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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Girly Bits April 2017 COTM Duo plus For the Love of Polish Box exclusive: Swatches and Review

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Hey all! I have the April's COTM polishes from Girly Bits Cosmetics today. These two are available now in Girly Bits' shop all month long. If you purchase these before April 10th, you will receive promo discounted prices listed ($1 off each bottle). If you are not already, make sure to join the Girly Bits' Facebook group, for shop updates and future COTM naming contests!

Girly Bits will also be featured in this month's For the Love of Polish Box, so I am including her polish from that three polish set. To see the entire box, Delishious Nails' has a review posted.

Girly Bits Cosmetics All Bronze No Brains

April 2017 COTM

Two coats
Bronze linear holographic with rose gold and pink shimmer
You know that anything metallic is going to be automatically awesome to me and the added rose gold and pink shimmer make this an even more lust-worthy holo. Depending on how thick or thin you apply your coats, you may need two to three for coverage, I got away with just two.

Girly Bits Cosmetics Robin Me Blind

April 2017 COTM

Two coats

Robin egg blue crelly with pink/gold shimmer, tiny copper flakes and pink/green ultra chrome flakes

Such a beautiful and saturated shade of robin's egg blue. I love the little pop of color contrast from the flakes. It's a bit thicker in formula compared to the previous holo but no issue with application, two coats shown here for coverage.

Girly Bits Cosmetics King Candy

FTLOP April 2017

Three coats

Pale lavender holographic with pink/orange/gold shimmer

This is a very lovely purple holo with a shimmery gleam to it. It's slightly sheerish but builds up to opacity with three coats.

LINKS!

Girly Bits

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*The products in this post were sent to me for unbiased review*

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Introducing Polish Pickup - April 2017: Swatches and Review

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Hey all! I have a few new polishes today from various brands, all created for a brand new shop. The Polish Pickup is a new monthly shop that you to submit theme ideas, vote on your favorite theme and then selectively purchase polishes from an awesome roster of brands. There will be multiple makers involved in the creation process, all following the monthly voted theme and the beauty of this set up is that you can purchase what you want, you don't have to buy an entire themed box just for the one/two/three polishes you really wanted. Intrigued? I hope so!

I am just touching the surface of the shop's concept, to learn more, you can visit the shop's FAQ and About pages and I definitely recommend joining the Polish Pickup Facebook Group to join in on the fun.

April's theme is "Famous Works of Art" with 18 brands involved. You will only have to visit one shop to purchase (The Polish Pickup Shop) and the pre-order purchase window will be the first Friday of the month, this time it will be April 7th - 10th, with one shipping fee and polishes shipping 2-3 weeks out.

*I am including the art inspiration photos provided from each maker below the polishes' description*

Contrary Polish Femmes au Puits

Three coats

Deep lilac crelly with matte micro-glitter in shades of orange, gold, blue, red, pink and green
Inspired by:
Paul Signac - Femmes au puits
I love that maker Carrie went with a pointillism painting as her inspiration and the result is truly unique and so very pretty. It applies easily with three thinner style coats needed for opacity. It does dry to a textured finish, with the thinner base and the multitude of glitter so I recommend applying a double layer of topcoat.

Girly Bits Cosmetics Glass Scale Dragon

Two coats

Aquatic blue scattered holographic with blue and silver holo, bronze, red, blue and violet flakes, and blue and violet shimmer

Inspired by:

The mosaic dragon sculpture by Gaudi at Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain.

This will glimmer and sparkle in the sun, just as I would imagine the dragon sculpture would too. Lots of detailing going on with the holo/shimmer/flakes but like the mosaic design, it flows well and doesn't feel fussy, just complex. The formula is thicker but flows well and goes on easily with two coats needed for coverage.

Lollipop Posse Lacquer Good Morning, Lollipop!

Two coats

Seafoam green creme with various types and sizes of red/pink shimmer

Inspired by:

Frederick Carl Frieseke - In the Doorway (Good Morning)

Lightly and lovely! The seafoam green is a very fresh looking green, which is how I feel when I view the painting. The delicate pink shimmer picks up from the dress, I love how that plays into the interpretation. The application was without issues, slightly thicker in formula and opaque in two coats.

LINKS!

Polish Pickup
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Contrary Polish

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Girly Bits

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Lollipop Posse Lacquer

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*The products in this post were sent to me for unbiased review*

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Girly Bits Cosmetics March 2017 COTM Duo: Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! I have the newest COTM polishes from Girly Bits Cosmetics today. These two are available now in Girly Bits' shop all month long. If you purchase these before March 10th, you can do so at the promo discounted prices listed ($1 off each bottle). If you are not already, make sure to join the Girly Bits' Facebook group, for shop updates and future COTM naming contests!

Girly Bits Irish You Were Beer

Two coats

Gold holo with golden shimmer and reflective gold micro-flakes
Wow, this is so. very. GOLD. I love it! It's slightly thicker in formula but easy to apply, opaque in two thinner coats.

(Under LED Lighting)

Girly Bits They're After Me Lucky Charms

Two coats

Emerald green holo with gold shimmer and gold holographic micro-glitter

This is a beautiful green shade to compliment the gold in the duo. I love the glints of gold in the base as well. It applies like a dream, with two opaque coats.

(Under LED Lighting)

LINKS!

Girly Bits

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*The products in this post were sent to me for unbiased review*

Friday, February 17, 2017

Girly Bits Cosmetics Warrior Goddess Collection plus February 2017 COTM Duo: Swatches and Review

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Hey all! For today I have lots of new pretties from Girly Bits Cosmetics. The first few polishes are part of her upcoming Warrior Goddess Collection, a set of six dusty cremes inspired by the strength of women. I have also have included the February 2017 COTM duo toward the end of the post, which is available during this month of February.

Collection Notes:

The polishes from the Warrior Goddess Collection were about the same in formula and application. Polish formula was a good consistency, not too runny and not too thick, kinda right there in the middle, and I was able to get full coverage in two coats for each one, even the lighter colors. I bet you could even stamp with some of the darker colors but I didn't test that. I like the neutral and dusky coloring of the colors together, altogether they have a spa like quality if that makes sense.

The Warrior Goddess Collection will launch today, Friday February 17th in Girly Bits Cosmetics' shop.

Purchase the entire collection before Friday, March 3rd at 11:59 pm EST and save $1.00 per bottle.

(Regular price $90.00 CAD - PROMO Price $84.00 CAD)

Individual bottles will be available as well and they will be $15.00 CAD each.

Girly Bits Cosmetics Ambition

Two coats

Dusty light hunter-ish green creme