Pretty and Polished Sand Art

So you want to see another awesome indie polish? Here is Sand Art from Pretty and Polished. Sand Art is made up of blue, pink, green, and purple glitter in a clear polish base. I wore two coats of it here over two coats of Orly Kiss the Bride, a very light pink. I had no formula issues with this one and it evened out nicely with one coat of top coat. This is one seriously unique and awesome polish! Pretty and Polished opens shop on Etsy pretty often and you can like P&P on Facebook to keep updated on exactly when the shop will open!

Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqua Lily

By some stroke of fabulous good luck, I was able to get myself a bottle of Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqua Lily, a very limited-edition shade part of the recent Fan Collection. After seeing the first swatches of Aqua Lily, I fell absolutely in love with it and knew that it needed to become part of my collection. I'm always looking for the perfect turquoise and my search is finally over. The pink shimmer in Aqua Lily is just the icing on the cake.

The formula of Aqua Lily was just what I'd expect from a high-end polish: awesome. I used two coats and it practically applied itself. I'm going to have a hard time not wearing this for the entire summer... I can't wait to see what gets picked for the next fan collection!

Windestine Jeweled Sand

OMG... I am so on the indie seller bandwagon now that it's not even funny. Look what I was missing out on!!! This is Jeweled Sand from Etsy seller Windestine. I'm sure by now you guys know that I'm a total sucker for beachy stuff, so of course I had to snatch this up when I found it browsing through Etsy last week!

Jeweled Sand is composed of three different sizes of glitter; the smallest are gold, the next size up are pink, and the largest are turquoise hex glitters. I was kind of wary about buying from Etsy because I wasn't sure if the formulas could hold up to the name brands, but Jeweled Sand totally proved me wrong. I did two coats over Essie Sand Tropez and Zoya Wednesday and didn't have to try at all to place the glitter to make it look good. It was fabulous! Windestine will be opening up shop again sometime in late May/early June, so make sure you check out her Etsy and Facebook pages for updates!

Candeo Colors Orchid

On with the indie polish-awesomeness!! Today I have Candeo Colors Orchid for your viewing pleasure, layered over Wet 'n' Wild FuchsiaRama. Candeo Colors is another awesome indie polish-maker who started selling on Etsy, but has just recently opened her own store site. You can like her page on Facebook to keep updated on when the site will be restocked!

I decided that Orchid would be best layered over some type of berry-pink and I just happened to have Wet 'n' Wild FuchsiaRama sitting on my desk, so I decided to use that. This is two coats of Orchid over two coats of FuchsiaRama. I had no idea that there was shimmer in the base of Orchid and literally squealed when I saw it show up on the nail! I love shimmer! I gave my bottle a good shake before I started applying and had zero issues with getting the big glitter pieces out of the bottle. And as my parting gift to you, here's an awesome bottle shot!

Soulstice Kauai & Cape Cod

The two shades that I have to show you today, Cape Cod and Kauai, are from a new (to me) brand, Soulstice, that is 100% vegan and cruelty-free. Their polishes are 3-free as well and are totally amazing. You can check out their polish and other spa products on their website. 

Cape Cod is a beautiful, shimmery, and slightly-muted baby blue shade. I used two coats here and was completely blown away by how great the formula was. There was no streaking, balding, or dragging and each coat dried quick and opaque.

And here is Kauai, a juicy berry-pink color with a golden shimmer finish. The shimmer particles in Kauai are a bit bigger than those in Cape Cod, giving it a lot of depth. The formula here was just as great as with Cape Cod; two easy coats were all I needed for what you see here. Conclusion? I would definitely (strongly!) recommend trying out some Soulstice polishes if you haven't already!

*Some or all of the product(s) in this post were provided by the company mentioned for my honest review.*

SoFlaJo Orange Blossom Special

You guys know how awesome Jody at SoFlaJo is, right? If you don't, you need to check out some of the stuff she has created! Jody has an awesome eye for color and a ton of polish-making talent. Today I have Orange Blossom Special from SoFlaJo's new collection, Spring Flowers. 

Orange Blossom Special is a beautiful, shimmering shade of peach. It has a very, very slight frosty finish with a lot of golden-yellow shimmer. Pretty much anything with shimmer is a win for me and I love that Orange Blossom Special is a lighter, fresher shade of orange than the bright tangerine that we've been seeing so much this year. You can check out SoFlaJo polishes at soflajo.com or the SoFlaJo Etsy page!

*Some or all of the product(s) in this post were provided by the company mentioned for my honest review.*

Butter London Trout Pout Lippy & Nail Polish

You guys know that I don't really do product reviews outside of nail polish, but when I found out that Butter London was releasing lip glosses to match some of their shades, I knew I had to share! The shade that I received to review is Trout Pout, which is a gorgeous salmon pink polish and matching Lippy.

Let's start with the polish: Trout Pout is the perfect summer color for me. I had been admiring this one from a distance ever since it came out and I'm so glad to finally have it. I think it may show up a bit too bright in my photo, but don't be fooled, this is NOT a light, pastel salmon pink/coral. It's just beautiful and the formula was great with two coats.

Now on to the Lippy! I really don't wear lip stick/gloss much (or ever!) so I don't know if I'm at an advantage or a disadvantage for reviewing this product. I swatched it on the back of my hand because all of my lip photos were totally awkward and not going up on the internet for all to see, but I did wear it for quite a while. It has a really nice texture on the lips; it's not too sticky and it doesn't seem to rub off on every single thing I drink out of. Also, if you want a little bit of color but find that the Lippy is too glossy for your taste, you can dab some off with a tissue and still have a slight bit of color on your lips! The color is similar to the polish shade, but less vibrant.

Lastly I have bottle shots so you can see the size of the Lippy compared to a Butter London polish bottle. The Lippy is the perfect size for slipping into a pocket or small bag for going out; I should also mention that it has an angled sponge applicator instead of a brush. I will most definitely be getting a lot of use out of the Trout Pout polish and even though I can't honestly say I'll wear the Lippy all the time, I am going to make an effort to get out of my comfort zone and wear it out a few times this summer!

 

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