Hello dears! (Not to be confused with "deers", I promise I would never call you guys any woodland creatures unless you wanted me to.) Today I have the second half of my recent swatch-a-thon: Lush Lacquers! I ordered five minis from them before their new polishes were released, which of course means that now I have all new lemmings. *sigh* Does it ever end?
First up I have Party Hearty, a pink base with glitters in it. Guess why I was drawn to it? I'll give you a minute... yep, heart glitters. Below, my pointer and middle finger have two coats over Essie French Affair, my ring finger has three coats alone, and my pinky is just two coats. As you can see, it works best with some underwear to conserve it. The application was easy, although I did have to do some dabbing and moving glitters around. I didn't get any hearts on the nail which is depressing, but I know they're in there. I see you, hearts, and you will be mine... someday.
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Next up is Pink Panther, which is a clear base with black, white, and pink multi-sized glitters! This one was love at first sight for me. I layed one coat over Mattese Elite Lilac Me All Over. I had to use some dabbing to get glitters off the brush, but didn't really have to fish in the bottle.
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Flippin Out was my next victim... er... tester. This was two coats over Revlon Taxi and this had the trickiest application. This was mostly dabbing method but I did have to push some glitters around (I'm a big bully). Lots of glitter colors and shapes in here but for some reason I just don't like the mini-bar glitters much. They look weird to me, but maybe that's just me?
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Neon Blast is an unexpected favorite of mine! It's only with the indie invasion that we're being introduced to different types of glitter: matte, pastel, and neon. Before that, major brands pretty much only produced the sparkly sort of basic colored glitter. I'm not one for wearing neon polishes much, but neon glitter? Yes please! This is multicolored and multisized neon glitters in a clear base, one coat over Revlon Sunshine Sparkle. The application on this was a breeze, no dabbing or moving around at all!
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Finally, Lite Brite! I would have bought this no matter what it looked like because of the nostalgia factor. Lite Brite was one of my favorite toys growing up, and this is definitely reminiscent of those annoying, finger-hurting pegs! Lite Brite (I keep typing Lite Bite... maybe I'm hungry for a snack.) is multicolored and multisized glitter in a clear base. Since there were so many colors in it, I layered it over OPI Alpine Snow because I couldn't find a color that one of the colors of glitter wouldn't have blended into! This is one coat with some dabbing, but overall easy application.
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And there you have it! I'm in love with these, I definitely want to buy some of their new ones once my no-buy is over (which is currently never). What do you think? What's your favorite?
xoxo,
Amanda
6 comments:
Party Hearty is really pretty!
I love that one! Need to get those stubborn hearts out when I wear it though!
Fun glitters! I spent so many hours with my Lite Brite as a kid--can still remember that satisfying feel of the peg piercing the paper. ;)
Me too, although after a while when your fingers get numb it's not as satisfying ;) Thanks for reading! <3
these are all cute! I really like Flippin' Out. I never had a Lite Bright, but I did ask Santa for one once :O) Maybe I was lucky not to get it since it made your fingers all numb and sore.
Haha it was fun but I definitely have distinct memories of my fingers hurting. I powered through though!
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