4 More Hare Polishes

And the Hare Polish swatchfest continues with 3 more Hares that I wore recently.  I wish I could say that this would be it, but I haven't even swatched a fraction of what I snagged in destashes, so you'll be seeing a lot more Hare Polish.

First is Anemone Gardens.

Anemone Gardens is a purple jelly base with large metallic pink hex glitters and tiny olive square glitters.  It's a really odd combination in the bottle but looks super unique on the nail.  My swatch stick took 3 coats to be opaque, but the large glitters made it super lumpy.  I chose to layer this on my nails to avoid the lumpy mess.  I layered over Zoya Serenity which was a pretty close match to the base color, but I think it darkened up the polish a bit.  Honestly, it reminded me of something I would've worn in middle school-ultra girly (pink and purple) with large loud glitters.  But I teach at a middle school, so it was all good (and yes, my students loved it).  I don't foresee me wearing this to work frequently because of how loud it is, but I can see myself loving it on my toes or in the summer.

Next up is Star Tropics.

Star Tropics is a thin navy jelly with large white square and tiny silver circle glitters.  It's a spin on the night sky polishes that I am so hooked on.  This one is very thin and doesn't get opaque so I layered 2 coats over OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue.  YGTB, is one of my favorite layering polishes because it has that metallic glow from within look which transfers over to whatever is layered on top.  It also is a 1-coater which makes it ideal for layering.  I loved this mani and wore it for several days.  The glitters in Star Tropics both floated and sank in the jelly base which gave it a lot of depth on my nails.  Absolutely lovely.

Third is Dancing Bird of Paradise.

Dancing Bird of Paradise is a red jelly base with matte pink and metallic gold glitters.  The base is fairly thin, so I layered this over Zoya Yana.  Yana's a bit too pink-toned and so I feel that the pink glitters disappeared on my nails.  The gold glitters in the red jelly were stunning though.  I want to try layering this over a true red or over a red-orange to see if the pink glitters would show up more.

Lastly is my Easter manicure, King of Carat Flowers paired with Pure Ice Tales Untold and Girly Bits Pirate's Booty.

I tried some basic nail art.  This mani is based on one by Shelby Lou Nails on Instagram seen HERE. (If you don't follow her, you should!  She has fantastic mani pics and does simple yet stunning nail art.)  Tales Untold is a lavender with a gold shimmer.  It has a great formula for a pastel and extra great for a cheap drugstore polish.  It's a nice 2-coater.  Pirate's Booty is a gold glitter bomb.  It is packed with all sizes of gold holographic glitter and opaque in 2-3 coats.  King of Carat Flowers is a light gray crelly base with gold hexes, lavender squares, and cream square glitters.  It is very delicate and spring-like.

Saint Paddy's Day

Here are my Saint Patrick's Day nails.  I opted for the truest grass green that I had in my stash, Superchic Lacquer Never Grow Up.  This beauty is a green crelly sprinkled with micro holographic gold glitters and a gold shimmer.  It's a beaut!

I bought this in a blog sale (hence the blogger bottle) and it was pretty thick.  I ended up adding quite a bit of thinner to make it workable, but once I did, it applied wonderfully.  It was nearly a 1-coater (which may be due to the thickness of the polish) but was just a little streaky, so this is 2-coats.

And just as a bonus pic, here's the inspiration behind the blog name, playing with her favorite toy-swatch sticks:

Zoya Robyn Review

After a couple weeks of all indies, all glitter, I needed a clean cream manicure.  I chose Zoya's Robyn because I've been pining for spring and blue skies (which are here-yay!).

Robyn is a nice 2 coater sky blue cream polish.  The pigment is very vibrant, and I was worried about staining.  I didn't have any, but I did double up the base coat just in case.  I really liked this simple manicure and wore it for 5 days.

Shimmer Polish Vivian Review

I stumbled upon a blog sale that had a bunch of Shimmer Polishes for only $2.  I've always wanted to try the brand, but couldn't justify the $12 price tag.  So I bought a bunch to try out.  The first one that I tried was Vivian.  Vivian has rose gold, pink, gold and holographic glitters in a slightly gray-tinted base.  I wore it over Zoya's Rue which I reviewed HERE.

The base of Vivian darkened Rue so it looked like a light taupe.  I loved this combo.  It was as if these two polishes were made for each other.  It was shimmery, subtle, and delicate-everything I love about polish.  It was a glitter that I would have no hesitation wearing to work (which I did).

Dance Legend Chameleon Collection-Wazowski

I have another Dance Legend multichrome to share with you today.  This one is Wazowski, named after Mike Wazowsi the lovable one-eyed shorty on Monster's Inc.

Wazowski is mostly a lime to turquoise shifting polish.  In bright lights, the polish looks olive and nearly gold.  At extreme angles, it nears a dark indigo color.  This one has been the most metallic looking of the Chameleons that I've tried and showed more brush strokes than Roz and Sulley.  It also showed all the ridges in my nails.  The next time I wear this, I'll have to give my fingertips a good buffing.

Half-way through the Chameleons.  I definitely do not regret purchasing these.  They are so bright and shifty.

4 Hare Polishes

As I've mentioned before, Hare Polish is probably my favorite indie nail polish brand.  It might even nudge out Zoya for my overall favorite brand.  Due to this, I panicked when Nicole's sister announced that they were closing up shop for the time being (and possibly for good).  I started scouring destashes and snatching up every Hare I didn't already own.  I think I've doubled my Hare Polish collection in just 2 months.  So now I have a lot of swatching to do.

The first one I wore was a major lemming of mine-The Blooming Desert.  I've wanted to track this one down since I first was introduced to Hare Polish.  And I finally did!

The blooming desert has white, iridescent, pink, and orange glitters in a bubblegum pink jelly base.  It's very feminine and pretty.  I expected it to be brighter, but it had a very subdued quality to it.  It took 3 coats to cover my nails, and the glitters were still a bit lumpy even after 2 coats of top coat.  I like it, but after wishing for it for so long, I felt a bit underwhelmed over all.

Next, I wore Attack of the Army of Albortix from the Interstellar Invasion Trio.

Attack of the Army is a dark plum base with red, blue, and pink glitters in it.  I loved this one.  It's dark and vampy, but the glitters give it a lot of personality.  Although the base is dark, it's obviously purple instead of looking black.  The glitters show through really well and their colors really stand out against the dark base.  It was opaque in 2 coats.

The third one I wore was Dog Day Dream.  It's got tiny purple, orange, and pink glitters in a dark reddish-raspberry base.  The base coats the pink and orange glitters making them look red, but they still really sparkle through it.  The purple glitters stand out a lot.

I don't wear a lot of reds, but I loved this one.  It was quite the color shifter-sometimes looking wine colored and sometimes it looked bright pink.  I feel like this color combo works for every season too.

My final Hare in this post is probably my favorite of the bunch.  I almost didn't buy it and when it arrived, I considered destashing it.  But once I put it on, I immediately told my husband that we'd need to find a back up bottle.  It's The Sky Was Pink.

This one has tiny blue, periwinkle, and purple square and circle glitters and a bright pink shimmer in a pink jelly base.  There's so much blue and purple in it, that the pink base ends up looking like a darkened orchid color (nearing neon purple).  I love, love, love this one.  It's super sparkly and full of interest.  It's a thin polish though; it took 3 coats and I can still barely see my nail line through it.

Hope you enjoyed this post full of Hare Polish's glittery goodness.  Be ready for a bunch more-I have a lot of Hare Polishes to wear.

A England St. George Review

I've never understood the hype for A England.  I purchased Ascalon, but it ended up looking drastically different than it did on the website.  It's pretty and I like it, but it isn't breathtaking or astounding like everyone claims A England is.

I nearly wrote off A England, but decided to give it one more try.  So I purchased St. George from Color 4 Nails.  St. George a green-leaning dark teal with a subtle holographic glitter running through it.  It is so pretty!

The holo is super subtle-barely showing in sunlight.  However, the glitter reflects light really well turning the polish into a shimmery teal color that glistens green.  It looks like velvet.  To top it off, St. George is a 1-coater!  I keep looking at my nails astounded that it's so complex looking and only 1-coat.

I've officially boarded the A England bandwagon.  I'm already planning my next order.