Pretty Serious Absence, Presence and Ninja-lish-ious Swatches & Review

Howdy, howdy, howdy! Are you glad it's the weekend? I know I am. I've been organizing a huge fundraiser at my job for the last few months that culminated this morning and I'm so exhausted but everything went really well! I don't think I've ever been that stressed before haha! To take my mind off things, I was able to play with some new polishes from Australian indie company Pretty Serious!

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Absence is a one coat black crème. Perfect for using by itself or for nail art. This is one of the best black polishes I've ever use, it's so smooth and effortless. Some one-coat blacks can be very thick and hard to get a nice even application, but not this guy! It is also crazy shiny! I used this as a base for my glitter guest post on the BeautyGeeks blog the other day, go check it out if you haven't yet!

Presence is the white crème counterpart to Absence. It's almost-really-super-close to a one coater, but I needed two to completely cover my nails, there was just a tiny bit of streaking where I could still see darker parts with one. Another amazing formula though. A lot of very opaque whites can be more difficult to use, more so than the black ones, because they can be very chalky. This one was not like that, it was very smooth and flowed easily. Also dried shiny! Another one I used as a base for glitters in my BeautyGeeks post :D

Ninja-lish-ious is a limited edition polish created for the Pretty Serious shipping manager in the US, Alicia. They are based in Australia, but have a shipping center in the US for North American customers, so I always get my polishes from her and she's very fast and accurate! Thanks Alicia! This has a navy jelly base with blue, green and shimmering teal glass flecks. Easy to apply, opaque in two shimmery coats.

These are available now on the Pretty Serious website for $9.95 for an 11 mL bottle. I believe the black and white are permanent colors but Ninja is limited edition. Are you looking for your next favorite black or white? You might find it with these ones! And the blue is just a no-brainer, you need it! Talk to you again soon :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Pretty Jelly Halloween 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Hello again, hello :) I cannot get my fill of Halloween collections this year, and so I've got another one to share with you all today! They are from indie brand Pretty Jelly, created by blogger Liz from Liquid Jelly. I have followed her blog for years and always had serious nail envy for her gorgeous digits, so I am way happy for the success of her nail polish brand! Let's check out the goods shall we?

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I See Dead People is a black linear holographic with strong red shimmer that was inspired by the movie poster for thriller "The Sixth Sense". That movie still gives me chills when I think about certain scenes, I love it! This polish was nice and opaque, I used two coats here. It has a great formula, but the brush on these is a little big and slightly flared out at the ends so I had to take care in my application. They dry a bit dull so I used top coat for a glossy finish on all of these.

Here's Johnny! is a bloody red linear holographic inspired by the color of Jack's red jacket from horror movie "The Shining". I think I have seen that movie at least 50 times and have read the book about 10. Yes, you may gasp if you'd like. ;) This one had a more jelly type base, but was still opaque in two coats.

Pumpkin Carousel has a black jelly base with orange, green, purple, and teal holographic glitters as well as shimmery gold glitters that shift green. This was a pleasant glitter to apply, very easy. It has a thin base, but it builds up quickly, becoming opaque in two coats. To me this looked kind of simple in the bottle at first glance, but on the nail it turns quite complex with all the different colors of glitter. Dries with a slight amount of bumpiness from the glitter.

They're Here is a pale blue linear holo with added blue shimmer. This one was inspired by the eerie glow of the TV screen from the scary movie "Poltergeist". That movie scares me so much still, and I'm a horror/thriller movie junkie! Maybe because I first saw it as a child and it stuck with me. This seemed to be more sheer on the first coat but was completely opaque in two as well. The holo "fire" seemed really strong on this one.

Werewolf Tricks is made up of vampy red-orange metallic flakes in a deep jelly base with bronze and gold holographic glitters. There is also a purple flash in there somewhere. I wasn't sure how this would look on the nail by seeing it in the bottle, so I was kind of blown away by it when I put it on! Two easy coats.

You can buy these now at the Pretty Jelly Etsy store. The glitters are $10 each and the holos are $12. I am loving indie collections this year and these are some really fun shades for the Fall season and Halloween in particular. What do you think?

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

My Guest Post on BeautyGeeks: Essie LuxEffects 2015 Collection

Hello there, eh! I say "eh" today because I have an extra special guest post on my Canadian friend's blog BeautyGeeks! Essie Canada sent me the new 2015 LuxEffects polishes to show off and I couldn't be more excited to be featured on the BeautyGeeks site, they have some amazing content! Please head on over there and see the magic!

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Of course I couldn't just show them here, this black and white photo is just a teaser :) Here is the link: http://imabeautygeek.com/2015/10/15/essie-luxeffects-2015-swatches-and-review/ - please show the post some love! Their nail blogger Karen has impeccable skills but despises bar glitter and she knows I love it, so this guest post really is a win-win situation for the both of us. See you again soon cookies!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.