Grace-full Nail Polish June & July COTM Polishes - Swatches & Review

Wednesday, 6 July 2016


Grace-full Nail Polish have taken a little break to re-do their polish room (and for some little R&R).  Theresa has shared some some photos of where the magic happens over in the Facebook group.  You can join here if you haven't already.  Anyway, Grace-full Nail Polish will be releasing four new shades on Friday and I just so happen to have all four to share with you today.  These polishes make up the June and July Colours Of The Month.  Shall we take a look at them?


Calm Composure is a soft medium purple holo with gold shimmer and a subtle shift to neutral.  This on is definitely my favorite from this release.  The formula is fantastic and is opaque in two coats.

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Love And Serenity is a light grey shimmer with a turquoise sheen. Another pretty polish with a good formula.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Midnight Soiree is a deep purple jelly with chameleon flakies in blue-violet-red with teeny holo microglitter.  I absolutely love this one in the bottle, but strangely don't love it on my nails.  I think it may just be little dark and hides the flakie goodness a little.  It is nice though and you can still see the flakies.  The formula is great and is opaque in two coats.

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Peace And Tranquility is described as a medium purple shimmer with a tricky duochrome shimmer.  Depending on the light the shimmer shines blue or green.  The formula of this one is amazing and you could easily get away with one coat.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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These polishes are available from both Grace-full Nail Polish's Australian site and on the international site on Friday 8th July at 7pm.

Bow Nail Polish Out Of Space (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

Monday, 4 July 2016


Along with the Dance Legend polishes I received a couple of weeks back, I also received some of Bow Nail Polish's Out Of Space Collection.  This collection consists of twenty one polishes, which feature flakies, multichromes and holos in various colours. I have actually swatched and reviewed four of these polishes back in February (you can check out that post here if you are interested).  Today I have seven more of the Out Of Space polishes to share with you.  Just as a word of warning, this post is quite picture heavy.


Burning Bridges is a grey-green base with iridescent pink, copper, orange and green shimmer.  This polish also shifts to gold-bronze and has a scattering of holo.  This is a really interesting polish.  I wasn't too sure how much I would like in when I first put it on but I honestly couldn't stop staring at my nails all day.  The formula is easy to use but is on the sheer side.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Cold Hearts is a duochrome that shifts between a silvery pink to grey-green, and has fine scattered holo throughout.  Quite pretty.  The formula is a little sheer on the first coat but builds up in two coats.  It is still slightly see through at the tips in direct light.

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Drown is a blue jelly with blue and green flakies and holo.  The formula of this one is a little tricky to work with.  I found that the polish would drag if you applied polish in the same spot so I definitely recommend minimal brush strokes.  The polish is also quite sheer but it is so pretty.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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My Herione is a grey-purple (with a blue midtone) jelly base with a duochrome shimmer that shifts from raspberry pink to gold.  Really pretty.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Northern Lights is a bright azure metallic duochrome that shifts to blue-violet and has scattered holo glitters.  This polish screams mermaid to me.  It's stunning.  The formula is easy to use.  I used two coats for my swatch.  I should note that this polish is labelled as "Nothern Lights" but I am not sure if that is a typo or not.

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Skies Fall has a gray-purple jelly base and shimmer that shifts from bright blue to purple and crimson.  The formula of this one is also a little tricky to work with so I recommend minimal brush strokes on the first coat.  The second and third coats apply well.  The colour shift of this polish is fantastic, although I didn't quite have the right lighting to be able to capture the purple shift.  It is definitely visible in person.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Swamp has a muted dark purple/grey base, holographic glitter and shimmer that shifts from green-blue to purple-pink.  Another pretty polish.  The formula is a little sheer by builds up nicely.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Did you make it to the end of this post?  Sorry it was so long but I really struggled to cut it done.  These polishes are all really pretty with great colour shifts.  The holo is also definitely more visible and pretty in person than what it shows in my pictures.  I really like them all.

The Out Of Space Collection is available from Dance Legend (with international shipping).

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Femme Fatale Cosmetics May Releases - Swatches & Review

Sunday, 3 July 2016


"May releases Tracy?  You do realize that it is now July don't you?"  Never fear.  I haven't lost my mind completely.  This is a post that I have kinda been pushing back for a little while.  Why?  Because it's a little sad really.  As you may know, I have been collecting ALL of the Femme Fatale Cosmetics polishes since the day they started.  The only ones I missed out on were the charity polishes and of course the samples, other than that I have them all.  Until May this year.  I narrowly missed out on one of the oops shades.  I searched and begged for it but sadly no one is willing to part with it.  I made the tough decision to give up collecting ALL of the Femme Fatales and now will only be grabbing the ones I truly love.  Crazy I know but I now will have extra money for other polishes so it's a win all round if you ask me. 

Today's post consists of seven (of the eight) Oops Shades that were released back in May as well as the COTM.  This post is quite picture heavy so I will keep the chatting to a bare minimum (especially seems these polishes aren't available anymore - unless a stockist has the COTM?).  The formulas on these polishes are really easy to use, however they are all quite sheer.  Most (if not all) are still see through at the tips in direct light.


Asteroid Sunsets.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Cracks On Ganymede.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Enceladus Haze.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Grape Minds Think Alike.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Relics Of The Red Planet.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Terraforming.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Under Alien Suns.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Violet Starling (COTM). My swatch shows three coats.

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My absolute favorite from the May released would have to be Violet Starling.  It's just so pretty.  I also really like Under Alien Suns, Grape Minds Think Alike, Enceladus Haze and Cracks On Ganymede.

Did you manage to grab any of these polishes?

Dance Legend Binary (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

Friday, 1 July 2016


A few days ago I mentioned that I have quite a few new Dance Legend polishes to share with you over the coming weeks.  Today I happen to have four polishes from the Binary Collection.  The Binary Collection is quite large (it now has 54 polishes in the collection).  I have swatched and reviewed two other Binary polishes here if you are interested.


Arina is a light blue creme with a slight purple undertone.  Such a pretty colour and the formula is fantastic.  It's easy to use, applies evenly and is opaque in two coats.

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Diana is a blue creme with a medium purple undertone.  Seriously loving this shade.  Like with Arina, the formula is amazing.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Valentina is a bright crimson metallic that shifts to orange-gold.  Stunning colour with a great colour shift.  The formula is amazing and you could get away with one coat.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Violetta is a muted purple creme with a duochrome shimmer that shifts from magenta to green-gold.  I love the shimmer in this one, and the colour.  Ok I love everything about this polish.  The colour shift is definitely more obvious in the bottle than it is on the nail (or maybe I just didn't have the right lighting to see it?)  The formula is amazing.  You could definitely get away with one coat.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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I love everything about these four shades.  The colours are gorgeous and the formulas are amazing.  

The Binary Collection is available from Dance Legend (with international shipping).

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