tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678466208935625842024-02-19T05:57:01.913-05:00Lacquer-Loving Lawyer: A Nail Polish BlogJournaling my manicures and nail polish purchases.Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-29691859459798323232013-10-20T19:28:00.000-04:002013-10-20T19:28:00.092-04:00Emily de Molly's Oceanic Forces**Purchased by Me**<br />
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I haven't written a blog post in a while. I had applied for a position as a magistrate, and had I gotten the position and gone from Lacquer-Loving Lawyer to Manicured Magistrate, I would have given up blogging for a while. I did get asked to interview for the position, which made me feel great, but ultimately the position was filled by someone else. So, I'm back to blogging!<br />
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I was lucky enough to get notice of a restock of Emily de Molly polishes at <a href="http://llarowe.com/">llarowe.com</a> and to be able to shop before the stock was sold out. I had originally wanted Cosmic Forces which has a purple jelly base, but I was surprised that all three of the "Forces" were in stock: Cosmic Forces, Dark Forces, and Oceanic Forces. They all have similar glitter including large circle holo glitter and smaller holo hex glitter and smaller color-matching glitter. I was trying not to spend too much on polishes and almost only ordered Cosmic Forces. I'm so glad I ordered all three, though. It turns out that although online I had liked Cosmic Forces the most, in the bottle, I liked Dark Forces (black jelly base) the best, and when I swatched all three on nail wheels and when I wore them on my nails, I liked Oceanic Forces the best of all. I shouldn't be surprised. Blue polishes are a favorite of mine along with orange polishes, and teal is a favorite shade of blue. I have no other polish among my over 300 bottles of polish like this. I received many compliments on this manicure. Emily de Molly polishes are probably the most creative blingtastic indie polishes right now. Back in the day, you would only satisfy similar look-at-my-nails diva cravings with Lynnderella polishes, but to me Emily de Molly polishes are much more aesthetically pleasing overall while not lacking in creativity or show-stopping super-glitter.<br />
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The formula was a perfect jelly consistency so it wasn't thick or too thin. Two coats is fine, but it is lighter than bottle color although a very pretty shade as well. I used three coats of Oceanic Forces. It was not too difficult to get the large circle glitter to come out of the bottle. Many of them would stick to the handle of the brush. I would use an orange stick to pull the circle glitter off the handle of the brush and set them aside to use at the end. Once I was done with my last coat of polish, I would place the extra circle glitters randomly on my nails. I used a coat of Gelous and then a coat of Seche Vite to smooth out the surface, and it came out very smooth. No glitters stuck out to catch on anything or to tempt you to pick at them. I barely had any cleanup to do. This is how all glitter polish, especially those in jelly sandwiches, should be. You don't lose the glitter in the underlying coats because it's not covered up completely by the next coats, unlike many other glitter polishes or jelly glitter polishes. Removal was not difficult and took only slightly longer than removing regular polish. I used one cotton ball with acetone per nail or two to remove the blue jelly polish, and then I used an orange stick to push off the remaining stuck-on large circle glitters, and then I used one last cotton ball to clean up all my nails. There was no staining or smurfy nails or skin.<br />
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<strong><u>Wear Time</u>:</strong><br />
Fantastic wear time. I hated taking the polish off after a week.<br />
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All photos were taken with my iPhone 5. As usual, it is difficult to photograph polishes with holographic glitter. You can Google the polish name and find many other photos, though.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-40833671481520423322013-07-14T16:03:00.000-04:002013-07-14T16:03:57.363-04:00Rainbow Honey Tenda**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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I was sent the full Rainbow Honey Summer Fab Collection set of three mini bottles for review. I have pictures of the pretty packaging, pictures of the polish bottles, and a review of the coral polish, Schrammi, <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-schrammi.html">here</a>. <br />
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Tenda (which I think means "store" in Portuguese, if I remember my college Portuguese classes correctly) is a bright Kelly green polish. I don't normally buy green polishes . . . but when I do . . . No, really, I don't normally buy a lot of green polishes, but when I do, I end up surprised at how much I love them. I didn't buy this polish, it was a sample sent for review, but as I'll go into more later, I had been desperately wanting a similar shade in a Revlon polish for many months. Tenda is another in a long line of green polishes to surprise me. When I saw it in the bottle I thought, yeah, well, it's green, Kermit, grass, whatever, nice, yeah. Then I put it on. It's so lively and pretty, and the golden shimmer doesn't take away from the overall green color but adds a really nice detail when you get really up close to the polish. This was really not work-appropriate, but I wore it to work *and* to court anyway. I got more compliments on this mani than I have gotten on any other mani that I can remember. It really got noticed at work and by family and out and about running errands.<br />
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I had no application issues. I think I used two coats, but I can't remember for sure. I know I used Seche Vite top coat as I wanted the mani super shiny, and Tenda wasn't shiny enough for me on its own. I think I got minor shrinkage from the Seche Vite, but I took the pictures after *many* days of wear, so a lot of what you see is tip wear. Cleanup and removal was easy with no staining. I loved this polish so much that I wore it for well over a week (almost two full weeks), and I didn't have any chips.</div>
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We had so much rain I had to wait days for some sun so I could take pictures, and even then it was in between showers so that I had to discard a bunch of photos because they had shadows in them from drops of water on the glass through which I was taking photos. I wasn't able to fully capture the golden shimmer, but here are some photos taken in as much sunlight as we had here in South Florida for a while:</div>
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And now for the story of the green polish I had coveted for so long: Revlon's "Posh." I would pick it up in the store and put it back down over and over and over again. I loved it so, but I couldn't seem to justify buying it. But, if you look at the pictures below, you can see that Tenda is a very close shade *and* it has gold shimmer, so I'm very happy and satisfied. One of the pictures below is blurry but I included it anyway because it shows both Posh and Tenda with more light so that you can see more of the (slight) difference between the shades. In the sharper photo, the colors are a little darker than in real life. Anything that looks like a rough cuticle in the sharper photo is not actually any such thing. I had rushed out of the house to go to Target, and I had put on a coat of clear polish because I had been wearing the polish for well over a week at that time. I didn't have time to do proper cleanup, though, so what you see is just pieces of clear polish sticking to some edges of my cuticles. I assure you that cuticle oil keeps my cuticles nice and photo-ready under normal circumstances.</div>
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Bottle: Revlon Posh<br />
Nails: Rainbow Honey Tenda</td></tr>
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I was sent the full Rainbow Honey Summer Fab Collection set of three mini bottles for review. As always, the packaging showed Rainbow Honey's trademark attention to detail. The pictures below are blurry, but I wanted you to see the pretty packaging:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The mini bottles hold a lot of polish at 4 ml each. I just topped a mani with Costa Del Sol, and I used maybe one-tenth of the bottle or less. By making the mini bottles tall like this, the brushes can be relatively long and longer-handled than in most other mini bottles I have used, and that makes application easier.</span></div>
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Schrammi is a pinkish coral polish with a golden shimmer. If you have a Cuban background, it might remind you of a mamey shake. It is truly lovely. Also, the color looks really flattering against my pale skin tone. The golden shimmer just puts the polish over the top. The golden shimmer is also subtle, and the polish as a whole looks classy, so it's work appropriate, but it's a lively, bright color and perfect for summer. All Rainbow Honey polishes are works of art to me, Schrammi definitely included. </div>
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I had no application issues. I think I used two coats, but I can't remember for sure. I know I used Seche Vite top coat as I wanted the mani super shiny, and Schrammi wasn't shiny enough for me on its own. I think I got minor shrinkage from the Seche Vite, but I took the pictures after some days of wear, so a lot of what you see is tip wear. I had no chips or other problems, and cleanup and removal was easy.</div>
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-9096862883276750362013-07-13T18:06:00.000-04:002013-07-14T14:13:12.704-04:00Rainbow Honey Bitty Love Bot**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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In a previous post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yoshimi-battles-pink-robots.html">here</a>, I wrote about being surprised to receive the entire Robot Collection to review, and I reviewed the groovy matte glitter top coat Yoshimi worn over Femme Bot. I also reviewed Femme Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-femme-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Skyward Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-skyward-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Lucky Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-lucky-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Dusty Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-dusty-bot.html">here</a>. This is my last review of the collection. All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. To me they seem like chrome polishes, and I never got around to buying any of the drugstore (Essie) chrome polishes, and these colors are prettier in my opinion, too, so I am very happy because I finally have chrome-like polishes. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Bitty Love Bot, a pale greenish blue metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-64854866268260212712013-07-13T17:27:00.000-04:002013-07-13T17:27:04.730-04:00Rainbow Honey Dusty Bot**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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In a previous post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yoshimi-battles-pink-robots.html">here</a>, I wrote about being surprised to receive the entire Robot Collection to review, and I reviewed the groovy matte glitter top coat Yoshimi worn over Femme Bot. I also reviewed Femme Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-femme-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Skyward Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-skyward-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Lucky Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-lucky-bot.html">here</a>. All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. To me they seem like chrome polishes, and I never got around to buying any of the drugstore (Essie) chrome polishes, and these colors are prettier in my opinion, too, so I am very happy because I finally have chrome-like polishes. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Dusty Bot, a pale lavender metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth.<br />
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The formula on Femme Bot, the pink metallic and the first of the "Robots" that I tried, had been excellent, and that polish had been a one-coater. I was expecting Skyward Bot, the second "Robot" I tried, to have the same formula and had hoped it would also be a one-coater, but I had problems with application. Luckily (pun intended), Lucky Bot was a one-coater like Femme Bot, and Dusty Bot was also a one-coater and very pretty with a very obvious chrome-like effect. I still think Femme Bot had the best formula of the bunch, but only Skyward Bot gave me any trouble. Dusty Bot wore well for a week (although I did get a minor chip or two) and removal was easy.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-43300345156269171592013-07-13T15:14:00.002-04:002013-07-13T15:14:25.979-04:00Rainbow Honey Lucky Bot**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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In a previous post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yoshimi-battles-pink-robots.html">here</a>, I wrote about being surprised to receive the entire Robot Collection to review, and I reviewed the groovy matte glitter top coat Yoshimi worn over Femme Bot. I also reviewed Femme Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-femme-bot.html">here</a>, and I reviewed Skyward Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-skyward-bot.html">here</a>. All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. To me they seem like chrome polishes, and I never got around to buying any of the drugstore (Essie) chrome polishes, and these colors are prettier in my opinion, too, so I am very happy because I finally have chrome-like polishes. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Lucky Bot, a green metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth.<br />
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The formula on Femme Bot, the pink metallic and the first of the "Robots" that I tried, had been excellent, and that polish had been a one-coater. I was expecting Skyward Bot, the second "Robot" I tried, to have the same formula and had hoped it would also be a one-coater, but I had problems with application. Luckily (pun intended), Lucky Bot was a one-coater like Femme Bot. I still think Femme Bot had the best formula of the bunch, but only Skyward Bot gave me any trouble. Lucky Bot wore well for a week (although I did get a minor chip or two), didn't stain at all, and removal was easy. The color on Lucky Bot was very pretty. It was a very pale green most of the time, but at some angles it looked like the color we associate with glow-in-the-dark green.<br />
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Here are some photos, taken after a few days of wear, all in sunlight, with the last photo in indirect sunlight:<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-88557497725106493902013-07-13T14:22:00.000-04:002013-07-13T14:22:14.317-04:00Rainbow Honey Skyward Bot**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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In a previous post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yoshimi-battles-pink-robots.html">here</a>, I wrote about being surprised to receive the entire Robot Collection to review, and I reviewed the groovy matte glitter top coat Yoshimi worn over Femme Bot. I also reviewed Femme Bot by itself <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/07/rainbow-honey-femme-bot.html">here</a>. All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. To me they seem like chrome polishes, and I never got around to buying any of the drugstore (Essie) chrome polishes, and these colors are prettier in my opinion, too, so I am very happy because I finally have chrome-like polishes. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Skyward Bot, a blue metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth.<br />
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The formula on Femme Bot, the pink metallic and the first of the "Robots" that I tried, had been excellent, and that polish had been a one-coater. I was expecting Skyward Bot to have the same formula and had hoped it would also be a one-coater, but I had problems with application. This polish seemed maybe thicker than Femme Bot. I had to use two coats to cover up streaks and balding on the first coat. I could see a little bit of brush strokes showing, too. Still, the color is gorgeous, and blue is probably my favorite color of nail polish, so I loved it. It wore well for a week, didn't stain at all, and removal was easy.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-88218948754271056382013-07-13T13:22:00.001-04:002013-07-13T13:22:25.003-04:00Rainbow Honey Femme Bot**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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In a previous post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yoshimi-battles-pink-robots.html">here</a>, I wrote about being surprised to receive the entire Robot Collection to review, and I reviewed the groovy matte glitter top coat Yoshimi worn over Femme Bot. All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. To me they seem like chrome polishes, and I never got around to buying any of the drugstore (Essie) chrome polishes, and these colors are prettier in my opinion, too, so I am very happy because I finally have chrome-like polishes. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Femme Bot, a pink metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth.<br />
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I went on vacation in the beginning of May, and then I got a cold. I didn't fully exterminate the cold germs, and now I have an ear infection and a sinus infection. I haven't had the energy to blog when I have been off from work. I've also had other stuff on my mind when I've been off from work, and I haven't been as inspired to blog. And, it's been raining a lot here in South Florida, and while I had the cold our home flooded a few times. It's nothing compared to the tragedies faced by tornado victims and their families elsewhere in the country, but dealing with flooding is not conducive to blogging for me. Our baseboards got so damp that a mushroom actually grew *INSIDE* my home right between the baseboard and my floor tile by my front door! Now, I love mushrooms and ordinarily even think they're cute, but EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!<br />
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But, I'm excited about a lot of recent new nail polishes, so I'm dashing off a quick blog post during my lunch break. I recently received some great <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/InDecisiveLacquer">InDecisive Nail Lacquers</a> indie brand nail polishes for review, and I wore a gorgeous color last week called Brick that I am looking forward to reviewing. I also received some Rainbow Honey polishes for review and have worn a few. I'm wearing Tenda right now, a bright kelly green polish with secret golden shimmer that has gotten noticed a lot. The nurse at Walgreens who prescribed antibiotics for my ear and sinus infections, she complimented the polish yesterday. The court reporter at this morning's deposition noticed the polish and was inspired to go out and get a manicure with green polish, and I told her about Rainbow Honey polishes. And, our receptionist at our firm noticed the polish and liked it as well. It is a very happy color and cheers me up when I look at it. Green is a really big color for nail polish this year, especially with the Pantone color of the year being emerald green. In case you're curious and want to look at Tenda before I review it--I highly recommend buying it--it's sold as part of the <a href="http://fab.com/sale/22840/product/386665/?ref=sr-p6">Fab Summer Set by Rainbow Honey at Fab.com</a> and right now it's discounted to $25 from its retail price of $30 for three full-size 15 ml bottles. The other two polishes in the set are a gold and holo glitter top coat and a beautiful pinkish coral that leans a little terracotta-ish in some light, or if you're of Cuban descent, you'll know what I mean when I say it will make you want a mamey shake.<br />
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I'm also excited because this morning I received an e-mail announcing Rainbow Honey's summer collection, and it's so bright and beautiful that it inspired me to put up this blog post. Look at these colors!<br />
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The collection is inspired by the 1995 Super Nintendo video game, Earthbound. There are 5 glitter bombs, 3 shimmer-dusted cremes and 2 glitter toppers:<br />
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The collection is being released on Friday, June 21, 2013 on Rainbow Honey's website at www.rainbowhoney.com and will also be sold by their <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/pages/retailers">retail partners around the world</a>. <br />
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There is a 24-hour <b>PRESALE EVENT TONIGHT</b> <b>at 10 p.m. EST</b>! There will be an access code up on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rainbow.honey.cosmetics">Rainbow Honey's Facebook page</a> tonight.<br />
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Oh, and I passed my one-year blogaversary, and I have the polishes set aside for a giveaway and just need to prepare the giveaway post, so keep an eye out for that coming up soon!<br />
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<b>**Unpaid promotional announcement of new polish collection**</b><br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-79749474523012408442013-04-21T16:56:00.000-04:002013-04-21T16:56:40.569-04:00Orange Holographic Polish Comparison<b>**Polishes Purchased by Me**</b><br />
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I love orange polish, and I love holographic polish, so I go crazy over orange holographic polish. It's not that easy to get a bright holographic orange polish. The holographic part of the polish seems to dull the color of the polish or make it look a little "dusty." The color itself in orange holographic polish often seems brownish rather than a more yellow-based orange or a more red-based orange. I own a few orange holographic polishes, but until recently didn't have one that was a true orange holo that didn't look dusty or brownish or dull. The creator of <a href="http://dollishpolish.bigcartel.com/">Dollish Polish</a> recently offered to make custom polishes, and I asked her for my dream orange holo polish. The result was The Holo Grail that she made especially for me:<br />
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My blog is now a year old, and my next post will probably be a giveaway post, and one of the prizes will be a bottle of The Holo Grail. I bought three bottles--one for myself, one as a backup, and one to give away.</div>
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As far as orange holo comparisons go, <a href="http://www.the-crumpet.com/">The Crumpet</a> did a very nice orange holo comparison post <a href="http://www.the-crumpet.com/2012/10/oooooooh-orange-holo-comparison.html">here</a>. There are also a few different posts at The Pointless Cafe with one-to-one or small group comparisons of orange holo polishes, for example, <a href="http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2013/04/comparison-request-orange-indie-holo.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2013/03/literary-lacquers-more-like-fire-than.html">here</a>. If you know of any other good orange holo comparison posts, please let me know in the comments section below.</div>
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Here are some pictures with comparisons of the orange holo polishes that I own:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to Right: Dollish Polish The Holo Grail, Enkelini Lainey Lou, Jade Uau!, Literary Lacquers More Like Fire Than Light, Hits Demeter, and Different Dimension Tubular</td></tr>
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#8: The Holo Grail<br />
#7: More Like Fire Than Light<br />
#6: Uau!<br />
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On #9 is Pretty & Polished's Incinerate My Heart which I'm wearing on my toes right now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The linear holo gets stronger at two coats in Literary Lacquer's More Like Fire Than Light, #7 above.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This might be the picture that shows the holo in The Holo Grail (#8 above) the best.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see that the Literary Lacquer's holo (#7 above) has more yellow in it than Jade's (#6 above).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Holo Grail (#8 on top wheel) has a very similar base color to China Glaze's Riveting (#3 on bottom wheel).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hits Demeter (#6 on the top wheel) is more of a coral color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The base color in The Holo Grail is similar to that in Hits Hula (#10 in the top wheel), one of my all-time favorite polishes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different Dimension's Tubular on the bottom wheel at #16.<br />
Tubular has a very weak holo, at least indoors, and it has more yellow in it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the bottom wheel were last year's Pantone set of Tangerine Tango polishes from Sephora.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the bottom wheel at #1 is Enkelini's Lainey Lou, a really bright orange holo with more yellow in it than The Holo Grail.</td></tr>
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-60639613872071710862013-04-14T17:04:00.000-04:002013-04-14T17:04:28.943-04:00Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots**PR sample provided by company representative**<br />
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My husband asked me yesterday what polish I was wearing on my nails. I answered "Yoshimi," not thinking that it would mean anything to him. He immediately responded: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots!" I asked him how he knew that I was wearing Rainbow Honey's Robot Collection. I actually had Femme Bot, the pink metallic foil polish, underneath Yoshimi, a clear top coat with black and white square matte glitter along with small black and white square glitter plus some small holo sparkle glitter scattered throughout. Both polishes look appropriately reminiscent of robots, the Femme Bot because of its metallic foil finish and Yoshimi because of the mod sci-fi look of the pieces. Anyway, back to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. My husband asked me to use that for the name of this post. Turns out it's a Flaming Lips album, their tenth album specifically, released in 2002. It's electronic-influenced music with sci-fi themes, so again, a perfect reference for this collection.<br />
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Officially, though, the Robot Collection is a collaboration between Rainbow Honey and illustrator Mary Winkler with inspiration from "anime, video games, super cheesy B films, and the work of Mary Winkler, illustrator, jewelry and textile designer." Here is the official promo picture for the collection:<br />
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I had no idea I was receiving any of the polishes in this collection for review, so it was a complete surprise when I opened my mailbox a couple of weeks ago and found an adorable package from Rainbow Honey with the entire collection in their new tall mini-bottles for review. The new mini bottles allow for a longer brush which is great for easier application.</div>
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Here are some pictures that show that even down to the packaging, Rainbow Honey is always both visually appealing and high-quality:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of the box of mini bottles that I received, nicely plastic-wrapped.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The art on top of the front of the box folded out to a larger sheet with this information on the back about the collection.</td></tr>
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I had just done my manicure the day before when I received these samples for review. I had on Pretty & Polished's Day Trippin', a temperature-reactive, color-changing polish. I immediately put Yoshimi on top of that. I will post pictures at some point. But as soon as last weekend came around, I put on Femme Bot. I had a lot of court hearings this past week, so I didn't want to go with the blue or green polishes, and when I read the names of the polishes out loud to my husband, he predictably said, "I like Femme Bot," just based on the name alone. ;-)</div>
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All the colors in the collection are really pretty. They are spring-like, but just a little edgy, so not the routine overdone pastel cream-finish spring colors. The polishes are made with aluminum flakes, which, according to Rainbow Honey's website, makes "the metallic lacquers of the Robot Collection simultaneously sparkly, reflective and smooth." The finish on Femme Bot, the pink metallic polish, is definitely both reflective like a foil and also sparkly, especially in sunlight, and the finish is definitely smooth. The formula was excellent on this polish. It went on extremely easily, and I do not have great skills at polishing my nails, so that's saying a lot. I was stunned to find IT WAS A ONE-COATER!!! I was able to finish my mani very quickly, and the polish dried quickly as well, and I had no cleanup other than evening out the area around my cuticles. The best part was that even though I only used one coat of Femme Bot, the polish has lasted an entire week with just a bit of tip wear. I only applied Yoshimi after wearing Femme Bot the entire week by itself, and because I had to go to court so many times, I didn't have time for my usual morning routing which includes adding a coat of quick-dry top coat to my mani, so this one-coat mani lasted a week pretty much on its own. I did add a coat of Seche Vite on top of the one coat of Femme Bot immediately after applying Femme Bot, and in the pictures below, I had a coat of Gelous and another coat of Seche Vite on top of Yoshimi. Femme Bot didn't seem brushstrokey to me. I think it might stamp well, being so opaque and being metallic. Yoshimi applied very easily in one coat with no "fishing" required to get all the different glitters on the nail, although I did have to separate a duo of square glitters that had ended up together on my nail. The glitters in Yoshimi were flat on my curved nails and didn't stick out, and although my nails aren't glassy-smooth with top coat, they are very smooth. Removal of Yoshimi was also easy. I did that last week when I removed Yoshimi which was then over Pretty & Polished's Day Trippin'. Removal of Yoshimi required very minor scrubbing, and I only used one very small cotton ball per finger.</div>
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I thought we wouldn't get any sunlight at all; it's been all April showers (storms) here in South Florida.<br />
You can see that the polish is very reflective.<br />
Can you believe how the manicure has held up after a week, especially with it being only one coat?</td></tr>
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You can see the little holo/iridescent glitters in Yoshimi.</td></tr>
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The nail on my middle finger is broken about a third of the way up, and I am babying it until the break is beyond the free edge of my nail. It's just being held together with layers of nail polish, no silk wraps or glue or anything.<br />
On my ring finger you can see some of the iridescent glitters.</td></tr>
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-66791766918894738742013-03-26T17:36:00.000-04:002013-03-26T17:36:49.083-04:00Pretty and Polished Dolli-Pop Color-Changing PolishApologies for being away so long. I was ill the first part of February, then my husband was ill the second part of February, then I was busier at work the first part of March, and most recently one of my dogs injured himself and needed extra time and attention from me, the other dog is always on and off sick to her tummy, and I'm still busy at work.<br />
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I haven't read the new government guidelines on disclosures yet, but from summaries on other bloggers' posts, I gather that the main concern is that readers know whether I am reviewing something that I bought or something that was sent to me for free by a company for me to review. My Official Disclosure: I purchased the polish I am writing about in this post.<br />
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Pretty and Polished's Dolli-Pop is a gorgeous temperature-reactive color-changing polish that is purple at room temperature or cold temperatures and then progresses from dark blue to light blue as the temperature gets warmer. <br />
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I had actually been a little run down and almost burnt out from illness and such, and when I feel that way, I have less inspiration nail polish-wise. But on Sunday I read a <a href="http://www.holographic-hussy.com/2013/03/pretty-polished-dolli-pop.html">post on the Holographic Hussy blog reviewing Dolli-Pop</a>, and I instantly knew that I wanted to use Dolli-Pop for my weekly manicure.<br />
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The polish formula was a dream come true for me! It was the perfect consistency, and it didn't pool or pond or drag. The brush was long and made it easy to apply the polish. I used three coats, although two might have been fine. I barely had any cleanup to do, and what little cleanup I had was easy. I did get some shrinkage from Seche Vite which I think I'm going to start calling Shrink Vite. I still can't give it up, though. It dries even thick layers of polish very quickly, and I can go to bed right away and never, ever have sheet marks on my mani after using Shrink Vite. Anyway, Dolli-Pop dries with a matte-like finish, and I prefer it with a shiny finish. I can say that no matter how many coats of top coat you add (I add another coat every day or every other day), it does not affect the color-changing effect. I have been wearing the polish for two days now, and it has worn well without any chips; I just have the shrinkage from my quick-dry top coat.<br />
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This is a really fun polish that really cheers me up every time I look at it. It's like having different several different manicures in one, so for those of you who feel the need to change your polish every day, you can actually keep this polish on for a while and still have a different mani every few minutes! The blue shades run through the entire range of denim blue colors, from the lightest blue to the darkest. The polish also has some gorgeous little blue gem-like flakes that catch the light beautifully. Most of the time my nail beds were a sky blue with the tips of my nails a deep purple and the two colors blended into each other like a perfect gradient creating the look of a funky French manicure.<br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-7159096207923916212013-02-05T14:21:00.000-05:002013-02-05T14:21:53.074-05:00Sally Hansen I Lilac YouI bought Sally Hansen I Lilac You at CVS the weekend before last, and I used it right away for a manicure.<br />
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I really liked the formula. I used two coats. The first coat was almost perfect, though, and it was mostly self-evening. I had no flooding. It was also very shiny. I had to redo three nails, and there was no difference between the shine of the polish and the shine on the other nails with Seche Vite. The finish was very smooth. The brush is the wider brush, like the Dior brush. Cleanup was a breeze as there was barely any. The polish looks more lilac (blue-leaning) in some lights and more lavender (pastel purple-leaning) in others.<br />
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This polish really inspired me and made me think of many different nail art looks. I thought it would be nice with stamping on top, and eventually, that's what I did. Originally I thought white stamping with a delicate lace-like pattern would be nice, but I ended up using UP Colors Laser Lilas Holo to stamp over I Lilac You. It was my first time stamping on my nails! I will show you the results in my next post, but for now I have a preview photo on my Facebook page and on Instagram. I also thought that the polish would look nice with a coat of Sally Hansen Snow Globe over it, or with striping on it, or with holo dots, or with a glitter gradient, etc. So, I will definitely be wearing this polish again.<br />
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I am still wearing the polish today, the tenth day since I put it on. I have not had any chips, although I did break the corner off a thumbnail . . . while putting on baggy gym shorts for goodness' sake! So, the polish wears really well. I did have a little shrinkage from fast-drying top coats, but it only happened after I showered. The shower caused a dramatic shrink-back on my nail tips, but then the polish seemed to settle back to a regular look of minor shrinkage or tip wear.<br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-45319559083063889112013-01-24T16:19:00.000-05:002013-01-24T16:19:12.508-05:00Rainbow Honey Sweet Talk<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I already wrote a <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-sweet-talk-collection.html">preview post of Rainbow Honey's Sweet Talk Collection</a>. The collection will start to be sold on <a href="http://rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> tomorrow, Friday, January 25, 2013, in time for Valentine's Day! If you click through to <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-sweet-talk-collection.html">my preview post</a>, you can see pictures of the adorable packaging for XOXO and Sweet Talk, and you can see pictures of swatches on my nail wheel of each of the polishes by themselves and in combination with other polishes and with a matte top coat, and you can see a picture of the third polish in the collection, Be Mine, that I don't have right now. My past few posts before that on my blog have been reviews of Rainbow Honey polishes, too, from the Yokai Collection for Halloween.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you click through to <a href="http://rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> right now (Thursday, January 24, 2013), the Sweet Talk Collection polishes show as "sold out." Don't worry! That's just a "placeholder"-type message until the official sale begins tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I already reviewed XOXO, a gorgeous glitter top coat in Rainbow Honey's Sweet Talk Collection, <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-xoxo-over-sally-hansen.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I'm reviewing the namesake of the collection, Sweet Talk. Sweet Talk has purple, light blue, and dark pink matte hex glitters in medium and small sizes and some stealthy tiny peachy irridescent flakes in a milky white base. The milky white base is polish formula perfection! It's not thick or clumpy, nor is it too thin, and it doesn't pool, pond, or flood my cuticles. It goes on smooth and has a shiny finish, and the glitters lie flat. The light blue hexes seem to reflect light at some angles, like they have an underlying metallic quality. The brush is thin and worked well for me, and there is a lot of glitter, so you don't need to fish for it or dab it on. The polish dried quickly, and I had no smudges or dents. I used one coat of Gelous over the manicure and a coat of Seche Vite over that to make the mani glassy smooth. I didn't have any shrinkage from quick-dry top coats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I loved this polish so much that I put it on as a pedicure, too. It is definitely perfect for Valentine's Day and reminds me of those conversation hearts candies for Valentine's Days. I think the colors are nice for Easter, too. And, this polish has completely satisfied my desire for jawbreaker-like polish. I didn't own a single jawbreaker-looking polish, and I wanted one, and Sweet Talk is the great look with the fantastic formula and the consistently great quality that you get from Rainbow Honey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wore Sweet Talk last week as a manicure over Essie Blanc. The white of Essie Blanc matched the base shade of white in Sweet Talk. The first coat of Blanc was streaky and balding in spots, but it mostly evened out with my second coat. It had a glossy finish and gave me a mod look on my nails. Over Essie Blanc, I used one coat of Sweet Talk on some nails and two coats on some other nails. It was pretty both ways. With two coats there were some glitters submerged beneath milky polish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some pictures of the gorgeous Sweet Talk over two coats of Essie Blanc:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seldom-seen right hand<br />Sunlight<br />In the ring finger nail, at the top, you can see the stealthy tiny flakes in the polish<br />Top/ring finger, one coat of Sweet Talk<br />Bottom/pinkie, two coats of Sweet Talk</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7387681801337749" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sweet Talk Collection will be officially released on January 25, 2013 at 12:01 AM EST at <a href="http://rainbowhoney.com/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">rainbowhoney.com</a> and participating </span><a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/pages/retailers" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Retail Partners</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> around the world. </span></b>Rainbow Honey generously shared a promo code for $5.00 off a purchase on their website. <b id="internal-source-marker_0.7387681801337749" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROMO CODE = SWEETTALK$5 (promo code expires 2/28/2013). Promo code RH25%OFF is also still active (also expires 2/28/2013), and free shipping on all orders over $25 has been extended until 1/31/2013.</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, Rainbow Honey now has two additional very limited edition polishes that they will be giving away. They are "Dearly Beloved" and "My Love." They are glitter top coats with heart-shaped glitter in addition to traditional glitter! Every purchase of $50 or more will receive one of the two special edition polishes. They also have a giveaway that ends when the shop opens and the sale of the collection starts at midnight tonight, so you have until midnight to enter the giveaway <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/blogs/news/7211818-a-valentines-day-gift-from-rainbow-honey">here</a>. They are giving away three sets of Dearly Beloved and My Love. If you click through to the <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/blogs/news/7211818-a-valentines-day-gift-from-rainbow-honey">giveaway link</a> or to <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a>, you can see more pictures and swatches of Dearly Beloved and My Love in addition to these:</span></b><br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-65620122503354327282013-01-10T14:08:00.000-05:002013-01-10T14:08:22.417-05:00Rainbow Honey XOXO over Sally Hansen SatinMy last post was a <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-sweet-talk-collection.html">preview post of Rainbow Honey's Sweet Talk Collection</a> for Valentine's Day. If you click through, you can see pictures of the adorable packaging for XOXO and Sweet Talk, and you can see pictures of swatches on my nail wheel of each of the polishes by themselves and in combination with other polishes and with a matte top coat, and you can see a picture of the third polish in the collection, Be Mine, that I don't have right now. My past few posts before that have been reviews of Rainbow Honey polishes, too, from the Yokai Collection for Halloween.<br />
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XOXO is a gorgeous glitter top coat. It has red glitters in medium and small sizes. Sometimes they came together to form a heart-like shape here and there on my nails. There is also a gold shimmer or gold microflakes like tiny little pieces of gold leaf, and there is holo glitter in the polish. The holo glitter is what I call the "pastel" holo glitter. I've seen holo glitters that flash in pastel colors and holo glitters that flash in brighter primary colors. The holo glitter in XOXO flashes appropriately in pastel shades. The base of the polish is clear and not too thick but just right so that it goes on smooth and shiny, although even with one coat of Seche Vite and another of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat, it's still not perfectly smooth, but it's very smooth without any jagged edges to the glitter. It's not top-coat hungry, it's just that top coat doesn't sit perfectly smooth over the glitter, similar to but much less pronounced than the effect of top coat over flakies. The red glitter flashes a gorgeous purple at times. I used two very thin coats. I tried to be subtle for work and used only one thin coat at first. One coat provided enough coverage, but then I wanted more glitter! There was no shrinkage from either top coat; I love that about Rainbow Honey polishes. <br />
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I have seen a couple of other reviews of this gorgeous top coat on other blogs. <a href="http://www.galacticlacquer.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-xoxo.html">On the Galactic Lacquer blog, there are gorgeous pictures of XOXO over a strong pink polish</a>. I don't own a lot of pink polishes, so I didn't have many to choose from in my stash. The result on Galactic Lacquer's post is what my ideal would have been if I had the "right" pink polish. <a href="http://www.lacquerologist.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-sweet-talk-collection.html">The Lacquerologist also shows XOXO over a perfect pink polish and also has pictures of Sweet Talk</a>. <a href="http://nailsinnippon.blogspot.com/2013/01/rainbow-honey-sweet-talk-collection.html">On the Nails in Nippon blog, there are pictures of both XOXO and Sweet Talk, and she has a picture of XOXO over black polish that is AMAZING</a>! <br />
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In addition to being perfect for Valentine's Day, I think XOXO would also work nicely during the Christmas holidays, and I wonder what it would like over other colors like maybe a medium blue polish.<br />
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I used Sally Hansen's Satin as "underwear" for XOXO. Satin is a very pale pink with a peachy tone from the Smooth and Perfect Color and Care line. I had wanted those pastel polishes ever since last Easter, and around Christmas they went on clearance at CVS, and I bought the pastel pink, orange, green, blue and purple polishes. Now I'm all set for Easter this year! I used two coats of Satin, and I still had visible nail line, but it looks nice. I had heard other bloggers complain about the formula in the Smooth and Perfect Color and Care line pastel colors, saying that the formula was thick or difficult to work with or dragged or left bald patches. I didn't have any of those problems. The only issue I had was a couple of small bubbles, but I had just shaken the bottle before applying the polish, and you couldn't see the bubbles after I applied the XOXO top coat. I thought the formula was good, not too thin or thick, and it didn't pool or flood my cuticles, and I barely had any need for cleanup. There is a bit of a frosty shimmer to the finish, but it's not too brushstrokey. The brush is wide and the end is curved like my cuticles, although that curved end is trimmed unevenly in places and looks like it has jagged edges, but the brush worked well with the formula, and the polish went exactly where I wanted it to go. Below are some pictures I took of Satin while I was doing my nails, so it's pre-cleanup, and it's very poor quality indoor lighting:<br />
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Note: I received a free bottle of XOXO polish from Rainbow Honey and was asked for my honest and unpaid review of XOXO. I am not affiliated in any other way with Rainbow Honey other than as a regular customer because I do buy, love and use their products.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-34313738896513953712013-01-08T16:45:00.000-05:002013-01-08T16:45:25.227-05:00Rainbow Honey Sweet Talk Collection PreviewHappy New Year! This is my first post in 2013! I haven't been on the computer much. I am waiting for my eye glasses to be ready. I was without them for over a week in December, but when I got them, I was even worse off and couldn't see. My right eye is very nearsighted, my left eye has astigmatism and presbyopia, and I wear progressive lenses, but my brain couldn't reconcile the huge difference between the right and left lenses, so my vision was not aligning vertically, and I had to go back last week to the eye doctor. They are trying one last tweak to the glasses, and even this may not work completely, but hopefully it will be an improvement. Right now, without the glasses, the computer screen is blurry, so I have avoided doing anything on the computer other than when absolutely necessary for work.<br />
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I'm very excited about this post, though, so it's worth the eye strain. This morning I received an e-mail from Rainbow Honey announcing their new Sweet Talk Collection that will be out just in time for Valentine's Day. I love Rainbow Honey polishes, so that e-mail was already great to me, and then I read that they were sending me samples to review!!!! Even more exciting, they said they had already sent them, and they were on their way to me as a surprise! I clicked on the tracking number and found that the polishes were going to arrive today! I'm off from work today, and I was going to change my manicure, so it's perfect timing! In the e-mail, Rainbow Honey also shared a promo code for $5.00 off a purchase on their website. <b id="internal-source-marker_0.7387681801337749" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROMO CODE = SWEETTALK$5 (promo code expires 2/28/2013). I don't receive anything for you using that promo code, so it's not like one of those referral links on other websites. All the bloggers who are reviewing samples of the Sweet Talk Collection received that code to share with their readers. Please feel free to share it with anyone you know who might be interested.</span></b><br />
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There are three polishes in the Sweet Talk Collection. These are Rainbow Honey's descriptions of the poli<span style="font-family: inherit;">shes:</span><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.7387681801337749" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be Mine: A lovely kiss of pink on your nails with a dusting of microshimmer and gold flecks</span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sweet Talk: A decadently sweet collection of pastel glitters in a white jelly with hidden shimmer</span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">XOXO: A ravishing blend of glitters and flakes in a clear base for easy use over any manicure</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be Mine and Sweet Talk are wearable on their own. XOXO can be used as a glitter top coat over an <span style="font-family: inherit;">accent nail or over an entire manicure.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This adorable little card was enclosed with my polishes!<br />The dates for the release of the polish have been revised.<br />The revised Fab.com release dates are in the text of my post above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How adorable is this packaging?<br />And, it added to the suspense of not knowing which two of the three polishes I had received!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I received Sweet Talk (on the left) and XOXO (on the right).<br />Full size bottles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this photo you can see the milky white base of Sweet Talk.<br />The pastel glitters remind me of Valentine's Day candies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are pinkish red glitters, purple glitters, and light blue or silverish glitters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are gorgeous pinkish red glitters in XOXO, and there are small gold glitters and/or shimmer flakes.<br />Some of the microglitter has a holographic effect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right:<br />#18: one coat of Sweet Talk<br />#17: two coats of Sweet Talk<br />#16: one coat of XOXO<br />#15: one coat of XOXO over Revlon Electric Pink<br />#14: one coat of Sweet Talk over Revlon Electric Pink<br />#13: one coat of XOXO over China Glaze Poinsettia<br />#12: one coat of XOXO over Sally Hansen Persistent Peony<br />#11: one coat of Sweet Talk over Sally Hansen Persistent Peony<br />#10: one coat of Sweet Talk with a matte top coat<br />#9: one coat of XOXO with a matte top coat</td></tr>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.7387681801337749" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sweet Talk Collection will be sold in a private sale at <a href="http://fab.com/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">fab.com</a> from January 16, 2013 through January 19, 2013. </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Collection will be officially released on January 25, 2013 at 12:01 AM EST at <a href="http://rainbowhoney.com/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">rainbowhoney.com</a> and participating </span><a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/pages/retailers" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Retail Partners</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> around the world. </span></span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm off to go do my new manicure with XOXO! I was going to layer XOXO over Sally Hansen Persistent Peony, like in #12 in the picture of the swatches on the nail wheel above, but then I thought to try it over a very pale pink, Sally Hansen's Satin, from the Smooth and Perfect Color and Care line, like in the last two photos above. I think the pink background is perfect with the Valentine's Day theme of the collection, and it's my favorite combination, so that will be what I use for my manicure. I may be able to have a review post up with pictures of my XOXO manicure as soon as in two days.</span></span></b><br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-13702967211280181132012-12-20T10:08:00.000-05:002012-12-20T10:08:17.158-05:00Nostalgic Nail Lacquer PrideI wanted Nostalgic Nail Lacquer's Pride polish for months. It is a top coat with a clear base and white star and bar glitter and blue and red hex metal glitter. It was a limited edition polish, and I did not get it when it was sold on Nostalgic Nail Lacquer's website store. When I saw a bottle on a blog sale, I snatched it up! I love it! When I received my precious bottle in the mail near the end of October, I was wearing Rainbow Honey's Kawako, a nice dark navy blue polish that I reviewed <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/12/rainbow-honey-kawako.html">here</a>. Once my work week was over, I added a coat of Pride to my Kawako manicure. Nostalgic Nail Lacquer's polishes are very high quality. The polish went on easily and smoothly. I got star glitter easily on every nail. The bright blue and red metal hex glitter didn't curl or bleed, and it was mirror-like in the way it reflected light. All the glitter lays flat, even the star glitter, although I did use a coat of Gelous over it and then a coat of Seche Vite just to be sure everything was glassy-smooth. I have used other red, white and blue-type top coats, but often the glitters are paper-like, or crinkle-paper-like, if that makes any sense, and this is the only glitter top coat I've seen with these gorgeous metal hex glitters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunlight<br />You can see how the gorgeous hex glitters reflect light so that they're different colors at times.<br />You can also see the silver flakie-like glitter in the beautiful Kawako base coat.</td></tr>
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-21527998664520825622012-12-18T15:12:00.000-05:002012-12-18T15:12:36.494-05:00Rainbow Honey Kawako<br />
I apologize for not posting in a while. I have had some health issues (nothing very serious), and we also just refinanced our home mortgage (woohoo!), and that took chunks of free time. Also, my husband has been monopolizing the home computer, the one that I use to edit blog photos for blog posts. The few times I was alone at home, I either had things to do and couldn't take advantage of the opportunity to use the computer, or I was just too tired and sat back and read a book instead. I read dozens of books, actually, including urban fantasy novels and time-travel fantasy novels set in the Scottish middle ages. Then last week I started working on our taxes. I have to go through our receipts and have everything organized before the end of January. It's good and it's bad, blog-wise. It takes time away from blogging, but my "reward" to myself for finishing each category of receipts is to work on a blog post. Working on the computer is also more challenging this week because my glasses are getting new lenses because my prescription changed so much. I really need glasses to work on the computer, so I will limit my time on the computer to avoid too much eye strain until I get my glasses back.<br />
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This blog post is the last of my reviews of the Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection. I had a preview post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-preview.html">here</a> on the Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection with pictures of the package I received and of the three polishes swatched on nail wheels by themselves and in combination with other colors and matted. The Yokai Collection polishes were limited edition for Autumn 2012 and were released on October 13, 2012. The polishes were available on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> for $10 each but they were not sold anymore after October. Did any of you manage to buy any of the Yokai Collection polishes before they sold out?<br />
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The first of the Yokai Collection that I wore was Kitsune. I reviewed Kitsune <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-kitsune-from-yokai.html">here</a>. Then I tried <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-first-dotticure.html">my first dotticure over Kitsune</a>! After Kitsune, I tried Oni and wore it as a manicure for a full week in mid-October. I reviewed Oni <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/11/rainbow-honey-oni-from-yokai-collection.html">here</a>.<br />
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This last polish from the Yokai Collection is Kawako. It's worth going back to my preview post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-preview.html">here</a> because I had swatches of the polish as it came in the bottle and also after adding a matte top coat. Also, I mentioned a <a href="http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-limited.html">post on Sheila's Pointless Cafe blog where she compared Kawako to Essie's Starry Starry Night</a>.<br />
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I normally create a draft post soon after applying a manicure, but I don't have a draft post for Kawako, so I have to rely on my memory. It's a gorgeous dark shade of blue with sparkly bits. Other bloggers found the formula too thick, but I didn't. The one thing I wasn't sure I liked or didn't like was the addition of flakies. Some of the flakies were large, but they remained under the surface of the blue polish, so they marred the surface of the polish, keeping it from being smooth, but they didn't add the special multichromatic effect of flakies. When a flakie was at the surface, however, especially when it was one of the flakies that flashed fuschia, the effect was amazing. You'll see in the pictures below that there was some tip wear, but otherwise the polish held up very well.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-30551523752242791112012-11-18T13:58:00.000-05:002012-11-18T13:58:24.140-05:00Rainbow Honey Oni from the Yokai CollectionI had a preview post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-preview.html">here</a> on the Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection with pictures of the package I received and of the three polishes swatched on nail wheels by themselves and in combination with other colors and matted. The Yokai Collection polishes are limited edition for Autumn 2012 and were released a month ago on October 13, 2012. The polishes were available on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> for $10 each but are completely sold out on the website right now. Did any of you manage to buy any of the Yokai Collection polishes before they sold out?<br />
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The first of the Yokai Collection that I wore was Kitsune. I reviewed Kitsune <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-kitsune-from-yokai.html">here</a>. Then I tried <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-first-dotticure.html">my first dotticure over Kitsune</a>!<br />
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After Kitsune, I tried Oni and wore it as a manicure for a full week in mid-October. Oni is The Malevolent Wild Demon according to <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/products/copy-of-the-yokai-oni-15ml">Rainbow Honey's website</a> and is described there as having a myriad of glass flecks and multi-chromatic shimmer. I agree with the statement on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/products/copy-of-the-yokai-oni-15ml">Rainbow Honey's website</a> that "the consensus [from nail polish blogger reviews] seems to be that it is one of the most beautiful and intense polishes out there this fall."<br />
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Oni's base is a smoky black. It's got small flakes or glass flecks of many different colors with the rare purple specks that were my favorite in the mix. The overall effect is almost like a dark olive green. Like the other Rainbow Honey Yokai collection polishes, this shade also looks like a beautiful stone and has amazing depth because the glass flecks don't just sink into the polish but show right at the top of the manicure. It glints and sparkles in almost any light and is full of life. I think it's a really great Halloween color, as are all the Yokai Collection polishes.<br />
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It was an easy polish to apply, and the brush was good. It was quick-drying. The first coat went on streaky, but after a second coat, the polish was even. I don't have great nail polishing skills, and I think that for someone more expert in nail polish application, the first coat would not be streaky. The polish was a little top coat hungry. Cleanup was not difficult except that I have trouble removing every single last smudge on my fingers when I use a black-based polish. The polish wore pretty well for an entire week. Removal was not difficult.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunlight<br />Do you see what I mean about how it looks like a natural stone with a lot of depth?</td></tr>
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I also really recommend that you click through to the <a href="http://noholos.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-rainbow-honey-yokai-in-oni.html">review of Oni on the No Holos blog</a> and look at the pictures of her beautiful nail art with Oni as the base.<br />
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Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-89171743203906691752012-10-18T19:03:00.001-04:002012-10-19T13:05:03.226-04:00My First Dotticure!<br />
As my base manicure, I used Rainbow Honey's Kitsune from the new Yokai Collection. I had a preview post <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-preview.html">here</a> on the Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection with pictures of the package I received and of the three polishes swatched on nail wheels by themselves and in combination with other colors and matted. The Yokai Collection polishes are limited edition for Autumn 2012 and were released only days ago on October 13, 2012. The polishes are available on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> for $10 each. These are good sized bottles at a half ounce each, and $10 is a very reasonable price for these indies that are so professionally produced and look like little mini works of art. The first of the Yokai Collection that I wore was Kitsune. I reviewed Kitsune <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-kitsune-from-yokai.html">here</a>. I wore Kitsune all of last week as my manicure, and then on the 7th day, on Saturday, I tried my first dotticure over Kitsune!<br />
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Kitsune is referred to as the Magical White Fox on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a>. The base is a gorgeous cream color, like the color of French vanilla ice cream or like eggnog. With its golden microflakes and its small sparkling holo and red-orange glitter, this creation looks like a beautiful stone. The polish has amazing depth and the microflakes and small glitters don't just sink into the polish but show right at the top of the manicure. It's like someone cut a slab of perfect natural stone.<br />
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The colors in Kitsune made me think of fall and fall colors. In my <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-preview.html">preview post on the Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection</a>, I had tried Kitsune over different fall shades of nail polish, but then it occurred to me that instead of layering, I could add dots of my favorite fall colors of nail polish. If I had practice with nail art, I might have tried to create leaves or other fall shapes instead of dots, but I ended up really liking the dots. They were very whimsical, and I was happy every time I looked at them. Even my husband liked them. The lady behind the register at Walgreens complimented me on them. Unfortunately, I took them off the next day. I would have wanted to keep wearing them but the underlying manicure was not going to be able to last more days, and I had to go to court this Monday and felt I should wear something a little more serious.<br />
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I don't have dotting tools per se. I tried the bottom of the handle on my one dotting tool, but it didn't make a dot as wide as the handle. On the other end is very tiny dotting tool, maybe for drawing small eyes or pupils on tiny faces on small nails.<br />
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A chopstick worked well for the larger dots I wanted. At first I was not getting enough paint on the chopstick so my dots were dimpled and not filled out. Then I had too much paint, and my dots were very thick, sticking out in 3D. No problem. For not enough paint on dots, I could go over the dots once I learned to add more paint to my "dotting tool." For too much paint, I could dot over it with a wiped off chopstick again and again until enough paint was taken off.<br />
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On my first fingernail I did, I smeared the dots as I learned, but I had enough coats of top coat on there that I was able to use acetone to remove the dots and start over without removing the original manicure polish (Rainbow Honey Kitsune).<br />
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All kinds of nail art would look nice with Kitsune and these colors I used. I could see a funky French or half-moons or stripes or a tape mani looking nice.<br />
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It was so much fun to create this dotticure!<br />
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In the pictures below, I have:<br />
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Zoya Tamsen, dots created with a chopstick<br />
China Glaze Papaya Punch, dots created with a chopstick<br />
OPI Deutsch You Want Me Baby?, dots created with a hair pin<br />
Sparitual Solstice, dots created with a hair pin<br />
topped with 1 coat of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat.<br />
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That was over the original manicure of: base coat, one coat of Sally Hansen Persistent Peony as "underwear," one coat of Rainbow Honey Kitsune, one coat of Seche Vite, one coat of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat, one coat of Gelous, and three coats (one each day) of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat.<br />
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Left Hand</td></tr>
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Left Hand<br />
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Rainbow Honey is an indie brand, relatively new but you would guess the opposite looking at their polishes and professional packaging. These are my first Rainbow Honey polishes, although I have eyed many of them in the past. After receiving the Yokai Collection, I went to the Rainbow Honey site and ordered minis of Hoof Wrassle, 20% Cooler and A Little Kindness.<br />
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The Yokai Collection polishes are limited edition for Autumn 2012 and were released only days ago on October 13, 2012. The polishes are available on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a> for $10 each. These are good sized bottles at a half ounce each, and $10 is a very reasonable price for these indies that are so professionally produced and look like little mini works of art. <br />
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The first of the Yokai Collection that I wore was Kitsune. I wore Kitsune all of last week as my manicure.<br />
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Kitsune is referred to as the Magical White Fox on <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">Rainbow Honey's website</a>. The base is a gorgeous cream color, like the color of French vanilla ice cream or like eggnog. With its golden microflakes and its small sparkling holo and red-orange glitter, this creation looks like a beautiful stone. It is amazing to me that the polish has so much depth and that the microflakes and small glitters don't just sink into the polish but show right at the top of the manicure. It's like someone cut a slab of perfect natural stone.<br />
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You can wear multiple coats of this polish, but I preferred the look of just one coat, so I wore "underwear" underneath it. <br />
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I have read other reviews where other bloggers describe the formula as thick and perhaps in need of a small amount of thinner. I don't have really great manicure skills, though, and my hands shake a little, so I really *loved* this formula and didn't find that I wanted to add thinner to it. I liked that it didn't pool or flood my cuticles, and I liked that where I put it, that's where it went and stayed. I basically didn't need to do much cleanup, and I had no balding or dragging, even though I didn't wait between applying the underwear coat of polish and the coat of Kitsune. The brush is great, round but a nice size and not too thin. It was a very fast and easy mani, and I got so much payoff in terms of the beauty and complexity of the polish. With a look that rich, you would think that I had put together layer after layer of this and that to make up the final look, but you get an amazing look in just one coat of Kitsune.<br />
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I found the formula top-coat hungry. I like my manicures glassy smooth, and this mani didn't get that way until about Thursday. I do my manicures on Sunday nights, so by Thursday I had the initial Seche Vite top coat plus another four coats (one per day) of Sally Hansen Quick Dry Top Coat.<br />
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The manicure wore extremely well for an entire week.<br />
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The polish reminds me of eggnog, and with the holo glitters and red-orange glitters and the very reflective gold mini flakes, it is very festive. So, while it looks like shades of fall, I think it would also be a nice holiday polish. <br />
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You can count on Rainbow Honey polishes to be unique and unlike any other polishes out there. I definitely don't have anything like Kitsune in my collection of polish.<br />
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In the pictures below, I have on a base coat, one coat of Sally Hansen Persistent Peony as "underwear," one coat of Kitsune, and one 1 coat of Seche Vite.<br />
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You can see the small and very reflective gold flakes in the polish.</td></tr>
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-37635747500303039842012-10-17T14:18:00.001-04:002012-10-17T14:18:34.522-04:00Halloween Giveaway Winners!The winners of my Halloween Giveaway are:<br />
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I have sent out e-mails letting you know and asking for the address where I can send your prizes.<br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-3249953360777379212012-10-14T16:58:00.000-04:002012-10-14T16:58:43.830-04:00Nail Polish Stash List Page Added to BlogI added a page to the blog that goes directly to the spreadsheet with my Stash List. It took me so long to type up my Stash List! Over time I hope to fill in the blanks for the name of the collection that the polish is from and the year the collection is from and the finish on the polish.<br />
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So, just click on the tab on the home page for the stash list, or you can go directly there by clicking <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlVAbj7Nbnn0dEo5QzJiMU0wbURMSjFmNEc3QWdPZ3c">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-43109055522020215262012-10-09T18:08:00.000-04:002012-10-09T18:08:23.352-04:00Halloween GiveawayI have a quick giveaway for Halloween for you because I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy some polishes and nail polish strips at really great prices. These prizes were purchased by me specifically for this giveaway. You don't have to be a GFC Follower or Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LacquerLovingLawyerBlog">my Facebook page</a> to enter this giveaway. Follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below to enter, and please give the Rafflecopter widget a few moments to load on your screen.<br />
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There will be two winners. The prizes are explained in more detail in the Rafflecopter widget below, but here are some pictures of the prizes, starting with WTFuschia:<br />
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And also Party Action, with lots of really pretty glitter in there.<br />
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And also Deceit, a favorite of mine with its gorgeous flakies. I have a <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/08/comparison-of-blackheart-beauty-hot.html">post on the blog comparing Deceit to Finger Paints Twisted</a> and I have <a href="http://lacquerlovinglawyer.blogspot.com/2012/05/last-weekends-shopping.html">another post with pictures of my own bottles of Blackheart Beauty and swatches of those polishes on nail wheels</a>.<br />
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And also the Sally Hansen nail polish strips in the skull & crossbones pattern.<br />
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I have my own bottle of Deceit. I don't own the other two Blackheart Beauty polishes, and I don't own the skull & crossbones nail strips; I bought them just for this giveaway.<br />
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<br />Lacquer-Loving Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565228459164256970noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267846620893562584.post-38851772985749914902012-10-07T17:04:00.000-04:002012-10-09T18:23:03.872-04:00Rainbow Honey Yokai Collection PreviewI am very excited to write this preview blog post on Rainbow Honey's Yokai Collection. It's a preview because the polishes themselves go on sale on October 13th, and it's a preview because it's not my usual manicure blog post. I am also excited because I was very lucky to be given all the polishes in the Yokai Collection to review! I got my package from Rainbow Honey in the mail yesterday, and I expected the package to have one polish to review, maybe a mini polish, but I received all three of the Yokai Collection polishes, and all the bottles are full size! That package really made my day yesterday. My husband is away on a trip (he's flying back home right now), and I was a little mopey yesterday at home. Please forgive me military spouses because I know that you have to endure much longer separations from your significant others, but I am just a wuss and really miss my husband when he's gone. Rainbow Honey's package changed my mood and got me to "do something." I immediately swatched the polishes on nail wheels.<br />
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Rainbow Honey is an indie brand, relatively new but you would guess the opposite looking at their polishes and professional packaging. These are my first Rainbow Honey polishes, although I have eyed many of them in the past like Hoof Wrassle, 20% Cooler, Koi Pond, A Little Kindness, Pinkie Promise, Celestia, Mare of the Moon, Lunairetic, Siren Song, Snake Eyes, and Frozen Flame. I think I will be ordering some minis of those tonight before I go to sleep! I'm really itching for them now even more than before! Rainbow Honey polishes have a distinctive look to me which is hard for me to describe, but it's a kind of look that reminds you of texture and natural grains in stones, even though it's not really grainy polish.<br />
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The Yokai Collection polishes are limited edition for Autumn 2012. There are three polishes in the Yokai Collection. In alphabetical order, they are Kawako, Kitsune, and Oni. Kawako is dark blue and makes me think of the night sky; it has tiny silver flakies that sparkle, and it has blue flakies, some of them large. Kitsune is a camel/nude base with gorgeous tiny gold shimmer and/or flakies and brown microglitter and my favorite part, small orange glitter hexes. Kitsune looks like "fall" to me. Oni is a blackened brown base with irregular gold and purple flakies; the combination looks olive or flashes olive and is spectacularly pretty! All the polishes have cream bases as far as I can tell. In my opinion Kawako and Oni look best with two coats, but I like using just one coat of Kitsune. I will be using Kitsune for my manicure tonight, and I will put up a blog post about it hopefully on Tuesday.<br />
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There are already a lot of review posts of the Yokai Collection up on blogs. Two posts really stood out to me. Sheila has a comparison post on her blog, <a href="http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2012/10/rainbow-honey-yokai-collection-limited.html">Pointless Cafe, where she compares Kawako to Essie's Starry Starry Night</a>. In a post <a href="http://noholos.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-rainbow-honey-yokai-in-oni.html">on the No Holos! blog there are pictures of Rainbow Honey Oni with gold nail art swirls</a>. So gorgeous! Click through and take a look!<br />
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Even though I only just swatched these on nail wheels, I was a little obsessed and tried the polishes mattified and tried Kitsune over lots of different polishes, so there are a lot of pictures coming up. In the nail wheels below:<br />
#8 is one coat of Kawako,<br />
#9 is one coat of Oni,<br />
#10 is one coat of Kitsune,<br />
#11 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of China Glaze Papaya Punch,<br />
#12 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of a burnt orange polish,<br />
#13 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of a different burnt orange polish,<br />
#14 is one coat of Kitsune over Wet N Wild Black Creme,<br />
#15 is one coat of Oni over Wet N Wild Black Creme,<br />
#16 is one coat of Kawako over Wet N Wild Black Creme,<br />
#17 is one coat of Kawako with a coat of mattifying polish on top,<br />
#18 is one coat of Oni with a coat of mattifying polish on top,<br />
#1 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of Essie Blanc,<br />
#2 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of Finger Paints Gossamer White (a light pinkish nude cream),<br />
#3 is one coat of Kitsune over one coat of Sally Hansen Persistent Peony (iridescent nude very similar to Kitsune's base), and<br />
#4 is one coat of Kitsune with a coat of mattifying polish on top.<br />
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The paper is more eco-friendly than extra bubble wrap or styrofoam.<br />
Under the paper the three polishes were in a bubble wrap bag.<br />
Inside the bag, the three polishes were each in their individual boxes which kept them safe and meant not using more bubble wrap instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like Kitsune at one coat (#10 above).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitsune over Papaya Punch was pretty (#11 above).<br />
I think some nail art with Papaya Punch on part of the nail and Kitsune on another part would look nice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at how beautiful the polishes are mattified (#17 & #18 above)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the golden shimmer from the mini flakies in Kitsune.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#3 is how I'll be doing my manicure tonight:<br />
one coat of Kitsune over a coat of Sally Hansen Persistent Peony.</td></tr>
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The Yokai Collection will be available starting October 13th on Rainbow Honey's <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">website</a> for $10 each. These are good sized bottles at a half ounce each, and $10 is a very reasonable price for these indies that are so professionally produced and look like little mini works of art. I see adorable squat little mini bottles on the site for other collections, and those are $5 each, but I don't know if the Yokai Collection will include any mini bottles. Again, this is a limited edition collection, so when they run out, they're gone!<br />
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