Showing posts with label Indie Brands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indie Brands. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Jindie Nails - Talk Nerdy to Me & Candy Land

Another day, another new indie brand for me to try and you to see. Today it's Jindie Nails. 

Talk Nerdy to me - Pale pink cream/jelly base with matte pink and blue hex glitter. Very easy application and smooth coverage in two coats.  The fine matte glitter dries a little gritty, so I did two thick coats of top coat.




Candy Land - I want to love this so much, in fact I really love the idea of this, but I have to say that I found it incredibly hard to get the glitters out of the bottle - even after standing it on it's head for ten minutes as instructed.  I don't think I ended up with any of the orange neon glitters on my nails at all.  

Because I wanted to have some nice glitter coverage, I chose to wear this on it's own, rather than layering over white.  This was five coats, and even then my ring finger only got four pieces of glitter on it.  The final look was very sweet (pun totally intended) but I just wish I didn't have to do five coats to make it look like this.  On the up side, even at five coats, it dried very quickly and I was able to apply Seche Vite top coat and head to bed  minutes later and not end up with sheet marks on my nails.





Jindie Nail Polish is available from the Jindie Nails website (when open) and through Llarowe

Products provided for review.
Friday, April 26, 2013

Sayuri Nail Lacquer - Fairy Kei & Love Sayuri

More polishes from Aussie indie brand Sayuri tonight following on from Mizurio and OShare that I showed last week.

First up is the base polish I applied my Sayuri polishes over.  This is Layla Softouch Effect polish in Stone. It's a soft and velvety matte finish polish that I picked up recently during the Ozsale Layla sale. Application was flawless and I can't wait to wear the other two colours I purchased as well (especially the beautiful soft gold!!).



Fairy Kei - this polish could be worn on it's own at about three coats, as it has a heavy shimmer that would achieve opacity.  It also contain matte aqua, lavender, and pink hexes of varying sizes, along with tiny iridescent purple glitters.  The strong shimmer tends to lean this a little frosty, but the glitters still show through nicely and don't look bumpy, as can often happen with shimmer/glitter combos.





Love, Sayuri - This one is without a doubt my favourite from the collection.  These photos don't do it any justice because it was just so perfectly glittery and pretty in real life.  Love, Sayuri is a special edition polish made for the launch of Sayuri lacquer, so I don't know how long this one might be around for.  

Love Sayuri has a clear base and contains 10 different coloured holographic glitters. Rose pink, purple, and silver hexes of varying sizes, rose pink and turquoise blue squares, and rose pink and silver butterflies.





I tried to capture some of the pretty holo goodness of this polish under my bathroom light, but it in no way compares to how this one looked on my nails.  I love this polish so much!



Sayuri Nail Lacquer are currently having a mothers day sale and have 20% of all her polishes, bringing them down to $7.96.  They are available through the Sayuri Nail Lacquer website.

Polishes provided for review.
Unknown Indie Brands, Sayuri
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Naild'it Unique Nail Polish

I'm starting today by sharing a totally random comment from my Mr 5 to his Miss 7 cousin. "I'm going to get this strawberry, stick it in cat poo and put it in your ear".  He's a real charmer isn't he, but he makes me laugh every day!

Onto the polish now, I have a couple of polishes from Naild'it indie brand. This is another new indie brand for me (and that's not hard given the eleventy billion indie brands available now).

Mountain Fizzle Doo - This polish was inspired by the drink Mountain Dew.  Now I've never even tried Mountain Dew, but I'm guessing it's green and fizzy.  This polish looks quite creamy, but it's jelly enough to have the glitters from previous layers showing through.  I used three thin coats for these photos, taken in full sun.




Spring Fling - This polish is spring in a bottle.  There are silver butterflies flying around the pink flower glitters as well as the gold and purple highlights that remind me of a handful of wildflowers.  This was three coats photographed in the full sun.




Both polishes were easy to apply and and all glitters were smooth and flat.  I love glitter polishes that don't have to be layered on top of something else.  These feel a bit wrong for the season for me, but I will certainly be pulling these out again in about 5 months when spring pastel fever hits me again.

Naild'it unique polishes are available from her Etsy shop (when open) and through Llarowe.

Polishes provided for review.
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Scofflaw Nail Varnish

Everyone knows that there are a lot of indie brands out there at the moment and it's really hard to keep up with all the new brands.  I often feel like I've been under a rock when I discover a new-to-me brand and realise that it's actually quite well established and already has lots of people buying and loving their polishes.  That's exactly how I felt when I received this collection of Scofflaw Nail Varnish in the mail.

I received ten polishes, so I'll show you five today and five tomorrow.  I think you're all going to really like these!

Cloud Cuckoo Land - This one is a soft pale lavender jelly base that contains dark purple, copper, garnet, white, and lavender glitters.  This could be worn layered over any pastel shade, but it's also buildable on it's own.  I have three layers on here with a single layer of Seche Vite.  Application was excellent, especially for a sheer jelly polish like this.  Think of the OPI ballets and you will get the idea of the gorgeous base on this.  All the glitters lay beautifully smooth with no taco curling - which in fact is common across all these Scofflaw polishes.






David Bowies Bulge - the polish name is a reference to the movie Labyrinth, if you just google the polish name you see why.  The polish appearance is inspired to the Aladdin Same album cover - google that one too and you will see the resemblance.  The polish is a deep coral colour with a shimmery finish.  There are matte and holo teal glitter in various sizes, small dark red glitters and a bronze microglitter.  I wore three thin coats with Seche Vite on top.  Beautifully smooth with no problem glitters.






Flotsam and Jetsam - this one is a very pale teal blue jelly base with turquoise and purple micro glitters that provide a shimmery base.  Its also strewn with shards of purple and teal, and I'm guessing it's these shards that give the polish it's name.  In cause you're not up on your maritime law, here is a quick explanation of Flotsam and Jetsam. 
  • Flotsam is floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
  • Jetsam is part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is purposefully cast overboard or jettisoned to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore.
Obviously this can be worn over any other pale shade, but again I chose to see what it would look like all on it's own - cause I love indie shades that don't have to be layered.  This is three thin coats with Seche Vite. 






Koi Pondering - The instant I saw this one, I was in love with it.  The colour combinations of the white, orange and yellow glitters floating in the shimmery blue base truly does conjure up images of little fish swimming in a sparkling blue koi pond. 
 
The other image that comes into my head with this polish is this quote from Marge Simpson about the koi pond Homer bought her. Which is funny, cause I'm sure my husband thinks the exact same thing every time more nail mail arrives.
 
Anyway - here is this stunner!






Insert Lemon Pun Here - This polish has a bright yellow base and contains gold, holographic light blue, emerald green, and bright orange glitters of various sizes. There is also a fine gold micro-shimmer that you can see in the marco shot.  Fantastic formula for a yellow polish, which are normally pretty patchy.  This was three thin coats with Seche Vite.






Scofflaw nail varnishes have recently started being sold through Llarowe for $11USD.  They are in stock now.  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for another five Scofflaw shades.

Polishes provided for review.