365 Days of Color Horcrux Collection

Today I would like to show you the new 365 Days of Color Horcrux Collection which goes on pre-sale today. I must confess that I have not read any of the Harry Potter books and have only seen the first movie, but that doesn't stop me from drooling over these beautiful polish creations. I had to get schooled in the ways of Harry Potter by my boyfriend and 7 year old nephew. The two of them had quite an intense debate and lost me somewhere along the way, but at least now I know what a Horcrux is and when it comes to polish, it is beautiful...

The Snake
A periodot green jelly with a green glass fleck shimmer. The formula is sheer and I needed four thin coats to build up to this coverage. It applies smoothly with no streaking. I love this color so much! Wore it solo for a day before adding a little something I'll show you soon. These swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Snake Number of coats: 4 Top Coat: Yes

The Ring
A gold to green duochrome glass fleck filled lacquer. My camera was intent on capturing the olive gold shift of this polish and refused to capture the green on my nails. Look at the bottle shots here for peeks at the green. Sometimes my camera just refuses to cooperate. This needed three coats go get good coverage on it's own. I think it would look fantastic layered over a black or dark green base. Application of this one was very nice. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Ring Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes

The Diadem
A clear base with small gold and silver glitter in addition to larger silver circle glitter and small blue glitter sprinkled in. A really fun glitter mix. I used two coats plus a topcoat over The Ring for these swatches. There is plenty of glitter in each brush stroke and it applies evenly to the nail...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Diadem Number of coats: 2 (layered over The Ring) Top Coat: Yes

The Locket
An olive green with gold shimmer. This is also fairly sheer and needed three coats for good coverage. Application was smooth and no problems with streaking. I love this color. It is so pretty! Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Locket Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes

The Goblet
A mix of gold and holographic glitter in a clear base. This applies easily with good distribution of glitter in each brush stroke. It would look great over just about any base. I layered two coats over The Locket and used a top coat for these swatches...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Goblet Number of coats: 2 (layered over The Locket) Top Coat: Yes

The Diary
A milky base loaded with a mix of various glitter. The photos don't do this justice since it has lots of holographic glitter that is very sparkly in real life even through the milky base. It is sheer so I used four thin coats to get this coverage. I think the sheerness really gives this a nice depth. One of my favorites from this collection. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Diary Number of coats: 4 Top Coat: Yes

The Boy Who Lived
A mix of teal, green and holographic glitter in a black jelly base. It can reach full opacity on it's own around three coats, but I chose to layer two coats over black to really give the glitter a pop. This is so stunning and sparkly. I'm wearing it as I write this and it keeps distracting me! Application was very easy, lots of glitter in each brush stroke. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: 365 Days of Color Collection: Horcrux Color Name/Number: The Boy Who Lived Number of coats: 2 (layered over black) Top Coat: Yes

This was my first introduction to 365 Day of Color polishes and I'm very impressed! The colors are gorgeous and there is so much variety in this collection. I can't even begin to pick favorites!

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I would love to know what you think of this collection!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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Ulta - Paint the Town Mini Set

I got two mini nail polish collections during Ulta's 2 day after Thanksgiving sale. The first one named Paint the Town, I will show you today and the other one tomorrow. Each set contain four 5mL bottles. For some reason I have been acquiring a lot of minis lately. They are just so darn cute, although not to practical. Maybe useful for travel? :)

Overall the brushes and formula on these were very good. I had no problems with application at all. Each of these is shown with two coats and a top coat.

Left to right: Raise Your Glass, Paint the Town, Nauti-cal but Nice, Lav-ish.

Raise Your Glass: This was the one that caught my eye when I first saw the collection and it did not disappoint. A beautiful olive green with a golden/copper shimmer. I'm really hoping they will produce this in a full size bottle.

Paint the Town: This is the namesake of the collection. A standard dark red jelly polish. Nothing too unique about it, but also nothing bad to say. Applied great in two easy coats. No pulling or bald spots for me. Will go great for travel.

Nauti-cal but Nice: A dark navy blue jelly. A bit difficult to wrap around the tips, but otherwise also applied nicely with no bald spots in two coats.

Lav-ish: A pretty muted greyish mauve with copper shimmer. As far as I'm aware this is the only one that is available in the full 10mL size. I have had my eye on this color for a while and I think I will have to get the full size bottle at some point. Although the full size bottle just looks like it has a lot more polish because if it's size, but actually doesn't have that much more (only 10mL vs 5mL).

Here is what the cute set looks like. I got it for $2.99 plus I was able to use a $3.50 off coupon since I purchased $10 worth of stuff, so it was only around $2 for the set in the end. Not too bad since the set retails for $7.99 which is around $2 per bottle.

What do you think? Did any colors stand out to you?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)