Pretty Serious Cosmetics Post Apocalyptic Princess Part II Collection Swatches & Review

Thank glob it's Friday! To celebrate, I'd like to show you the second half of the Pretty Serious Cosmetics Post Apocalyptic Princess collection! Remember the first half? They rocked. These rock just as hard, maybe harder!

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Princess Plutonium returns with six new incredible shades to add to the Post Apocalyptic Princess lineup.

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All That Remains is a slate grey blue crème with gold/green shimmer. When the smoke clears and the fires have died all that remains is ashes. And silence. The robots will rise. Make sure you're prepared. This is very pigmented, opaque in just one coat. I did two, like always though. It is a bit thick, but in that perfect, buttery way. I love that the shimmer is not so subtle that it disappears!

An Uzi From Daddy has a vibrant purple base filled with blue glass flecks and blue glitters. There's nothing better than an Uzi from Daddy to fend off the solar zombies after the comet apocalypse. Even though the MAC-10 submachine gun was practically designed for housewives. This has a great formula, but I would recommend waiting for it to dry a bit in between coats to prevent dragging. Two coats!

Bump-Dee-Bump is an orange jelly with gold and copper shimmer, and orange and gold glitter. MY LIFE FOR YOU! Burn it all down with this intense fiery orange. Another great formula, not difficult to apply and I didn't have any trouble getting glitter placed just by applying normally. Two coats.

Forbidden Zone is a deep red jelly with gold shimmer and holographic gold and red glitter. You won't like what you find there. Once a paradise, now a desert. Watch out for the mutants. This is quite dense with glitter, requiring some manipulation of the glitter pieces on the nail. I love this color, it's really beautiful and the glitters just POP!

Princess Plutonium is a pink crème with matte black shards. A practically perfect pink smattered with the ashes of her enemies. Don't cross this Post Apocalyptic Princess. Unsurprisingly great formula, opaque in two coats. Dries matte so you'll want a shiny top coat.

Wicked Wasteland is a chocolate brown with copper shimmer. Nothingness, as far as the eye can see. The Princess rules her empire of dirt. Very opaque, covers in just one coat, but I used two. I love brown nail polish so this is right up my alley!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics polishes are Australian made, vegan, and cruelty free. These are available now on their website for $9.95 AUD each (about $7.21 USD with the current exchange rate). International shipping is available; US and Canadian orders are shipped from the US. What do you think about these badass colors?? I'm head over heels!

❤ 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.

KBShimmer Summer 2016 Collection Swatches & Review

Summer is almost here! And the Summer collections are rolling in, yay! Today's collection is from KBShimmer, a twelve piece collection with an array of finishes, crème, crelly, glitter, holo, shimmer, and even a few more metallic flakies! KBShimmer always blows my mind, so I was way excited to see what they had come up with for the season.

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Along For The Tide is an inky cobalt blue polish jam packed with shimmery micro flecks that shift from pink to violet and blue to purple, with a linear holo finish that pops in bright light. This applied really well, opaque in just two coats. I was mesmerized by the star-like glimmer in this!

Don't Play Koi has a muted white crelly base with coral, aqua and grey hex glitters. I love the addition of the grey in this, unexpected and totally ties in all the colors. This was on the thin side and required a little bit of manipulation to place the glitters, not unlike most glitter crelly mixes. I got this opaque in two coats, but you may need three depending on your application style.

How Low Can You Flamingo? is a shocking pink crème, it's being marketed as an "almost neon" but I would go right ahead and call this a neon! Easy peasy formula, dreamy in two coats.

Neon Me has a muted white crelly base full of small circle glitters and microglitters in a rainbow of neon shades. Same type of formula as Koi, thin, with some glitter placement. I went ahead and used three coats for complete coverage on this guy.

Ready For A Good Lime is a pastel lime green crème. This was easy to apply, better than almost any type of bleached neon I've tried! Two coats for full opacity. My camera had a hissy fit with this color and made my skin look a little odd here haha. Neons, amirite?!

Good Reef! is a light peachy coral pink filled with blue and pink shimmer that pops in certain lights. This one was pretty sheer on the first coat, and doesn't self level very well. I needed three coats to cover the streaks and make it opaque. KBShimmer recommends applying two normal/thin coats and one thicker coat. This also dries semi-dull so you'll want a topcoat for shine. The formula isn't the worst I've tried and I like this color enough to deal with it, but it might deter some.

Suit The Breeze is a periwinkle blue in the same type of style as Good Reef, with shimmery pink and violet micro flake shimmer. This applied muuuuch better though, opaque and even in just two coats, but you may want three if you are a stickler for thin coats. This one also dries on the dull side.

Mai Tai One On is a soft lemonade yellow with tons of yellow gold and soft green shimmer. Another one in the style of Good Reef, with a better formula. However, since this is a pale yellow, I did need three coats for opacity. The shimmer in this one just screams "summer" to me!

Playing With The Buoys is a soft, pastel sage with mint hues and blue undertones. Applied like an absolute dream and was opaque in two coats. This type of color just hits me straight through the heart, love!

One Night Sand is a metallic flake finish polish, same style as the polishes in their Birthstone collection that came out a few months ago. The color is a near copper, rose gold with added pops of holographic. Amazing formula, easy and opaque in two coats. I love that the flakes lie flat so they aren't textured!

Gull, Get Real! is another metallic flake polish, this one is a light, grey toned purpley-blue. Same great formula, two coats for full coverage. It's so funny, I had really recently purchased two flake polishes in a rose gold and a rich purpley-blue from a different brand, and it looks like maybe I should've waited because this one and One Night Sand are so similar to those! Serves me right I guess haha.

That's Nude To Me is a beige, pink toned nude subtle linear holographic. This is a perfect summer neutral! Looks more shimmery indoors and has a great holo effect in bright light. Great application, opaque for me in just two coats.

This collection will go on sale June 1st at 9am EST on the new & improved KBShimmer website. All the polishes are $9.25. They will also be available on Harlow & Co. for you international peeps!

So what do you think? Do you spot any must-haves? My favorites are Don't Play Koi, One Night Sand, and Suit The Breeze! Are you looking forward to summer? I'm a June baby so that'll be fun, but I prefer Autumn and Winter to be honest haha. I am excited to have lots of sun to be able to swatch more on the weekends though!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.