Lolli Jolly by Misa - All Aboard the Topper Train!!

Hello again! I've got Misa Lolli Jolly here today.

Another great polish that has a double life. Love a double life!

First as a solo act:

This is four coats, no top coat, but really just love this one.
It's translucent, yet it built to a dense glass fleck dolly. Love it.



Here it is over Revlon No Shrinking Violet

Delicate glass fleck topper with a faint pink sheen.

One coat.

It has a vaguely milky quality, but it also seems to not overwhelm the color beneath it.

Hard to fault. Misa is such an underrated brand!


Here's No Shrinking Violet, so you can see how it is affected by the topper.

I have blogged this one before, and almost dumped it, but kept it and really decided that it was worth it. It's a nice formula, dries well and really ranges from a soft gray purple to a rich eggplant.
Blogged here, and you can see how gray it can look as well.

Found the Revlon at Ross and found the Misa on an etailer's site.

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Topper Time, Again

KPT Polish is a lovely indie out of California, as their Facespace page indicates.

I need to delve more into this brand, because I love their aesthetic.

I have KPT's Green Awakening, a layering polish lover's dream.

I've put it over Milani Rad Purple:

Beautiful amber to green shifting shimmer with delicate multi shade iridescent glitter throughout in such a subtle way that it really makes it quite a cool little polish.

The shift, well, oh my!

Most tasty. Most beautiful.

This came to me by way of a blog sale. Sometimes that is the best way to try indies. After a mega-fail from one, never began to look like the photo, I lost interest, but as I blog sale around and pick up faves and unknowns, these don't disappoint.

This one sure did NOT!

Here is the bottle shot:

Understated, but fully on par with all the shifting toppers in my arsenal.

More toppers coming, I feel like I need to jump into the deep end with those.

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Get Your Last Blast of Summer Neon with Milani

So we are in transition weather that includes some hot days.

Coincidentally, I found some Milani Neons at the Dollar Tree (it's a miracle when I find good stuff there any more) and wanted to swatch them before I committed fully to autumn shades.

All right, here we go.

Fresh Teal 

Two coats, no top coat. Nearly a one coater. More like the bottle, but my camera just couldn't get its head around it. Ah well.

Great formula, if you are looking for a stamping polish, I'd suggest grabbing this one, it's dense. 

Love it!

Totally 80's

Bright fresh spring green, less actual acidic neon, but still has oomph.

Three coats, a bit of a yellow shimmer in there, too. No top coat.

More of a frothy finish than a true shimmer. 

I think it's a perfect polish for spring and summer.

Rad Purple

This is a tetchy formula. Needed four coats and until it's rock hard dry, it will digit and look like you've made a wax engraving. 

Four coats, not top coat.

The color is great. I had to really shake it up to get the color to shift and even took a paperclip into the bottle to stir up what was on the bottom. Very settled. 

The more coats, the deeper the shade. Lovely for layering, I will have to try it.

Dude Blue

Another two coater, and such a nice formula. No top coat and soooooo glossy. Unlike many neons, I might add!

Really a great win. Glad I found it.

I love these fresh, bright blue sky blues. I get a lot of them in my little 'burg so it's nice to really enjoy them on my nails, too.

Again, if you find this, grab it! It's on par with any of the salon brands, for sure!

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Purple Party Franken

Maybelline Colorama Purple Party was blogged back here back in 2012.

Here's a photo:

It is pretty, but I've not been enthusiastic to wear it because of the sheerness factor: this photo is four coats. Oy!

It has glass fleck and some blue tone shimmer. I'd worn it a few times, but thought it's time to work on something else with it.

Recently I found a rather large job lot of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue on eBay. Well, now that I have it, doggonit, I am going to use it as a great franken ingredient.

There was about 1/2 inch off the top of the bottle used up, and I just added SHPB.

Man, do I love it!!

Three coats. 

The glass fleck and soft blue iridescence is gorgeous!

Hard to fault it, I really love the bright violet blue.

Gush!

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Foils Rush In - Part 3

Thanks for coming back!

I'm finishing up the Color Club Foiled collection with some comps and a treat!

First a couple back links:

Part 1

Part 2



First some comps:
- All are three coats
- All are without top coat.


Color Club Antiquated and Diamond Cosmetics Party Hearty

If you missed Diamond Cosmetics Party Hearty, CC's Antiquated will make you happy.

Three coats each. Party Hearty is a tad bit darker and somewhat more nude, but
Left to right:

• Antiquated
• Party Hearty
• Antiquated
• Party Hearty

I love both, metallic nudes are pretty much a hallmark of the late 00's and are a classic today. Very nice.




Color Club Lumin-Ice-ent and China Glaze Blue Island Ice Tea

I remember wanting the entire China Glaze Bahama Blues collection, but never picked it up. Finally found Blue Island Ice Tea, one day I'll pick up the rest, but for now I like this one a lot.

Left to right:

• Blue Island Ice Tea
• Lumin-Ice-ent
• Blue Island Ice Tea
• Lumin-Ice-ent

BIIT is a bit more blue and more of a glass fleck foil than the metallic of Lumin-Ice-ent.
I do find Blue Island Ice Tea a bit more sheer.
I believe that it's better with a base coat beneath it. I recently blogged it with a base coat here.

I love both, but I am partial to the Color Club in this case.



Diamond Cosmetics Sparkling Sherry and Color Club Hot Like Lava

These are very similar, but not dupes. I am glad it's similar, because I love Sparkling Sherry and it's good to have a backup!

Left to right:

• Hot Like Lava
• Sparkling Sherry
• Hot Like Lava
• Sparkling Sherry

I like them both, however, Sparkling Sherry is a deeper hue. Again, if you missed this baby by DC, Hot Like Lava isn't a bad substitute.




Color Club Foiled Me Once and OPI Star-ring the Rockets

Not really at all similar, but both are foils and both are pink, but that is where the similarity ends.

Left to right:

• Star-ring the Rockets
• Foil Me Once
• Star-ring the Rockets
• Foil Me Once

Star-ring the Rockets is more of a neutral pink, leaning almost coral in this comparison, where Foiled Me Once is more like a lavender.

Love both, no muss, no fuss.



Here is the treat!

Marbles with the Foiled collection!

This is over a bright blue, which is peeping out here and there.
It's Cold Metal, Perfect Mol-Ten, and Lumin-Ice-ent.

Feels like a mermaid mani!

This one is made from Hot Like Lava, Foiled Me Once, and Antiquated.
I can't recall the base, unfortunately!

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Foils Rush In - Part 2 of 3

Hello again!

Part two of the Color Club Foiled Collection.

Here is a link back to part 1.

Same as last time: 3 coats/no top coat.

Let's jump in!



Perfect Mol-Ten

Beautiful soft alfalfa hay green.

Delightful to work with.

Quite a lovely polish. Green foils. So great. Love it.



Cold Metal

Cobalt blue foil with a much more metallic feel than a foil. It's hard to see the foil finish, so this looks better in bright light.

More sun here.

Definitely a beautiful polish. Nice that this polish is quite on task for the current year's obsession with rich, intense blue. A very welcome complement to my collection. It's pretty hard to find intense jewel-tone foils.
Nice!


Lumin-Ice-ent

Icy blue with a slight aqua kick.

This is a gorgeous color. I just love the foil-y-ness of it!

A bit thick, but not impossible.

I love this shade of blue. It's just so 18th century Rococo, like a Fragonard blue.


This ends part 2, part 3 soon!

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