Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Swatches and Review

Hey guys! Today I have a cool new Etsy brand to share with you called Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish. When I first saw their shop I was totally loved the variety of pretty cremes and shimmers, as well as their dedication to creating water-based, eco-friendly non-toxic polish, so I was super excited to get a chance to try of them out!

pretty purple plum, cherry chocolate, amped up red, raindrop clear

All swatches are shown with no base coat and one top coat of Raindrop Clear

Amped Up Red is a bright red creme. This one had amazing pigmentation -- only one coat on my pinky! More coats were totally not necessary, but just because I added an extra to the rest of my fingers. Red is not always my favorite color, but if you like red cremes at all, this is absolutely a great one! Can't beat 1-coaters, in my opinion :)

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On my nails:
1-2 coats Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Amped Up Red
1 coat Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Raindrop Clear

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Cherry Chocolate is a deep chocolate brown creme; it doesn't show on the nail really but it does have a purple-red "cherry" tinge to it in the bottle. I love this one! Seriously a flawless brown, and this here is one coat also -- amazing, yes? I love how pigmented these are. I see this polish being used a lot in the future :) (I know it looks streaky but that is just shadows dancing in my fantastically deep nail ridges; more on that at the bottom)

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indoors, natural light -- crazy effect here! will discuss below

On my nails:
1 coat Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Cherry Chocolate
1 coat Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Raindrop Clear

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Pretty Plum Purple is a bright blue-toned violet shimmer. I believe this was two coats here; not quite as crazy opaque as the other two but still pretty awesome. I adore this, very lovely shade of purple!

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On my nails:
1  coat Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish Pretty Plum Purple
1 coat Raindrop Clear

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Raindrop Clear (no individual pictures but pictured as a topcoat in each of the above photos) is a clear polish intended for top coat use. It added a nice shine (these polishes otherwise dried slightly matte if I recall) but it was a bit runny (I used it on Amped Up Red after several minutes of air drying and both of them ran into and flooded my cuticles like nobody's business) and is definitely not quick-dry. If you wait a bit though after your final coat so that there is no running, it is definitely a nice clear polish!

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Overall I love these polishes for their pretty shades and insane opacity. One thing that is a bit weird is how much they emphasize the ridges in my nails (you can easily count each ridge in every single picture, alas). I am not sure if I was just having a bad ridge day when I swatched these, or it's because I didn't use base coat, or if it's something to do with the polish itself (I suspect it is a combo of all three). However while this can cause all my pictures to look weird and streaky, they weren't streaky, just ridge-clingy.

Another thing that worth mentioning is that removal took a little more effort than a usual creme/shimmer -- probably that is the flipside of them being so pigmented, that the pigment doesn't want to leave your nails :)

No big deal, though. I'd say the positives outweigh the negatives -- I adore one-coat wonders, they are amazing for nail art/quick manis/glitter base colors/everything! And they really have a lovely variety of these pretty colors... if they are all just as good, may have to check a few more out :)

If you'd like to check out Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish be sure to visit their Facebook or Etsy!

Have a great day! ♥

~This polish was provided by Sprout Non-Toxic Nail Polish for an honest review~

Daily Lacquer Satine

Hey guys! Today I have a lovely new polish from Daily Lacquer to share with you from Maggie's new Moulin Rouge-inspired collection! Satine is an amazing charcoal gray holo with holo silver microglitter and holo silver diamonds as well! Talk about a holofest! This polish is seriously so sparkly, I just about cried when it chipped and I had to take it off. It absolutely can reach opacity on its own (2-3 coats depending on how careful you are) but since I had some issues with the holo base covering up the diamond glitter (which can create a bit of a lumpy effect) I ended up layering it over Catherine Arley 667, a medium gray linear holo, but it doesn't really show up in the final mani as Satine is much darker than 667 -- it just helped with opacity so that I didn't have to deal with layering the glitters. Seriously loved the way this mani turned out, take a look!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
3 coats Catherine Arley 667
1 coat Daily Lacquer Satine
1 coat Seche Vite

I just love how much holo is going on in this polish -- not only the holo base (which I confess I was not aware just how holo the base was until I stepped outside this morning to grab my mail and was blinded - nearly dropped my keys) but then the holo microglitter, and even holo diamonds! I like how sparse the diamonds are, because it really gives it a classy, interesting look. Overall I just love the inclusion of the glitters, because it makes it super sparkly and pretty, even in the shade :)

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If you'd like to check out Daily Lacquer be sure to visit her website, Etsy or Facebook

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Have a great day! ♥

Enchanted Polish January 2013

Hey guys! Today I have Enchanted Polish January 2013 to share with you. Last week I was lucky enough to see Chelsea update Twitter that these were in stock at just the right time -- they were even already all gone when I put one in my cart but after a few refreshes one freed up and I grabbed it -- pretty sure I got the last one! January 2013 is kind of hard for me to describe... I guess I would call it a coppery, slightly rosy champagne linear holo... but I'm not sure if that is right, haha (and the listing is gone so I'm not even sure what the official party line is). One thing I'm sure of is it's totally gorgeous, take a look!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Nfu Oh Aqua Base coat
2 coats Enchanted Polish January 2013
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

So, I don't usually need a special aqua base for Enchanted polishes, but I was struggling with application on this one a bit (it was a little brushstroke-y and I was piling on the coats trying to even out) so I thought I'd give it a try... my second attempt was much more successful, but that was likely a result of careful, thinner coats (and maybe luck). So pretty though! Blindingly holo in the sun -- which was on its way down in a hurry when I took these photos, so I'm definitely looking forward to staring at my nails all day tomorrow, haha.

Some indoors shots:

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You can find Enchanted Polish at their website, Llarowe, Harlow and Co, Mei Mei's Signatures and Pshiiit Boutique and be sure to check out their Facebook~

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Have a great day! ♥

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Lynnderella Key to Her Heart + Zoya Cassi

Hey guys! Today I have a pretty Lynnderella polish to show you from her new Groundhog Day collection. Key to Her Heart is a sheer coral-tinted shimmery base full of a variety of peachy coral/pink/white/some gold glitters, as well as gold/red/pink hearts and light pink flowers. A lot going on in this one! I layered it over Zoya Cassi, a pretty peachy shimmer (that is one of my favorite polishes ever, pre-polishmania!). They went together really well, check it out!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
4 coats Zoya Cassi
2 coats Lynnderella Key to Her Heart
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed
2 coats OPI Topcoat
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

A lot of coats on this one, right? I don't recall Cassi being a 4-coater in the past, so I don't know it it is affected somehow because my bottle is about half empty or if I just had total failure-application... no surprise though that the glitter devoured topcoat. Even with five coats of topcoat it still wasn't totally smooth, or even totally glossy-looking all the time. I really love the color though! The abundance of accent-type glitters is really fun too -- this is a very in-yo-face Valentine's Day mani :) Look forward to more in the next week; you know I love my holiday manis!

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You can find Lynnderella polishes at her eBay store~

Have a great day! ♥

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Chirality Nail Polish Cereal Killer Collection Swatches and Review

Hi guys! This is my 100th post, hurray! :) I will be having a giveaway soonish to celebrate, but for now I am commemorating through my adorable new watermark that I finally forced myself to sit down and make (with some help; much thanks to Dan!). Let me know what you guys think about it!

Today I am super excited to share with you my very first Chirality Nail Polish creations! I have admired Amanda's pretty polishes ever since I first saw them, so I was thrilled when she contacted me about reviewing her new Cereal Killer collection. Super punny collection and polish names aside :) all four polishes that make up the collection are fun milky white bases stuffed full of fun glitter (which as you may recall reading is a type of polish I'm totally obsessed with right now) so I really love them all -- take a look!

(For all swatches)
On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
4 coats Chirality -polish-
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

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Bundy Berries is a milky white base full of all sorts of lovely blue glitter -- bright blue, sky blue, and navy blue, both shiny and matte, and tons of bright blue microglitter. I believe this is the only one without the holo/iridescent microglitter, but it absolutely isn't lacking for it! I love this one to bits, it's my favorite of the collection. It reminds me of a pretty delicate robin's egg :) Even though the base is white, it pulls very light blue in person because of all that glitter layering -- which I love! It smoothed out quite nicely with just one coat of topcoat too, which I appreciate.

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Dahmer Crunch is a milky white base with a variety of sizes of black matte glitter, black microglitter and holo/iridescent microglitter. This one reminds me of Oreos! I love how the rainbows from the holo microglitter spark out against the black. This one was a bit bumpier than Bundy Berries (I think because the glitter is a bit denser) so you may want more than one coat of topcoat here.

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Special BTK is a white milky base full of a variety of sizes of red glitters, red microglitter, and the holo/iridescent microglitter. I have a hard time not thinking Christmas at this one -- bringing back fond memories of my cute candy cane manis from a couple months ago! I think it was in between Bundy Berries and Dahmer Crunch in terms of bumpiness, but two coats of top coat couldn't hurt here.

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And lastly Raisin Gein is a milky white (?) base full of various sizes and shades of purple matte/shiny/holo glitter, as well as holo purple microglitter. The ? is because official info says white, but it sure looks a little purple to me! Either way, it is absolutely lovely, and it's tied for my favorite of the collection. I love the abundance of holo goodness, so pretty :) On par with Bundy Berries in terms of smoothness; one coat of top coat should be good.

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All of them were pretty sheer but of course buildable (I used four coats but you could potentially get away with three if you're careful; I wanted to make sure to have no bald spots for my pictures). Application started out very easy, with the glitters going where I wanted and the base applying nicely; as I added on coats it got a bit more difficult to avoid some glitters sticking to each other but not too bad. I suspect that the biggest part of my problem was mini bottles get gloopier a little quicker which impedes easy application, so when I tried to avoid glooping up my bottle (in particular with Raisin Gein) I had an easier time. As I already mentioned some were better at smoothing out than others; when in doubt I think two coats of topcoat would be adequate for all, which I don't think is too bad for glitter polish :)

I really adored this collection! Not a surprise to be honest since as I already mentioned I'm really digging those milky white glitters these days :) All of them were super lovely; this post actually took so long because I couldn't resist wearing each as a full mani, haha. Big shocker that my favorites are Bundy Berries and Raisin Gein -- can never resist a good purple or blue polish! Overall an excellent intro to Chirality; can't wait to try out more :)

To check out Chirality be sure to visit their Bigcartel shop, Etsy, or Facebook~

Have a great day! ♥

~This polish was provided by Chirality Nail Polish for an honest review~