LevelUP Lacquer ~ A Villainous Christmas Collection

                                                                            *Provided for review


          Hi friends. Depending on a lot of factors, today is either great for you, or not... Lets take a break from political talk to take a look at some gorgeous holiday polish! LevelUP Lacquer has a 5 piece collection available now! It's called A Villainous Christmas and its wonderful. Glitter, jelly, crelly, and even a thermal. Lets check them out!

          First up we have Mr.Grinch. This is a glitter polish that can be used on top of other colors or alone. It has bright and dark green glitters and a holo sparkle that just brings it all together. I used 1 coat over SinfulColors Exotic Green with top coat. I also sponged on 3 coats alone with top coat. Great formula for the amount of glitter.

Mr.Grinch over SinfulColors Exotic Green

Mr.Grinch sponged on alone

Mr.Grinch over SinfulColors Exotic Green macro

Mr.Grinch macro

          Sandy Claws is a bright red jelly polish with white and iridescent glitters. I really really like this one. The formula was flawless. It is very opaque for a jelly so 2 thicker coats would work. For my swatch I used 3 thin coats with top coat.

Sandy Claws

Sandy Claws macro

          Bah-Humbug is the epitome of a Christmas polish. It is a white crelly polish with red and green glitters and micro silver holo shreds. To me this is Christmas in a bottle. I used 3 thin perfect coats with top coat.

Bah-Humbug

Bah-Humbug macro

          Krampus is another Christmas in a bottle polish. This one has red, green ,silver, and gold glitters in a black jelly base. This is such an elegant holiday polish. Totally adult friendly while still blinging and represeting Christmas. 2 thicker coats would work for this one as well but I used 3 thin coats with top coat.

Krampus

Krampus macro

          Last up is Bumble. This is the thermal of the group. This one has blue and white glitters so it will be able to be used year round. The base is a really pale blue, almost white when warm and a medium blue when cold. The glitter mix in this is so perfect and beautiful in either warm or cold state. I used 3 thin smooth coats plus top coat.

Bumble. Warm state

Bumble. Cool state. Video with better cold state will be on my IG

Bumble macro. Cold state

Bumble macro. Transition

Bumble macro. Warm state

           I absolutely love this collection. There is something for everyone. I am super excited for Christmas this year. Not even sure why lol. I will leave the links below as always. Make sure you follow Ash on all of her social media and me on mine. We have more swatches and good stuff. Have a good evening peeps!





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Polished by KPT ~ Do You Wanna Fanta?

Hi!! Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. I, however, just watched my NFL team get taken out of the playoffs by possibly the WORST CALL EVER!!!! Anywho, tonight I have Do You Wanna Fanta? from Polished By KPT. This was a summer 2014 release and I have needed it since the first day I saw it! I was finally able to get it and I freaked out a little when I finalized my purchase. Do you ever get so excited about a polish its like there was just a birth in the family?!?! So ya, this polish was worth every penny of the $15 I paid for it. It is $12 for the polish and $3 for shipping from coast to coast. This thermal polish is a bubblegum pink when warm and bright orange when cold. In transition it gets to be a very pretty coral color. The micro flakies in this are amazing. It has gold and violet which compliments all colors perfectly!! For my swatch I used 3 thin coats. DYWF has a great formula and I probably would have been fine with 2 thicker coats but I always prefer thin coats. I topped it with a shiny topcoat. I forgot to try it matte this time but that will definitely happen in the future and I will make sure to add pics when it does. Here it is!!

 

Warm state:

 

Transition:

 

What do you think of this polish? I would love to hear from you!! Until next time :)

 

MyTrue Love ~ True Blood Collection part 1

Hey ladies!! I hope everyone is having better weather than I have had lately. Because of that let me apologize for the lighting and picture quality. I did my best to have these ready asap but I had no sun to work with :(. So here is what I have for you for now and stick around because I think I want to redo these. Last time I did swatches of  My True Love polish I couldn't get over how awesome they were! These polishes are no different!! I absolutely love them :) The six polishes I swatched matched each other so well. I ended up pairing them all together. Lets check it out!! This is a macro of Sam in its warm state with one coat of Andy. I matted my pointer for these pics because its just easier to see the glitters without the shine!!  Sam is a thermal polish full of holographic dust that in its warm state is the perfect sour apple green. When cold it turns to a dark teal. Such a great transition :) I used 3 coats to make it a solid color. Andy is a glitter topper in a clear base with micro metallic blue glitter, small translucent blue hexes and medium black hexes. One coat was all I needed and no fishing required :)

 

This is a macro of Sam in his warm state with topcoat.

Here is the fun stuff!!!!! The different faces of Sam :) Don't mind the water. I used hot and cold water to help with the pics. Pinkie and middle finger are cold and my ring and pointer fingers are warm. The stamping plate  use is a no name brand. Something my husband picked up trying to be nice <3 I used Maybelline bold gold to stamp with. I think I am starting to enjoy stamping!

 

This is the transition on all the fingers.

This is the cold version of Sam.

This is the total warm state.

 

This gorgeousness is 4 thin coats of  Lafayette with one coat of Alcide on the top. Lafayette is a very frosty shimmery violet purple. Luxurious is the word that comes to mind!!! Alcide is very similar to China Glaze Glistening Snow. It is just a little less dense in glitter. But it is just as holo!  I didn't even want to take this off. Most of my pics lean blue for this purple but there is 1 I got that is very true to color. Super smooth and fast drying for all polishes so far!!

This one here is the one that shows true color for Lafayette. It is just as perfect all by itself!

And last but not least we have 4 thin coats of Jessica with 1 coat of Tara. Cherise told me they went well together but I wasn't expecting to be so mesmerized by the combo!! Tara is a clear base with micro pink holographic glitters. Jessica is a bright fuchsia shimmer polish that has an amazing dry time and super smooth application! With that being said I do want to note that I had a issue with this one. As you will see on 1 maybe 2 fingers there were a few bumps. I did try a few times to swatch without the bumps but it just didn't happen. I am pretty sure this was a fluke thing though because I just bought a ton of polish from her and everyone was perfect!!

Jessica alone in all her beauty!

All in all, I am again super pleased! I already am prepping my next order lol! I hope you all go check her out on instagram for updates sales and maybe even giveaways!!! I promise its worth it :)