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Darling Diva – Chandelle

Well, I couldn’t get a good macro shot of this one !

Darling Diva‘s Chandelle is a pretty glittery polish in earthy greens and coppers, the coverage is very light, so I put this one on over O.P.I.’s My Vampire is Buff.

I went for two coats then a top coat. There is a bit of a curve to the lightest green hex glitter, but I’ve been told it has been reformulated. If it bothers you, it might be worth asking about that before you order. It’s not really really curly though, and I actually like the extra reflections that that details adds :)

Darling Diva - Chandelle

 

The brush is pretty nice, standard but good quality. The formula, as always, is great, no sinking, no gloopiness, very very smooth !

 

I’ll be back with some real posts tomorrow, this is the last scheduled one while I’m on holiday back home in the UK :) looking forward to seeing what you’ve all been up to !

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Darling Diva – Glacier

Well, I’m still totally in love with Darling Diva! I ordered Glacier a while back, and just had to swatch it for you – I’ve worn it a couple of times, and it’s the kind of polish that makes you gaze lovingly at your nails.

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Fanchromatic Nails – Faithful Gardener

I know, I know, I promise to stop spamming you with swatches soon… like, maybe at the end of the month, if you’re lucky !

This is another polish I have been wanting to show you for a long time. I’ll say it right now, I love it. Like, lots!

Faithful Gardener by Fanchromatic Nails is a medium-brown gelly full of gorgeous green matte glitter. Check out the shop on Etsy – you won’t regret it – but your wallet might…

Application is a dream, and two generous coats gave me an opaque, slightly matte finish

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The bottle brush is nothing special, but not bad either, smooth enough, and distributes the glitter nice and evenly. Plus, I just love the uniqueness of this polish ! I’m wearing a lot of green-toned make up recently, and this just looks perfect with it. I’m not sure if I prefer it, but it is very nice with a top coat too :)

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And lookie ! The Boyfriend was kind enough to take a beautiful macro shot of the bottle for us ! You can see that green isn’t the only glitter colour in there, it’s deliciously complex with browns, shimmery bits (that’s a technical term, don’t laugh!) and even a hint of purple… What a stunner !

Fanchromatic Nails - Faithful Gardener

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The Hungry Asian – Li-Lacquer

Here’s another polish that was on my wish list for a little while :)

With good reason – it’s a stunner !

Li-Lacquer is, well, a lilac that has some stunning multi-coloured hex glitter mixed in. I really loved the little mini-bottles that I already got from the Hungry Asian, but I love her tall, full-sized bottles too, they are so elegant ! The formula is great, I only needed 2 coats for opacity. You could maybe do it in one if you go heavy-handed. Drying time is pretty good, and there is absolutely zero settling in the bottle :)

The Hungry Asian - Li-Lacquer

 

This polish dries to such a nice finish, I didn’t even top coat it! And those heart-shaped labels are so adorable, everything about this polish just makes me want to squeee !

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Pink and Sparkly nail polish from Black Sheep Lacquer

Who loves pink holo glitter? Kel loves pink holo glitter, mhhhhhm ! (anyone else remember that one? nope, just me then…)

Well, obviously everyone loves pink holo glitter !

I’ve ordered from Black Sheep Lacquer a couple of times now, and there were offers on for buy two full size get a free mini. Well, I just love Erin’s style, and could never choose, so I just asked her to surprise me. And I was so happy to get holos both times ! First time it was Falling Sky, this time I got (I think) Poke Me Pink. I say I think, because I found it to be a lot more sheer than the photos on Etsy (not that that’s a bad thing !). I used this nail polish in the leopard French mani tutorial I put up on Tuesday :)

Actually, I really love it at one coat, the sheer pink is just the right shade to even out my nail colour, and it is screaming out to me to do a French mani with it – with holo-silver tips, of course !

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Pixie Polish – Linear Holographic Top Coat – Picture Heavy !

I ‘m so behind on my swatches right now ! I know that Pixie reads from time to time, so do know that I am so sorry ! I work in tourism and we just went through a really busy period, so my posts have been brief. But when I’m writing a review, I want to have time to do the product justice; so it’s going to be quieter until june, and I’ll make the most of it to have a good catching up session :)

I ordered Pixie’s Linear Holographic Top Coat way back in March with Memory Splice. Dispatch took a little while, because Pixie doesn’t keep a big stock of pre-made polish. But I don’t mind that, I like the idea of the polish being made on order, and good things come to those who wait!

The formula is fairly thin, but personally I much prefer that ! I’m not a fan of gloopy polish. This does, however, mean that the holographic particles have a tendancy to sink and settle. But they mix up again really easily, and I actually enjoy doing that, watching it all swirl around and glitter…

This post, like most holo swatches I do, is going to be a bit picture heavy, bear with me ! I tested the top coat over 3 different polishes – Butter London’s Tea with the Queen (my favourite neutral ever), and two different polishes by French brand UNE – one dusty brown/plum and one blue/grey. Each time I used two coats.

This is what it looks like under a mixture of natural and incandescent lighting (so, a typical indoors swatch) :

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