November 2016 Group Customs for Holo-Maniacs and Fantasmic Flakies: Swatches and Review

November 2016 Group Customs for Holo-Maniacs and Fantasmic Flakies: Swatches and Review

*Sent by makers for swatch and review*

Hey there! It's been about a month since I've actually sat down and written out a blog post; I guess that I didn't even realize that I needed a break, until I actually took one! Even though I've still been doing some of my own swatches and posting on Facebook and Instagram, I'm happy to be back! 

Tonight I'm going to be sharing the Holo-Maniacs and Fantasmic Flakies customs that were created for the month of November; these will be available for a few more days, so be sure to grab the ones that catch your eye! Let's take a look! 

Holo-Maniacs Customs

Seventy-Seven Nail Lacquer Holo-Maniacs Custom #10

Seventy-Seven Nail Lacquer's Holo-Maniacs Custom #10 is a medium green linear holographic base packed with a myriad of different colored holographic glitters. I used two coats for full opacity, and they dried down quickly and smoothly. Shown is with one layer of glossy top coat. 

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DIFFERENT dimension Holo-Maniacs Custom #11

DIFFERENT dimension Holo-Maniacs Custom #11 is described by Missi as a vibrant spring green with a medium intensity linear holographic effect as well as gold flecks and iridescent gold to orange to green. As always, the formula was absolute perfection: It applied smoothly, and was opaque in two easy medium coats. Despite the flecks and glitter, it dried down smooth. Shown is with one layer of glossy top coat! 

You can find DIFFERENT dimension on social media at the links below! 

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Fantasmic Flakies Customs

Great Lakes Lacquer Emerald Waters

Great Lakes Lacquer Emerald Waters is described as An emerald green glowing with aqua to green crystal flake, lime to teal multichrome flake, and electric blue and gold microflake. The formula on Emerald Waters was smooth and buttery, and I used three thin coats for full opacity. Depending on the length of your nails, you can probably get away with two medium coats; however, I feel that using three thin coats will give you the dimension that comes along with all of the flakes and shimmer. Shown is with one layer of glossy top coat! 

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Ever After Polish Burnt Amethyst

And the final custom for November that I have to share with you is from Ever After, and it is named Burnt Amethyst! Burnt Amethyst is described as a brown crelly packed with blue to purple iridescent flakes and purple and chrome flakes. I was able to get this beauty opaque in two medium coats, and it dried smooth and shiny. Shown is with one layer of glossy top coat! 

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So, do you plan on picking up any of these beauties before November is over? Let me know! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'll see you next time! 

♥ Megan 

*Sent by makers for swatch and review*

Polish Con Fall 2016: Fall in Love With Indies

Polish Con Fall 2016: Fall in Love With Indies

What is this? Two posts in one night? Well, I just HAVE to tell you about my experience at Polish Con! I had the amazing opportunity to help out at and attend the inaugural Polish Con (Polish Convention) in Chicago last week, and I had the time of my life! There were loads of indie nail polish vendors, tutorial tables, and lots and lots of people to meet. And of course, INSANE amounts of polish to purchase (which, let's be honest, I went a little crazy; I'll show my haul at the end of this post)! By no means did the pictures that I take represent the entire event; they are just the ones that I had the time to take! Let's take a look! 

My first stop, of course, was the Ever After Polish table! This is Rachel and her husband, Ian. Check out the event exclusives and her newest collection, based off of the musical Wicked! 

Next to Rachel Was Miranda's portion of the table, sporting her bath/body and hand care products. I wasn't able to nab a picture of her, but you can spot her head ducking down! I picked up a Maple Bacon lip balm from her table, a new flavor that she is offering, and it smells DIVINE! It was great to meet Rachel and Miranda in person!

Next, I went to the Cupcake Polish table! Sara's table was so stinking adorable; she even had shopping baskets, so that you didn't have to juggle the bottles while shopping. It was amazing to finally meet Sara in person as well! 

The event limited edition colors were in cute little bowls on the tables! 

 

And she had some adorable cupcake bath bombs as well! 

Next was the DIFFERENT dimension table! I wasn't able to get a picture of the table (it was PACKED by the time I got to it!), but I was able to get a picture with Missi! She is too sweet! 

I also visited the Darling Diva Polish table, and I think that I fell even more in love with Carrie; she. Is. AWESOME. Her polishes are bomb, and she is even more so! She even had a raffle, where the prize was a hot pink glittery travel cup with the Darling Diva logo, as well as an LE polish.

Great Lakes Lacquer was also at the event, as Mariah was one of the main organizers of the event (she worked alongside Rachel and Miranda to plan the entire event). She had some stunning event exclusives/limited editions, as well as the other beautiful polishes that she brought along! I was smitten when I was able to meet Mariah! 

The event LEs-- they cleared out quickly! 

 

I also had the pleasure of meeting Stefanie from Supernatural Lacquer (as well as her mother)! I was able to try her acetone additive at the event, and I am officially a convert! She has a bunch of new scents, and they are so moisturizing! 

Chelsea of Pretty & Polished also attended the event! She debuted some of her new Fall polishes, as well as some polishes that she created for the event. 

Again, these were not all of the vendors who were in attendance, just the ones that I was able to nab pictures of! 

In addition to the vendors, there were also tutorial tables. I had the pleasure of hosting a tutorial table, at which I spoke about nail care, filing, and manicure clean-up. I am so happy that I was given the opportunity to speak about this topic, and it was a pleasure to meet with everyone who signed up for the tutorials. Here is a shot of my table; look at all of the Ever After nail files! 

Oh yeah, you wanted to see my haul, right!? Some may say that I went a little overboard, but...NAHH! I can't wait to play with and blog about all of these pretties! 

At the end of the convention, it was announced that it will be held in Chicago every Fall, and that the location for the Spring will rotate; this coming Spring, in 2017, the Con will be held in New York! This is even closer to me, so I will for sure be attending! 

You can keep up with all of the info on Polish Con by following on Instagram and on Facebook! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'll see you next time! 

♥ Megan

Great Lakes Lacquer It's Treasure, Savvy? : Swatch and Review

Great Lakes Lacquer It's Treasure, Savvy? : Swatch and Review

*Purchased by Me*

Happy humpday! I've only had one day of work so far this week, and I'm already tired..ahh, the perils of coming back from a long weekend! But, I received this polish in the mail yesterday, and I was instantly perked up. I usually wait a bit before posting about a new polish that I receive, but this one is time sensitive, so I wanted to share it now! 

It's Treasure, Savvy? is a polish created by Mariah of Great Lakes Lacquer. It was a custom that was created for the amazing Savannah of Addicted to Polish (check out her blog right here!), and so many people fell in love with it, it was made available for purchase. This baby is only available until THIS THURSDAY, July 7th! Let's take a look, shall we? 

 

Collection: Custom polish created for Savannah of Addicted to Polish

Color/Finish: Described by Great Lakes Lacquer as an olive green linear holographic polish with a copious amount of multichrome flake that shifts from bronze to gold to green

Formula/Application:It's Treasure, Savvy? had such an amazing formula!! Seriously, I think I had some heavy breathing going on when I was applying it! It was so smooth and easy to apply, and was almost opaque in ONE COAT! I did do two coats for good measure, and it did deepen the color a bit, as well as add some more dimension with the holo and flakies. Dry time between coats was great, about 2-3 minutes. It dried glossy, but my pictures are shown with one layer of glossy top coat. All pictures were taken under a daylight bulb.

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 hearts! I don't have many olive greens in my collection, so this color is definitely a win for me. Combined with the holo, flakies, and amazing formula, I am now a bit obsessed with this polish!

Availability: Great Lakes Lacquer It's Treasure, Savvy? is currently available in the shop, and will be available only for 2 more days, until Thursday, July 7th! It costs $11.00 for a 15 mL bottle, and you can find the listing for it right here! Thank you again to Mariah and Savannah for allowing this to be made available to the public! 

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Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'll see you next time! 

♥ Megan