PolisHaus Swatches and Review

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you a new to me indie brand, PolisHaus. I must confess that I may have squealed a little as I unwrapped each one. They are so beautiful and sparkly it was hard to contain the excitement. In addition to being gorgeous in the light, three of these lovelies also glow in the dark!

These four beauties will be released tomorrow (Nov 26th) at 5pm PST.

Argentine
A dark gray jelly with glitter in various colors, shapes and sizes. There is lots of holographic glitter in there that the camera does not pick up. It has a great formula that is not too thick. It applies very easily and there is plenty of glitter in each brush stroke. I used three coats to get good coverage. Swatches are with a top coat...

Bottle shot to show all the amazing glitter goodness...

Swatch Details
	Brand: PolisHaus Collection: Winter 2013 Color Name/Number: Argentine Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Royal
A lavender jelly packed with glitter in various colors, shapes and sizes. This beauty glows in the dark! It starts out a bit sheer, but builds up nicely to full coverage at three coats. You can possibly get away with two thicker coats as well. The formula again is very nice and easy to apply. Great glitter distribution on the nail. Very pretty and girly. Swatches are with a top coat...

The glow of this is soft white. It has the weakest glow out of the three glowing polishes in this release...

Just look at that pretty glitter... ahh!

Swatch Details
	Brand: PolisHaus Collection: Winter 2013 Color Name/Number: Royal Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Spectrum
A periwinkle blue jelly loaded with glitter in various colors, shapes and sizes. It glows in the dark. Formula is similar to the two above. Very easy to apply and lots of glitter in each brush stroke. I used three thin coats for full coverage. I absolutely love this color and will show you some nail art with this beauty soon. Swatches are with a top coat...

In the dark, it glows a beautiful bright blue. I love that the glow matches the day color!...

Swatch Details
	Brand: PolisHaus Collection: Winter 2013 Color Name/Number: Spectrum Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Sprinkles
A sheer grayish nude base loaded with glitter in different colors, shapes and sizes. This also glows in the dark. It is the sheerest out of the four lacquers. I used four thin coats and the nail line is still visible. If seeing the nail line bothers you, it can easily be layered over a nude cream polish. Also using thicker coats might result in better coverage, but then I worry about dry time. With thin coats it has great dry time. Formula is very nice and easy to apply. Lots of glitter in each brush stroke. Swatches are with a top coat...

This is the brightest glowing lacquer and it glows a lovely greenish shade. I wonder if the glow is so strong due to the sheerness of the shade. In any case, it is amazing...

So many different colors in here that all work so perfectly together...

Swatch Details
	Brand: PolisHaus Collection: Winter 2013 Color Name/Number: Sprinkles Number of coats: 4 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I'm so impressed with these four shades! They are absolutely gorgeous and the formula is perfection. The icing on the cake is that they glow in the dark. The cherry on top of that icing is that they glow different colors in the dark. So amazing!

You can find this and other PolisHaus lacquers in the online shop.
Be sure to follow @polishaus on Instagram too!

What do you think of these?

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 **

InDecisive Nail Lacquer Harvest! (plus a Giveaway)

I have a really special polish to show you today. It is a custom lacquer created for me by Aleksandra of InDecisive Nail Lacquer. I had mentioned to her my recent fascination with small circle glitter and she responded with a most generous offer to create a shade for me. I truly don't know what I did to deserve her kindness and I'm so honored to present to you InDecisive Nail Lacquer Harvest...

The polish was inspired by the beautiful colors of Fall foliage. Aleksandra did a fantastic job of creating this shade and making it just as I had envisioned it. I learned so much from her in the process and I will always treasure the experience.

I decided to carry the foliage theme through into my nail art to compliment the color. I wanted something bold enough to stand out against the glitter without covering up too much of it. Determined to keep practicing my freehand nail art, I painted the leaves and a friendly little hedgehog using acrylic paints.

I'm really excited about how this manicure turned out. Little by little I'm gaining confidence in freehand nail art. It is definitely more time consuming for me, but so worth it...

InDecisive Harvest is a pale yellow crelly (cream + jelly) base filled with yellow, orange, red and dark purple glitter in various shapes and sizes. It has a nice formula which is easy to work with. I used three thin coats to get maximum glitter and allow layers underneath to show through. Swatches are with a top coat...

The heavier circle glitter does settle to the bottom over time so I suggest storing the bottle upside down. I didn't have to fish for glitter, there was lots of it on the brush. It is easiest to use light brush strokes which leave the glitter in place. Heavy strokes will take the larger glitter right off the nail...

Swatch Details
	Brand: InDecisive Nail Lacquer Collection: custom Color Name/Number: Harvest Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

If you have not yet, check out InDecisive Nail Lacquer on Etsy!

Want your own bottle of Harvest? Aleksandra has generously offered to make one for a lucky winner!
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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 **

Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry...

Today I would like to show you some nail art with an indie beauty named Time in a Tapestry from Pipe Dream Polish. As I was going through my stamping plates and trying to pick out the perfect design to compliment the polish, there was one design that jumped out at me. I do believe this is the first manicure I've done that has been inspired by the polish logo...

To create this manicure, I started out with a base of three coats of Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry. You can see full swatches of it further down in the post...

I stamped the paisley print using Maybeline Bold Gold (70) and Cheeky XL plate "I"...

I love how the paisley print plays into the 'tapestry' part of the name. Using individual paisley images allowed me to create a different look on each nail and space the pattern out so that the polish still shows through...

I love the paisley P in the logo and how fun is it to have a matching pattern to stamp?...
They are like two P's in a pod... (so sorry for the pun, it is really late...)

Pipe Dream Polish Time in a Tapestry is a green jelly with a gold shimmer and loaded with gold, cooper and brown glitter. I needed three coats for full coverage. I suggest thin coats for easy application since thick coats can get goopy (yup, that's a very technical term here). There is lots of glitter in each brush stroke. It is so gorgeous and perfectly fitting to the name. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: Like the Weather Color Name/Number: Time in a Tapestry Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Find out more about Pipe Dream Polish:
Etsy shop | Facebook | Instagram

I would love to know what you think of this manicure! Don't hesitate to leave a comment below :)

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 **

31DC2013 Day 22 - Inspired by a Song

Today I would like to show you my manicure for Day 22 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. The challenge today is to be inspired by a song. I decided to go with one of my current favorites, Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves. If you have not heard this song before, you can listen to it on YouTube. The lyrics of the song really resonate with me. I was so excited that I got the chance to see her in concert this summer...

"Mary Mary quite contrary,

We get bored so we get married

And just like dust we settle in this town.

On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,

Where it stops nobody knows...

And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round..."

We are all on this crazy merry go round of life and it really doesn't slow down. A simple fact of life that truly freaks me out...

For this manicure I started out with a base of Pipe Dream Polish Pink Elephants and Lemonade. I then added self made decals, painted the tips using Maybelline Bold Gold (70) and added dots of acrylic paint to match each unicorn.

For the decals I first stamped the horse from Mash plate Mash-42 using Essence Stamp Me! White. I then added the details using Maybelline Bold Gold and acrylic paints...

I am so excited for how this manicure turned out. It is just as I pictured it in my head...

Pink Elephants and Lemonade is a teal crelly base with pink and yellow glitter. This polish is just so gorgeous. I love the combination of colors. It applies easily with nice distribution of glitter. A lot of the larger hex glitter seems to have settled on one side of the bottle so I will be storing it upside down for a while to bring that back up for next time. I used three coats for these swatches although it was opaque at just two coats. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Pipe Dream Polish Collection: core Color Name/Number: Pink Elephants and Lemonade Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Find out more about Pipe Dream Polish:
Etsy shop | Facebook | Instagram

P.S. I'd love to know what you think of this manicure! :)

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 **