Nail Hoot Anniversary Duo!

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The plague is upon me and my household.  I feel like we all need bells to ring while walking around, shouting, "Unclean!  Unlcean!" in public.

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Okay, so maybe it's not THAT bad, but it *is* bronchitis, and that's pretty bad when you've got younglings, one that is not even 3 months old yet.  Lemme tell ya folks, it's not fun, and it's definitely slowed down any nail polish progress I had in mind for this week.

BUT!

I am jumping on today to at least share with you a beautiful duo by Nail Hoot created in celebration of her brand's one year anniversary/birthday!  Hooray!!

The first polish in the duo is "Look Whoo's Turning One:"

Look Whoo's Turning One is a gorgeous purple/blue duochrome with holographic glitters.  Opaque in 2 coats and dries in under 5 minutes.  I recommend a topcoat to help bring out the sparkle and shimmer.

The second polish in the duo is, "Whooo Wants Cake?"

Whooo Wants Cake is a lovely green/purple duochrome with holographic glitters.  Also opaque in two coats, drying under 5 minutes, and extra sparkly with an added topcoat :)

This duo is available purchased together or separately at the shop link below.  The brand is also offering their biggest discount yet - 15% off all items (excluding the new duo) with the code NailHootAnniversary - the code is good through Saturday the 19th.  Here are some links for you:

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I would like to wish Brandie, creator of Nail Hoot, a very happy 1-year Brandiversary!!  It's wonderful to see an indie blossom with such grace and beauty, and I look forward to seeing what she will be creating this next year!!

What do you think of this duo?  Let me know in the comments!

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Polish was provided by the maker for photography purposes and a review.  Opinions and experience with the polish are my own and remain 100% honest.

Gothic Gala Lacquers "St. Patrick's Day Trio"

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This image was a lot funnier when I was younger and my friends and I enjoyed the Irish spirits in excess.  Now, I don't even remember the last time I was imbibed on alcohol on St. Patrick's Day... I've been lucky if I have time to make Shepherd's Pie.  

Anywho, sticking with the holiday trend, I've got a beautiful St. Patrick's Day trio to show you today from Gothic Gala Lacquers!!

The first in this lovely trio is called, "Neart Istigh" - Gaelic for "Inner Strength:"

Neart Istigh is a beautiful gold shimmer polish with the slightest hint of scattered holo.  Dried in under 5 minutes and shown in 2 coats in the photos above.

Next is "Is Brea" - Gaelic for "Love:"

Is Brea is a stunning deep green with a gold scattered holographic effect.  Opaque in 2 coats, as shown in the photos above.  My accent nail is stamped with a design from my Messy Mansion St. Pat's plate using Neart Istigh for the polish, all topped with Smooth Me Over Matte (also by Gothic Gala Lacquers).

The final beauty in this trio is "Aisling" - Gaelic for "Dream:"

Aisling is a lovely light cream color (reminiscent of the head of Guinness beer when poured into a glass) with a lovely coppery shimmer throughout.  Opaque in 2-3 coats, depending on how thick you apply - I am wearing 3 thin coats in the photos above.  I also wore this mani for almost a week, because I loved it so much!!  The accent nail was done using vinyls from What's Up Nails and Is Brea for the polish - the two look so fantastic together :D

You can get this absolutely perfect St. Patrick's Day trio today, March 7th at 11am PST!  Pro-tip: using my code MOMMRSANDME25 will not only get you 25% off, it will also make you 25% cooler.

Here's where you can purchase the trio, and where you can follow the brand:

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What do you think of this trio?  Let me know in the comments!! <3

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Polish was sent to me by the maker for photography purposes and an honest review.  All opinions and experiences with the polish are my own and remain 100% honest with full disclosure.

Faeries & Folklore Myth of the Month - March

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Faeries & Folklore Nail Polish has come up with something pretty awesome - she is calling it a "Myth of the Month."  Each month, on the 1st, a polish will be released that connect with some sort of mythological creature :)  This month's is a mermaid.

Now, we all know mermaids totally exist, but for the sake of the product, we'll pretend it's a myth ;)

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Without further ado, I give you "Mermaids Can't Dance:"

Sunlight shot to catch that subtle holo!

Mermaids Can't Dance is a gorgeous teal green with a subtle scattered holographic shimmer throughout.  This applied very well and is opaque in 2-3 coats - I am wearing two thin ones in the photos, and you can still see some VNL in certain lighting.  Mermaids dried to a little bit of a textured finish, but a good thick topcoat will smooth things out very nicely :)  I am wearing one generous coat of LACC's topcoat.

Mermaids Can't Dance will be available later today and throughout the month of March - here's where you can purchase it and follow the brand:

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What do you think of this polish?  Does it tickle your fancy?  Let me know in the comments! <3

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Polish was sent to me by the maker for photography purposes and a review.  All experience with the polish is my own and my full disclosure remains 100% honest.

HPB Presents: My First Indie Brand

This month's prompt for the Hobby Polish Bloggers group on Facebook is a very fun one - the theme is "my first indie brand."  This theme actually happened at an ironic time - I'll be coming on 2 years of having this blog, and my first indie polish is what prompted me to start blogging in the first place :D

My first ever indie brand was Colors by Llarowe.  I won a giveaway the creator was having of one of her discontinued polishes, and once it came in, I was hooked!  I'd never seen polishes like that before in stores, and when I went online to look at more colors by that brand, I was in awe of the holo!  It was all addiction from there ;)

The polish I won was "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."  It is a lovely pale brown jelly with a pigment reminiscent of that "unicorn pee" stuff everyone talks about.  I decided to pair it with another Colors by Llarowe "K-9" and created this mani:

CbL still remains one of my favorite indies, especially for the way the super holographic polishes tend to watermarble!!  

Do you remember your first ever indie polish?  Tell me about it in the comments!  And be sure to check out the other fantastic posts below :D

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Faeries & Folklore's St. Patrick's Day Trio

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This morning, I have a super fun St. Patrick's Day Trio to show you by Faeries & Folklore:

Let's jump right in and start with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow:"

There's always one little f*cker in glitter placement that doesn't go where it should go.

Two things here right away: first, tell me this doesn't remind you of Fruity Pebbles??  Almost immediately after applying it to my nails I thought, "OMG!  It's like Fruity Pebbles!!" and made me a little sad that it did not smell like them.  Second thing: glitter placement.  Holy shite, that took me too long.  But I gotta say, I super love my UberChic mat specifically for these things, because it was soooo much easier to get the individual colors off that thing, and then clean up the rainbow puke mess I made.  Love it!

Now as for the polish, how super fun is this?!  When Somewhere Over the Rainbow first came to me, I had no idea what it was, because if you look at it in the bottle, it looks just like a murky glitter mix.  But as soon as you pull it out and you see the fun colorbomb that it is, sooooo many possibilities spring forth :D  This one is so freakin' fun, especially for this holiday, I just can't recommend it enough!  In order to keep the glitter suspended, it is in a thicker base so keep that in mind, and some of the larger glitters needed a little more encouragement to spread out evenly, but everything played nicely together.  Two coats of topcoat smoothed it out to perfection :)  I do recommend wearing this topper over something light colored and simple - if worn over something dark or busy, you'll loose the effect and it will look...funky.  Though I would love to see what this would look like over a light gray/white/silver holo...

Next up: "Patty:"

Patty is another super fun glitter topper, of which I did another glitter placement design, not as impressive as the last but still cute :P  This topper applied really well, very smoothly, too.  It is packed with light green, dark green, and gold holo hex shapes as well as some gold dusting and gold squares.  It's really eye catching in the sunlight as well!  I am wearing one coat in the photos above over a light mint green polish.  One coat of topcoat smoothed everything out and really made the holo and sparkle shine :)

And lastly we have "Rolled in Gold:"

My fingers look EXPENSIVE, y'all!  Hot damn!  This was such a unique polish - I can honestly say I personally haven't really seen anything like it in the indie industry yet.  It's really quite stunning!  Rolled in gold is a beautiful micro glitter polish consisting purely of gold holographic glitter.  Now the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "holographic" is "RAINBOW ALL THE THINGS!" and there is clearly no rainbow in this polish.  That is because "holographic" comes from the word "hologram" which is a three-dimensional image, and this polish definitely looks 3D in person.  Smooth application- Rolled in Gold would be opaque in 3 thin coats but I applied this one in thicker coats and felt that adding a third to this would have been way too goopy.  Also I left the rainbow accent nail because I used Rolled in Gold for the gold.  Because of course.

This gorgeous trio will be available tonight at 6pm CST, so set your alarms!!  Here's where you can find the polish and where you can follow the brand:

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What do you think of this trio??  Let me know in the comments!

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Polish was sent to me for swatches and a review.  All experience with the polish is unique to me and my review is 100% honest.

Smokey Mountain Lacquers St. Patrick's Day Duo

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Ahhhh good ole St. Patrick's Day - the day of the year where everyone is Irish (or, their interpretation of what it means to be Irish, which is apparently someone with red hair who drinks a lot, eats only corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie, and soda bread, and dresses like a leprechaun).  I'm pretty sure this is also the one day of the year the Irish really don't like Americans :P

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All jokesies aside, I have a gorgeous St. Patrick's Day duo to show you today by Smokey Mountain Lacquers!

This is a beautiful duo of a green cream and a citrine green glitter bomb.  Onward, to swatches!!

First up we'll check out "Shake Your Shamrocks:"

Shake Your Shamrocks is a gorgeous green cream thick enough to go on as a one-coater, but can also be applied in two thin coats (as shown above).  While upon application it seemed streaky, once it started to dry, everything leveled out very nicely and there were no bumps or streaks whatsoever - just a deliciously smooth green cream!

The second of the duo is "Lucky Charm:"

 

Direct Sunlight - kachow!!!!

Lucky Charm is a gorgeous citrine green holo microglittter bomb that is just astounding in the sunlight!  This one is opaque in two coats (as shown on the middle and ring fingers above), but can also be worn as a topper (as shown on the pointer and pinky fingers above over Shake Your Shamrocks).  This one dries a bit textured, so adding a generous topcoat will not only smooth things out, it will really make that holo pop!

I'll be uploading a video to my instagram today showing the intense sparkle of Lucky Charm, so keep your eyes peeled for it!

This fantastic duo will be launching tomorrow, Friday the 26th, at 7pm EST on the Smokey Mountain Lacquers website, linked below:

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Also wanted to quickly mention that Smokey Mountain Lacquers also sells some pretty amazing soaps!!  With the St. Patrick's Day Duo, she sent me a bar of her lavender soap, and it is really quite nice :)  Smells amazing and leaves my skin the same!  I'll be posting a full review of it next week after I've been using it, but thought I'd also mention it now in case you want to pick up a bar when you pick up the duo ;)

So what do you think of the polish duo?  Let me know in the comments!

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Polish and soap were sent to me by the maker for photography and review purposes.  All experiences with the products are my own and my review remains 100% honest.