SM Polish The Magic Garden Collection - Swatches & Review

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Today I have the final new collection I was sent to swatch from SM Polish.  This collection is called The Magic Garden Collection and consists four crelly polishes in various shades.
 

Fairy Blossom is described as a soft satin pink crelly with multiple sized glitters in various colours.  The formula of this one is sheer and leaves visible brush strokes (they are more obvious in person than in my picture).  I used four coats for my swatch.

Lilac Lane is described as a satin purple crelly with micro gold and large fuchsia glitters.  The formula is the same as Fairy Blossom.  Again, my swatch shows four coats.

Magic Lake is described as a shimmery olive crelly with multi sized gold holographic glitters.  This is the most opaque of the group.  I used three coats for my swatch. 

Unicorn Lagoon is described as a teal crelly with hints of gold shimmer and multiple sized gold glitters.  The formula is like the first two polishes in the collect.  It's sheer and has visible brush strokes.  I used four coats for my swatch.

I am not a fan of this collection at all.  The formulas are so sheer (which based on the three collections I have tried from SM Polish, this seems to be how they make all of their polishes) and the colours/glitter mixes aren't great.  It's actually quite a disappointing collection for someone who has been making polishes for two years.  This is the type of collection I would expect to see from someone just starting out.

The Magic Garden Collection is available now on SM Polish's site.   If you use my code 'olivia10' you will receive a 10% discount (minimum purchase I believe is $20). 

SM Polish Naughty But Nice Collection - Swatches& Review

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I am back with another new collection from SM Polish!  If you missed my swatches and review of the Out Of This World Collection then you can find that here.  Today I have the soon to be released Naughty But Nice Collection to share with you.

Jealous Girlfriend is a turquoise crelly with multiple sized glitters and flakes in various colours.  The formula is easy to use, however it is slightly on the the sheer side.  I used three coats as there was still a visible nail line after the second coat.

One Night Stand is a blue crelly with multiple sized glitters and flakes in various colours.  I think this one is the prettiest of this collection.  The formula is easy to use, but is on the sheer side.  I needed three coats to remove the visible nail line.

Satin Knickers is described as having multiple sized glitters in various colours in a fine colour travel base that transitions between purple and green.  The press release also says that "it can be used as a top coat".  I received the press release well after swatching these and this polish definitely shouldn't be worn on it own.  I used five coats and it still isn't opaque!  You can still see through the tips and see a slight visible nail line (it is more obvious in person than my pictures).  I am not even sure what base colour this one would look decent over.  Personally I would skip this polish.

True Love is a pink crelly with multiple sized glitters and flakes in various colours.  Again, the formula is easy to work with but it is on the sheer side.  You can get away with three coats, but I used four coats for my swatch.

This collection reminds me of old school indies from a few years ago.  I think a few years ago I may have liked them more than I do now.  While the formulas are easy to use I am disappointed at how sheer these are.  I think polishes of this type should be two coats to be opaque, not three plus coats and still be see through at the tips.  No nail polish should ever need five coats!

The Naughty But Nice Collection is being released Tuesday 22nd August at 5pm AEST on SM Polish's site.  If you use my code 'olivia10' you will receive a 10% discount (minimum purchase I believe is $20).

 

SM Polish Out Of This World Collection - Swatches & Review

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It has been quite some time since I have tried any new brands (and by new brands I mean new to me).  SM Polish aren't exactly a new brand as they have been around for a couple of year now, but they have only just popped up on my radar.  They have some neon polish which initially caught my eye.  Anyway, I was chatting with Shakila (the owner of SM Polish) and she asked if I would like to swatch and review some of her new collections that are coming out.  So today I have the first new release to share with you.  This collection is called Out Of This World and consists of five polishes which can be purchased individually or as the full collection at a discounted price.  Warning: this post is quite picture heavy.

Deep Space is described as having micro flakes in a fine colour travel base that transitions between crimson and bronze/gold.  I think this is a pretty colour but the formula is definitely on the sheer side.  I used three coats for my swatch and it is still see through at the tips in direct light.

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Galaxy is described as having micro flakes and larger aqua holographic glitters in a fine colour travel base that transitions between aqua green and purple.  This is another pretty shade but again it's really sheer.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Nebula is described as having micro flakes in a fine colour travel glitter base that transitions between crimson and bronze/gold.  This one is definitely the most sheer of the collection.  I think it needs to be worn over a base colour.  I used four coats for my swatch and it is still see through at the tips.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Orion is described as having micro flakes and larger gold holographic glitters in a fine colour travel base that transitions between brown, green and gold.  This is my least favourite of the collection (but that is based on personal preference).  The formula is easy to use but it is quite sheer.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Portal is described as having micro flakes and larger gold holographic glitters in a fine colour travel base that transitions between lime green and rose gold.  Again, this polish is quite sheer but it is easy to use.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Overall I think this is a nice collection but I am disappointed with how sheer these polishes are.  I was expecting them to be opaque in two coats, not be three plus colours and still be see through at the tips.

The Out Of This World Collection is being released on Friday 11th August at 5pm AEST on SM Polish's site.  If you use my code 'olivia10' you will receive a 10% discount (minimum purchase I believe is $20).