily and covered fully, but at certain angles there were slight bald patches near the cuticle.  One coat of Seche Vite. 

I think that the holo glitter is a nice touch, and I actually ended up liking the brown/blue colour shift a lot than I thought I would!  Overall, a lovely vampy polish. 

Castle Rock is another interesting polish; a light grey creme/jelly with micro bronze square glitters, small gold hex glitters, and medium brown hex glitters. 

It covered in two coats, and I think the balance of the various types of glitter works well.  Application was pretty easy, only a little dabbing here and there for a couple glitters that had clumped together.  One coat of Seche Vite, though I'd recommend two for a completely smooth finish. 

This polish apparently wasn't inspired by anything in particular and just ended up looking like limestone bricks in European castles, but I'd like to stay in my little ignorant bubble and pretend that it was inspired by my favourite show, Castle.  It totally works.  (Castle Mani Monday, anyone?)

I'll also mention that on the sides of the bottles, there's a perforated label that says "Unleash the Pretty", and it breaks when you twist the cap to open the polish.  I love details like this on indie polishes!

You can find Nubzen Claus Nail Pretties on Etsy here.  I have two more polishes to show you in a couple weeks, but for now which of these polishes is your favourite?  :)

Disclaimer: Products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.