Literary Lacquers Dracula Collection Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  I hope your week is shaping up to be ok so far!  It's gloomy and rainy in NYC today so what better than to show you another Halloween Collection?

Literary Lacquers is an indie nail polish brand that is new to me and names all of their polishes after literary references which I love!  Since I was a kid, I've always loved to read so I love the idea behind this!  The Halloween collection is based off of Dracula which is just an amazing book.  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  3 coats of Mina

Mina is a blackened purple jelly full of bright purple square an smaller more rounded glitters as well as silver hexagonal glitters.  It's so vibrant and fun for Fall!  Plus I love anything with square glitters so I fell in love with this.  The formula was good, a bit thick so I found three thin coats helped it to be opaque without dragging the glitters!

Above: 3 coats of Lucy

Lucy is a blackened ruby jelly full of small red glitters, red square glitters and silver hexagonal glitters.  It's basically Mina in red form!  It's super pretty with lots of depth.  The formula was a bit thick on this one as well but three thin coats gave it full opacity.

Above:  The Count

The Count is a charcoal jelly full of different sized black glitters.  Since the formula was sheer, on my middle finger I layered it over an orange and I love how it totally changed the color!  This formula was the most thin of them all but three coats made it mostly opaque.

All in all, I liked these polishes.  I love using Dracula as a theme and the fact that there are square glitters, well that has me sold!  They are currently on sale at the Literary Lacquers Etsy Store for $11 a piece which is a bit high for an indie polish but the colors are very fun for Fall.


What did you think of these polishes?  Must have?  Any Dupes?

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Zoya NYFW Peter Som Spring Summer Trio Swatches, Review AND a Giveaway!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  Today, I have a really fun post for you!

Today I have the limited edition Peter Som Trio from NYFW for you!  For the second year, Zoya has created custom shades with designer Peter Som for his runway show and a limited amount of these polishes were released.  If you stay tuned until the end, you can win a set!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  3 coats of Zoya Jacqueline

Jacqueline is a light, full coverage nude shade that will work with most skin tones.  There are both warm and cool elements to this shade and even on me, someone with a lot of yellow to their skin, it looks good!  This is a great neutral polish that is a little on the thin side so it needed 3 coats for full opacity.

Above:  2 coats of Zoya Neely

Neely is a cool toned light mint creme polish.  I love it for spring!  There isn't much yellow to it so it's really a great shade for most people.  It's light and delicate but still fun considering it's a green!  The formula was great, opaque in 2 coats and easy to use.

Above:  2 coats of Zoya Sharon

Last but not least is Sharon, which Zoya describes as being a creamsicle orange creme and that's pretty accurate!  I love how vibrant this is without being neon or pumpkin shaded.  I've recently become an orange convert and I think this is my favorite of the trio!  The formula was great, opaque in 2 coats and easy to use.

This collection sold out super fast, in a matter of hours, when this collection was released.  However, Zoya is extremely generous and set aside FIVE sets for the readers of Lacquered Lover!  Use the form below to fill out for your chance to win one of the five sets available!  This giveaway is open in the United States only since the prizes are coming directly from Zoya!

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What did you think of these polishes?  Must have?  Any Dupes?

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Fun Friday's Featuring a ManGlaze Saran Wrap Nail Art Manicure!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Friday!  I hope you all have some fun weekend plans in store!  I know I will be swatching a ton of fun stuff for you guys!  Today, I have a really fun Nail Art I did a few weeks ago featuring three of my favorite ManGlaze nail polishes, Lesbihonest, Mink Mittens and Matte is Murder.  Here are some macro shots as a little teaser:

Doesn't it kind of look like lace?  Are you curious what the actual manicure looks like?  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

I did this manicure using saran wrap!  Since the polishes are all matte they dried really fast so this was a really quick, easy nail art!  I just love how textured it ended up looking and I especially loved the contrast on the nails with Mink Mittens and Matte is Murder!


What did you think of this manicure?  Are you a fan of this style of nail art?

Sassy Lacquer Fall 2012 Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Thursday!  Today I have another indie line to share with you!  Sassy Lacquer was started by Carrie, a fellow nail polish blogger over at Reflections, Sassy Nails, and Silly Diversions!  She started the Sassy Lacquer line earlier this year and today, I have 3 polishes from her Fall Collection to share with you!

This collection has 6 polishes in total and it definitely screams Autumn to me!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

All of the polishes will be swatched over these three colors so you can see how they look with different options!  The black is Finger Paints Black Expressionism, the green is Michael Marcus Green With Envy and the orange is NYC Pumpkin!

Sorry about that macro shot, I just couldn't get it to photograph well!  Autumn Harvest is yellow and orange hexagonal glitter with white shard glitter in a clear base.  I love how the addition of the shards really makes this different!  It's just like the leaves turning colors up at my parents house!  The formula was good the glitter wasn't too hard to fish out and it looks great!

Pick a Pumpkin is green, orange, yellow and bronze glitter in a clear base.  Carrie honestly could not have chosen a better name for this!  I love how this one looks, especially over black because it actually looks like a pumpkin patch on my nail!  The formula was good, tons of glitter so it was easy to apply.

Pumpkin Spice is full of white, orange and brown hexagonal glitter in different shapes.  I love this one but was informed that due to curling brown hexes, this polish was reformulated and now has smaller brown glitter and micro glitter added to it so what you are seeing here is not the version in the store now.  Either way, I still think it's gorgeous!


All in all, these are really fun glitters for Fall!  The colors are perfect, very warm and autumn feeling, and I had an easy time with all of the glitters.  The Fall collection is available now at the Sassy Lacquer Store for $9 per bottle.


What did you think of these polishes?  Must have?  Any Dupes?

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OPI Pink of Hearts 2012 Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday!  As you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  While I have been fortunate enough that my family has not been personally affected by Breast Cancer, it's a disease that afflicts many women and is important to highlight.  Whether we are personally affected by a disease or not, I think it's important to recognize them and fight for a cure.  Each year, many brands release Breast Cancer Awareness nail polishes and OPI is at the forefront of that.  This year OPI is set to donate $25,000 in the US and $5,000 in Canada.  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  OPI Pink of Hearts 2012 Packaging

 Above:  2 coats of I Think in Pink

I think in pink is a light pink sheer jelly polish.  As you can see, it's not fully opaque in 2 coats but would probably even out in three.  This would be a great jelly polish to try a jelly sandwich with!   The formula is a bit thick so you want to wait a few minutes between coats to avoid dragging.

Above:  2 coats of You Glitter Be Good To Me

You Glitter Be Good To Me is small light pink micro glitter packed with larger, dark pink hexagonal glitter.  I love how the two glitters together really compliment each other!  Plus, there was so much glitter that with two coats, it was practically opaque!

Above:  2 coats of I Think in Pink with 1 coat of You Glitter Be Good To Me

Lastly, I wanted to show you these two together because they are so cute as a set!  The pinks really compliment each other and I love how just one coat of You Glitter Be Good To Me is so sparkly!

All in all this is is a great collection for a great cause.  I just love how sparkly You Glitter Be Good To Me is!  Whether Breast Cancer has affected you personally or not, approximately 1 in 8 women will be afflicted by this disease so it's important we find a cure and I'm so happy to see the beauty industry helping to raise awareness.  The OPI Pink of Hearts Collection is available wherever OPI is sold for $14.95 per pack.

What did you think of these polishes?  Must have?  Any Dupes?

The products in this post were sent to me for my unbiased review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

GlitterDaze A Charmed Halloween Collection Swatches and Review!

Good evening my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Monday to you all!  I hope you all had a nice, relaxing weekend like I did!  Tonight, I have my first Halloween Collection of the year to show you!

Above are all macro bottle shots of the GlitterDaze A Charmed Halloween collection.  I have to admit, I got super excited when I saw this collection because I was the biggest Charmed dork back in the day. I think I just love Shannon Doherty and magic!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

Above  3 coats of Book of Shadows

First up we have Book of Shadows, described by GlitterDaze as a leathery brown "crelly" (hybrid of a creme and a jelly.  I have to admit that is pretty spot on!  This is a light milk chocolate brown full of gold and broke glitter in hexagons, squares and shards.  This color just screams Autumn to me!  The formula was pretty good, I had full opacity at 3 thin coats and didn't have to hunt for glitter!

Above:  3 coats of My White Lighter

I'm an idiot and didn't realize this polish was glow in the dark until I just read it in the description!  I promise glowing pictures to come soon!  My White Lighter is a light blue creme base full of 3 different sized sky blue glitter.  It's so dainty and pretty looking!  I did find that the formula on this one was fairly thick and definitely needs a few drops of nail polish thinner.

Above  3 coats of Source of All Evil

Hands down, this is my favorite polish of this collection!  Source of All Evil is a black jelly full of orange, green and purple small hexagonal glitters and iridescent shards!  The shards make it so fun and sparkly!  The formula on this one was good, three thin coats had it mostly opaque and you can easily layer this over black for maximum effect!

Above:  3 coats of The Charmed Ones

The Charmed Ones is a medium grey jelly polish full of blue, silver and black glitters in different sizes as well as some iridescent shards.  I love the different glitters in this one!  It reminds me of Winter in NYC for some reason.  The formula was good, mostly opaque in 3 coats however I'd probably layer it over a grey the next time I wear it.

I wanted to show you some different Halloween looks with The Power of Three above so the orange is NYC Pumpkin and the black is Black Expressionism by Finger Paints.  The Power of Three is all different sized iridescent glitter in a clear base.  This is definitely meant to be a layering polish and I love how completely different it looks over the bright orange and pure black!  The formula was really easy to use and this is just one coat above!

Above:  3 coats of Vanquishing Demons

Last but not least is Vanquishing Demons, a true blood red jelly polish full of gold shimmer with small black shards in it!  I love it!  It's so horror movie!  I will definitely be rocking this polish!  The formula was great, seemed thin but built up nicely in three coats.


All in all, I love this collection and the names!  I really like seeing more people getting into shredded glitter and the iridescent shreds in Source of All Evil really got me!  This collection was released today so hurry on over to the GlitterDaze shop and pick up any bottle for $11 for 14ml if you want them for Halloween!


What did you think of these polishes?  Must have?  Any Dupes?

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