Great Lakes Lacquer & Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Mardi Gras Collaboration Box: Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! Mariah of Great Lakes Lacquer and Dave of Octopus Party Nail Lacquer (OPNL) have collaborated together to bring us this Mardi Gras Box set and OMG, I am excited to share it with you! 

The Mardi Gras Box set will be available in Great Lakes Lacquer's shop during a week long pre-order window which will start on Friday February 17th through Friday February 24th. 

Mardi Gras extras will be included with the four full size polishes and the box altogether will be $45 plus shipping. 

Great Lakes Lacquer Faith

Two coats

Blackened emerald with emerald shimmer

A gorgeous vampy green shimmer that applies oh so smoothly in two coats. 

Great Lakes Lacquer Get Your Mask On

Three coats

Violet/green/teal multi-chromatic flake topper, with gold shimmer and scattered holo finish

Ultra chrome flakes, I love thee. I love them even more with a bit of scattered holo. I couldn't decide what to layer this over so I ended up wearing it solo, just building up to opacity in three coats.

ONPL Justice

Three coats

Purple jelly holo with multi-chromatic flakes and emerald glitter 

Yummy, tasty purple holo. I like seeing those bits of glitter and flakes in the holo base. With its jelly formula, it's not quite opaque in two coats but a third coat got me the coverage I wanted. 

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ONPL Peace and Karats

Layered over Great Lakes Lacquer Faith

Real 24k gold topper

All the indulgence of Mardi Gras celebrations can now be applied right onto your nails with this gold flake topper, made from real 24k gold sheets. As is the nature of gold flakes toppers, you may find that you need to dab on a coat or two for coverage, which is how I applied it.  

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Crème à la Mode Summer 2016 Box: Swatches and Review

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Hello! Today I have a quartet of polishes that are part of the Summer Creme de la Mode (or C.A.L.M.) Box. The Creme de la Mode box is an all creme polish box, featuring polishes from Digital Nails, Indigo Bananas, Literary Lacquers, and Octopus Party Nail Lacquer. 

I so wanted to do some nail art with the set but I haven't had time to do that (summer reviews are in full swing!). You should check out Bedlam Beauty's review though, Nichole has a whole nail wheel full of ways to play with these polishes. 

The Crème à la Mode Summer 2016 Box will be available via pre-order sale, from Friday July 8th until Friday July 15th in Crème à la Mode's shop. The box retails for $26 plus shipping.

Digital Melonade
Two coats
Neon orange coral creme
Hot damn, will you just look at this color?! It's so eye-searing bright, which my camera can't really show off. And it makes me look just a bit more tan, always nice. Formula is wonderful, I applied two thin coats. 

Indigo Bananas Creme Bluelé 

Two coats

Bright cerulean blue creme

Mmmm, blue.....how I love thee. Not quite cobalt but more a cerulean blue and the perfect summer tropical blue for me. Thinner style formula which is what I have come to expect from Indigo Bananas but opaque enough to just need two coats.

Literary Lacquers Cyan-Tifically Proven

Three coats

Teal green creme

Saturated teal goodness, that's exactly what this is. And it compliments the other bold colors really well. This was nice and squishy in formula. I applied two coats and had just a bit patchiness but a thin third coat did the trick. 

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer You, Me, and Daiquiri 

Two coats

Off white with peach/pink tones

This made me think of linen clothes and lazy beach days. Because sometimes you need that neutral palette cleanser among the brights. Formula was very nice, I did two thicker coats for coverage, just because I wanted to see if I could get it opaque in two. If you apply thin coats, you may need a third. 

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Crème à la Mode Spring 2016 Box: Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a good Easter Sunday and for those that do not observe Easter, happy Sunday! I have new-to-me collaborative box on my blog for you all today. This quarterly box is an all creme polish box, featuring polishes from Digital Nails, Indigo Bananas, Literary Lacquers, and Octopus Party Nail Lacquer. 

In the past I have purchased individual polishes from a couple of the brands in this box but this was my first experience with all four together. I love the bright pop of color from this spring seasonal box and how well they played off each other. As for the price, for all four polishes, this box is $26! WHAT? Yeah I know, crazy awesome. Shipping is additional of course but damn, you can't beat that. If you miss out on this sale though, you will have the chance to purchase each polish from each's respective brand's shop later on. 

The Crème à la Mode Spring 2016 Box is available via pre-order sale, which is open as of today, March 27th through April 3rd in Crème à la Mode's shop and will ship about two weeks following that. 

Digital Nails Water You Wading For
Two coats
Saturated dusty periwinkle creme
Hello there you pretty blue. Bright and dusky at the same time somehow. I had a couple of pink spots on the side of my bottle of undissolved pigment. I did not see any when I applied my polish and maker Raphaelle is aware and this issue will be resolved before the box ships. As for application, two easy coats. 

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Indigo Bananas Smoke on the Otter

Three coats

Pale warm leaning grey creme

I really like this color, it's a very pale gray which you can pull out to wear as a nice palate cleanser or as a base for all sorts of nail art possibility. Formula was thinner than the others, so I got full opacity with three coats. 

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Literary Lacquers Salmon Chanted Evening 

Two coats

Bright coral creme

A beautiful and bright salmon pink coral. Very fluid and opaque, so I just needed two thinly applied coats for coverage. I did run in a couple of issues though, I had a couple of small bits of pigment as well as a wonky and bent brush which made it a bit more problematic when I applied it. Maker Amy was made aware and it sounds like I got a bad bottle and this will not be an issue for polishes in the pre-order. 

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Octopus Party Nail Lacquer The Algae-atic Sea

Two coats

Muted neon mint-leaning green creme

This is one of those green shades that falls between mint and jade, however you want to label it though, it's fresh and quite lovely. Easy application with two coats. 

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Nail art yay! These polishes just beg to be worn together so I did a dotted gradient using the blue, green, and coral over the light gray as my base. 

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Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Ella Ann Cosmetics Exclusives A Tanner Darkly & Razz Hands:Swatches and Review

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Hey guys! I have a new to me brand on my blog today. Octopus Party Nail Lacquer is a brand that I have been intrigued by for a while now especially when I see swatches from Bedlam Beauty and The Polished Hippy, so I was happy to be have the chance to review. The two polishes I received are going to be exclusives for Ella Ann Cosmetics, a US stockist who carries a large assortment of indie polish brands, including many non-US brands. 

These Octopus Party Nail Lacquer exclusives for Ella Ann Cosmetics will be available via a pre-order sale which will begin Saturday March 19th at 11 am EST and conclude on March 26th at 12 pm EST. So you have a full week to order! They will be stocked in separate Ella Ann pre-order site, which is HERE but you will also find a link on Ella Ann's regular shop. They will be $13 for each full size bottle.

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer A Tanner Darkly
Two coats
Medium beige linear holographic
Neutral colored holos are ones I crave, they seem understated but then you catch them in the right lighting and boom! Holo excitement! This one is especially nice, it applies flawlessly with two coats and has a medium high linear holo flame. Also, the name is puntastic, which I loved, it brought to my mind this film. 

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Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Razz Hands

Two coats

Raspberry pink linear holographic

Nomnomnom, such a tasty looking treat of a color. It's a warmer toned pink and I can also see subtle glints of gold shimmer in there too. Formula wise, same as A Tanner Darkly, which means, it applied great, needing just two coats for coverage. 

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