Sonnetarium Fresh Collection Swatches/Review

Hey everybody! I have swatches of the Fresh collection from one of my very favorite indie brands, Sonnetarium. All of these shades are inspired by fresh, springy foods! My fav!

Raspberry Sorbet is a juicy, mostly opaque deep berry with copper and gold glitter. I used three coats here and you can still see a little bit of my tips, but it wasn't noticeable except under the very bright light of my lamp. The same goes for the other shades too where you can see my tips.

Strawberry Smoothie is a yummy, creamy pink with red and white glitter and super tiny silver glitter. I used three coats here.

Banana Pudding is a creamy pale yellow with multiple sizes of lemon yellow glitter. You can layer this over a white base for opacity, but I used three coats here and it looks great.

Cucumber Salad is a great, unique shade of green with dark green and white glitter and subtle shimmer. Three coats here.

Blueberry Yogurt has a creamy purple base with dark blue glitter and shimmer. These larger glitters reflect in a way that makes them look like the curl, but they lay flat on the nail. I used three coats here.

The Fresh collection will be available starting on February 15th at www.sonnetarium.net. Sonnetarium polishes come in two sizes: 9mL for $6 and 15mL for $8.50. Are any of these calling your name?

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Sonnetarium Winter 2012 Collection Swatches/Review

Oh. My. Gosh. You guys. This is another Sonnetarium post, so you know what that means. Prepare your wallets! These five polishes make up Sonnetarium's Winter 2012 Collection and are absolutely gorgeous. Michelle from Sonnetarium seriously never ceases to amaze me and I have never been disappointed with a polish I've gotten from her. Onto the photos!

Peppermint Kiss is one of the most beautiful red/green glitter holiday polishes I have worn so far. It has red, white, and green glitter suspended in a milky base. I used three coats here for more glitter, but two would have been fine.

Sugarplum is so amazing!! I layered two coats of this shimmery, glittery beauty over Zoya Mira and I just don't think it could honestly get more perfect. The purple lover in me is squeeing!

Lenten Rose is a soft, lovely mix of pink and iridescent glitter. I layered two coats over plain white.

Twelve Days is a beautiful red glitter polish. I was expecting this to be another glitter topper, but was so pleasantly surprised when it turned out to have a colored base and was opaque in two coats.

Eight Nights is a stunning blue glitter polish that has a blue base. I only two needed two coats for opacity here.

Sonnetarium polishes can be purchased from www.sonnetarium.net. Also, make sure to 'like' Sonnetarium on Facebook to keep up with all the new nail polish awesomeness! Which one of these polishes do you like best?

Products provided for review.

Sonnetarium Hong Bao, After the Rain, Sundance, & If We Could Meet By the Sea Swatches

You all know how much of an insane love I have for Sonnetarium polishes, right? Good, let's get started with this next round of shades then!

First up is Hong Bao, which has a red jelly base filled with gold shimmer and gold and black hex glitters. I layered two coats of Hong Bao over Zoya Rehka.

After the Rain is just one incredible polish. It has a shimmery sky blue base filled with rainbow hex glitters and big white glitter that reminds me of clouds. This is three coats of After the Rain on its own.

Sundance is a mix of marigold glitter and gold shimmer in a clear base. I layered two coats of Sundance over Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe Road. I've never seen anything like this yellow glitter before.

And lastly for today is If We Could Meet By the Sea, a mix of dark turquoise and white hex glitters and little mini bar glitter. I used two coats here over Zoya Wednesday. LOVE this one!

As always, Sonnetarium polishes can be purchased through Etsy and you can sign up for an e-mail notification when the shop opens again. Do you own any Sonnetarium polish yet?

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Sonnetarium Demonized

Here is another lovely Sonnetarium polish for you guys to add to your wish list! This is Sonnetarium Demonized, a mix of color-shifting glitter that changes between teal, green, blue, purple, and gold.

It was hard to capture the gold shift, but you can see it here on the left sides of my index and middle finger nails. This is two coats of Demonized over a black creme.

This is a bottle comparison of the now-discontinued Ozotic Elytra 528 and Demonized. As you can see, my bottle of 528 has had a lot of love recently (mostly for jewlery-making), so I'm really thrilled that there is a great dupe out there (for a much lower price!).

You can visit Sonnetarium on Etsy to sign up for e-mail notifications when the shop opens up again!

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Sonnetarium Never Glow Up

Yay for more Sonnetarium polishes! I seriously can't get enough of Michelle's polish. She blows my mind with every new one I try. Today I have a swatch of Never Glow Up to share with you. Never Glow Up is the most unique glow-in-the-dark polish I've ever seen. This has all my favorite things in it: turquoise, shimmer, and glitter!

This is one coat of Never Glow Up over three coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Bikini Bottom. I honestly don't think I'd ever get sick of this combo. Sonnetarium polishes can be purchased on Etsy. You can sign up to be notified by e-mail next time Michelle restocks! :)

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Sonnetarium Lotta Zebra

Yay!! More Sonnetarium goodness! And I have good news: I got word from Michelle (the brains behind Sonnetarium polishes) that she will be opening up her Etsy shop around June 25th, so prepare your wallets/checkbooks/bank accounts!

Today I have Lotta Zebra for you; what you see is one coat layered over Essie Jam 'n' Jelly. I'm sure I don't have to tell you guys how awesome this is, but look at that coverage! Michelle makes the best glitter polishes ever! They apply perfectly and I never have an issue with glitter placement. I'm loving the contrast in this one and the different sizes of glitter!

Don't forget that you can enter for a chance to win some Sonnetarium polishes (and a Lynnderella!) in my 1st Blog Birthday Celebration giveaway! 

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Super Sweet Sonnetarium Swatch Spam!

You guys know by now that I've been taking a ride on the indie polish bandwagon recently and that that I've found some pretty incredible stuff on Etsy, but believe me when I say that these polishes from Michelle at Sonnetarium blew me away. Not only are her polishes amazing, but Michelle herself is a total sweetheart, please read on...

Samurai Princess is Michelle's take on Lynnderella Connect the Dots/Stick & Stones/whatever other dupes are out there. It will not be for sale in her shop, as she would like to avoid the drama associated with duping Lynns (understandably!!). However, a week or so ago when I was trolling the Facebook polish groups looking for CtD or S&S, Michelle kindly messaged me and asked if I'd like her to send me the dupe that she created, as well as some of the other polishes she was working on to review. Of course I said "yes, yes, yes, please!" and you will not believe how excited I was to get her package! Not only is Samurai Princess everything that I was looking for, her other polishes turned out to be INCREDIBLE. But you'll see them in a minute! First, here is two coats of SP layered over China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy. I know the photo is a little under-exposed, but I think the neon in FFF shows up a little better that way. This combo is so freaking awesome!

Up next is two coats of the beautiful Snowfall over my favorite neutral, Zoya Kennedy. I could not believe how gorgeous this was when I started applying it. It is perfectly "winter" but I can't stop myself from wanting to wear it right now! Snowfall is made up of different sizes of white hex glitter and small round iridescent glitter.

If nothing else, I love Big Girl Panties just for the name! This one consists of large black hex, black bar, silver hex, and small black and silver glitter. I have two coats of it here layered over Essie Mesmerize. This would look insane layered over a neon!

It's so hard for me to pick a favorite from these polishes, but This Land, a mix of turquoise, teal, and blue glitter, is definitely up there in the ranking! Since I've had it sitting on my desk, I've picked it up a dozen times just to spin it around and watch all the glitter sparkle in the bottle. I've layered two coats of This Land over Zoya Zuza for these photos (and I've made myself a pair of earrings with this combo already :P).

And lastly, we have Weapons of Mass Consumption, a mish mash of large, small, silver, and gold glitter. I love the name of this one too and how the glitters remind me of little silver and gold coins. I did two easy coats here over Zoya Tru. I originally was planning to layer Weapons of Mass Consumption over a gold foil, but decided the gold metallic finish would compete too much with the glitter.

Michelle will be restocking her Etsy store in mid-to-late June, so make sure you mark your calendars and check it out! I'll post a reminder on my FB/Twitter pages when she opens! :) 

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*