Hit Polish sneak peek swatches

***Products sent for review purposes. All opinions are my own. *** Today I have some great polishes to share with you from one of my favorite shops, Hit Polish. Rachel is a glitter mixing mastermind, she has also branched out into crelly and jelly polishes as well. Her polishes are always so versatile, which I love. The formula on her polishes is great, one of the best I've found. Customer service has always been top notch. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 polishes to review. I have Elusive Blues and Snow Cones & Sprinkles. Elusive Blues is a glitter topcoat that has multiple size blue glitter, crimson red, purple square, pastel green, and white glitters.

Snow Cones & Sprinkles is an amazingly awesome fun polish. It is also a glitter topcoat. It has a great rainbow mix of mini bar glitters. I would maybe even call them hairy glitter. It also has a mix of pink, yellow, and blue hex glitters. This polish is so much fun, I can't help but smile every single time I look at it. Hands down one of my top 3 favorite polishes from Hit Polish!!! Hit Polish also has a new website. You can find it at www.hitpolish.com, I believe it will have a grand opening on the 15th of this month. You will find a few polishes that are exclusive to the new website too. Don't forget to check out their Facebook fan page for updates as well. I apologize for not being able to link straight to the shop and website for you. I only have internet on my phone at the time. I am hoping and praying that my pictures post here, but am having a heck of a time figuring it out. I give these polishes 5 cupcakes! What are your favorite polishes from Hit Polish? Which of these 2 polishes do you prefer? Peace, Love, and Cupcakes!

Northern Star Polish review and swatches

*Products were sent for review purposes, All opinions are my own.*

Today I have one of the polish reviews I had promised you. This is a new to me polish company that has been in business for a little over a year now. I had seen swatches and drooled over some of the polishes. I have no clue why I had never made a purchase, but I know there will be in the future.

Northern Star uses a 4 free base, solvent resistant glitters, and potential products are tested for months before being released. Polishes come in two sizes: Petites are 9ml for $6.00 and Full sizes are 15ml for $9.00. 

I was sent TRUSTNO1, Wuv, Twoo Wuv, and Sunburst to review. 

TRUSTNO1- A purple base with electric blue flakie glitter. It was inspired by the X-Files.

This is a gorgeous polish! I would say it leans toward being a blurple shade and is what I would consider a jelly polish. The electric blue flakies look like they are micro flakies and really make this polish dazzle, especially in sunlight. I love this polish and can't get enough of it, it makes a great summer time polish. I used 2 coats and got full coverage, no streaks, no hassle or fuss with it at all. Hopefully you can see the flakies in the picture above, it is really hard to capture them.This is a new polish to the Northern Star Polish lineup that will be available on June 28th at noon CST.

Wuv, Twoo Wuv is a milky based polish with pink, red, silver and white glitters in different sizes. It was inspired by The Princess Bride.

This is again a no fuss polish, the glitters went on evenly for me. I did have to use 3 coats to get full coverage, you could also use a white coat underneath to keep from having to do so many coats. Above I used 2 coats of  Wuv, Twoo Wuv alone and then I used 1 coat over OPI Big Apple Red and I really liked how it came out.

Last but not least we have Sunburst. Sunburst is a a glitterbomb that is a burst of bling with glitters in gold, holographic gold, orange, neon yellow plus a dash of silver and pink.

 

I would call this a glitter explosion of epicness.There are different sizes of hex glitter, there are micro glitter and bar glitter. Before someone says they hate bar glitter, give this a chance, it isn't alot of it in there at all. This is definitely a bling filled polish that will turn heads. My favorite part of this polish is those micro glitters that sit off in the background, they bring something extra special to this polish. I really like it alone, but when I put it over a black polish O.M.G! I think it was a marriage made in glitter heaven. I recommend dabbing the glitters on with this one, the glitters seemed to have a mind of their own and of course their idea of perfection was different than mine LOL. It is definitely worth the little bit of extra work though.I also had to use 2 coats of Seche Vite to even it out.

In the pictures above I used 3 coats of  Wuv, Twoo Wuv, 2 coats of TRUSTNO1 and 1 coat of Sunburst on the ring finger, 2 coats on my thumb. You also get to see my little nubbin nail, it was broken down into the nail bed. OUCH!!! I refuse to chop all the others off to match it better though. I'll probably give in soon and do it. The wear time of this polish was great, I had it on for 3 days before taking it off. I had no chips and no tip wear. The formula was terrific with these polishes. This is a company to keep your eyes on, I can see good things happening for them!!!

You can find the Northern Star Polish shop here.

You can find the fan page here. 

The shop is closed right now while Kristin get all prepared for the launch of her new colors at 12pm CST on June 28th. Ohhhh I almost forgot to tell you about the cuticle oil that was included in my package. This stuff smells so good, it is Tangerine Honeysuckle. I don't believe this is sold in the shop, I think a bottle is included in with every purchase as a thank you. I am having great results while using it. I probably apply it too often, but I love the scent and can't resist. 

I am rating this polish based on packaging, formula, and wear. I can't rate customer service since this was a blogger pack, but Kristin has been a joy to work with. I give Northern Star Polish..... 5 cupcakes. 

Have you tried Northern Star Polish? If so, what are your favorite polishes?

Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

Platinum and gold

Today I have a quick mani I did for a group challenge. The challenge was to use the colors platinum or gold or both if you wanted to. I chose to do both. 

I used Barielle's Platinum Ring as my base color, then used American Apparel's Meteor Shower on top of all but one of my nails. 

The Barielle polish went on like a dream, I love their formula. I only had to use 1 coat to get full coverage. 

The American Apparel polish..... it served its purpose and that is about all I can say right now. It is NOT my favorite polish that is for sure. I am going to give it a few more tries before it is cast into the you are a waste of polish bin.

Yeah I'm giving you the stink eye Mr. Polish!

So there ya have it, my platinum and gold nails. What is your favorite platinum polish? Have you tried any polishes from Barielle or American Apparel? 

*All products purchased by me, all opinions are my own because nobody tells me what to say!*

Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

Glitz'd 23 review and swatches

I have a review of a brand spankin new polish company for you today. I am going to warn you this post is going to be picture heavy, but please don't run away. I have 3 polishes to share with you, and some awesome packaging pics too. So let me get started.

Glitz'd 23 is a new indie shop on Etsy that just opened on January 16th of this year. TK, the owner, is a complete sweetie! Communication with her was great and shipping time was terrific. I grabbed Fuzzy Skies, Icie, and Juices N Berries in full sizes. Full sized bottles (15ml) sell for $7.50 and mini size (3.5ml) sell for $4, which are average prices for handmade polishes. My first though when looking through the shop was that the pictures for the listing looked really nice and clear. 

The packaging....oh my goodness, it is so cute and honestly, unexpected. It was really nice to open the padded envelope and find such cute and professional packaging from a brand new company.

Bubble wrap added to the top so that the polish didn't slip around during transit.

Back of polish box.

 I swatched all the polishes over a few different colors of polish so that you can see how versatile they are. I really like this polish alot, it went on great and no fishing for the glitters at all.The base is a bit thick. I gave TK my feedback of the base and she took it very professionally. She said she thought the base might need to be a little thinner and thanked me for confirming it for her. I think it dried rather quickly for a thicker based polish, I liked that since I was painting my nails at midnight.of Seche Vite just to have the super smooth finish.

The first polish that stood out to me was Fuzzy Skies. It is a great mix of blue and white glitters with tiny silver holographic sparkles in a clear base. 

The swatches are 1 coat of Fuzzy Skies over the color and 1 coat alone.

Over blue

Alone

Over yellow.

Over red.

 Next I used Icie, it is a mix of pink holographic and white hex glitter with tiny silver holographic sparkles in a clear base.

Swatches are 1 coat of Icie over the colors and 1 coat alone.

Over a shimmery lilac.

Over a orangish yellow.

Alone

Over turquoise. 

 The last polish I have to share is Juices N Berries, it is a mix of a tealish blue and pink holographic glitter with fine red glitter in a clear base.

Swatches are 1 coat of Juices N Berries over the colors and 1 coat alone.

Over black, and horrible cuticle :o/

Alone

Over lime green.

Over a dusty gold.

Over orange.

I added this one because I love the shine off the holographic glitters, it makes me smile.

 I really like these polishes!!! I think they have the perfect amounts of glitters in them, great glitter mixes, no curling glitters, and they can be used in so many different way to create a variety of looks. Just changing the color of polish you put under it makes a huge difference in the look you get. All of her polishes are 3 free. In using Glitz'd 23's polishes I realized that I don't often wear polishes that are just glitters. These are polishes I would and have worn on their own, they made me find my love for not so busy and loud glitters that I had lost somewhere along the way. I really thought that Fuzzy Skies was going to be my favorite, and much to my surprise it wasn't. Though I do love it, my favorite and the one I have worn for 4 days now and will wear many times again is Icie. It is such a sweet girly polish, pretty princess perfection! I did, I felt pretty, and every time I look at it, it makes me think of a fairytale princess. Fuzzy Skies is my second favorite, it is so fun, it reminds me of playing out in the middle of a sun shower. Juices N Berries would be my number 3 pick, I definitely like this polish alot! I am going to layer it over China Glaze Running In Circles or maybe Frostbite, ohhh or maybe a nice chocolatey brown, or grey. Ahhhh the choices!

I give these polishes, shop, packaging, customer service, and shipping..... 5 cupcakes!

 

You can find Glitz'd 23's shop by clicking here.
If you stop by and pick up a polish or 3 let TK know that Christie sent ya over. Let's show a new shop some love!

Which of these polishes or polish combos do you like the best?

*Some products purchased by me, some sent for consideration. All opinions are my own.*

Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

Essence Colour And Go Walk Of Fame

Walk Of Fame is a taupe polish from Essence's Colour & Go line of fast drying polishes. I grabbed it from Ulta around Christmas time for under $2 I believe. It is a little sheer, but you can get full coverage in 2 coats. It evens itself out rather nicely and dries to have a great shine to it. It does dry pretty quick on the first coat, the second coat not so much for me. It wouldn't stop me from buying more though since I wait for normal polish to dry longer anyway. This polish is a 5ml polish.

 

Now I will tell you that I have problems with using the word taupe. I usually see tones of the colors brown, beige, or grey. With the help of a few friends, I am now seeing taupe as a color and have been using the word taupe more often. So thanks girls for helping me not be taupe blind anymore. 

Taupe isn't a color I love, though I really want to. I find that there are so many different shades and tones of taupe only a few look good on me. This one I love though, and I can dress it up to make it not so neutral if I want to. Which is exactly what I have done with 5 different polishes. I wanted you all to see just how different you can make taupe look.

The next picture is of Walk Of Fame with a silver leaf topcoat I made over it.

Walk Of Fame with Kunimitsu's Him over it.

Walk Of fame with Finger Paints Sparkle topcoat on top.

Walk Of Fame with Hit Polish's Sweet Potato Souffle on top.

Last but not least Walk Of Fame with American Apparel's Meteor Shower on top.

I just love how you can have a neutral polish like this and dress it up with just adding a glitter to the top of it. So for this polish I will give it....

 

The price is great, the formula is nice, nothing bad to say about it at all!

Have you tried Essence Colour & Go polishes, how did you like them?

***All products purchased by me, Him was won in a contest. All opinions are my own***

Peace, Love and Cupcakes!

Hit Polish Arabian Nights

Today I have another polish from Hit Polish to show you, Arabian Nights. 

As you should know by now I am in love with the polishes from Hit Polish. You can see some other posts by clicking here. Rachel released 12 new polishes plus 6 collections and a cuticle oil on November 21st for their big week long Black Friday sale. Once again the glitter wizard didn't disappoint with her creations. I believe there was something for anyone in her creations. Of course I had to grab a few, though not as many as I would have liked. I will list the new polishes below, click the name to see what each looks like. These are a limited edition group of polishes, some may be brought back at a later time. Best to grab any of them that grab your attention now though. If you have a problem with the links not working, try going to the Etsy shop sales section and finding them there. Their sale ends tonight at 7pm EST So hurry! These will be listed until they are sold out, but not at sale prices.

*Wonderland
*Irisation
*Sundance
*Arabian Nights
*Peacock Plumage
*Lolita
*Liberty Among Us
*Forest Of Feelings
*Painted Desert
*Pink Lemonade
*Light show
*Rockabilly

There was also the release of the 6 new collections. These I also believe are limited edition, but may be brought back sometime in the future. 

*Princess Collection
*Dessert Collection
*Powerpuff Girls Collection
*Natural Beauty Collection
*Animal Stripes Collection
*Alice In Wonderland Collection
Then there is the new Nourishing Nails Cuticle & Nail Oil Treatment

I think I got some of the fastest shipping ever with this order, it was crazy fast. I was expecting it to take a week or so given that it was a huge sale and prime shopping and shipping time of the year. Nope! I think it took like 4 days including the holiday. Heck I didn't even have time to get impatient and stalk the mailman...YAY!

So let me show you my Arabian Nights combo that I put on almost immediately after opening the package. I started with a base color of Dim Sum Plum by OPI, which I bought because the name made me giggle. Now that I've had it on my nails, I love it, plus I only needed one coat. I also got these in a buy one get 2 free sale at the hair salon inside of Walmart, then the nice cashier gave me a $5 off coupon so I only ended up paying $4.13 for 3 OPI
polishes...SCORE!

OPI Dim Sum Plum

Hit Polish's Arabian Nights over Dim Sum Plum

Arabian Nights over Dim Sum Plum.

I will be honest, I don't think I would have paired these two together. I already had Dim Sum Plum on my nails from the night before, and I just couldn't wait to get Arabian Nights on. Me being me couldn't take the time to take it off, repaint in a different color and then put Arabian Nights on. I mean that would have taken an hour longer, I NEEDED it on NOW! I actually like the end result though. I've been wearing it for a couple of days now. As usual with Hit Polish I didn't need a top coat. Just because I had to see it over black and white too, here it is swatched over those too. In person you can really see the micro gold glitters shine.

Arabian Nights over black and white.

What do you think of this combo? What colors would you pair Arabian Nights with?

Peace, Love and Cupcakes!