Swatch and Review: Lolita Lacquer Spicy Sauce Duo

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I am sharing a new duo from Lolita Lacquer that consists of two jelly polishes inspired by two delicious salsas - Salsa Roja and Salsa Verde. I personally love jelly polishes when they're done well. They are definitely one of my favorite finishes. Anytime I get nail mail that includes jellies, I feel suddenly conflicted - excited because I love them but also anxious that they won't be opaque enough or the formula won't be good. Surely I can't be the only one who worries about these things! My overall review for both of these polishes is that they are really nice. Both have a two coat formula with complete opacity, leaving no VNL (visible nail line) behind. I'll show you the individual polishes and tell you how they each performed. 

Salsa Roja

Salsa Roja bottle shot

Salsa Roja in direct artificial lighting 

Salsa Roja macro droplet

Salsa Roja is an orange toned red jelly filled with various sized glitter. This is my favorite shade of red for the summer because its warm toned so it looks great with other summery shades. Its my favorite color to put on my toes in the warmer months! Salsa Roja had a very typical jelly-like formula as far as thickness goes (a tad on the thicker side) but was almost opaque in one coat. I did add a second coat to add depth and even out any places that needed more polish on the nail. I had no issues getting the glitter evenly dispersed on my nail. Salsa Roja dries to a semi-gloss finish on its own and has a bit of texture from the larger glitter but that's easily remedied with a topcoat. My swatch shows two coats plus topcoat.

Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde bottle shot

Salsa Verde in direct artificial lighting

Salsa Verde macro droplet

Salsa Verde is my favorite type of salsa. True story - something about the tomatillos is just so savory and when it has a bit of a kick from added jalapeños...oh man. Its 8:30 in the morning right now and I'm contemplating going to the grocery store for some tomatillos...

Anyway, we're not here to talk about me cooking, y'all wanna know about the polish! Salsa Verde (the polish) is a cool toned, emerald green jelly polish filled with various sizes of holographic glitters. I don't usually gravitate towards green polishes but this one actually looked nice against my skin and seems like a great green to incorporate into summer nail art. I kind of want to stamp neon designs over it! The formula was thinner than Salsa Roja's formula but still on the thicker side. This one also wasn't as opaque on the first coat and I thought I would actually need three coats. I wound up dabbing a little extra glitter along the tip of my nail on the second coat and that rounded it out nicely. Salsa Verde dries to a semi-gloss finish on its own and has a little texture like Salsa Roja but again, easily remedied by a topcoat. My swatch shows two coats plus topcoat. 

If you're interested in picking up this duo - it launches tomorrow April 22nd at 9am PST in the Lolita Lacquer store. The polishes are $9 each or $16 for the duo. You can also follow Lolita Lacquer on Instagram for more information on this and future releases! 

Thanks for reading!

Stamping with MPolish Snowberry!

Hey y'all!

Tonight on the blog I have some simple stamping over a jelly polish base. 

Here's a picture of the polishes and stamping plate I used to create this look:

Left to right: Essie protein base, Mango Bunny Fern Bunny, MPolish Snowberry, Seche Vite
Front: Cici&Sisi plate #3

I started as usual with my base coat to protect my nail and then followed that up with painting Fern Bunny on all of my nails. I waited a few minutes for that to mostly dry and then moved on to the stamping portion. I decided to keep with the theme of the polish which felt very forest-y to me so I chose a leaf pattern to stamp over the base color.

Leaf image from Cici&Sisi plate #3

I used MPolish Snowberry for the leave image on my nails. You can find this awesome stamping polish HERE. 

I waited for the stamping images to dry for a few minutes and then top coated with Seche Vite. Here's a macro to show the details of the stamping. I am thrilled with the results.

What is your favorite way to use nail stamping? 

Mango Bunny Fern Bunny swatch and review

Hey y'all!

Today on the blog, I am featuring a brand new (to me) polish that I purchased from a destash of a fellow polish lover. This polish is made by the brand Mango Bunny, a five free indie polish brand that specializes in fun crelly and jelly finish polishes. Meet Fern Bunny: 

That. Jelly. Though. 

Jelly and crelly polishes are a somewhat new obsession for me and I just cannot get enough of them. When I came across Fern Bunny in a destash, I had to have it. 

Fern Bunny can be described as a dark green jelly packed full of a mixture of small white glitter and larger triangle glitter. It's like an instant jelly sandwich in a bottle. 

I totally stole the idea to take my macro this way from my polish friend, Manna over at Manna's Manis. I think it looks so neat to have the name of the brand or polish next to a swatch.

It dries to a glossy finish on its own but it is shown here in two easy coats with Seche Vite on top for extra glossy shiny goodness. I did have to leave the polish sitting upside down for a little while (think minutes) so that the triangles would be easier to fish out, but it was worth it! 

Fern Bunny is a part of Mango Bunny's "Bunny Tails" collection that released right around the holiday 2014 season. It is still available on Mango Bunny's SITE!

What is your favorite jelly polish? I'm always looking for more! 

**this polish was purchased by me, I am not affiliated with Mango Bunny polish. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.**