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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LevelUP Lacquer ~ Overwatch Colors

                                                                          *Provided for review


          Hello! How many of you are game players?? My husband LOVES his games but I don't know too much. I know Mario, Mario Kart, and Mario Party! Oh, and I love Just Dance LOL! I seriously lack the coordination to play certain games (I've tried)... So when I saw these were based on Overwatch characters I knew I had to do my research! Luckily Ashley, being the awesome lady she is, sent me pics and info on each one!

          First up is Die Die Die. This polish is based on Reaper who is the rouge type, shotgun wielding, madman!

 

Die Die Die is a dark grey crème polish with black, red, and silver glitters. I used 2 perfect coats with top coat and I also matted it!

 

2 coats of Die Die Die with top coat

2 coats of Die Die Die with matte top coat

macro of Die Die Die



matte macro of Die Die Die

 

 

Widowmaker Here is based on Widowmaker who is the inconveniently gorgeous French sniper.

 

 

I used 3 thin coats of Widowmaker Here with topcoat. This is so much more complex than it looks. At first glance its a grapey purple with red glitters. Up close you can see the pink glitters and flashes of blue. OMG!! This polish would be fine with 2 thicker coats, but you now me... :)

 

3 thin COLOR ACCURATE coats of Widowmaker Here with top coat

NON COLOR ACCURATE macro of Widowmaker Here

 

 

Mercy On Call is based on the healer Mercy.

 

 

This polish is my favorite of the bunch. Mercy On Call is an off white crème polish with holo shreds, ultra fine gold glitter, and iridescent glitters. So eye catching for such a neutral color. I used 3 thin coats, but again 2 would be perfectly fine.

 

3 thin coats of Mercy On Call with top coat

macro of Mercy On Call

 

 

Lastly is Cheers Love! This one is based on Tracer. Tracer is the spunky british instigator who laughs while she shoot you in the head.

 

 

Cheers Love is a glitter topper in a clear base so for undies I used a polish to match the blue glowy thing on her chest. I used a glow in the dark polish from Claire's. Don't even get me started on that!!! There will be no glow pics sadly. Either way the jelly polish was the perfect color match!! One coat of Cheers Love over Claire's Neon Twilight.

 

1 coat of Cheers Love over Neon Twilight with top coat

macro of Cheers Love

 

 

 

I really loved these colors. Ash is always making such unique polish. These will be available to purchase on July 20th. We also may or may not have something in store for you soon!! Stay tuned :) Links below!

 

 

 

 

 

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LevelUp Lacquer ~ Intergalactic Flakie Collection

                                                                            *Provided for review


          Hey!! How's it goin? I'm about to drop your jaw a few times. Ashley has done it again, and by that I mean created magic. I know there are some people out there that have been obsessed with flakies of all kinds since they became popular on the indie scene. I was not one of these people. I really liked the way it would look in pics but it was never quite enough to push me to buying one.  I have been converted. Like in an instant, hardcore!! I actually told my husband that If you could tattoo one polish on your nails to keep forever, I would choose one of these. But not just any one. Let's hop into the pics and you will see this amazingness I speak of!

          First we have Stargazer. This is a flakie packed black jelly polish. I always thought that flakies would be a PITA to get nice and flat. I was wrong again... The formula is amazing and it is swimming with rainbow flakies. The sparks of blue and gold are the strongest. I used 3 thin coats with top coat

3 coats of Stargazer with top coat

3 coats of Stargazer with matte top coat

 

Stargazer macro

Stargazer matte macro

 

 

I am super partial to blue and purple polishes so I was positive this would be my favorite. Subspace is beautiful but this is not my unicorn. Subspace is a dusty robins egg blue with a very strong gold shimmer and rainbow flakies. I could use the bottle as decoration because its just so pretty! I used 3 thin coats with top coat. Let me apologize (or not) right now. I took tons of pics. Well, because... FLAKIES!!!

 

3 coats of Subspace with top coat

3 coats of Subspace with top coat

3 coats of Subspace with matte top coat

 

Subspace macro

Subspace matte macro

 

 

 

 

When I realized that Subspace was not my favorite I thought, "Well, this has to be my favorite. In the bottle it looks like Lisa Frank. Freaking amazing!!" It is such a stunner. I didn't want to take this off for a while. Nekrit Expanse is a medium dusty violet polish with color shifting shimmer and rainbow flakies. Again I used 3 thin coats with top coat.

 

3 coats of  Nekrit Expanse with top coat

3 coats of  Nekrit Expanse with top coat

3 coats of  Nekrit Expanse with top coat

3 coats of  Nekrit Expanse with matte top coat

 Nekrit Expanse macro

 Nekrit Expanse matte macro

 

 

This baby is Dark Matter. It gives me all kinds of feels. This is an ultra chrome flakie polish with a clear base. OMG is it stunning I highly suggest this matte! I used 1 coat over Jessica Cosmetics Argon Blue and then sponged it on without a base for the accent, all with top coat. To me, it got a little muddled. I will try this again in just 3 coats instead of sponging.

 

Dark Matter with top coat

Dark Matter with top coat

Dark Matter with top coat



Dark Matter with matte top coat

Dark Matter macro

Dark Matter macro

Dark Matter matte macro



Dark Matter macro

Dark Matter matte macro

 

 

Here it is!!!!! This is Temporal Flux. I seriously could be left on a deserted beach with just this polish and I would be good. This is an off white, almost a blue toned grey sometimes, with rainbow flakies and a slight holo sparkle. Just mmmmmmm. I'm actually sitting here at a loss for words!! This is 3 thin coats of PERFECTION with top coat. Pictures please :)

 

3 coats of Temporal Flux with top coat



3 coats of Temporal Flux with top coat

3 coats of Temporal Flux with top coat

3 coats of Temporal Flux with matte top coat

3 coats of Temporal Flux with matte top coat. This pic was taken with my phone with flash

Temporal Flux macro

Temporal Flux macro

Temporal Flux  matte macro

 

 

Which one do you like? I know you need to have at least one of these. You know you need to have all of these lol! I am sure you will be seeing a lot of these babies very soon. They have their own following haha! I will leave the links below for your purchasing pleasure :) Have a great week everyone xoxo :)

 

 

 

 

 

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