Paint it Pretty Polish Forget Me Not Swatches (Polish Pickup Feb 2020)

Paint it Pretty Forget Me Not Swatches PPU Feb 2020

Polish Pickup starts tomorrow and Paint it Pretty Polish is treating us to another purple polish. Forget Me Not by Paint it Pretty Polish is a shifting blue/purple/pink packed with glowing aurora shimmers. It has a jelly like formula and while visible nail line wasn’t obvious in indoor lighting, it is noticeable under my lights with […]

Alter Ego Daffodils Peek Through The Leaves Swatches

Alter Ego Daffodils Peek Through The Leaves Swatches 2

Cynthia from Alter Ego has both a polish and a soap for the upcoming Polish Pickup. Both named Daffodils Peek Through The Leaves. Both are green, the soap is more neon with a bright yellow swirled in while the polish is a darker green with gold flakes. Alter Ego Daffodils Peek Through The Leaves Soap […]

Alter Ego Chocolatier Review and Swatches

Alter Ego Chocolatier Swatches and Review

Inspired by smooth, creamy melted milk chocolate. A fine pearlized shimmer with just a hint of gold Chocolatier was on of the top choices on my list when Cynthia from Alter Ego offered to let me choose a few bottles for helping out in her Egomaniacs facebook group and at Indie Expo Canada. It is […]

Alter Ego Stone by Day, Warrior by Night Swatches

Alter Ego Stone by Day Warrior By Night Swatches 3

Alter Ego Stone by Day, Warrior by Night is a group custom for the Alter Ego fan group on Facebook. Cynthia held a contest for a group member to choose the inspiration behind a polish. This was just before I became a mod so I didn’t swatch it at the time and this has been […]

Paint it Pretty Polish Firey Aries Swatches (Polish Pickup Jan 2020)

Paint it Pretty Polish Firey Aries PPU Jan 2020 Swatches 1

You know how at the beginning of the year, your brain is still stuck in the year before when writing the date? I am 18 years back with 2002 instead of 2020 (or 2019). Anyway, Polish Pickup starts on Friday and Sherri has an amazing option with Paint it Pretty Polish Firey Aries. It is a […]

Alter Ego What’s Your Sign? Swatches (Holo Topper)

Alter Ego Whats Your Sign holo topper swatches

2020 already? 2019 was quite a year but I am intending to get the blog back on track. Sadly, we are saying goodbye to the Canadian Beauty Bloggers Network today but some of us are doing a 31 day blogging challenge to make up for the fact we all ignored NaBloPoMo in November.  Starting with […]

Alter Ego Beating The Cancer Blues (Charity Polish for Laura)

Alter Ego Beating The Cancer Blues Swatches 4 - Laura Callahan Hazard

Some of you may know that I mod the Alter Ego fan group on Facebook. If you are familiar with the group or many other indie polish groups, you have likely heard of Laura Callahan Hazard. She is the other mod in the group and very active in the indie community. She even came up […]

Alter Ego Blackberry Looper & In Mint Condition 2.0

Alter Ego Black Berry Looper Swatches 3

Blackberry Looper is Alter Ego’s November 2019 colour of the month. Unlike many indie brands, Cynthia’s CotM sticks around for as long as she can get the ingredients to make it. Blackberry Looper is named for the green moth and has dusty sage tones while still having some golden tones in there as well. It […]

Paint It Pretty Polish Holiday Collection

Paint it Pretty Polish 2019 Holiday Collection

I tend to love Christmas/holiday collections more than others because I am almost guaranteed some blues. Paint it Pretty Polish excels at blues so I was excited to hear that she had a new collection coming out. Even better, she is releasing it a little early so you can pick these up during her Black […]