Cirque Metropolis December 2014 Release Swatches & Review

Good morning everyone! Today I have the latest release of the ongoing Cirque Metropolis collection, two beautiful creme shades. These polishes both have outstanding formulas and great coverage!

The Devil Wears Cirque is a medium red creme, perfect for the holidays! This is two easy coats.

Tavern on the Teal is a fabulous medium teal shade that leans a bit to the green side to my eye. I'm wearing two coats here.

You can purchase these shades directly from Cirque beginning on December 1st  (www.cirquecolors.com/) or you can visit their stockists page (www.cirquecolors.com/stockists) for a full list of brick and mortar and online sellers.

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

OPI Brazil Collection Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! Today I finally have my OPI Brazil swatches to share with you! This collection is super bright and fun... perfect for summer! There's also a nice mix of light and neutral shades that compliment the brights very well. Let's get to it!

Toucan Do It If You Try is a juicy orangey-coral. The formula was a little thick and I found that my second coat dragged a bit if I wasn't careful. You're looking at two coats.

Live.Love.Carnival. is my absolute favorite in this collection and suprise! It's coral! It's darker and pinker than Toucan Do It If You Try and it's just totally perfect. The formula again is a little thick, but I was able to apply two coats fairly easily.

Kiss Me I'm Brazilian is a bright bubble gum pink. You want Barbie pink? Here it is. This is two coats.

Where Did Suzi's Man-go? is the most gorgeous cantaloupe-colored shade that I've ever seen in polish! The formula was good too and I used two coats.

I Just Can't Cope-acabana is a vivid yellow that has a good formula! It isn't sheer at all at two coats and applied pretty well too.

I Sao Paolo Over There is a faded eggplant shade. I love these dirty neutrals! This is two coats and it had a perfect formula.

Don't Bossa Nova Me Around is a light pink-putty shade. This will be a great neutral choice for summer! Great formula, two coats.

Red Hot Rio is a red jelly polish. I guess it wouldn't be an OPI collection without at least one red, but I'm glad that there's only one. This isn't anything exciting. Two coats.

Taupe-less Beach is a light taupe that leans a little to the purple side. This is two coats.

Next Stop... The Bikini Zone is a shimmery purple duochrome with gold and bronze shimmers. This is the one polish that sticks out in this collection as not belonging. All the other shades are bright and cremes and this one seems like it would fit better in a fall or winter collection. It's a little sheer and needed three coats for what you see here.

OPI Scores a Goal! also seems like it could fit in a fall collection, but I just love it! It's a deep raisin creme that was perfectly opaque in two coats.

Amazon... Amazoff is a deep teal green that was a teensy bit sheer, I did two coats here but I'm seeing a little bit of nail line at the tips when I look closely so three probably would have been better.

Overall, I think this collection really hit the mark! Most of these shades are fabulous for summer and I'm excited that there was a good yellow in here. I generally dislike wearing yellow, but it's great to have a good one for nail art! And can we talk about how amazing the names are? Seriously, I was cracking up as I swatched them! Bravo to whoever named this batch!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Teal Floral Gradient Stamping Nail Art

Good morning! I had another desire for gradient nails, but this time I decided to do the gradient under the stamping instead of as the stamping. I still stuck with a floral pattern though since I'm so smitten that it's spring!

For the gradient base, I used Essie Go Overboard, OPI Taylor Blue, and KBShimmer A Touch of Glass. I applied two coats of A Touch of Glass and then sponged the other colors over it to create the gradient. Once that was dry, I stamped the flower design over it using Gals plate GA11 and Konad white stamping polish.   

I really almost left it like this. It was so beautiful without the stamping and I worried that stamping over the gradient would ruin it, but I'm happy with how the design turned out. Gradients are my favorite! 

Some Random Pahlish Swatches & Review

Good morning! Today I have some gorgeous polishes from a new-to-me brand, Pahlish! I don't want to spoil the review, but I was really impressed with these polishes and loved the creative shades!

Fleur de Sel has a white base with the very slightest hint of pink to it with pink glitter shards mixed throughout. This is three thin coats.

El Topo Petit is definitely one of my favorites! Look at the gorgeous red shimmer packed in this dark shade of taupe! This is two easy coats.

Blood of the Mountain... oh, what can I even say? This blood red holo is even more stunning in person if that's even possible! The formula was fantastic and I used two coats here.

Black Lace Elderberry is a seriously vibrant purple jelly with red and orange glitter interspersed. This is three coats and you can still see a bit of nail line in the photo, but it was not as obvious in person.

Lonesome Ocean is a fabulous shade of teal with purple, orange, and teal glitter, as well as some pink shimmer. Again, being a jelly, this shows some nail line at three coats, but it is less obvious in person.

Toxic and Timeless is an emerald green jelly with bright green and blue glitter of different sizes. This is three coats.

Winter's Heart is a great royal blue jelly with red, pink, and blue glitter. This is three coats.

If you are interested in purchasing any of these polishes, you can do so at Pahlish's online store. Make sure you go like their Facebook page too in order to keep up to date on all the new releases and updates! My favorites from this bunch are definitely Blood of the Mountain and El Topo Petit, but I was really impressed with the formula on all of them!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

China Glaze Autumn Nights Collection Review/Swatches

Good morning everyone! I'm so excited that the holiday season is officially upon us (yes, in my world the holiday season starts right after Halloween). The stretch from Thanksgiving to Christmas is my very favorite time of year and it will be here before we know it! I'm a little late with this fall collection, Autumn Nights from China Glaze, but these colors fit perfectly with this time of year, so it works!

Tongue & Chic is a stunning shimmery teal. Absolutely fantastic formula; this is two coats.

Queen B is a blue/purple creme shade. Cremes are one of my very favorite finishes and this one is just great. The formula was awesome. I did two coats but easily could have gotten away with one.

Gossip Over Gimlets is a shade of silver that is a bit darker than we typically see. Very shimmery and reflective. This is two coats.

Rendezvous With You. Sweet Jesus. Are there even words? Absolutely amazingly stunning faded purple shade with insane shimmer. Two coats. 

Kiss My Glass is a frosty shade of blue-leaning gray. This is two coats. I'd be perfectly happy if this finish was never made again. >.<

Strike Up a Cosmo is a shimmery warm rose metallic. This is two coats, great formula as per usual.

Public Relations is another frosty shade, this time lavender-leaning gray. Two coats here, watch out for brushstrokes!

Goldie But Goodie is a warm golden metallic shimmer. This is two coats.

Charmed, I'm Sure is a deep purple creme. Another one with a fantastic formula, this could have easily been one coat but I use two out of habit.

Red-y & Willing is a beautiful shimmery glowing red shade. A red that I actually love! Perhaps because it's the only red in this collection. China Glaze knows what's up!! This is two coats.

Scandalous Shenanigans is another glowy shade, this time in a shade of sapphire blue. Perfect in two coats.

Don't Make Me Wine is a glowing, shimmering shade of deep magenta. Again, absolutely perfect in two coats.

The Autumn Nights collection is available now wherever China Glaze is sold. I haven't been impressed too much this season, but this collection definitely hit the ball out of the park. My top three (and this was hard to do!) are: Rendezvous With You, Tongue & Chic, and Red-y & Willing. Have you picked any of these up or do you plan on it? Which is your favorite?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection Review/Swatches

Wakey wakey everyone!! I have the brand spankin' new KBShimmer Fall 2013 collection to share with you this morning! It has been torture keeping these a secret from you but I can finally share today. Let's get right to it!

You Autumn Know is a white-based polish with orange, magenta, and yellow hex and micro bar glitter. This is three coats.

Teal Another Tail is the shining star of this collection: a gorgeous teal green with an almost duo-chrome pink shimmer. This is three thin coats.

Turbulence is a gray polish with a satin matte finish. There is also some silver, blue, and fuchsia shimmer in this one. This is two coats.

This is two coats of Turbulence with one coat of Clearly on Top topcoat. I love how the topcoat brings out the shimmer!

Every Nook & Cranberry is a satin matte polish in a gorgeous cranberry red/pink shade with pink and gold shimmer. This is two coats.

This is two coats of Every Nook & Cranberry with one coat of Clearly on Top. Again, love how the shimmer comes out with topcoat!

You Go Ghoul! is a mix of orange and purple glitter in a black base, perfect for Halloween! This is two coats over a black base.

Excuse Me, I Blurpled is a blue-ish purple shade with blue, purple, and copper glitter. This is two coats.

Vicious Circles is a red jelly with silver circle glitter in two different sizes, as well as silver hex and micro bar glitters. This is three thin coats.

These polishes will be available for purchase on September 1st and retail for $8.75 each from KBShimmer's website. I always get so excited to see what Christy has cooked up for each season and never disappoints me! My picks for this collection are Teal Another Tail, You Autumn Know, and Every Nook & Cranberry. Which ones are you loving?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

New Milani High Speed Fast Dry Shades for 2013 Swatches/Review

Good morning! I have a bunch of Milani stuff in line to review for you guys (sent to me by their PR) and today I have six new nail polish shades from their High Speed Fast Dry line.

Instant Pearl is the first shade and it is a white polish with a (you guessed it!) pearl finish. This is two coats and it actually wasn't as brushstroke-y as I expected it to be. 

Pink Express is a lovely, sweet pastel pink shade. Perfect coverage in two coats.

Move On Mauve is a shimmery slightly-jelly shade of medium pink. This was three coats.

Rapid Orchid is supposed to be a deep purple, but I think it's really difficult to see anything other than black in this one. I did two coats here.

Quick Teal was a hard one to photograph. I think I got pretty close with the shade, but it's much more vibrant than this in person. This is two coats.

Last but not least is Flaming Race, a super bright red than leans ever so slightly coral. This is two coats.

I'm a big fan of the High Speed Fast Dry line and these shades are a good addition to the line. The formulas were pretty good overall. They tend to be a bit thick but I find that they are easy to work with and I love how quickly they dry! These shades retail for $4.99 and can be purchased from Milani's website or drugstores like CVS.

These products were provided for my honest review from the company's PR.