Takko Lacquer Fall 2016 Collection [Partial] Swatches & Review

Hello dear friend of mine! How was/has been your holiday season this year so far? I literally cannot fathom how this is the last week of the year, it's so nutty to me. But out with the old, in with new I guess! Today I have some shimmers and glitters from indie brand Takko Lacquer's Fall 2016 collection to show you. I got these a bit late so pardon my tardiness, however there are a few restocks coming up if you're itching to get some. Let's take a look!

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Winter Succulents is a cool, dusty sage green crème filled with gold micro flecks and actual silver dust. This leaves me breathless, so gorgeous and dainty and perfect for any time of year. Great, easy to apply formula, very opaque. I used two coats here.

Boyfriend Jeans is just like a deep dark pair of denim blue jeans, complimented with coppery red iridescent shimmer. Stunning and striking! This is two coats. Dries dull so you'll want a shiny top coat.

Stoned was created to look like crushed marble quartz, it has a very light beige-grey base filled with black and gold micro flakies and a ton of golden shimmer flecks. This is another excellent polish, goes on like a dream and I got full coverage in two coats. The finish is dull and just the teensiest bit gritty upon dry down, but a top coat gives it a jolt of shine and smoothness.

Queen Of Hearts is a cherry red jelly filled with a generous helping of different sizes of translucent gold flakies. Surprisingly not difficult, sometimes jellies like this filled with chunky accents can be, well...chunky, but this was just fine. A touch thick maybe, but very easy to handle. I used two coats. This looks darker indoors, but the sun kinda shines through the jelly to give it an inner glow.

Starships is a greyed silver duochrome polish that flips to bright green and then to warm brownish copper, filled with holographic flakes to give a galaxy-esque look. Another great formula, went on effortlessly and opaque in two coats.

I had to give you a shade photo too, to show the duochrome better. I really love this!

Mariposa is a hearty pumpkin orange filled with golden shimmer and gold and pink glimmering flecks. This totally reminds me of Rescue Beauty Lounge NailsandNoms, only that one has blue shimmer and is a slightly more vibrant orange. Really nice formula, glides on the nail with ease. Very good coverage, you could almost get away with one coat, but I used two.

Narwhals is an icy periwinkle blue crème filled with tiny silver micro flakies. This was super buttery and crazy opaque! A one coater, but I did two like usual. The name of this makes me happy, so cute!

Merbunny is a sweet porcelain baby pink jelly filled with iridescent green and gold flakies. This can be built up on it's own or layered over darker colors for a different look. This one was on the thicker side but sheer. It was a touch streaky on two coats and my nail line was still visible, so I did three. I adore the look of the finished color, very princess-like.

You can purchase their products on the Takko Lacquer website; these are sold out now but will be restocked sometime in January. They range in price from $12-13 each. They will also be restocked at Color4Nails in January, no exact date yet. Let me know what you think of these shades! My favorite has to be Winter Succulents, but I really enjoyed them all! This may be my favorite group of Takkos I've tried from them yet!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Different Dimension Homespun Holidays Collection Swatches & Review

Happy Friday friends! Different Dimension has a beautiful new holiday collection out right now called Homespun Holidays, a seven piece collection full of holographics and one glitter topper. This classy bunch of colors are gorgeous and is sure to liven up your nails this holiday season, and beyond.

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Family is a light gold linear holographic with added shimmers. This looks more yellow gold in some lighting and more soft pale gold in others. I adore a good gold and this makes me swoon! Two effortless coats.

Naughty is a bold cherry red holographic. This flame is a bit less intense than the other holos in this collection, it almost seems like the vibrant base color is swallowing it up, but it's more prominent in person. You can get full coverage in one coat but two gives a slightly deeper color.

Celebration is a greyed taupe holographic with added shimmers, flakies and reddish-copper holographic microglitters. Fabulous formula, two coats for full coverage. Due to the microglitters this dries ever so slightly more textured than the others, but you may not even notice.

Nice is a cheery medium grass green linear holographic. This has almost a jelly-ish formula, less opaque. I used three coats here but you may be fine with two depending on your application style.

Tradition is a pale copper holographic polish with added copper shimmers. Another excellent formula, two coats. A gorgeous shade, I need more copper polishes in my life!

Blizzard is a glitter topper, a clear base filled with silver holographic glitters, iridescent glitters and white glitters to represent freshly fallen snow. I used one coat over Naughty. The twinkly iridescent glitters are my favorite in this, I can't wait to try it over more base colors! Dense with glitter and super easy to apply evenly, which I really appreciate as I find layering to be tricking sometimes.

Rejoice is a silver linear holographic polish with added shimmers and silver micro flakies. Mega flame density on this one, like wowza! The flakes add another cool dimension too, it's a winner. Two easy, dreamy coats.

Different Dimension also has some new cuticle oil scents available for the season: Blessings - an enveloping blend of grape, peach and plum with sparkling citrus, rose and musk; Jolly - just like mom use to make - yummy cookies made with sugar and vanilla and fresh from the oven; Noel - crushed candy canes are sprinkled over luscious layers of sugary white chocolate to make this cool yet sweet dessert sensation; Cheer - holiday notes of fir needle, cinnamon stick, cranberries, crisp apple and cedarwood; and Merry - notes of spun sugar, vanilla bean and apple cider.

The Homespun Holidays collection is available now on the Different Dimension website for $12 each, with the exception of Blizzard, which is specially priced at $5. Let me know what you think about these gorgeous holiday polishes!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Nail Polish & Treatments Swatches & Review

I've got some awesome polish shades and treatments from Pretty Serious Cosmetics to show you today! These have been available for a while, but I just got them a while ago and wanted to share my thoughts on them with you.

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Type 40 is a Dr. Who type shade, specifically a TARDIS inspired blue crème. I've wanted this since it came out so I was stoked to get to try it. This is a 100% one coat wonder, no muss, no fuss, and no staining! I do always wear a stain-blocking base coat with blues but sometimes tricky ones can get through, not the case with this babe!

Breathless is a limited edition kelly green with gorgeous soft flake shimmer. This was created for friend of Pretty Serious, Hannah from Polly Polish to celebrate her wedding. Excellent two coat formula, really a head-turner! Super low quantity available so grab this one while you can!

Mummy Mush is a golden glass fleck multichrome shimmer shade that shifts through green to baby blue and pink in various lighting. I used two coats for a delicate look but you can also built it up more for total opacity or even layer it over colored base shades for a different look! Sadly this is sold out right now, so keep your eyes peeled for restocks.

Cuticle Hero Super Hydrating Cuticle Oil is one of their treatments that I've had my eye on for a while, it's a more heavy duty moisturizing formula than their other oils. It's "created from a blend of spa quality massage oils" and has a robust orange scent. This one does contain a nut oil, which I know some can be sensitive to. I found this mega therapeutic and nicely hydrating for my cuticles. The scent wasn't my favorite, so I don't know if I'd order this again unless they came out with it in another scent. They do have lighters oils in yummy scents like cupcake and bubblegum so I might try those next.

image via Pretty Serious Cosmetics

Plump Up the Volume Gel Effect Top Coat is a glossy, thick gel-like top coat that is perfect for smoothing out bumpy glitters. I have their Aqua Coat top coat which is sort of the same idea, but this is that type of formula "on steroids". It has a lot more body if that makes sense. Dries a bit slower than quick-dry top coats, but it's worth it. I find this works best when I apply quickly and with purpose as it can pull up off the nail if you go over your strokes multiple times.

image via Pretty Serious Cosmetics

These products (except Mummy Mush) are available on the Pretty Serious website now for $8.95-9.95 AUD each. One thing I love about the Pretty Serious website is it automatically detects the currency for your region, so when I log on, it automatically shows me the prices in US dollars which is super helpful. Let me know what you think about these colors and treatments!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Glam Polish Halloween Horror Shop Collection [Partial] Swatches & Review

Hello and happy weekend! Today I get the privilege of sharing a few shades that will be released in the upcoming Glam Polish 2016 Halloween Horror Shop event! There are a whopping 25 shades released for this event, all limited editions in small batches, each exclusive to the Glam Polish site, meaning they can and probably will sell out quickly. And they will not be restocked. I have four of the 25, only a few bloggers are reviewing shades from the collection, and they are all dope! We all know that Halloween is my favorite holiday (it's practically a season, really), and these horror movie/tv inspired shades are so right up my alley!

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Fright Night is a dark grape purple scattered holographic filled with color shifting flakies and glass flecks. This is loaded to the brim with goodies but it wasn't difficult to apply which was nice, it spreads out on the nail evenly and covers nicely. Two coats here. Fright Night is an 80's teen horror that I haven't actually watched, can you believe it! I'll have to fix that soon.

You Are Who You Eat is an intense linear holographic in a berry pinky crimson shade. This applied like magic, it's a one coater but the color deepens slightly with two. This is named for the 1999 black comedy horror film Ravenous, another I haven't seen.

Tales From the CRYPT is a shifting blue-purple with holographic flakies. Another easy one, two coats for opacity. The CRYPT series was on tv when I was still a child so I never got the chance to watch them, but that skeleton guy still creeps me out whenever I think about him haha.

Frights! Camera! Action! is a teal scattered holographic with strong crimson shimmer and holo flakies. This one made me gasp when I first saw it in the bottle, a seriously stunning shade. The pinky red flash is easier to see in person, my photo can't do it justice. As far as I can tell, this name is referencing the cartoon Monster High, but I'm not sure haha.

The Halloween Horror Shop shades will be available on on Friday, September 30th at 1pm EDT (USA) on the Glam Polish website for $12 each. The other 21 shades are listed in their shop now if you want to see all that will be available, there's honestly too many to write out here haha. Let me know what you think of these shades, and if you're planning on picking up any from the limited editions! It cracks me up that being such a fan of the horror genre, the four shades I got are named after movies/shows that I haven't seen! Are you a scary movie junkie??

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Potion Polish Summer In New York Collection Swatches & Review

Today I have the newest collection from indie brand Potion Polish, the Summer in New York collection! A few of my blogging besties are posting their swatches & reviews of this collection today also, so please be sure to check out their blog posts (links at the bottom)!

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Central Park Peonies is a warm watermelon pink crelly filled with holographic flakes. This applied easily and was opaque on two coats.

Manhattan Skyline is an indigo jelly packed with red shimmer and shifting aqua-blue opalescent flakies. The formula was easy to apply, not gummy like some jellies can get. I used three coats here.

Coney Island Coaster is a bright, light aqua with shifty glass fleck shimmer and holographic microglitter. This one seemed chunkier upon application than I expected from looking at it in the bottle. Not difficult, but different. I used three coats for this guy. There is a really pretty pink shift to this color that shows up a lot more in real life than it chose to in my photo.

Rooftop Movies is a medium blurple (more purple to me) crelly with holographic flakes and pink glass fleck glitter. This went on well, similar to Peonies in formula, and opaque in two coats.

Times Square is a dark teal blue jelly filled with holographic glitter and a sprinkle of shifting shimmer that turns from blue to pink. I was also pleased with the formula on this, it spread on the nail nicely and wasn't gummy. I used three coats to completely cover my nail line.

And as an extra, I'm including Liberty from the recent Potion Polish Independence Day collection. She's a cornflower blue crelly with silver flakes and a touch of scattered holographic bits. Awesome, easy formula, opaque in two coats.

The Summer In New York colors are releasing July 22 at 1pm EST on the Potion Polish website. They are all priced at $11.00. Liberty is available now for $10. Let me know what you think about these shades! And please be sure to check out my friends' posts on this collection: Nail Polish Society, Peachy Polish and Very Emily.

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Takko Lacquer Summer Shimmers Collection Swatches & Review

Hey darling dears, I have some delicious Takkos to share with you today! Except don't eat these. The Takko Lacquer Summer Shimmers collection is made up of five seriously incredible polishes that you can really only fully appreciate if you see them in person. But I'ma try my best to show off their true gorgeousness potential for you!

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Rose Quartz is a soft rosy beige crème filled with silver and gold micro flakies and a finely milled silver dust shimmer. This is on the thick side, but applied nicely. I used two coats for full opacity. Dries a little dull because of the mineral based formula and added vitamin e that Takko uses, but a top coat brings out the sparkle.

Cactus Rose is a dark hunter green jelly filled with iridescent shimmer that shifts from red to pink and gold to green at different angles. This is seriously breathtaking, quite unique to my collection. Really great formula, surprisingly easy to build up for a jelly, this is just two coats. Also dries matte.

Druzy Quartz is an inky midnight indigo with a pink to green multichromatic shimmer. A tinge metallic, but very shimmer based. This was thin, but again I only needed two coats for coverage. I would recommend wrapping your tips because as you can see, the thin formula let the white tip of my nail peep through. This surprisingly didn't dry very dull, but I'd still recommend a top coat.

Grape Juice has a deep reddish purple base filled with tons of green to purple iridescent micro flakie shimmer. IN.CRED.IB.LE. I cannot get enough of this shade, I love the large shimmer particles and how in your face they are! Another wonderful formula, two coats. Dries matte so be sure to use a top coat if you want a shiny finish.

Star Crossed has a royal blue base with added blue metallic shimmer and scattered linear micro holographic flakie bits. I always adore these starry sky looking shades, so classic! This had a nice formula as well, I didn't have any issues with brushstrokes despite the metallic-ness. Two coats, dries down dull but pretty smooth.

These will all be available, along with their Collection of Curiosities & Exquisites (crèmes and toppers), on Friday, July 8th at 8:30pm EST on the Takko Lacquer website. For international customers, they are planning a restock with MeiMeiSignatures & Color4Nails soon. Please let me know what you think about these pretty shimmahs! Are you excited by these as much as I am?? If you love Takkos, check out my friend Amy's (McPolish) Takko Tuesday feature on her blog! Talk to you again soon cookies!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Nine Zero Lacquer June 2016 + Valley Isle Collection Swatches & Review

Hey kids! I'm excited to show off some new polish shades from indie Nine Zero Lacquer for you today! I've been loving everything they've come out with, I almost can't believe they're less than a year old, because the quality of their products is SO great! I think it helps that the brains behind the brand, Jess, is a content creator on YouTube, she's been reviewing nail polish for years so she knows her stuff! I have the new Polish of the Month shade (a new one is created for each month of this year, see the previous shades here) and the upcoming Valley Isle four piece collection inspired by Jess's recent trip to Maui!

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June 2016 is a light purple linear holographic with added holographic silver microglitter. Like all of her previous polish of the month shades, this applied easily and covered in two coats. My birthday is in June so I was hoping to really love this shade...and I do! So beautiful!

Now for the Valley Isle collection shades! Volcanic has a rusty red base filled with copper and bronze flake shimmer. The sparkle bits in this almost remind me of glass flecks, they are SO blingy! Much more so than a photo can convey. Amazing formula, smooth and opaque in two coats.

Coconut has a custard cream colored base filled with gold flake shimmer. I found this a little thick and draggy, I needed to wait for it to dry well between coats or else it would pull up on itself. This is three coats.

Trade Winds is a light blue jelly with blue shimmer, color-shifting flakies, gold flake shimmer and holographic micro shard glitter. Sheerish on one coat, because of the jelly-ness, but it builds up nicely without getting thick. I used three coats for full opacity. This has that skunky sort of smell to it that you get with some blue polishes, not a big deal but something to mention.

Black Cove has a black jelly base with silver holographic micro shard glitter and what looks like teeny tiny bits of holo. Sheer on the first coat, but surprisingly this got opaque in just two layers. Dries dull and a tiny bit bumpy, so you'll want a thick top coat for shine and smoothness. It surprises me how much I liked this, the holo stands out really nicely!

The polish of the month color is already available on the Nine Zero Lacquer website for $11. The Valley Isle collection will be up on the website for pre-order on June 3rd at 11am EST through June 8th at 11:59pm EST. I believe they will be stocked for regular purchase once the pre-orders have gone out. Are you interested any of the colors I showed you today? I love these small collections with fun inspirations, I hope to see more of them from Jess!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Illyrian Polish Color4Nails Exclusive Duo Swatches & Review

Happy Tuesday cookies! How has your week been going? Mine is shaping up to be nice, I have a short trip to Las Vegas for business for the rest of week so that'll be a nice break from everyday life haha. I live at the other end of the state from LV and it's much different up here. Today I have two new exclusive polishes from the Color4Nails online store to show you! This duo comes from indie brand Illyrian Polish.

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Dove Jam has a mid-tone grey holographic base with grey iridescent flakes and a flash of bronzey pink shimmer. This was easy to apply. I used thin coats and it was almost opaque in two, but I added a third for a total coverage. You would probably be fine with two with normal/thicker coats. I really love the contrasting shimmer in this.

Peacock Sauce is a deep teal blue holographic with deep red flakies and a strong gold shimmer. I love the flakes and holo but I felt like the shimmer gave the polish a bit of a frosty look. Same type of formula as Dove Jam; I used three coats but you could probably get away with two.

These are available on the Color4Nails website now for $13 each. What do you think of these two shades? I like the names so much haha! They're not really summer colors, but I know I will get some good use out of them when the colder months roll around. Have you tried Illyrian Polish yet?

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Contrary Polish Color4Nails Exclusives Swatches & Review

Guess what! Today I have two polishes to show you that you can actually buy! I felt kinda bad about the two I showed you yesterday that you probably aren't going to be able to get any time soon. These happen to be from online nail polish stockist Color4Nails too, exclusively available from them, to anyone who wants them. The duo is by indie brand Contrary Polish.

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inspiration photos via Contrary Polish & Color4Nails

How Prim Is Your Rose? is a warm light rose pink with gold microglitter, reddish copper flake shimmer, and scattered holographic shimmer pigment. Application was easy, smooth. Since the base is a little more sheer than a traditional crème, I found I needed three coats to cover my nail line completely. But it gives a nice depth for the glitter to pop through. Dries a bit satiny, so add a top coat for maximum shine.

I Kinda Lilac You is a light lilac crelly with holographic silver microglitter and scattered holographic shimmer pigment. This gal had pretty much the exact same formula as the pink shade, three coats here too with added top coat.

These polishes are available now on the Color4Nails website for $12.50 each. Let me know what you think about these two shades! Have you tried Contrary Polish before??

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Frenzy Polish Fall Out Foxes Collection Swatches & Review

Greetings polish lovers! I'm here again with some more awesome lacquers to show you! The brand is a newish-to-me indie called Frenzy Polish. I learned about them last Fall and ordered a few polishes, then the owner sent me this collection for review. It's called Fall Out Foxes, inspired by and named for songs by the band Fall Out Boy, collaborated on with the brand's fan group on Facebook, the Frenzy Foxes. The fox is kind of the little mascot for the brand so it all ties in together, rather cutely!

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Falling Apart To Half Time is a dark teal blue jelly filled with a ton of holo pigment and iridescent flakies pieces. Great formula, opaque in two coats. Dries very shiny!

Tears On Ice is a white crelly with tiny silver glitter, two tones of blue metallic shards, and a few blue square glitters. Pretty good application wise, maybe a touch streaky. This is two coats, but you may need one more depending on your polishing style.

Underneath The Purple Skies is a deep, warm purple jelly with lots of very fine coppery gold microglitter bits. I had no issues with this when I swatched it, but I wore it as a full manicure and noticed it got a touch thick the longer I had the bottle open. This is two coats.

Gem City has a clear base with bronze holographic microglitter and multichrome metallic flakies. This can be worn on its own, like I've shown here at three coats, or as a layering topper. Lovely formula, not thick at all, dried fast.

Keep You Like An Oath is a medium grey crelly with different shapes and sizes of glitter in white, blue, green, magenta, along with silver microglitter. Another nice formula, great coverage at two coats.

Like You (Only Sweeter) is a unique taupey pink with a tinge of lavender, filled with small glitters of white and red along with silver holo microshimmer. Fuss free application, two coats for full opacity.

This Ain't A Scene is a mid-tone teal base with a gallon of multichrome flakies and what looks like some glass fleck shimmer. I am repeating myself, but these all have really great formulas. Two coats.

Immortals has a clear base filled with pale gold holographic microglitter, small orangey gold metallic glitter, and some metallic flakies. This was surprisingly opaque, only two coats on this guy.

Heavy Metal Broke My Heart is another clear based polish, this one is definitely a topper though. It has multicolored metallic flakies in all different sizes and subtle holographic dust. This is very dense, I used one coat over Underneath The Purple Skies here.

You Look So Good In Blue is a medium blue jelly with a turquoise tone filled to the brim with soft flake shimmer, holo glitter and some satiny glitter pieces. Can you guess how it applied? Yup, you guessed it, really great in just two coats.

Light Em Up is a yellow gold shimmery crelly with metallic flakies and holographic microglitter. This is actually an add-on polish and not technically part of this collection. It was a prototype shade for the inspiration that eventually became Immortals, but lots of members of the fan group liked it so much she decided to release it as well. Another fabulous formula, nice and opaque in two coats.

The Frenzy Polish web shop is closed right now but they will reopen this Friday, Feb. 12th at 8am EST. These shades are all sold for $9 each, and you can get the entire collection (excluding Light Em Up) for $80. Light Em Up will be available in very limited quantities. Have you tried Frenzy Polish yet? Are you a Fall Out Boy fan? I'll talk to you again soon friends! :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.