Emily de Molly Valentine's Day Trio 2021 - Swatches & Review

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Can you believe that Valentine's Day is fast approach?  I think 2021 is going to be an incredibly fast paced year.   Hopefully I can keep up.  Anyway, Hayley reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in swatching her Valentine's Day trio which of course I said yes to.  I was only just drooling over the 2017 Valentine's Trio the a few days earlier (you can see those polishes here in case you don't know what I am talking about) so you know that the 2021 trio is going to be amazing too.  

Cherry Waves is a dark red jelly base filled with gold micro holographic glitters.  Pictures really don't do this polish justice at all.  It's absolutely gorgeous and soooooo sparkly in person!  It's perfect for Valentine's Day and Christmas.... and every other day of the year too.  For my swatch I used two coats.  I should point out that this polish may benefit from two coats of top coat as I have noticed that one some of my nails it's not perfectly smooth.  I am not sure if I used slightly less top coat on these nails or if this polish just loves top coat!

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Entice With Charm is a neon pink base with copper/gold/green iridescent flakes.  Because of the gold/copper flakes this has an overall coral look to it.  I love this polish!  It really does look more coral on the nail than it does in the bottle but whatever colour you want to call it it is gorgeous!  The formula is also great and easy to use.  For my swatch I used two coats.

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For Keeps is a dark magenta jelly based filled with magenta holographic glitters.  Now if I had to pick (and luckily for me I don't) I would say that this is my favourite of the trio.  I love the colour and I love how sparkly it is.  Pictures really don't do it justice.  Again, the formula is great and easy to use.  For my swatch I used two coats.

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If you can't already tell I LOVE this trio!  I think they are all stunning shades with great formulas. 

The Valentine's Trio will be available from Monday 1st February at 10AEDT from Emily de Molly's Australian site and from the Sunday 31st January at 6pm EST from the international site.

Glam Polish Limited Edition Valentine's Duo - Swatches & Review

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  Today I have the last Valentine's Day duo to show you (I do have a Valentine's Day trio to show but that will be the in the next post). This year Glam Polish released two different Limited Edition duos (both had only 30 sets made) and were sold exclusively by Glam Polish or by Mei Mei Signatures.  Unfortunately I missed out of the Mei Mei Signatures exclusive ones (learn from my mistake people - new stock is added to the last page on her site not the first!) but I did manage to get the gorgeous pink set sold by Glam Polish.

These polishes came cutely packed in little pink bags and included some extra goodies - lip balm (which smells super yummy) and some nail vinyls in different designs (hearts, doves, bows, unicorns and LOVE).  I haven't actually used these yet but will definitely need to soon.

The first polish I tried from the duo is Beauty & The Beast.  This is a gorgeous bright pink holo with fuchsia shimmer.  The formula was super easy to use and it dried pretty quick too (although that may have something to do with the warm weather we are having at the moment).  My swatches show two coats.

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Forget About Love is the second part of this gorgeous duo and possibly my favorite of the two.  This is described as a bright plum (its a mix between bright pink and purple) ultra holographic glitter with scattered holographic as well.  It's super pretty and applies really easily.  I used two coats for my swatches.

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I am so glad I managed to get my hands on this duo.  If you are luckily enough to find them in a blog sale or somewhere they are definitely worth adding to your collection.

Two Birds Lacquer Limited Edition Valentine's Day Duo - Swatches & Review

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Those who know me know that I do not celebrate Valentine's Day in any way (in fact this year my partner will be away for the weekend so it will just be me and my baby girl).  The only thing that is exciting for me around Valentine's Day is the girly polishes that the indie girls release.  They are always so pretty.  The Two Birds duo I will be sharing with you today is no exception.

A Thousand Julys is described as a beautiful, hot magenta shot through with violet shimmer and a sprinkling of iridescent glitters.  And boy is this polish is stunning. I really don't think pictures do this polish the justice that it deserves.  The formula on it is amazing.  It applies evenly and has great coverage.  I used two coats for my swatch.

The Thrill Of The Thought is a creamy white based polish filled with matte hot pink shards and glitter.  The formula of this one is great as well.  It applies easily, has great glitter payoff (with no fishing or dabbing required) and is completely opaque in two coats.

I absolutely adore both of these polishes and can see me grabbing for them a lot - especially A Thousand Julys.

This Limited Edition duo is still available over at Two Birds Lacquer for $18.50 as the duo or you can buy them individually for $9.95 each.

Shades Of Phoenix Love Forever Duo - Swatches & Review

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To celebrate Valentine's Day, Shades Of Phoenix have released a Love Forever Duo.  I was lucky enough to have a visit from my good friend Margaret (@m_a_tom over on Instagram - if you haven't seen her work then you definitely should check her out).  Anyway, Margaret was sent the Love Forever duo to swatch and kindly brought them with her for me to play with.  And honestly how can I refuse?  These polishes are gorgeous.  Now onto the pics!

The first half of the duo is Eternal Bliss.  This is described as a bright hot pink creme that has a subtle blue shimmer.  I found the formula of this a little on the patchy side so needed to use three coats to have an even opaque coverage.  The colour is really pretty and super girly.

The second half of the duo (and my favorite half) is Forever & A Day. This is a glitter topper with hot pink, rose pink and black holographic glitters of various shapes and sizes, and for a little extra something there is also some iridescent glitters which are so pretty in the light.  I used one dabbed on coat over Eternal Bliss.

This is such a girly duo so if you are a pink lover then this is the duo for you.

These are available to purchase from Shades Of Phoenix and are only sold as a set for $18.

Grace-Full Nail Polish Valentine's Duo - Swatches & Review

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Firstly, welcome to my blog!

For those of you who have found me via Instagram you will already know that I am a huge polish addict and love nail art.  So why am I starting to blog you may wonder?  For me it's really just another outlet for my polish addiction and it gives me a new challenge - to start writing again.  I forgot how much I actually like writing until I was asked by Theresa from It's All About The Polish to review her very first Grace-Full Nail Polish collection (you can see my very first polish review here).  So with a lot of thought (and I mean a lot) I have decided to jump feet first into the blogging world. 

Now onto the fun stuff, Grace-Full Nail Polish Valentine's Duo.  I did receive these a little while ago but seems Valentine's Day is around the corner and my first review was written for Theresa it just seems like the perfect place to start.

Love Sparkles is described as a berry pink almost crelly type of polish which is full of platinum flakies that are coated in real silver.  Pictures really don't do this polish justice.  It's so pretty in person.  The formula is really easy to work with, no dabbing or fishing required.  My swatch shows two coats.

The other half of the Valentine's duo is Love's Bouquet.  This polish is a deep purple jelly full of violet, fuchsia, red, garnet, lilac and purple glitters in various shapes.  Now the formula of this one is on the thicker side but it applies rather easily and you don't need to go fishing for the glitters.  My swatch shows two coat.

I really love this Valentine's duo and think it's definitely worth having.

These polishes are still available over at Grace-Full Nail Polish for $9.50 each or as a duo for $17.