Lorelei Lacquer Neon Sunset Collection Part 1!

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Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a swatch a review for an upcoming collection by Lorelei Lacquer called The Neon Sunset Collection. This collection was super fun to swatch and has some really great variety. The collection consists of 9 polishes: 7 holos and 2 crellies so I've split the collection up into 2 posts. Make sure you catch the second installment tomorrow! Keep reading after the break to see individual swatches!

Top Left: Aruba, Top Right: Jamaica, Middle: I Wanna Take You, Bottom Left: Bermuda, Bottom Right: Bahama 

Image Credit: Google Images 

This collection is cleverly named from the lyrics of the Beach Boys song Kokomo and makes it impossible to paint your nails with any of them without singing the song in your head all day. ITS STILL IN MY HEAD! :'D

Lorelei Lacquer Aruba, $10 full size, $6 mini

The first polish I swatched from the collection is called Aruba. Its best described as a fusion of jungle green and teal and has a subtle scatter of holographic micro glitter throughout. I used two coats in the swatch photo along with Seche Vite topcoat to make it shiny. Each of the polishes in the collection dry semi matte, so you'll more than likely want a topcoat. The formula was a little thick but not difficult to work with and self leveled on its own. I did have a few tiny bits of pigment that didn't quite mix all the way in this one but I let the maker know for future batches. I didn't feel like this was a huge problem in the application. The holo is subtle but really beautiful in the sun! 

Macro of Aruba 

Lorelei Lacquer Jamaica, $10 full size, $6 mini

The second polish I swatched from the collection is Jamaica. This is such a summer polish, super bright, sunshiny yellow with a scatter of subtle holographic micro glitter throughout. I was surprised with the ease of application on this one as yellow is usually a tricky color to apply. The swatch photo is two coats with Seche Vite topcoat. The first coat was a little streaky but the second coat brought the opacity and self leveling. No issues with unmixed pigment in Jamaica and it was an overall beautiful polish! 

Macro of Jamaica 

Lorelei Lacquer I Wanna Take You, $9 full size, $5 mini 

The third polish I swatched from Lorelei Lacquer was I Wanna Take You. Please just take a minute and admire it. I'll give you a minute. You ready? Okay. 

So this one is my absolute favorite from the collection. It has a mix of glitter - turquoise and teal matte square glitters and magenta flakies all suspended in a white crelly base. As is the case with most white crellies, I did have to use 3 coats for complete opacity. You could probably get away with 2 but I still had slight VNL with 2 so I added a third. The application is a little streaky on the first coat but self levels on the second and third. I didn't have any problems with glitter settling, I didn't have to shake or roll before starting the swatch. The glitter dispersed easily across my nail with no manipulating and the glitters smoothed over well with topcoat. Ugh...I just love it. I wanted to leave it on and stop the swatching right then and there. I really felt like the flakies in the crelly base set it apart from any other crelly I have.

Macro of I Wanna Take You

Lorelei Lacquer Bermuda, $10 full size, $6 mini

The fourth polish I swatched was Bermuda, also a favorite from the collection. Its so my kind of color...so BLUE! This polish is best described as a royal blue, leaning blurple color with scattered holo glitter throughout. I had no issues with application - its shown here in 2 coats plus Seche Vite topcoat. No unmixed pigment, no streakiness, and it self leveled very well. The holo is a bit stronger in this one but still a subtle scatter across the nail. This will make a great base for nail art. I can't wait to play with it more!

Macro of Bermuda

Lorelei Lacquer Bahama, $10 full size, $6 mini

The fifth polish I swatched in the Neon Sunset collection was Bahama. Bahama is a true coral, bright and summery with a subtle scatter of holographic micro glitter throughout. The application was nice on this one as well, though I did have a tiny bit of unmixed pigment like I had in Aruba but it didn't seem to change the application at all. The swatch picture shows two coats with Seche Vite topcoat. I really want to put this one on my toes, it made my hands look so tan! 

Macro of Bahama 

Overall thoughts from the first half of the collection: I adore this collection. I think that it is a unique mix from holo, to crelly, to flakies and the names of the polishes are so cute! The formula was nice on all of them, save for the occasional bit of pigment that was easily moved out of the way with the polish brush. This collection is a nice departure from all the traditional neon collections we have been seeing so far for 2015. As a consumer, I plan to pick up full sized versions of I Wanna Take You and Bermuda because I think they are must haves!

This collection launches Friday, June 26th at 6pm CT over on loreleilacquer.com. The set includes 9 polishes and retails for $80 for the full sized set and $50 for the mini set.

Will you be picking any of these up? Which is your favorite?

Thanks for reading!
Love,
Pish

**I was provided these polishes free of charge in exchange for my swatch photos and HONEST review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.**

Delush Polish Life's A Beach swatch and review

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Hey y'all!

Today on the blog, I have a swatch and review of 3 polishes from the Delush Polish Life's A Beach collection. This collection launched on May 29th, 2015 and consists of 7 polishes, all neon crellies! I wanted the whole collection because, well, I'm an addict! The first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem, amirite!? But alas, I knew that I wouldn't wear all seven shades so I picked my top 3. Keep reading after the break to see some swatches! 

Left to right: Babe Watch, Turn Over A New Reef, All Twerk and No Play

Top: All Twerk and No Play, bottom left: Babe Watch, bottom right: Turn Over A New Reef

I started with what I thought was going to be my least favorite out of the 3 I ordered. Not least favorite like I didn't like it but when I swatch polishes, I go in order from the bottom to my very favorite so that I get to wear my most favorite in the end. Anyone else do that? Just me? Oooookay. Moving on. 

So I started with All Twerk and No Play. I am going to be 100% honest with you and tell you that I bought this polish for the name alone. I do NOT love orange nail polish, particularly neon orange polish but I had to have it for that adorable name. Well, the joke is on me because I think this one wound up being my favorite. This polish is an orange leaning red crelly polish with almost iridescent pale blue hex glitter in varying sizes throughout. The glitter reminds me of seashells. Its shown below in two easy coats, no white undie, and Seche Vite topcoat. Look how gloriously bright...my camera almost exploded...

All Twerk and No Play

The next one I swatched is Babe Watch, a traditional hot neon pink base with bright blue circle glitters in varying sizes throughout and some large blue holographic circle glitters as well. As with All Twerk, this polish went on smoothly in two thin coats, no white undie, and Seche Vite topcoat. 

Babe Watch

The final polish I swatched is Turn Over A New Reef, another super cute name! This polish is a bright blue crelly polish with lime green micro glitter, square glitter, and hex glitter throughout. As with the others, I did two thin coats, no white undie, and Seche Vite topcoat. 

Turn Over A New Reef 

So what are my thoughts on the polishes that I own from this collection? First of all I will say that neons are always popular, somewhat overdone, and kinda basic, so when I saw this collection, it caught my eye because its different than the rest. I can tell that the maker put lots of thought into planning this collection out from the formula, to the colors, to the names. All 3 polishes that I purchased have a lovely formula with good glitter coverage. I didn't have to do any fishing, these are jam packed with glitter but not thick on the brush. I love that they don't need a white undie, because really, who has time for that extra step?

All in all, I think this is a great collection that stands out in a sea of neons for summer 2015. My only regret is that I didn't buy all 7. And who knows? I may just go back and get the rest!

Did you pick any polishes up from the Life's A Beach collection? What did you think of them? What's your favorite line of neons?

Love,
Pish

**I purchased these polishes myself and am in no way affiliated with Delush Polish. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.**

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