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Limited Edition Holiday Trio by Lacquer Lust, Polished by KPT and Serum No. 5

Friday, November 29, 2013
Thanksgiving is over and that means it is finally time for holiday and winter themed manicures. What better way to start than with a limited edition Holiday Trio of indie polishes. This trio is a collaboration between three wonderful indie polish makers, Lacquer Lust, Polished by KPT and Serum No. 5. Between the three of them, this set has it all... holo, thermal, glitter and glow in the dark. What more could you ask for?...


Lacquer Lust Ho Ho Holodays!
An olive green linear holographic shade with a gold shimmer. This is a really unique holographic shade because of that gold shimmer overlay. When the holo hides, the shimmer comes out to play. The photos unfortunately didn't capture much of the shimmer. I love, love, love this color! The holographic effect is just beautiful! It has a very nice formula that is easy to apply. It goes on smooth and provides full coverage at three coats. Swatches are with no top coat...



Oh how I love holographic polishes! I could stare at this all day...



Swatch Details
Brand: Lacquer Lust
Collection: Holiday Trio 2013
Color Name/Number: Ho Ho Holodays!
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Polished by KPT Naughty & Nice
A rose pink to deep berry red thermal shade with gold and purple flakie shimmer. It is a deep berry red when cold and a rose pink when warm. When the fingers are warm and the tips of the nails are cold, it results in beautiful transitions between the two colors. The formula is very nice. It is easy to apply and three coats provides good coverage in the cold state. It dries with a bit of a satin finish, so I used a top coat for these swatches...


In the cold state it is a deep berry red. The gold flakie shimmer is most visible in this state. Can you see the scattered purple flecks too? So pretty...


A state of transition. I've discovered that my ring finger takes the longest to warm up. Should I be worried? :)


This was a common resting state for me. The tips dark and the rest light. It almost looks a bit tricolor here with a red band separating the two colors. I really love how this looks...


In the warm state it is a beautiful rose pink. I had a difficult time capturing this state because I was cold while trying to swatch (or maybe I'm just cold blooded). No amount of warming my hands up seemed to help. You can see the tips of the index and pinkie nails starting to turn here...


So beautiful...


Swatch Details
Brand: Polished by KPT
Collection: Holiday Trio 2013
Color Name/Number: Naughty & Nice
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Serum No 5 Yule Light Up My Life
An incredible mix of over 30 different glitters in a clear, glow in the dark base. This polish is two in one for me. It is a powerful glitter bomb that can be layered over any base for a beautiful manicure during the day. At night it glows brilliantly in the dark. I used two coats over Lacquer Lust Ho Ho Holodays! The application was very nice. It was easy to apply and get lots of glitter onto the nail. Swatches are with a top coat...



This is the first glow in the dark polish that I have encountered which actually lights up enough to show off the glitter it contains. It isn't quite this detailed in reality since the eyes can't focus as well as the camera does. The glow of this, however, is amazing!




I also layered this over Polished by KPT Naughty & Nice. This time I used just one generous coat of Yule Light Up My Life glitter over the base. Again, the glitter spread nicely over the nails and I love that there is no fishing needed to get the larger glitter out. Swatches are with a top coat...



Although I couldn't quite see this in reality, it seems to be picking up some of the base color resulting in a slightly pink tinted glow. I'm wonder if this is due to the fact that I used one coat instead of two for this manicure. At two coats, as I showed above, it was glowing white...



Swatch Details
Brand: Serum No 5
Collection: Holiday Trio 2013
Color Name/Number: Yule Light Up My Life
Number of coats: 1-2
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Find out more information about these polishes here...
Lacquer Lust: Web shop | Instagram | Facebook
Polished by KPT: Web shop | Instagram | Facebook
Serum No. 5: Web shop | Instagram | Facebook

What do you think of these lacquers?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

Dazzle Dry Dragonfly...

Monday, November 11, 2013
Hi Everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today I would like to show you some quick nail art that I created while swatching the Dazzle Dry Blogger's Mystery collection. I really love this dragonfly image on one of the Messy Mansion plates and I have been looking for an excuse to use it again. As soon as I saw this Dazzle Dry lacquer named Dragonfly, I knew that I had found my excuse...


The manicure started out with a base of Dazzle Dry Dragonfly. I stamped the image from Messy Mansion plate MM17 using Pure Ice Silver Mercedes. I love the length of this stamping image. It allows me to choose a different section to stamp on each nail so no two nails are the same.




Thanks for looking and commenting!
Anutka :)


** Dazzle Dry polish and stamping plate were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

Dazzle Dry Blogger's Mystery Collection

Friday, November 8, 2013
As promised I would like to show you the Dazzle Dry Blogger's Mystery Collection. Five of the shades are collaborations with bloggers/nail artists including Vanessa of Nail Stories, Rina of Simply RinsRobin Moses, Jen of The Nail Polish Project and myself. One shade designed by Dazzle Dry...


Dazzle Dry nail lacquers are intended to be worn with the Dazzle Dry nail system which includes a nail prep, base and top coat. All these swatches were done with this system. The lacquers themselves dry quickly with a matte finish. The top coat gives them their shine plus dries rock hard in five minutes. For more on the system please visit the Dazzle Dry website or this post.

Arctic Sunset by yours truly
I know I just showed you these swatches in my last post, but I'm including them here again to have the collection swatches all together. Plus my OCD nature forces me to keep the polishes appearing here in numerical order. ;)

Arctic sunset is a white cream with a gold glass fleck shimmer. The shimmer is quite camera shy. It gives a nice warmth to the white in bright light. It was inspired by the sun reflecting off of fresh fallen snow. See my last post for more details. I used three thin coats for these swatches. The formula is a bit thick, but does provide nice, full coverage...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Arctic Sunset, 471
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Blue Fantasy by Vanessa of Nail Stories
A gorgeous electric blue with coppery glass flecks. This is really so beautiful. It has a nice smooth formula that is very easy to apply. Three coats provided great coverage...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Blue Fantasy, 472
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Dragonfly by Dazzle Dry
A darkened base with green and gold glass flecks. Be still my heart! This is right up my alley, I just love such dark green shades and this one has the complexity to keep me fascinated. Two coats for full coverage. The formula is very easy to work with and apply...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Dragonfly, 473
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Feisty by Rina of Simply Rins
A vampy berry wine with a purple shimmer. This has such wonderful depth to it. The perfect fall shade. It provided great coverage at three coats and has a nice smooth formula that is easy to apply...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Feisty, 474
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Moxie by Robin Moses
Comprised of eggplant purple to gold duochrome glass flecks. It is very sparkly and beautiful. It has a very saturated formula that is nearly a one coater. A bit thick and you can probably get away with just one coat, but I used two thinner coats here...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Moxie, 475
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Tiger Lily by Jen of The Nail Polish Project
A cranberry pink with a gold fleck shimmer. It as a bit more fuschia to it than the swatches show, but my camera picks up more of the red. I have actually been wearing this for the last 24 hours and loving it. It has a wonderful easy to apply formula. Two coats provides great coverage as seen here...




Swatch Details
Brand: Dazzle Dry
Collection: Blogger's Mystery
Color Name/Number: Tiger Lily, 476
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Find out more about Dazzle Dry:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

I love how unique and beautiful everyone's creations are!
What do you think of this collection?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **