Foxy Skull & Glossbones

I found the perfect big sister polish to OPI Skull & Glossbones. Megan Miller Foxy. So I did this simple accent nail mani utilizing the two polishes.

This is 3 thin coats of each color.

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Megan Miller Review - Pink Lily & Foxy

I contacted the people behind Megan Miller polishes and the sent me these 2 lovelies to review. I cannot help but gush over how adorable their bottles are! I have yet to see any polish bottle that is as cute! The Nfu-Oh bottles are cute too, but these Megan Millers take the cake in my opinion. :) 

I love the cork handle and the feather accent.

The cork handle surrounds a small plastic handle with the brush attached. No worries about the cork just sliding off, it's secured very well. The cork also proves really nice to work with! It's slightly squish-able, so you can get a good grip on the handle to then apply it to your nails. We all love Orly's rubberized handles, but this cork handle was even more of a pleasure to work with! Very easy to control.

First up is Pink Lily. This is a perfect pale pink for those that like that sort of thing. This was 2 easy opaque coats that went on smoothly. The formula is just right, not too thick and not too thin. It went where I put it and I did not experience any cuticle flooding.

Then we have Foxy. Pretty much the same thing can be said for this. 3 easy coats. The first coat went on thin, so I was a little worried... but it builds nicely. Self levels, no problems with bubbling.

This is the mysterious "greige/taupe" color that is hard to define. I thought it would be a dupe for any number of things in my stash. You can see that it's actually quite different! I guess it most closely resembles OPI You Don't Know Jacques, but it's a much lighter version. Also pictured is China Glaze Below Deck and Recycle.

Foxy has just enough of a red/purple undertone to not be a true grey.

So what are you waiting for? Get your hands on some Megan Millers! These will always be front and center of my stash displayed on the wall. Everyone must see these pretties! 

They can be bought from the Megan Miller website. $12 each.

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Megan Miller Collection - Review!

So lovely ladies, remember this post where I talked about finding the most beautiful polish bottles of all time? Well I ordered some to see for myself. :) The bottle is so gorgeous! Even if the polish was utter crap, I felt the bottle was worth the $. 

I ordered Coral Bliss & Caribbean. They came in the other day safe and sound. Quick shipping. I ordered from the Megan Miller website, each polish was $12. Shipping was $5. It came in a small box with these babies tucked in safely surrounded by lots of brown paper strips (think Easter grass, but brown grocery bag paper).

The cork handle surrounds a small plastic handle with the brush attached. No worries about the cork just sliding off, it's secured very well. The cork also proves really nice to work with! It's slightly squish-able, so you can get a good grip on the handle to then apply it to your nails. We all love Orly's rubberized handles, but this cork handle was even more of a pleasure to work with! Very easy to control.

First up is Caribbean!

My first thought is that it was terribly sheer. Not thin though. I didn't have any problems with cuticle flooding, the polish stayed where I put it. It is a jelly finish turquoise/teal! This pic is three coats and you can still see some visible nail line, but it has that juicy jelly texture that some love.

I failed to take color comparison pics, sorry! But it's not an exact dupe for anything in my collection anyhow. It's darker than China Glaze For Audrey, "dustier" and darker than Orly Ancient Jade, and a good bit different than anything else in my stash of the teal family.

Left hand is 3 coats of Caribbean by itself. Right hand is 2 coats of Caribbean over Orly's Ancient Jade as an underwear polish. You can see that the right makes the color brighter, and takes care of VNL.

The left is nice in that it takes on a dusty, muted quality. It's nice that the polish can go either way.

After I applied Seche Vite, I did notice that I had some shrinkage.... and yes I had wrapped my tips. I seem to have this problem with jelly finishes especially. Topcoat seems to make them shrink up more.

 Next up is Coral Bliss!

The pictures didn't capture it exactly, but it has the same jelly finish as Caribbean. Same VNL, etc. Pics are color accurate however. 3 coats and because of the jelly finish, it takes on a dusty shade if worn with no polish "underwear" (lol, going commando!)

I thought I would compare the shade with various other corals that I have in my collection.

(Megan Miller Coral Bliss is on the left in all the following pictures)

H&M - Juicy Peach is slightly more red-toned and also more opaque.

Eyeko Coral Polish - definitely more red-toned and more opaque.

Sinful Colors Thimbleberry- darker, stronger coral presence, more opaque. 

Essie Tart Deco - much lighter, more pink-toned, more opaque.

Final conclusion?

Don't spend $12 on these if you don't like jelly finishes. I have a feeling that is how the entire collection is. However, if you LOVE jelly finishes? These are definitely for you. Also if you are a particular teal or coral lover, then grab these because they are unlike what you already have. I think they were definitely worth the $. Beautiful colors in beautiful bottles, these are definitely not going to hide in a drawer somewhere. These are out on the top shelf for all to see! Their formula was pleasant to work with. Not too thick, not too thin. Stays where it's put, builds to bottle color after a reasonable number of coats, shiny without topcoat. What more can I say? I'm a fan. :) Now let me know what you think!

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