Girly Bits ~ Boo-berry

This is my first Girly Bits polish, and I could not be happier with my purchase! The moment I saw it I was like "that is so me, I have to have it"! It has my all time favorite colors in it - it's a blurple jelly jam packed with purple squares & hexes, fuchsia squares & hexes, blue squares & hexes, and silver micro glitters. It's absolutely stunning!

This is 3 coats of Boo-berry (I used a combination of dabbing & regular brush strokes) followed by 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

I took the following pics as the sun was setting, so some are a bit darker than I would've liked them to be, but luckily the beauty of this polish still shines through! Click on any of them to enlarge :)

I purchased this polish from Llarowe for $11. It can also be found on the Girly Bits big cartel site here for $10. Unfortunately both sites are out of stock at the moment.

Check out Girly Bits on Facebook here, and don't forget to "like" them so you can stay updated on restocks :)

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Hit Polish - Jack Loves Sally

It seems like every indie polish maker has come out with their own Nightmare Before Christmas polish this year. However, this is the only one that I bought, and I must say that Rachel (the creative genius behind Hit Polish) really nailed it (if you'll pardon the pun..). The color combination is sublime! There are hexes of various sizes & colors including: orange, yellow, teal, purple, black & white, squares of yellow & teal, and black bars, all in a clear base. It really is the perfect representation of Jack & Sally!

On my ring finger I have 3 coats of Jack Loves Sally by itself. My thumb has 2 coats of JLS over Essie To Buy or Not To Buy (which can be seen by itself at the end of this post). And on my index, middle, & pinky I have 1 coat of JLS over Essie TBONTB. All fingers were topped with 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Essie Good To Go.

Click on any picture to enlarge :)

Outdoors, overcast:

2 coats over Essie TBONTB

3 coats by itself


Of course I just had to add this!:

Image courtesy of http://www.fantasiescometrue.com

Essie To Buy or Not To Buy is a lovely pale lilac creme. In the bottle it appears to have a faint blue shimmer, but unfortunately that does not translate to the nail. Still a pretty color though. Here is 3 coats with 1 coat of topcoat.

I purchased Jack Loves Sally from the Hit Polish Etsy page, and the Essie from Macys.com (it was a few months ago, so I'm not sure if this color is still available).

Check out Hit Polish on Facebook here :)

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Coco Allure Polish - Bootiful

Yet another beautiful Halloween glitterbomb! This one is from Coco Allure Polish and it is full of purple & orange squares, and black hexes, all in a clear base. Some of the squares had some minor curling, but after applying topcoat they became perfectly smooth. I noticed the pictures of this particular polish on their Etsy page (which can be seen here) don't have any square glitter in them, just hexes. Maybe they had complaints and reformulated it.. I'm not sure. Either way it's still gorgeous!

This is 3 coats of Bootiful followed by 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Essie Good To Go.

For some reason in the outdoor pics my camera made the purple glitter look almost blurple.. but in the indoor pics you can see the true color which is a stunning violet purple.

Click on any photo to enlarge :)

Outdoors, overcast:

Indoors, under artificial light:

most color accurate

I purchased this polish from the Coco Allure Polish Etsy page, they didn't have minis listed but I asked them if they could make me some & they very kindly obliged.

Check out their Facebook page here :)

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Trelly's M.I.S.C. Polish - Bite Me

I have very mixed emotions about this polish. First off, it was described as a purple jelly when (as you can see  in the picture I posted further down this post) it is in fact a dark pink jelly. I layered it over a blue polish to make it look purple. Secondly it was a pain in the butt to work with - goopy & difficult to spread. I've since added thinner to it, hopefully that fixes the problem. However, it does look extremely beautiful on, so overall I'm glad I bought it.

All complaints aside, I would describe this polish as a dark pink jelly with red squares, purple hexes, tiny black hexes, and large black hearts. All the glitters did lay flat, so anything that looks like it's curling is simply reflective.

This is 1 dabbled coat of Bite Me over Essie Lapiz of Luxury (which can be seen by itself at the end of this post), followed by 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

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Overcast "sun":

Overcast "shade":

Just so you can see what it looks like by itself, here is Bite Me swatched on a piece of white printer paper:

not a purple, but a dark pink jelly

Essie Lapiz of Luxury is a gorgeous lapiz blue creme. It was a bit thin & watery, but 3 coats evened everything out. I really love this color.

I purchased Bite Me from the Trelly's M.I.S.C. Polish Etsy page for $9. I bought the Essie from Macys.com for $8.

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Black Cat Lacquer - Paranormal

Another cool Halloween inspired polish from Black Cat Lacquer! This one is filled with opalescent/iridescent medium sized squares and tiny hexes in a glow in the dark base. I chose to layer it over a light base color because glow in the dark polishes tend to work better that way.. and it did! (see pic further down). A beautiful subtle glitter by day, and totally awesome by night! :D

This is 2 coats of Paranormal over Kleancolor Pastel Yellow (which can be seen by itself at the end of this post), followed by 1 coat of topcoat.

There was no sun in sight today, so I had to take pics indoors. Unfortunately I've got severe lobster hands in some of these photos (I swear they didn't look that way in person!).

Click on any pic to enlarge :)

No flash, under artificial light:

With flash:

I held my hand under a lamp for about a minute to "charge" the polish, then took this picture in total darkness by adjusting my camera's exposure to it's highest/longest setting:

pretty cool, eh? ..though it was brighter in person.

Kleancolor Pastel Yellow is.. you guessed it - a pastel yellow. This polish was a pain in the butt to apply. I ended up doing 4 coats just to get it looking smooth and streak free.

No flash, under artificial light:

With flash:

I purchased Paranormal from the Black Cat Lacquer Etsy page, and the Kleancolor from Amazon.com (it came in a multi-pack of pastels).

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F4 Polish - Hocus Pocus

This is a really cool Halloween glitterbomb filled with teeny tiny hexes of matte black, matte green, holographic purple, holographic pink, and chartreuse all in a clear base. It's like a Halloween version of Floam (with the exception of the holographic glitters). Application was great - not too thick or too thin. It's not as densely packed as Floam, and you could easily layer it over a base color. 

This is 4 coats of Hocus Pocus topped with 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Essie Good To Go.

Click on any pic to enlarge :)

Indirect Sunlight:

Direct Sunlight:

Clear vs. blurred - check out that holographic goodness!

Shade:

I purchased this bottle from the F4 Polish Etsy page - they didn't have minis listed so I asked them if they could make me some (I picked Hocus Pocus, Glitz Cloud, & Square Dance) and they very kindly obliged. Plus I love the rhinestones that they use on their bottles!

You can check out F4 Polish's Facebook page here :)

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Naild'It - Hocus Bogus

I don't even know where to begin with this polish.. it is so ridiculously incredible!! It's a phenomenal glitterbomb filled with large bright blue holographic stars, large matte black hexes & circles, hexes of other various sizes & colors including fuchsia, pink, lavender, turquoise, violet, periwinkle, and itty bitty black hexes all in a clear base. Holy amazeballs - I think I'm in love! <3

This is 1 dabbled coat (plus some extra placing of stars using a toothpick) of Hocus Bogus over Zoya Areetha (which can be seen by itself at the end of this post), followed by 1 coat of Gelous, & 1 coat of Essie Good To Go.

Click on any pic to enlarge :)

Indirect sunlight:

Direct sunlight:

Shade:

Zoya Areetha is a lovely metallic lavender. Unfortunately like most metallics it is prone to being a bit brush-strokey, but the color is so pretty I was willing to forgive it. Here is 2 coats by itself with 1 coat of topcoat.

Sunlight:

Shade:

I purchased Naild'It Hocus Bogus from Llarowe for $11, and Zoya Areetha from Zoya.com for $8.

You can check out the Naild'It Facebook page here & the Llarowe Facebook page here.

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