Stash Swatch Initiative: CrowsToes Absolum - Your Potions Master

Hello again!! This is my 100th post! *Happy Dance* Woohoo! I didn't really think I'd last this long when I started--I figured I'd give up or get bored, but nope--still having fun! ^_^

Anyway, I've got another indie polish up for swatching. This was an impulse buy back in September, and I couldn't be happier about that. I've worn this polish a few times already, and it's stunning!

CrowsToes Absolum. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

This beauty has a ton of incredibly shiny glitters packed into that bottle. I see big blue hexes; smaller green, silver holographic, and orange hexes; tiny silver holographic, black, and blue hexes; and finally, some black bar glitter. It's totally gorgeous on the nail. I've worn one coat over a base of Zoya Ibiza here (specifically, it's a base of Seche Clear, one careful coat of Zoya Ibiza, one coat of Absolum, and one coat of Seche Vite). It's like these two polishes were made for one another--the shimmery, inky blue of Ibiza and the shiny, shiny, shiny blue, orange, and green combination of Absolum is fantastic.

CrowsToes Absolum over Zoya Ibiza. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

Formula was extra thick, but there's a warning about that everywhere I've seen this for sale. I used some Seche Restore thinner on my bottle and it glides on perfectly. I didn't need to dab or anything--just a swipe and maybe some slight placement of a few glitters, but otherwise easy!

CrowsToes Absolum over Zoya Ibiza. Outdoors, natural light, shade, no flash. This is the most 'true to life' capture.

Even though the glitter in this is incredibly shiny and I love that, I did slap some Butter London Matte Finish over it. I love it this way too.

CrowsToes Absolum over Zoya Ibiza. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

If you're wanting this one (and really, why wouldn't you? haha), it can be found a few places. I bought mine from llarowe, but there are a few other etailers out there that carry this one.

CrowsToes Absolum over Zoya Ibiza in matte. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon!! ^_^

CrowsToes Absolum over Zoya Ibiza. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Stash Swatch Initiative: Wet n' Wild Night Prowl

Hello again!!

Just a quickie post to show you Wet n' Wild Night Prowl.

Wet n' Wild Night Prowl. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

This is a black jelly with a ton of purple micro-glitter. Swatches are a base of Sinful Colors Nail Hardener, three coats of Night Prowl, one coat of Seche Vite, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute Fastdry Topcoat.

Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

I needed three coats to get this even. It was a little patchy still at two coats. Due to all that glitter, this dries gritty and necessitated two coats of topcoat to get smooth. Small issues aside, I think it's worth it. This is a great dark, brooding polish--perfect for Halloween, which was when I had this one on.

Wet n' Wild Night Prowl. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

From pictures around the internets, I'm thinking this might be close to AEngland's new polish, Ophelia, but I don't have that one to compare it to. What do you think? Potential dupes? For less than $1 (got mine on sale for 70 cents!), is this close enough for you? I think it is for me!

I found mine at Walgreens! Happy hunting if you're looking to try it out!

Wet n' Wild Night Prowl. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

More soon!! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Naild'it Vegas Sands

Hello again!

Naild-It Vegas Sands. Indoors, artificial light, no flash. My camera made the blue too dark here.

This polish was a pretty big lemming of mine until recently. This is my first Naild'it polish and it is Vegas Sands!

Naild-It Vegas Sands. Indoors, artificial light, with flash. This one is more color accurate than the first.

This is a glitter bomb of micro yellow and blue matte hex glitters with some small pink shiny glitters mixed in there, all in a clear base. This is super densely packed--I used three coats of Vegas Sands with no base for swatches today, topped with a coat of Seche Vite and two coats of NYC In a New York Minute Fastdry Topcoat.

Naild-It Vegas Sands. Indoors, artificial light, no flash. Love this mix of glitter!

The formula on this is easy to work with. The glitter stays put, and I did not experience any balding or patchiness when applying additional coats. The three coats I used to get this opaque did build up a lot on the nail, so I'd layer this in the future. Maybe over something like Zoya Robyn? It took a lot of topcoat to get it smooth, but that's to be expected with so much glitter! There's a lot of surface area to cover!

Naild-It Vegas Sands. Outdoors, natural light, no flash. Cloudy day, unfortunately, bet this would be even more awesome in the sun!

I was so excited when this came. I ordered through llarowe. I am not disappointed. The Polish Hoochie, who is one of those bloggers I look up to because she rocks, has a FABULOUS comparison of Vegas Sands with other similar polishes. This was super helpful for me, because I knew I wanted something like this, but I wasn't sure which one was for me. That one swatch comparison photo made up my mind! Check it out over here!

Naild-It Vegas Sands. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

More soon! ^_^