Pretty Serious Naileontology Collection Vol. 2 Swatches & Review

Hi folks! I'm back today with the new Pretty Serious Naileontology shades! You can see my post on the first releases here. There are three new shades in the collection, three more relics from a time gone by. This is such a fun and exciting concept for shades and I'm always chomping at the bit looking forward to what Pretty Serious will do next!

Press Sample

Blood of Knossos is a toad-like green metallic shimmer. The formula is really smooth and was opaque in two easy coats. This polish is definitely filling a void in my green polish drawer, and it is so gorgeous!

Next is Ichi Hanami, a sparkly cherry blossom pink foil. This is slightly thick, which a lot of foils are, but it is opaque in one coat! I did two as usual though. This is really lovely, a true girly shade. The silver bits can get all over upon removal though, so be careful!

And rounding out the trio is The Crimson Pearl, a sexy dark berry shimmer. The base color is like a deep raspberry grape color with shifty shimmer in violet and blue and sparks of pink. This formula was on the thinner side, so take care not to flood your cuticles. This is three coats.

These are available now at www.pretty-serious.com for $9.95 AUD each for an 11 ml bottle. Remember that Pretty Serious has some dope packaging, so these also all come in glossy boxes with their pretty funky artwork. What do you think of the second installment of the Naileontology collection? Any guesses to what long lost polishes these shades could be paying homage to? I can't figure it out this time! Let me know which one is your favorite :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

OPI Nail Envy Strength In Color Collection Swatches & Review

Good day to you my friend! I hope your week is starting out well! Today I have some new products from OPI to show you. They have taken their popular nail treatment Nail Envy and added a twist by giving them color, calling them Strength In Color. This is a great idea for anyone who wants to have a strengthening protective treatment and polish color without an extra step. Let's see what shades they chose!

Press Sample

Bubble Bath is an iconic SoftShade from OPI, a soft delicate milky pink. I have the original version and I enjoy it very much. This is three coats for a more opaque look, but you can stop at two for a more natural take. I didn't use topcoat because it retains shine quite nicely.

Next is Hawaiian Orchid, a creamy neutral pink mauve. I love that they chose this shade for inclusion in this collection, it's very popular and so wearable. Great formula, I only needed two coats for full opacity.

Pink To Envy is a new 'shade', a slightly pink tinted clear. The original Nail Envy is more milky so I get them wanting to make a clear version of it. You probably can't tell other than the shine, but I've got one coat on here.

And last is Samoan Sand, another much favored SoftShade from OPI's core collection. This is a pale sandy beige. I actually can't believe I didn't have the original version of this, it's a great neutral! Three coats here. Dries a bit darker than it looks in the bottle.

These new Nail Envy Strength In Color shades are available now at places like Ulta, JCPenney Salons and Sally Beauty Supply, retailing for $17.95 in the US and $22.50 in Canada. What do you think of this twist on a nail treatment? Do you use Nail Envy? I know lots of gals who swear by it!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Cirque Colors Vice Collection Swatches & Review

Hi there! I'm back with some swatches, yay! Today I have the Cirque Colors Vice collection to share. It's a six piece collection with five uber bright crèmes and a holographic topper.

Press Sample

First up is C.R.E.A.M., a neon pastel lime crème. This has a great formula, opaque in two coats with minimal streaking, which is not typical of this shade of neon pastel. Excellent!

Lean is a juicy ultra violet jelly crème. This is very vivid in bright light and darker in lower light. I found the consistency on this works the best by using a thin first coat and a thicker second coat for maximum coverage and level-ability. Dries slightly satiny.

Next is Miami-Dade, a bright happy cyan blue crème. This is thinner than the other crèmes, could get streaky if you overwork it. It covered for me in two coats but you may need three depending on your application technique.

Nympho is a bright fuchsia pink jelly crème. This messed with my eyes when I wore it, it was a bit subdued indoors but crazy vivid in full sunlight! Photos do not suffice. I used two coats for full opacity, same type of consistency as Lean.

Here we have Vitamin D, a super pretty neon pastel peach crème. Another easy formula, just like C.R.E.A.M. This was hard to capture accurately due to the neon-ness, it looks more pigmented in real life. Two coats!

And last is We Trippy, a sparkly linear holographic top coat that can turn any shade into a holo stunner! I layered one coat over Lean.

Then I decided to see how it looked over the other shades in the collection. This is one coat over each. Très magnifique!

You can purchase these on www.cirquecolors.com for $13 each or from one of their stockists. This is a limited edition collection, so snatch them up before they disappear! Tell me what you think about this gathering of striking shades!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.