Friday 28 August 2015

Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue

Madam Glam is a cosmetic company that is cruelty-free, 5 free and vegan.  They carry nail polish, gel nail polish, lip products and eyes & skin care products. I did a review of their Soak-off Gel System here.

Glittering Midnight Blue is another of their soak off gel polishes. It is a dark blue/teal with some sparkling teal glitter...it looks like the midnight sky!  One coat between base and top coat was all that was necessary, which is unheard of usually.

Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue
Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue

Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue
Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue

Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue
Madam Glam's Glittering Midnight Blue


Here is a great 30% off coupon code for the Gel Nails Beginners Kitpolishsleuth30

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Essie's Wrapped In Rubies

Wrapped in Rubies is part of the 2007 Winter collection. It is a beautiful red/brown jewel toned polish...with gold shimmer.  It was completely opaque with 2 thin coats and was not brush-strokie at all. I have had this polish for a few years and never tried it.  I'm glad I pulled it out.  It will be a gorgeous Fall polish.  Only 27 days until Fall!!  The Summer seems to have flown by.

Essie's Wrapped in Rubies
Essie's Wrapped in Rubies


Essie's Wrapped in Rubies
Essie's Wrapped in Rubies


Essie's Wrapped in Rubies
Essie's Wrapped in Rubies

Monday 24 August 2015

Color Club's The Uptown

The Uptown is a purple/blue jelly based multi-coloured flakie polish that shifts between copper, green and yellow.  I think you could achieve opacity, or close to opacity, but I put it over one coat of OPI's Who are you Calling Bossy. This polish is from the 2013 Girl About Town Fall collection.

Color Club's The Uptown - Matte
Color Club's The Uptown - Matte
 
Color Club's The Uptown
Color Club's The Uptown

Color Club's The Uptown
Color Club's The Uptown
 What a unique polish, it is one of my favs!

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Madam Glam Soak-Off Gel Polish

Madam Glam is a cosmetic company that is cruelty-free, 5 free and vegan.  They carry nail polish, gel nail polish, lip products and eyes & skin care products.  I tried the soak off Gel Nail beginners Kit.  It includes:
  1. A top coat.
  2. A base coat
  3. A colour of my choice
  4. LED lamp
Madam Glam Soak-off Gel Nail Polish System
Press Sample
Madam Glam Soak-off Gel Nail Polish System


I'll admit that I have tried soak off get polish a while back.  It wasn't the greatest experience, the gel polish seemed difficult to apply and needed far more than 2 coats.  I was also not happy about using a UV lamp, so I only used the system twice

I set some time aside to apply the Madam Glam gel polish and was pleasantly surprised.  I picked up some higher percentage rubbing alcohol and some lint free pads at my local drug store. I'm not going to get into the application process, there are a bunch of instructional videos online.

The polish was relatively easy to apply, with 1 coat of base coat, 2 coats of colour and of course the top coat.  I think the key is to apply thin coats and take your time.  

Light Lilac (#324)
Light Lilac (#324)

7 days later

Light Lilac (#324) - 7 days
Light Lilac (#324) - 7 days
The only wear I thought was significant was at the tips and that was because I was unable to wrap my tips because of the shortness of my nails...so obviously I am going to get more tip wear.  The shininess is slightly less also, but I think that is expected with normal use of the hands.  Other than that this gel polish stood up for 7+ days, with no peeling, chipping or lifting up.  I usually change my polish every 2nd or 3rd day, so it was difficult to keep it on for 7+ days.  This would be an ideal system for a vacation or people who just like to do their nails once a week, every two weeks, or even every 3 weeks.

I did pick up 3 other get polishes to try, manis to come! 

Here is a great 30% off coupon code for the Gel Nails Beginners Kitpolishsleuth30


*The products featured in this post were provided by Madam Glam for my honest review.

#summernorules - BFF MANI

The final mani in the #summernorules is a BFF Mani!  I picked my friend Anca's (darkntwistynails) cherry mani, you can find her here! 

BFF's Mani - #summernorules

BFF's Mani - #summernorules
Another fun challenge #summernorules...can't wait until the next challenge!!

#summernorules 2015
#sumernorules 2015