Grace-full Nail Polish Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum Collection - Swatches & Review

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Grace-full Nail Polish have got a couple of new collections coming out later this week - the Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum Collection (which I will be sharing with you today) and the Christmas 2018 Collection (which I will be sharing with you on Wednesday this week so stay tuned for that).  So many pretty polishes are coming!  I love that both collections are being released at the same time.  It means you can shop both collections and save on shipping.  Who doesn't love to save a bit of money?  You can buy more polish then.  Anyway, as I mentioned before today I have the Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum Collection.  This eight piece collection is inspired by The Handmaid's Tale and translates to "don’t let the bastards grind you down".  Right, let's just get into the swatches shall we?

Blessed Are The Meek is a brown/khaki/army green linear holo with a gold base.  This isn't my typical kind of colour but I really like it.  I'm not sure what it is about these type of greens that I like so much.  The formula of this one is fantastic and it is opaque in two coats.

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Blessed Be The Fruit is a red linear holo with red metallic flakes.  I think this is quite nice for a red polish (if you don't know - reds aren't really my thing).  The formula is awesome and you could get away with one coat.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Good Weather is a soft grey crelly with a pink shift and ultra chrome chameleon iridescent flakes.  I really, really, really like this one.  I'm not sure I am loving the flakies in it though.  They are subtle so for the most part you can't really see them but I think I would prefer this polish without them.  The formula is good and easy to use, however it is a little on the sheer side.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Guardians is a french navy linear holo.  This one is stunning!  I love the colour and the formula is awesome.  You can get away with one coat, however I used two coats for my swatch.

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May The Lord Open is an aurora shimmer that shows teal in some light and blue in others.  Now in my camera's true form it has made this polish look very blue and not at all teal.  It is definitely not as blue as it looks in my pictures.  This polish is really beautifully and the formula is great.  I used three coats for my swatch, however you can stop at two coats.

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Praise Be is a soft green crelly with gold and silver holo microglitter.  I do like that there is a crelly in this collection.  It's nice to see that crellies are popping up a little more these days.  This one isn't really my cup of tea but I still appreciate it.  The formula is good and easy to use.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Son Of Jacob is an ultra chrome chameleon magnetic polish.  It is black with purple and green magnetic pieces.  I love, love, love this polish!  I especially love it before using the magnet.  It has so many colours and shifts beautifully.  The formula is great and is opaque in two coats.

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Under His Brow is a deep brown linear holo.  I don't really have too much to say about this one.  It's not a favourite of mine but it is great if you like brown polishes.  The formula is awesome - you could easily get away with doing one coat.  My swatch shows two coats.

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And there you have it, all eight of the polishes from the upcoming Nolite Te Bastardes Caborunorum Collection.  What do you think?  Have you got a big list of polishes going onto your wishlist?  There are quite a few polishes in this collection that I really like but my personal favourites are Son Of Jacob, Guardians, May The Lord Open and Good Weather.

The Nolite Te Bastardes Caborunorum Collection will be available from Grace-full Nail Polish on October 26th at 8pm AEST on the Australian site and October 26th 5am CT on the international site.

It Girl Nail Art Mini Stamping Plates (IG301, IG306 & IG307) - Swatches & Review

It Girl Nail Art stamping plates are definitely a new brand that has ended my every growing stamping plate collection.  I don't have many but I am so impressed with the quality of them.  I do have a couple more plates that I still haven't used (yet) but I am excited to try them.  Anyway, today I have three of their mini stamping plates to share with you.

IG301

I love floral images!  They are always among some of my favourite images to put on my nails.  Do a buffet style plate full of floral images and you know that I am going to love it!

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I wanted to do something bright and fun for this plate.  I was going to go for my traditional sponged background (which I wish that I did do) but instead did a smoosh mani.  I don't hate this mani but I think it could have been a lot better.  Polishes used are Color Club Study Buddy, Cliff Notes, All Dolled Up, Tic-Tac-Toe and Playdate.

IG306
I think this is such an interesting plate.  It's kinda got three different images on it.  I like the two larger images, but I am not sure I would use the long image (on the bottom right of the plate).

Image from It Girl

I think this lace design is one of those designs that speak for itself.  No fancy backgrounds required.  For my base I used Pretty Serious Cosmetics Presence and stamped using Powder Perfect's Black Stamping Polish.

IG307

Again, a floral buffet style plate that I really like.  I like that this is more a delicate style of plate.

Image from It Girl

Keeping it simple for this next mani.  Polishes used are China Glaze Too Much Of A Good Fling, I'd Melt For You and Silver Of Sorts.

As I mentioned earlier, I am so impressed with the quality of the plates from It Girl.  They all stamp perfectly.  I think there are some great images on these mini plates, however for me personally I think I prefer larger plates.  They offer more of a range of images and I find are a little bit easier.  Or perhaps I am just more use to using the extra large plates these days.

Have you tried It Girl plates before? 

piCture pOlish Swatch Spam - Swatches & Review

At the start of this year, I set out some goals that I want to achieve this year.  One of those goals is swatch everything that I have purchased this year (and to swatch everything I purchased last year - which I have done woohoo!).  So far I am tracking along pretty well and am keeping up with all my purchases.  That brings us to today's post.  Today I have some random polishes that I have picked up this year from piCture pOlish and one polish that I wore ages ago and never got around to posting so thought I would share it now.

Aurora is a multichrome that shifts from turquoise green to purple to pink.  This polish was originally released back in 2014 (or something like that).  I have worn it quite a few times and I love it!  It's so beautifully and shifty!  My pictures (that I can't remember when I took) don't really do this polish justice.  I definitely want to wear it again.  My swatch shows two coats over black.

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Blossom is described as a soft pink to lilac nail polish with holographic  flakes and pink glass flecks.  This polish is made in collaboration with Paulina's Passion.  This polish is gorgeous!  My pictures don't do it justice at all.  The formula is a little on the sheer side but that is to be expected for such a light colour.  For my swatch I used three coats.

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Picture taken outdoors (overcast)

Cactus is described as a khaki green polish with a jelly consistency and holographic flakes.  This polish was made in collaboration with @de_briz.  Now I am not one for green polishes but every time I saw swatches of this polish I knew I just had to have it.   My pictures really don't do this polish justice.  It really needs sunshine so you can see the holo.  It really is so pretty.  The formula is good and it's easy to use.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Orchid is a bright pink/purple jelly with scattered holo.  This polish was made in collaboration with Solo Nails.  Fun story, when I was looking at shades of purples for my collaboration shade I actually originally wanted this type of colour (or something very similar) however I decided against it because I didn't want my shade to be too similar to this one.  Anyway, I love this one!  The colour is gorgeous and it does look slightly different depending on your lighting.  The formula is also good and easy to use.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Wanderlust is a bright candy pink polish with holographic flakes and blue glass flecks.  This polish is made in collaboration with Nail Decor.  I love this polish!  It's stunning!  The formula is a little bit on the sheer side but it's easy to work with.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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piCture pOlish really do have some fantastic polishes.  It's one of my polish drawers that I really need to play in some more (which I can say that about most of my polish collection really).  I hope you guys have enjoyed this random swatch spam.