Glisten & Glow ~ Summer Livin' Collection Part 2

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Here we are again! This time I'm bringing you part 2 of the Summer Livin' Collection. 1 crème and 3 neon glitter crellies! Let's get to it.

Mini Golf & Margaritas is a neon blue polish. This polish is the best blue I own 💙 I also have this on my toes. Absolutely the perfect crème formula. 2 easy peasy coats. Could have been 1! 

Mini Golf & Margaritas

Mini Golf & Margaritas with flash

Mini Golf & Margaritas macro

Mini Golf & Margaritas matte

Mini Golf & Margaritas matte macro

Mini Golf & Margaritas with more awful nail art lol

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Bikinis & Boogie Boards is lighter neon blue glitter crelly with all neon glitters in various sizes and shades of  orange, green, yellow, and blue. How unique is this?! This reminds me of an orange or a peach tree on a clear summer day. This polish literally made my mouth water at first. The formula is a little on the thick side. Nothing a few drops of thinner won't fix if you want it thinner. 2 coats for my swatches

Bikinis & Boogie Boards

Bikinis & Boogie Boards with flash

Bikinis & Boogie Boards macro

Bikinis & Boogie Boards matte

Bikinis & Boogie Boards matte macro

Bikinis & Boogie Boards with art

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Cotton Candy & Convertibles is a lighter neon pink glitter crelly loaded with all neon glitters in various sizes and shades of pink and purple. If you love neon and you are also a girly-girl, you need to own this. It is so sweet I just wanna eat it. It reminds me of a cotton candy frosting . So good! I used 2 coats for my swatches.

Cotton Candy & Convertibles 

Cotton Candy & Convertibles with flash

Cotton Candy & Convertibles macro

Cotton Candy & Convertibles matte

Cotton Candy & Convertibles matte macro

Cotton Candy & Convertibles with art

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Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping is a white based glitter crelly loaded with all neon glitters in various sizes and various shades of pink, purple, blue, green, orange and yellow. This one is funfetti for sure. Super bright and fun. I love love love this one. Way more than I thought I would actually. This will be on my toes next! Formula was good but a tad sheer. I used 3 thin coats for my swatches.  

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping with flash

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping macro

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping matte

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping matte macro

Snow Cones & Skinny Dipping with art

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The Summer Livin' Collection has 2 parts. These 5 polishes make up part 1. These will be released on May 11th at 7pm EST. Each polish will be $8.50. This 5 piece set will be available together for $40 and you can purchase the entire 9 piece Summer Livin' Collection for $70.  I know I always do, but I suggest getting them all. They are super versatile and work so well together. Links below for your shopping pleasure!

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• What I Used: Glisten & Glow Base, Top, and Matte Coats, Mother Fire, Mother Fauna, Mother Terra, Mother Wind; OPI Silver Canvas; SinfulColors Snow Me White; Winstonia plate W106, W108; MoYou plate 4trendy; PolishedVino summer variety vinyls.

LevelUP Lacquer ~ You Matte, Bro? Summer Collection

                                                                                *Provided for review & lots of pics!


          EEEEEEEKKKK!!! It's neon season :) I am so flippin' excited to bring you these babies. I was so happy to see that none of these have holo! Just some shimmer and flakies. I love my holo polishes but the mix of holo and neon is a bit over done in the indie market. Of course, that is just my opinion. So, we have this set of super bright polishes... Shall we dive in? Thought so :)


          First let me start with this disclaimer. Neons don't always play nice with the camera. I did my best to get my pictures color accurate as far as the polish is concerned. My skin, however, may look a little... off.


          Let's start with Hack The Planet since I already shared the swatch video on IG. Hack The Planet is a bright, not quite neon, grass green. She is filled with micro iridescent flakes and glitters and a soft shimmer. This one has a good creamy formula and was opaque in 2 easy coats. I used a glossy top coat and Ash's new matte top coat called Come Matte Me.

Hack The Planet with glossy top coat

Hack The Planet with glossy top coat macro

Hack The Planet with Come Matte Me top coat

Hack The Planet with Come Matte Me top coat macro

          Let's check out Lag. This one is a neon pink crelly polish with glass flecks and iridescent flakes. I love the color of Lag. So bold and Barbie-ish! The first coat on this one was a tad streaky. It totally leveled out with the second and third coats. I used 3 coats for this one with glossy top coat and Come Matte Me.

Lag with glossy top coat

Lag with glossy top coat macro

Lag with Come Matte Me top coat

Lag with Come Matte Me top coat macro

          Perma Death is next and OMG is it gorgeous. Such a perfect neon blue. This one is filled with blue and pink flakies and a subtle shimmer. Great formula on this one. Nice and creamy. Perfect in 2 coats. Again, I used a glossy top coat and Come Matte Me.

Perma Death with glossy top coat

Perma Death with glossy top coat macro

Perma Death with Come Matte Me top coat

Perma Death with Come Matte Me top coat macro

          Last is So Meta. She is a neon grape purple. So Meta has the same gorgeous pink and blue flakes as Perma Death. The subtle shimmer in this one is pink! LOVE!! Please don't mind the skin. I had to warm these up quite a bit for them not to look blue!! I used 2 coats with glossy top coat and Come Matte Me. The bottle shots are more color accurate.

So Meta with glossy top coat

So Meta with glossy top coat macro

So Meta with Come Matte Me top coat

So Meta with Come Matte Me top coat macro

          I am so happy with this collection. Neon is my favorite color and I am an 80's baby. I feel like this set totally captured that. Come Matte Me is included in this collection. This is more of a waxy matte, not a no-shine matte. The finish complements each color beautifully!! The You Matte, Bro? collection will be available on Thursday, June 1st. Don't miss out on the flakie goodness of these!! As always links below :) Hope you have a wonderful day!!

          **At this moment I am taking a moment of silence for the reason of the holiday, Memorial day. I have a sister in the services so I understand that today is more than picnics and celebration to some. Thank you to all the men and women, past and present, for your services <3

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Bitzy Nail Color

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          Good morning! It's Monday and I bring you a very mood accurate post today. A little bit of brightness, but mostly junk. My husband and I stopped at Sally's yesterday because I needed some Yellow Stopper and I had a 20% off coupon. Naturally, I started looking at everything there. It was a good thing I did because I FINALLY found a cotton ball grabber!! So, I grabbed a few things then head towards the counter to check out. My husband pointed out some mini polishes and said, "hey look, these are only $1.50". They were mostly pretty boring. I did manage to grab 2 that looked indie-ish and decided I needed them. Because polish lol :) So we pay and go home. I get right to work putting swatches in my swatch book. I decided to stay up past my bed time to get these babies swatched. Ya, let's see how that went...

Dilly Dally/Sweetie Pie

          I have never heard of Bitzy before so I went in with an open mind. Dilly Dally is the first polish I decided to swatch. Mostly because it is super neon. First coat was a little streaky. That wasn't an issue for me since a lot of neons have picky formulas. It also dried matte. Again, totally common with neons. Second coat was much better. Still not satisfied. Third coat. Not too shabby! It looked good enough but I could not leave it matte. It was so chunky. Didn't level much at all as far as glitter goes. I ended up using 3 coats of top coat just to get it smooth. I really love the color of this one but it is NOT worth it. Here is 3 coats of Dilly Dally with 3 coats of top coat...

Macro

         

          The next one is called Sweetie Pie. This one is a peachy yellow crelly polish with neon hex glitters in pink, orange, green, and yellow. It is so pretty in the bottle. Very springy! Let's get right to the point. Don't ever get this polish! The glitter was in clumps and the formula was sooooo streaky. I used 3 coats but could have used a 4th to even coverage. If I had used a 4th coat, 1) I would be mad and 2) I would have mounds of glitter. No bueno. Seriously, I know you may want to try it because its cheap and pretty... DON'T!! This polish also needed 3 coats of top coat to be kind of smooth. Ugh, just awful :(

Macro

          Since I did enjoy Dilly Dally enough, I did some nail art using the original Clear Nail Vinyls from Polished Vino, and some gems my mom got me. Chrissy has an awesome shop, awesome designs, awesome products, and amazing customer service! Make sure you check the links below to see what she has <3

          I hope I have saved you from making this small polish mistake. I wouldn't even feel right giving these away. I really do love the nail art I did though with the Clear Nail Vinyls. Have you tried this brand? Maybe a creme formula would be better? Let me know in the comments! Have a mostly happy Monday :)





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