September 'What's In-die Box' Swatches pt 2: Lilypad Lacquer, Celestial Cosmetics & Glam Polish

Last week I posted part 1 of my swatches for September's 'Sex and the City' themed What's In-die box, featuring polishes from Peita's Polish and Emily de Molly (click here to see it). So here is part 2! Today I have polishes from Lilypad Lacquer, Glam Polish and Celestial Cosmetics. As I'm not a SATC fan, I can't speak for how well these polishes relate to the theme.

First up is Lilypad Lacquer, "City Lights'. This is such a unique polish! It kind of reminds me of a lizard. It's a scattered holo with greenish/yellowish micro flakes in a dark green/grey base. It also features a slight colour-shift from bluish green to yellowy green.

Lilypad Lacquer 'City Lights', direct sunlight

The formula for this was so nice and it only took 2 coats for full opacity! You could probably layer 1 coat of this over black for a stronger colour-shift.

Lilypad Lacquer 'City Lights', lightbox

 Next is Celestial Cosmetics 'I Miss New York'. This one is a silver foil with small and micro red hexes (some of them flash orange/pink!). I like the concept of this polish and it's something that I would maybe wear at Christmas time but the formula was a real let down.

It has quite a watery consistency and as a result, the larger hexes would constantly slip off the brush, making it really hard to get on the nail. As you can see from the bottle shot, there are plenty of larger hexes in the bottle but hardly any transfer to the nail.

Celestial Cosmetics 'I Miss New York', lightbox

 'I Miss New York' was also really sheer, which is not something I would expect from a foil polish. For my swatches, I used 2 coats over Borghese 'Chroma' on all nails except my ring finger which had 6 coats of 'I Miss New York' on it's own. Even with 6 coats, I still had some visible nail line on my ring finger (this doesn't really show up in the photos though)
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Celestial Cosmetics 'I Miss New York', lightbox

 Finally, we have one of my favourites from this What's In-die Box, Glam Polish 'Carrie Me Away!'.

'Carrie Me Away!' is a bright blue/aqua crelly filled with micro silver holo glitter and blue shimmer. The formula was a good consistency but it's also a little sheer so I think that next time I wear it, I'll be layering it over a blue creme. This is 4 coats on it's own with topcoat. It looks absolutely amazing in the sun!

Glam Polish, 'Carrie Me Away!', lightbox

Glam Polish, 'Carrie Me Away!', direct sunlight

 What polish from this What's In-die Box was your favourite? For me, it was either Peita's Polish 'Labels or Love' or Glam Polish 'Carrie Me Away!'.

Caitlin, xo

Glam Polish Swatches!

Hi ladies! 

I'm currently in Hervey Bay, QLD with my boyfriend and his family and it is so beautiful here! It's such a nice warm change from the weather at home. I'll be here until Monday and stupidly didn't bring any nail polish with me (I guess I'll just have to buy some...). I don't think I can handle having the same nails for 5 days in a row! 

I've got some photos of the nice floral mani that I'm currently wearing but won't be able to show you until I get back home to my laptop. So look forward to that! 

So today I'm just going to show you some more swatches from my first Glam Polish purchase! 

(I'm posting this from my phone so forgive me if the formatting is a bit dodgy) 

Glam Polish 'Tic Tac Toe', lightbox 

Glam Polish 'Tic Tac Toe', direct sunlight 

Glam Polish 'Grape Ink', lightbox 

Glam Polish 'Grape Ink', lightbox 

Glam Polish 'My BFF is Better than Yours!', indirect sunlight 

Glam Polish 'I.Q', lightbox

Glam Polish 'I.Q', lightbox

Do you have any Glam Polish polishes? Which is your favourite?

Caitlin, xo

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?'

I was supposed to have this post up on Friday! But between work and celebrating our one year anniversary with my boyfriend over the weekend, I couldn't find the time!

Anyway, today I want to show you some swatches of Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles'.

Ever since I saw this swatch of Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' by @strawbie, I was in love. After weeks of lusting after it, it's now finally mine. I also bought 'My BFF is Better than Yours' which was another polish that I had been eyeing for ages.

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' over Covergirl 'Lav-endure' and Essence 'Absolutely Blue', lightbox

'Lost Your Marbles' is a glitter topper filled to the brim with tiny, large, and huge circle holographic glitters. And it is perfect. Now that I own it I find that I have to restrain myself from adding it to every single manicure.

I tried it over China Glaze 'Flying Dragon' but I don't think it was the best choice. 'Flying Dragon' has lots of blue and red glitters through it and with 'Lost Your Marbles over the top, I think it looks to busy.

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' over China Glaze 'Flying Dragon', outdoors

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' over China Glaze 'Flying Dragon', outdoors

Personally, I think 'Lost Your Marbles?' might be better suited to be worn over lighter, pastel colours. Here, I used Covergirl 'Lav-endure' with Essence 'Absolutely Blue'.

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' over Covergirl 'Lav-endure' and Essence 'Absolutely Blue', outdoors

Glam Polish 'Lost Your Marbles?' over Covergirl 'Lav-endure' and Essence 'Absolutely Blue', lightbox

Application was pretty good, I only needed one dabbed coat with minimal fishing required.

I bought 4 polishes from Glam Polish (plus a free mini!) so I'll be posting the swatches of those in a few days so keep an eye out!

Caitlin, xo