Cirque Colors Speckled & Sparkled Collection Swatches & Review

Hey there! Today I have the new Cirque Colors Speckled & Sparkled collection to show you! This is a 10-piece limited edition collection featuring "a range of delicately speckled pastels and glistening foil holographics". The "speckles" are designed around Hatch, a white and grey flecked polish released last year, making a comeback in this collection. The "sparkles" have a different type of foil-like finish, they are made with a special type of superfine sterling silver pigment, sparkling more than a typical foil while maintaining a reflective and smooth finish. These were kinda hard to capture in a photo, they're so much better in person!

Press Sample

Himalayan Pink is a rose gold sterling foil holographic. This applied like butter, covered completely in two coats. I left top coat off for these swatches but when I tried it, it didn't diminish the sparkle at all. All the "sparkles" have the same formula, so I won't bore you by repeating it each time.

Hatch is an opaque white crelly with grey speckles. Incredibly easy formula for such a light polish, and almost a one coater! I used two layers here. All the "speckles" have the same formula too. :)

Sencha is a seafoam green sterling foil holographic.

Astra is a light pink crelly with granite-like speckles. Some of the flecks in this one are shiny!

Oasis is a blue teal sterling foil holographic.

Cin Cin (pronounced chin-chin) is a sparkling champagne sterling foil holographic.

Mint Chip is a mint green crelly with chocolate colored speckles.

Saint Cloud is a silvery lavender sterling foil holographic.

Acid Wash is a pale blue crelly with denim speckles.

Besos is a deep magenta sterling foil holographic.

These are all available now on the Cirque Colors website for $13 each. The collection is labeled as limited edition so I don't know exactly how long they are going to be around, but I wouldn't hesitate if I were you! Let me know what you think of the collection! :) Hatch and Himalayan Pink are my favorites, but I seriously love them all!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Nicole by OPI Roughles Collection Swatches & Review

Howdy friends! Today I'm excited to show you a new limited edition collection from Nicole by OPI called Roughles, pronounced "ruffles". It is a quartet of texture polishes with speckled flecks of color in them. They are totally easter colors, waaay cute! I love the matte roughed up texture to these too, the bits are less defined in shape than some others, more irregular and varied.

Press Sample

First is Rock the Look, a pastel pink with flecks in orangey red and some in grey. I really love this, but I'm naturally a pink lover so I expected that haha. This is two coats. Formula on all of these was quite easy to work with, not too thick and covered easily.

This guy is On What Grounds?, an awesome pastel turquoise with blue and grey flecks. I wore this as a full mani a while ago and got a ton of compliments on it all day. This can stain so double up on your base coat if you're worried about that. Two coats here.

Here is Sand In My Shoe, a gorgeous pastel yellow with orange speckles. I have a soft spot for pale yellows so this is definitely one of my favorites! Also two coats.

And to round out the foursome we have I'm Stucco On You, a pastel purple with flecks in blue and red. I'm not usually a huge purple lover but this I'm really liking this one! Two coats.

You can purchase Nicole by OPI from stores like Walmart, Target and Kmart for around $8. I hope you can still find them if you haven't gotten them yet as these are limited edition. What do you think of this Spring collection? I'm really head over heels with them, Nicole really hit it outta the park on these.

I wanted to mention that these swatches are the first ones I have taken indoors that I actually like and think are good! Back when I first started blogging and didn't know what I was doing, I only posted flash indoor photos :( It makes me cringe when I even think about it. Then I got a new camera and realized I could take much better pictures using sunlight, then I decided I could only do outdoor shots well and couldn't go backwards. Needless to say this limited my swatching times and decreased my posting. Occasionally I would try indoor shots with my desk lamp but they never were up to my usual standards with sharpness, clarity and color.

I have tried a million different indoor lighting setups but I think I finally found one that works for me. Halleloo! What do you think of these photos?? I still think I prefer sunlight, but this way I will be able to blog more often and that makes me very happy. Thanks for reading as always, and if you haven't already, there's still time to enter the Beauty Blogger Coalition's May Day Giveaway! Until next time friends!

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borghese almondine

today i wish i was showing you some more models own polishes, but alas i have not had time.  i had a mad swatching session yesterday after work and before class trying to get as many of the new color club "untamed luxury" polishes done as i could, but the stress and fumes of a crappy drugstore remover got to me so i ended up in bed way early with a terrible headache.  so i didn't get to edit any of my models own swatches for you or my twilight ones.  buuuut, luckily i had these ones stashed away already prepared for such an occasion!

borghese almondine is an awesome color.  at first glance, you might be like "whuuu?  it's a boring nude!"  but honestly, it's not.  it has a band-aid but better color base yes, but it has a hidden PINK flash!  and it has tiny tiny flecks (i wouldn't call them glitter exactly) of black throughout the base color.  i wish i had gotten a sun photo to show the pink flash better, but you can still slightly see it in the flash photos.  i seriously love this polish, it's kind of a more than meets the eye kind of thing.  so don't always judge a book by it's cover haha ;)  i love these bottles, although the cap design isn't my favorite, the bottle is very chic and elegant looking to me.  i also really enjoy the two-headed brush.

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do you have any borghese polishes? i have a bunch more to show you very soon so if you aren't familiar with the brand, you will get to see more of it :)  have a great Friday!

xoxo,
kelliegonzo