Continuing with the alphabet series, I have Essie’s Coat Couture from the Cashmere Matte collection which will always be a favourite of mine. It is a grey-purple matte with blue shimmer that looks amazing matte or with a shiny top coat. I love the dusty look of the purple because it makes Coat Couture so […]
nail polish swatches
Essie Silk Watercolor Water Marble Nail Art
I hate watermarbling, hate it. I love the look but the time it takes, the polishes that do not spread, the unknown look you will get if you dunk your finger at a slightly different angle. But I was inspired by Simply Nailogical’s video. She knows that watermarbles are a pain and often don’t work […]
Steel City Reflections – Bits of Tim Swatches
Time for week two of the alphabet of nail polish and this week I have Steel City Reflections Bits of Tim. This polish is inspired by Hamilton’s own Tim Horton’s! It is a coffee brown jelly with square, red matte glitters. Personally, I find the jelly in it a little hard to work with since […]
Steel City Reflections – Sarah Sanderson Swatches
As I mentioned recently, I still had Sarah Sanderson to share with you from the Steel City Reflections Hocus Pocus collection. While Winifred Sanderson became an instant favourite in the warmer weather when I bought these, this vampy purple holo with red medium and larger glitter was a winter fave. Like Mary Sanderson, it did not […]
Floral Nail Stamping With Zoya Leslie and Mira
As I am going through my polishes, sorting for the move and getting rid of old ones, I came across Zoya Leslie. A beautiful soft lavender with a blue shimmer undertone that is perfect for spring. No surprise there as Leslie was part of the 2015 Spring Delight collection released in time for last Easter. […]
China Glaze Avalanche Swatches + Nail Art
I recently read a blog post by Light Your Nails where she is working her way through the alphabet swatching polishes and loved the idea. I have so many polishes that go unused, I don’t think to use or I wear a lot but for some reason never show on the blog. So the alphabet […]
Steel City Reflections – Mary Sanderson Swatches
I reviewed Winifred Sanderson, one of the sister polishes to Mary Sanderson a while back. It is part of a trio by Steel City Reflections, a local Hamilton based indie nail polish company. Now I have Mary Sanderson for you. It is described as a blood red holo polish with larger burnt orange holo glitter. Against […]
Zoya Lake Swatches & Review
When I saw Zoya Lake in person, I knew I had to have it, Lake appears almost grey in some light and more blue in others making it very wearable. Zoya Lake is part of the 2016 Whispers collection which arrived in stores in early February. When I saw the press release for this collection, […]
Zoya Beatrix Pixie Dust – Mariposa Glitter Dupe
As I mentioned when I reviewed the rest of the Mariposa glitter polishes recently, the orange would be featured separately and here it is. On swatching it, I realized that while not a dupe, it is very close to Zoya Beatrix, one of their Pixie Dust polishes. Both have a similar tangerine tone, Mariposa is […]