Swap with Polish Me Pink!

I recently swapped with Francini of Polish Me Pink! for some Brazilian beauties. She helped me get my hands on lots of flakies, some glitter, and tons of multichromes!

It's going to be a massive post, so get ready!

It all started when I asked someone to swap for these 4. I wanted these flakies from Speciallita. They look like dupes for Nfu-Oh flakies that I still have yet to get.

Left to Right:

Jazz, Can Can, Twist, Samba

 In the same order. 

Jazz is swatched over black and white on the index nail, all the others are by themselves.

Jazz- 1 coat.

Just look at those green flakes! It showed up best over black, the white side looked very opal-y but it was difficult to capture in pictures.

 Can Can- 3 coats.

This one looks like Nfu-Oh 50 to me. Light purple base with teal/blue flakes.

Since it took 3 coats, I'll likely just layer it over a medium tone purple when I use it as a full manicure.

Twist- 2 coats.

This one looks like Nfu-Oh 52 to me. Medium blue base with teal/green flakes.

 Same thing here, for future use I will probably layer it over a royal blue to save my precious polish...
The flakes look to be concentrated where the flash hit, but they are perfect & evenly dispersed! Don't let the camera fool you.

Samba - 2 coats

OMG green. Green on green flakes. I love green. This is gorgeous. End of story.

It looks like Nfu-Oh 56, in my opinion. Again, I'll layer it for future use.

Francini called this one Brazil's version of Unicorn Puke. Instead of a purple base, it's a clear base.
Big Universo - Espectral
I'm so happy this is a full 15mL! I know I will be using it a lot!

It has flakes of all different colors. Here is 2 coats over black.

Same combo, different angle.

2 coats layered over OPI Dating a Royal, Zoya Mira, Wet n Wild Black, Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

Same combo, different angle.

She found the last polish of the Hits no Olimpo collection that I wanted.
Dionisio. The dark purple holo.

Dionisio- 2 thin beautiful coats.

She also got me Hits #612 Glitter Forte.
This is a dupe for OPI Absolutely Alice!

It was quite thick and this was 2 gloopy coats. I didn't have any spare room in the bottle to add thinner, so now that I've swatched it maybe I can. :) I might even transfer it to larger polish bottle. I don't know yet...

This she included as a surprise.
Impala SPFW na mira 3d.
It is an awesome holographic glitter polish.

So intensely packed! Left is 2 coats over black, right is 3 coats by itself to show that the base is slightly tinted. It flashes through the whole rainbow, but it has a strong purple flash in the center. I hope you can see that in the pictures. It's beautiful!

She also included a Brazilian quick dry top coat. Extra Brilho.

I haven't given it a full test run yet, but what's up with this brush?! It's horrid! It's round and fluffy, yet limp and scraggly! Ugh! So frustrating. I dumped it into an empty bottle of Seche Vite so that I could use it with a normal brush!

I saw this polish on Francini's blog and asked if she could find it for me. It's a gorgeous multichrome.
Check out her pictures because she did a much better job at capturing the color shifts. HERE.
Ludurana Reluz
Seeing as how I don't exactly know how to read Portugese... It took me a day of wearing this as a full mani and saying "what's that smell?" before I realized it must be scented! Perfumado, yeah it's scented. Lol
It reminds me of a strong cotton/fresh linen type smell mixed with a light generic perfume smell. It's quite potent at first but not unpleasant, and it faded a good bit after the first day.

 It shifts blue, teal, purple, magenta, to rust orange.

My swatch is 3 thin coats. It's a thin formula that is slow-drying. And it was quite pesky in that it moved around after I finished each nail. Weird, right? I painted very neatly, and yet when I moved on and looked back, the polish had moved and flooded my cuticle! It was really crazy. But I will totally put up with strangeness for beauty. :)

In our discussion prior to the swap she told me about this new collection out by Speciallita Hits.
All multichromes! Drool. I wanted them all! And she came through. :)

Again, Francini was able to capture the color transitions better, so check out her post here.

Left to Right:
Daring,
Chameleon,
Artsy,
Unconventional.
These were all on the thin side. Each took 3 coats.

 

Then the other half of the collection.
Left to Right:
Cutie Pie - 3 coats
Trendy- 2 coats
Cool- 2 coats
Dreamer- 3 coats

And the last little goodies she included.
A perfectly compact container of cuticle balm. It's more of a wax than a cream, and it doesn't have a strong scent which is nice. :)
Then a matchbook style packet of 12 mini emery boards. So feminine and cute!

Thanks a million to you, Francini. You should get your package any day now, and I hope you love it as much as I do mine!

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Essence - Dive Deeper

Another polish from my swap with Mihaela from Elchy's Blog. This is such a unique glitter blue.

It has several different glitters that I can't quite put my finger on. The base is such a rich, yet muted blue.

It's lovely and that's all I have to say. :) Enjoy!

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Essence - Out of My Mind

Another polish from my swap with Mihaela from Elchy's Blog. I have been in love with this polish since I saw it on Emerald Sparkled here. Drool-worthy. Her pictures captured the beauty of this polish so wonderfully. Check it out. Here are my best attempts.

It's utterly fantastical. That is all. :)



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Catrice - I Scream Peach

I recently swapped with Mihaela from Elchy's Blog. She got me several polishes from my wishlist including this gem of Catrice - I Scream Peach. I'm really happy with this color. It's similar to my other peach/coral colors, but a bit brighter.

Left to Right:
Essie Carousel Coral
Essie Tart Deco
Catrice I Scream Peach
Megan Miller Coral Bliss
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet



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Im Back with hauls and swaps!

I'm back sorry for the abandonment of my blog but my summers are super busy from my 50 hours a week at work and  then trying to fit a life into that kind of schedule so it doesn't leave much time for blogging. I starting to manage my time a little better and I will hopefully have 3 post a week well at least that is my goals. So for today I'm going to show you all the swaps and haul Ive done since I blogged last.

Swaps:

A whole lot of Essence polishes/supplies and some Catrice polishes Thanks to Tammy from Gettin' Girlie! This has been my biggest swap ever!

This lovely package came from the wonderful Rebecca from Rebecca likes nails we had done a swap a while back and she loved the package so much that she felt she had to get me back lol..

This swap (minus the nail envy) was done with a lovely lady on MUA, I finally got my hands on some Golden Rose scale effects and some more Essence twins.

This swap was with Kesha from Nail Polish Obsession and we had arranged this swap a while ago and when it arrived I had already received Tammy's Swap which included a majority of theses polishes. I wanted the Essence twin so bad that now I have 2 or 3 of them.

I did one more swap with the lovely Sara from  Sara ♥'s Pretty Little Things which was awesome I now have a bunch f UK polishes!

Hauls

Gaby from Pretty Edgy Nail  found some OPI pink me I'm good in her near by CVS so I sent her the money to buy me 2 and she sent me some surprises! Thanks Gaby don't you just love her hand writing!

Dollar tree and Sallys Haul.

Got some LA Colors after seeing a post from Rebecca about some being Jelly.

Then stopped in at Sally's and they had the new Orly (Happy go lucky) and China Glaze (Molten Metals)collections and I got 2 of each and received a free top coat. I stumbled upon some remover cloths that are pre soaked in remover and are made of felt!! Ive already gotten back to get more!

Barrielle was having another sale so I snatch up 2 more from their new collection Do onto others and Buda-ful. I also purchased some Spectraflair on ebay which I still haven't used lol..

I finally cracked and got the 3D acrylic mold kit that Ive wanted to get as well as a Nail drill and some water decal from Born Pretty Store.

Stop in at Sephora and could help myself and picked up Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular, retractable nail file and Tokidoki rollerball fragrance.

These are a product of 2 Dusty hunters on a Facebook group I'm in called Face and Friends

The first 4 are from Chelsea from Pretty & Polished and the last one is from Traci from The Traceface philes.

This past 2 month Ive gotten alot of first. My hubby bought me my first Chanel polish! and I bought my first BB couture polish. Finally got some Seche vite restore and what I'm most excited about is OPI pair'em and scare'em duo I'm ready for Halloween!

I tried going dusty hunting and found some goodies OPI rent, Blue moon lagoon and Whats dune?

then found the Miss universe collection so I got crown me already and some China glazes.

Some new Sally Hansen Xtreme wears

Some OPI's Absolutely Alice and I lily love you

I saved the best and most excited one for last!!! as some of you know the wonderful Lynnderella has finally decided to sell her beautiful creations. So when I seen them I knew I must have some no matter the price I sent in my order and got a reply that they were out of stock. I was very sad! then some weeks later I got an email from her saying that they came back in stock and if I still wanted them I of course said YES!!! and sent her the money right way! There had been a problem with my order but the Wonderful Lynnderella made it all better and sent me the complete set. Thank you sooooo much Lynnderella I greatly appreciate it and all your hard work to make these beauties! 

(New Favorite glitters!) Currently stalking her blog to order more and her Halloween collection!

That is all I have for now still awaiting on another swap with my new Polish Friend Jen from The Exotic Lacquer which will be here soon since we live in the same state lol.. I should get back to Regular posting soon since summer is almost over. I know I didn't give the names to all the polishes because it was just too much to name but please feel free to ask about a specific polish. Be back soon! 

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