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Hare Polish

This post is on the Hare Polish nail polish in Rococo Grandeur, Why so Igneous?, Hooky at the Hamlet, What I Wore to the Revolution, Star Tropics, and Dog Day Dream. I first purchased while back after seeing Christine of www.temptalia.com post swatches of the brand.

Anyway onto the photos!

Hare Polish Rococo Grandeur, Why so Igneous?, Hooky at the Hamlet, What I Wore to the Revolution, Star Tropics, and Dog Day Dream

Hare Polish Rococo Grandeur

Hare Polish Why so Igneous?

Hare Polish Hooky at the Hamlet

Hare Polish What I Wore to the Revolution

Hare Polish Star Tropics

Hare Polish Dog Day Dream

What I Wore to the Revolution is actually a clear base polish, I placed it over a pearl white polish since I was swatching on a clear nail wheel.

Hare Polish Rococo Grandeur, Why so Igneous?, Hooky at the Hamlet, What I Wore to the Revolution, Star Tropics, and Dog Day Dream

Hare Polish Dog Day Dream, Star Tropics, What I Wore to the Revolution, Hooky at the Hamlet, Why so Igneous?, Rococo Grandeur

Here's some taken in different lighting with my camera phone!

Hare Polish Rococo Grandeur, Why so Igneous?, Hooky at the Hamlet, What I Wore to the Revolution, Star Tropics, and Dog Day Dream

I was really happy with all the polishes that I picked up and I definitely recommend Hare Polish to anyone who loves unique sparkling polishes. Some of these shades may currently be in stock on their Etsy shop, so go check there if you're wanting to get some of these!

Have you bought any Hare Polishes? What are your favorites?

I Bought This

Hare Polish

Now as most of you know I'm not a huge blogger on nail polish, that being said I don't tend to purchase polishes that often. My main reason for not wearing polish that often is that I use my hands a lot at my daily job, house cleaning, taking care of animals, and video gaming (among other things).

Of course with the usage of my hands a lot I tend to only have the polish survive a couple days if even, this is why I tend to stay away from even bothering painting my nails. A few weeks back (or longer) Temptalia posted a review on an Etsy seller shop called Hare Polish, I was floored by how gorgeous and unique these polishes were and had to check them out!

Hare Polish releases collections and can get sold out pretty fast, so you may want to keep an eye on their blog site here for release updates on when they will be stocking their store. I will have a review and posts up in the next couple of weeks (I'd say this week but I'm already behind on a bunch of other posts, that being said I'll be back to normal posting now that my medical issues are somewhat better).

Anyway onto the photos!

Do own any Hare Polish? What's your favorite color(s)?

Press Sample

Milani Cosmetics

This month Milani Cosmetics is releasing a Limited Edition Nail Laquer Collection called Retro Glam. The collection consist of 5 solid color polishes as well as a topcoat sprinkle effect polish that you can use alone or on top of the solid polishes, each polish is sold separately.

Anyway onto the photos!

L to R: 871 Strawberry Shake, 872 Raspberry Delight, 873 Creamy Pistachio, 874 Mint Chip, 875 Almond Bliss (Followed by Sprinkles on top of each)

My Rating: 10 out of 10 feathers

Cost: $4.49 for Base Solid Colors and $4.99 for Sprinkles Topcoat

Availability: CVS, Meijer's, and www.milanicosmetics.com (Limited Edition)

Formula: These polishes are free of DBP, Toluene, and Formaldehyde. All the Base polishes are very pigmented and I had no trouble getting a solid layer with the first coat if done right. I absolutely love the formula for the Sprinkles topcoat as it leaves an amazing design and was easy to work with!

The Packaging: Standard polish packaging.

My Final Thoughts: I love EVERYTHING about this collection, I love the colors they picked to release for the bases but the real gem of this collection is the Sprinkles topcoat! In my opinion it's a MUST HAVE, and if you love the look of it I'd suggest buying some backup(s) before it's sold out!

Would I purchase these? I'd definitely purchase this whole collection again (I'm actually considering buying a few backups of the Sprinkles Topcoat as I love, love, love the design it leaves!).

Will you be purchasing these? What's your favorite color(s)?

Press Sample

Milani Cosmetics

This month Milani Cosmetics is releasing a Limited Edition Nail Laquer Collection called Fantastical Plumage. The collection consist of 5 solid color polishes as well as a topcoat sprinkle effect polish that you can use alone or ontop of the solid polishes, each polish is sold separately.

Anyway onto the photos!

L to R: 866 Scarlet Ibis, 867 Canary, 868 Peacock, 869 Blue Jay, 870 Purple Martin (Followed by Carnival on top of each)

My Rating: 8 out of 10 feathers

Cost: $4.49 for Base Solid Colors and $4.99 for Carnival Topcoat

Availability: CVS, Meijer's, and www.milanicosmetics.com (Limited Edition)

Formula: These polishes are free of DBP, Toluene, and Formaldehyde. All the Base polishes are very pigmented and I had no trouble getting a solid layer with the first coat if done right. Carnival was a little bit more difficult to work with as I would get more black sprinkles and no white so I had to actually try and get single white specks out separately (this is what dropped the rating).

The Packaging: Standard polish packaging.

My Final Thoughts: I really love the color ranges in this collection, all of them are really pretty shades and I will definitely wear them again. The down fall of this collection was Carnival as it was difficult to get any of the white specks out (you may be able to place some of the topcoat on something then use a nail stick and place them separately on the nail).

Would I purchase these? I'd definitely purchase the solid polishes as for the Carnival color it's nice if you can get a good coat but is again a little difficult to work with. Despite the one downfall I will still say these are crow approved simply for the pigmentation.

Will you be purchasing these? What's your favorite color(s)?

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Milani Cosmetics

Milani Cosmetics is going to be releasing a new nail polish collection this August, the Collection consist of 6 polishes and will be Limited Edition. These will be available at CVS, Meijer's, and www.milanicosmetics.com.

The unique thing about this collection is one of the polishes gives a sprinkle effect over the other base colors (I have tried it out thicker and that makes it look like splatters which is cool!). I will have a review and swatches up in the next few days so you guys can see how amazing this collection is!

Will you be picking these up? What's your favorite(s)?

Press Sample

Milani Cosmetics

Recently I got the opportunity to try out the new Milani Cosmetics Limited Edition Texture Creams Nail Polishes, these are being released in March and the colors bring a feel of spring to the drab winter days.

Anyway onto the photos!

901 Tainted In Red, 902 Spoiled In Fuchsia, 903 Aqua Splash, 904 Yellow Mark, 905 Purple Streak, 906 Shady Gray

What the site says:

"TEXTURE CREAMS Specialty Nail Lacquer
Limited Edition Collection
Bright, vibrant crème nail lacquer with a textured, matte finish. Top Coat optional

To remove, soak a cotton ball with acetone based nail polish remover. Allow to set on the nail for about 20-30 seconds and wipe outwards, away from the nail bed. Turn the cotton ball over and remove any excess on the sides of the nail."

Ingredients:

Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Polyethylene, Adipic Acid / Neopentyl Glycol / Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer,Isopropyl Alcohol, Propyl Acetate, Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate, TriphenylPhosphate, N-Butyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Benzophenone-1,Citric Acid, Dimethicone. +/-May Contain: Black 2 (CI 77266), Mica (CI77019), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Red IronOxide (CI 77491), Black Iron Oxide, (CI 77499), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI77510), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Red 34 Lake (CI 15880), Aluminum Powder (CI 77000), Polyethylene Terephthalate, Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090).

My thoughts:

I really love the colors they have chosen, it brightens up the current drab winter mood and makes me think of Spring. The texture is really neat looking and the pigmentation of the polishes are really strong with just a single coat. I would definitely suggest picking these up if you love polishes and since they are Limited Edition that is another reason to grab them fast.

Avaliability: Meijer, Walgreens, HEB, Fred Meyer, and www.milanicosmetics.com
Price: $4.99 for 0.45 fl oz. / 13.2 ml.
Rating: 5/5

Do you plan on picking these up? What's your favorite color(s)?

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Milani Cosmetics

Milani Cosmetics is releasing some bright, vibrant crème nail lacquer with a textured, matte finish. These are Limited Edition and will be available in 6 shades so here is a sneak peek of the release info.

901 Tainted In Red, 902 Spoiled In Fuchsia, 903 Aqua Splash, 904 Yellow Mark, 905 Purple Streak, 906 Shady Gray

This limited edition collection is available at Meijer, Walgreens, HEB, and Fred Meyer. This collection will be hitting the majority of stores in March. The collection is also available on www.milanicosmetics.com

Price: $4.99 each.

On Saturday after the husband and I stopped into my local Walgreen's, I was mainly looking for some new stuff in terms of makeup. I happened to come across this display with these magnetic polishes, I immediately set in mind to ask the lady working in that area how much they were but expected they might be around $10+.

So I tracked her down and asked, the answer she gave me was very surprising, "$4 each and once those are sold out I don't think we'll have them in stock anymore" she replied. I was pretty excited but not sure about the quality so I held back and only purchases two. They had two pattern designs that I noticed but may have had more, I will have to check again when I go back.

Anyway onto the photos!

This was just a quick messy swatching of them, I will have better ones up soon and a review.

Do you own any of these? What's your favorite(s)?

Milani Cosmetics

I recently received the Milani Jewel FX Nail Polishes, I was excited when I saw them as I love everything sparkly and shiny! These 5 colors are part of the new colors released for 2012.

Anyway onto the photos!

One Coat

Left to Right: Teal, Lavender, Fuchsia, Hot Pink, Red

Two Coats

What the site says:

JEWEL FX SPECIALTY NAIL LACQUER

Bedazzle your nails with Milani’s Jewel FX. These chunky glitters give the impression of the finest jewels adorning your nails.

Multi-colored glitter sparkles like gems.
Large & small particle glitters with faceted jewel like effects

DBP, Toluene & Formaldehyde Free

Price: $4.99 for NET WT 0.45 FL OZ 13.2 ml on Milani's Website.

Pros: You can use one coat or two to add a little or a lot of extra sparkle. DBP, Toluene & Formaldehyde Free, this is a plus for me because I try to stay away from them. The formula is nice and I had no issues applying any of them. The price is nice considering the fact it's possible dupes for the high end brands that cost twice as much.

Cons: I didn't find any cons with these nail polishes, all performed well and the effect is gorgeous.

Milani Jewel FX Nail Lacquers

Formula: DBP, Toluene & Formaldehyde Free
Coverage: Glitter polish more of top coat shade
Shade Info: Available in 8 different shades
Cost: $4.99 each for NET WT 0.45 FL OZ 13.2 ml.
Availability: Available at www.milanicosmetics.com
Packaging: Standard Milani polish bottle and brush
My Rating : 10/10

Do you own any of these? What do you think? Have a favorite?

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I picked up 3 of the OPI Muppets nail polishes, I wanted to get more but when I went back to the store they were sold out. I'm pretty sure that is because they make wonderful stocking stuffers, or just presents in general! I bought each for $8.49 at my local super grocery store, when I looked at Ulta they were selling them for $12.50. The only difference I could notice was a little white striping on the bottles, I thought maybe it was just an issue with that batch but I noticed some other polishes also had the same issue (I'm guessing that store is where all the "mutant" bottles go and maybe that's the drop in price?).

Anyway onto the photos!