HARE Polish Sea Bunny Swatch & Review

Hi everyone! Today I have a really fabulous new HARE polish to show you called Sea Bunny. It's an ivory white jelly with black squares and hexes, charcoal flakies, gold flakies and holographic shimmer. It applies easily and has great glitter pay off. I used three thin coats for full opacity.

This color is inspired by a super adorbs sea slug called Jorunna parva otherwise known as the Sea Bunny! Awwwww!

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This is not available at the moment on the HARE polish Etsy store, and I'm not sure if it will be restocked but I would stalk her store for it just in case. It's such a gorgeous polish, I really hope she brings it back! I'm such a huge HARE fan, everything they make I fall in love with :) How about you? Is there one indie brand you just can't stay away from?

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 6

It's that time again, more nail polishes I actually wore in real life! I have been slacking on the manis lately :( Stress and zero time equal no time for an actual manicure. I definitely need to pick it up!

Essie Where's My Chauffeur? came out back in the Winter 2012 collection, but I just barely acquired it from my local Marshalls. I had wanted it back when it first came on the scene but for some reason I didn't get any of that collection. It's a fabulous mid-tone turquoise crème with a great formula, which is always reason to celebrate when it comes to Essie. ;) Two coats.

HARE Polish Washed Ashore came out in the Late Summer 2013 Tropics Are Calling collection. I bought this and three other polishes from that collection, one I blogged about here. This is a soft pink crelly with pearly grey, white and icy blue glitter in hex and square shapes along with shimmer. I also spy some of those iridescent glitters that appear yellowy until they lay on top of another color then look kinda reflect-y purple & blue. Le sigh, how gorgeous is that?? Three coats for full opacity.

Ugh, I cannot believe I haven't worn this until now! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! No really, with all the days that I have gone without wearing anything on my nails, it's really sad to think about all my poor neglected untrieds waiting for me to deign to put them on my tips. I should be ashamed.

Essie polishes can be purchased in most drugstores like CVS, Rite Aid, etc. along with Ulta. Like I mentioned, I found this in Marshalls so I don't know if this shade is readily available or not. HARE polish is sold on their Etsy site, but sadly Washed Ashore is not available for purchase right now. She sometimes brings shades out of retirement though, so keep your eyes peeled! Love ya, talk more soon :)

❤ Kellie

HARE polish Flesh World Swatch & Review

Hello and welcome my dears! Today I have a crazy "ugly pretty" polish to show you. It's HARE polish Flesh World. This is part of the Welcome to Twin Peaks collection that came out last winter, but I just barely picked it up. It's kinda zombie-esque and I decided I just had to have it for this Halloween.

It's a yellowish nude jelly with gold shimmer, gold circles and hexes, small black hexes and squares, and translucent pink hexes. I. FREAKING. LOVE. THIS! Ridiculous and odd and not everyone's cup of tea, but I just adore it. I used three thin coats here with top coat. Not as thick as I expected, it had quite a nice formula and was easy to apply.

I purchased this from the HARE polish Etsy store for $10 (she may be closed right now to restock, not sure). They are also sold at stockists like Llarowe. What do you think of this polish? Do you like offbeat colors like I do?

Later babes!

❤ Kellie

HARE polish - Elysian Fields

Hi there! Today I wanted to show you a new polish from one of my very favorite indie brands, HARE polish. This color is called Elysian Fields from the Viva Los Angeles collection for spring/summer. It's a teal green with light neon green glitters, subtle blue and gold flakies and shimmer for days. I have a soft spot for greens and the neon glitter just pushed this over the edge for me--I had to have it. I really have an obscene amount of polish from this brand, but I can't help it, I just adore them! This is two coats.

You can purchase HARE polish from their Etsy page for $10 each, or from stockists like Llarowe and Rainbow Connection. What do you think of this beauty? I'm in love!

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HARE polish - Dancing Bird of Paradise

Hi everyone! I am happy to show you a beautiful polish from one of my favorite indie brands, HARE polish. It's from their late summer 2013 collection The Tropics are Calling. It's called Dancing Bird of Paradise. I was bowled over by the swatches my friend Valesha from PeachyPolish.com did of this lacquer and I purchased it immediately after seeing them.

The polish has a bright juicy cherry pinky red jelly base with a blend of various shapes/sizes of neon pink, satin white, gold glitter, and flaky gold shimmer. Wooo it is so hot and fun! I am addicted to bright jellies and the glitter mix in this one just blows it out of the water for me. I used two coats and it turned out pretty opaque for a jelly. The glitter was easy to spread on the nail and it didn't clump up like heavy glitters often do.

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I have three other polishes from the Tropics collection that I haven't tried yet but I am excited to try. I can't say there is one polish HARE has created that I haven't wanted! You can buy HARE polish for about $10 each from their Etsy store, or from their stockists Llarowe and Femme Fatale Cosmetics. Also, be sure to follow their blog for news about upcoming collections and restocks. What do you think of this beauty?

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A Butterfly Holiday Hoopla Moment

Today's post is a layering nail polish combo that I truly adore. If you follow me on Instagram, you might've seen this mani a few weeks ago. The glitter layer is Hare Polish Holiday Hoopla, from their holiday 2012 duo released in December. It is a mix of red squares, red hexes in several sizes, satin pale pink hexes, gold glitter and gold shimmer in a clear base. The base color is OPI A Butterfly Moment from the new Mariah Carey collection. It's a lovely peachy nude shimmer frost. The frost is very fine and not streaky at all. I think these two lacquers compliment each other so well!

Hare Polish can be found on Etsy and from US stockist Llarowe. You can buy OPI polishes from salons and professional retailers like Ulta, Trade Secret, JCPenney etc. How do you like my glittery combo?

Some of these products were provided for review.

HARE polish - Ancient Affairs

HARE polish might just be my favorite indie brand ever. I have not seen a polish Nikole has made that I haven't wanted, needed, craved to own. This one is called Ancient Affairs from her Antiquities duo. It's a dusty gray jelly with subtle blue shimmer and turquoise microglitter. Freaking gorgeous! This is three coats on my nails when they were way long, from a while ago. I think this might be the longest they've ever been!

So what do you think? And just for curiosity's sake, do you like my nails long or short? I actually am really liking them a bit longer now. I used to not be able to stand them being longer than a little "white" showing, but since I've started using Duri Rejuvacote, they've been so strong I don't even notice the length. I like the slight c-curve they get when they have some length, otherwise they're kind of flat. I think maybe they photograph best when they're a medium length, but I'm not married to a certain size these days.

You can purchase HARE Polish from their Etsy store or from Llarowe for $11. I believe they're sold out at both sites right now but Llarowe restocks frequently. Check out HARE's blog and facebook page to get up to date information about their latest goodies.

HARE polish - A Positive

I bought this franken polish from a chicky I "met" on Tumblr, her blog is called Nailing-It. She makes awesome sauce frankens and she recently started selling a few of her creations on her Etsy. This one is called A Positive because it looks like blood cells, according to Mr. Nailing-It :) I la la love this polish and it is totally rock n' roll. This is three coats. It looks a little magenta in the bottle but it comes out red on the nail.

If you have a tumblr, you should follow this girl. Also...me too :)