Paint It Pretty Polish Magnetic Collection Summer 2024 Swatches & Review

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Today I have nine new magnetic shades from Paint It Pretty Polish to share with you. Let's take a look at swatches

Paint It Pretty Polish Despite All My Rage Swatches & Review

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Today I have Paint It Pretty Polish's contribution to the October Polish Pickup release to share with you. October's theme is 90's Grunge and Paint It Pretty was inspired by the Smashing Pumpkins. Let's take a look at swatches.

Zoya Daydreaming Collection Swatches & Review

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Today I have six new shimmers from the Zoya Daydreaming collection to share with you. Let's take a look at swatches. 

Girly Bits Cosmetics Reflections Swatches & Review

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Today I have Girly Bits Cosmetics' contribution to the Hella Handmade Creations August release to share with you. This is the tenth polish from Girly Bits' Canadian Roadtrip HHC series. This month's shade was inspired by the lighthouses in the province of Nova Scotia. Let's take a look at swatches. 

Treo Lacquer Cortex Conspiracy Swatches & Review

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Today I have Treo Lacquer's polish for the next Polished Gamers Box release to share with you. February's theme is Spyro and Treo Lacquer was inspired by Spyro Orange for the Game Boy Advance. Let's take a look at swatches.

Brand Challenge: Enchanted Polish

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Today I have an assortment of polishes from Enchanted Polish to share with you. Let's take a look at swatches.

Paint It Pretty Polish Happy Holidays 2019 Collection Swatches & Review

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Today I have Paint It Pretty Polish's Holiday Collection to share with you. Let's take a look at swatches

Brand Challenge: Femme Fatale Cosmetics

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More shopping my collection today. This time I'm venturing in the pink-gold-copper zone of my Femme Fatales. Let's take a look at swatches.

Paint It Pretty Polish Hakuna Matata Collection Swatches & Review

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Today I have the new Hakuna Matata collection from Paint It Pretty Polish to share with you. This collection is debuting at Indie Expo Canada 2019 and will be available more widely afterwards. Let's take a look at swatches

Live Love Polish The Scarab Collection Swatches & Review

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Today I have The Scarab Collection from Live Love Polish to share with you. This collection features six shifty multichromes in a variety of jewel tones. Let's take a look at swatches.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Girly Bits Cosmetics Shop Exclusives Swatches & Review

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Today I have three new shades from Femme Fatale Cosmetics to share with you. These polishes are available exclusively at Girly Bits Cosmetics, their Canadian stockist. Let's take a look at swatches.

Zoya Party Girls Collection Swatches & Review Part I

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Today I have the first half of the Zoya Party Girls collection for the 2017 holiday season to share with you. This release features a mix of cremes, shimmers and metallics so there's lots to choose from. Let's take a look at swatches.

Girly Bits Cosmetics November 2017 COTM Swatches & Review

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Today I have the November COTM shades from Girly Bits Cosmetics to share with you. These polishes will definitely get you in the mood for Thanksgiving dinner. Let's take a look at swatches.

Girly Bits Cosmetics September 2017 COTM Swatches & Review

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Today I have the two new limited edition Girly Bits shades for the month of September to share with you. I know I want summer to last a little longer, but I also love me some fall shades. Let's take a look at swatches.

Girly Bits Cosmetics Multichrome Madeness Customs Swatches & Review

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Today I have three polishes from Girly Bits Cosmetics available exclusively to members of the Multichrome Madness Facebook group. Pam aimed to create something unique, with some Girly Bits style, and a variety of finishes so that there would be something for everyone. Let's take a look at what she came up with.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Just Like A Dream Trio Swatches & Review

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Today I have the Just Like Dream collaboration trio from Femme Fatale Cosmetics and The Polishing Life. This is a limited edition release but there are still some shades available through stockists. Let's take a look at swatches.

Lucky 13 Lacquer Always Be Yourself Collection Swatches & Review Part I

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Today I have the first third of the Lucky 13 Lacquer Always Be Yourself collection to share with you.  This polishes in this collection are all inspired by the phrase "Always be yourself, unless you can be _______, then always be _______".  These polishes all incorporate holo with colour shifting flakes and shimmer.  Let's take a look at some of the new shades.

CrowsToes Milquetoast Swatches & Review

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Today I have a polish that's been sitting on my shelf for at least a year but for some reason it hadn't yet made it onto my nails.

Milquetoast is features a light cream crelly base filled three sizes of copper glitter.  The formula was excellent.  Depsite all of the glitter it went on very smoothly end evenly.  I did not have to do any dabbing.  After two coats it was a 90% opaque.  You can still see my nail line a tiny bit but since this is such a neutral polish it doesn't bug me.  You could easily add a third coat to make it completely opaque if you wish.  Photos show two coats of Milquetoast with one coat of Nubar Diamont top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

I absolutely love this polish.  It's so neutral which isn't what I usually go for but it's gorgeous all the same.  You can find CrowsToes Nail Color on:

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Happy polishing,

Michelle

Girly Bits Cu Blue Swatches & Review

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Today I have another great Girly Bits polish to show you.  This one has been on my wishlist for a while and when I saw it for a great price in a stash sale I snatched it up.
 

Cu Blue features a navy jelly based filled with copper microflakes.  The result is a very squishy finish with a strong copper shimmer.  The initial coat is quite sheer but it does layer up nicely.  It took me three coats to become opaque and dried completely smoothly.  In very bright lighting the white of mile nail tips shows through a tiny bit, but in most lighting it is completely opaque.  Photos show three coats of Cu Blue with one coat of Nubar Diamond top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Did you make it through all the pictures??  It photographed so well that I had a hard time choosing which ones to cut.  You can find Girly Bits at:

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- Michelle

Girly Bits Shift Happens Swatches & Review

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Today is my birthday and I chose an amazing effect top coat to sport for my birthday nails.  Apologies in advance, this is a very picture heavy post.

Shift happens look somewhat unassuming in the bottle.  It has a soft copper to green shimmer.  However, when you layer it over another colour it comes to life giving any polish an amazing shimmery colour shifting glow.  I layered one coat of Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt, a cobalt blue jelly.  The result was a shimmery layer that shifted from red to copper to green.  I love it.  The formula was fantastic and I didn't have any issues with patchiness or bald spots.  Photos show one coat of Shift Happens over Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt with one coat of CND Super Shiney top coat in a mix of natural and 5100K lighting.

Did you make it through all the pictures??  If so, you probably want to buy this polish now.  You can find Girly Bits at

https://www.girlybitscosmetics.com
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- Michelle