How is it Polish Pickup time already? This month, animation was chosen as the theme which means lots of old school cartoons. Cynthia chose WWIILLMMAA as her polish, It is a white creme polish that glows orangey in the dark and is inspired by The Flintstones. White for Wilma’s dress and pearls and orange for […]
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Alter Ego Under The Vampire’s Spell (All The Pretty Pinks Box)
Under The Vampire’s Spell by Alter Ego is part of the Magenta to Blush: All the Pretty Pinks box for October. Pink for a Halloween box is a strange choice, but pink lovers love holidays too. It is a slightly dusty medium pink with holo. It doesn’t have a strong holo flame but somehow is very […]
Alter Ego Dramatic Drakaina Swatches (Surreal Sparks & Shifts Dragon Box)
Today I have some swatches of Cynthia’s latest creation, Alter Ego Dramatic Drakaina, a medium blue multichrome with a pinky purple shift. It is part of a collaboration box with two other makers and perfect if you love shifty polishes. The Surreal Sparks & Shifts Box is a collaboration box that features three makers with shifty […]
Alter Ego Search for Hearts of Gold (Polished Gamers Box) Swatches
September is Kingdom Hearts month at the Polished Gamers Box and this month, Cynthia made Search for Hearts of Gold as the Alter Ego exclusive polish. It is a yellow and gold metallic holo microglitter in a clear base. This one is not super packed, I needed three coats and still showed some visible nail […]
Alter Ego Armor On Ready To Fight – Breast Cancer Awareness Box Exclusive
Alter Ego Armor On, Ready to Fight If you are not familiar with the Breast Cancer Awareness Box, it is organized by Turtle Tootsie Polishes. Chrissy, the owner, is a breast cancer survivor and created the box to give back to Breast Cancer Research. The 2020 box includes 20 polishes as well as a few […]
Alter Ego Nothing Good Happens After Midnight Swatches
It is Polish Pickup time and that means a new limited edition Alter Ego polish. Nothing Good Happens After Midnight is a teal toned blue that gets to a midnight blue at full opacity. It has a jelly like formula but is quite opaque for a jelly. I love the name of this one as […]
Adagio Masters Shi Feng Long Jing Review (April 2020 Harvest)
Another early harvest tea. I recently tried the April 2020 harvest of the Adagio Masters Shi Feng Long Jing (Dragonwell). Grown at a lung jing farm in Zhejiang, China, this delicate but tasty green tea is picked when the buds are still tender and only 3cm long then fired twice. Our 2020 Shi Feng Long Jing, […]
Adagio Masters Rohini First Flush Review
The first harvest of the year is always a treat to try so I jumped at the chance to try Adagio Masters Rohini First Flush. This darjeeling black tea promised a lively bite and abundance of fresh flavour – and did not disappoint. This is part of the Masters Collection from Adagio which are single […]
Adagio Masters Bai Hao Yin Zhen
It has been a while since I posted but I am back with some new tea posts. Starting with one I am really excited about. I mentioned Adagio Masters Bai Hao Yin Zhen when I reviewed Fujian Silver Needle last year. Harvested in April 2020 from the Fuding area of China, Adagio Masters Bai Hao Yin […]