Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Rainbow Honey FAB Summer Set Swatches


Some more Rainbow Honey swatches for you! I got sent these polishes for review (mini sizes) and immediately after swatching them I went and bought the full sizes. I love them that much!

image courtesy of Rainbow Honey

These polishes are a little unusual as they are not available on Rainbow Honey's website. They are exclusively available on FAB (affiliate link for those who do not have an account with FAB) and only as a set and for a limited time. For a discounted price of $25 (normal price $30) you get three full size bottles including:

tenda is a bright kelly green lacquer with golden shimmer
costa del sol is a shimmery lacquer full of iridescent and holographic glitters ready to add some sun and sparkle to your manicure
schrammi is a deep coral lacquer with golden shimmer


For the swatches I used two coats for each of the base colors (Schrammi and Tenda) and one coat of Costa del Sol on my ring finger.  The polishes applied great. The two creams with gold flecks were a teensy bit thick but not streaky and overall had a good formula. The glitter only needed one coat to get a nice amount of glitter on the nail and wasn't as thick as glitters in clear bases sometimes are.

Rainbow Honey Schrammi with an accent of Costa del Sol
Rainbow Honey Schrammi with an accent of Costa del Sol
Rainbow Honey Tenda with an accent of Costa del Sol  
Rainbow Honey Tenda with an accent of Costa del Sol
So what do you think? Any polish with gold shimmer instantly makes me swoon.


Disclosure: I was provided these polishes for consideration by Rainbow Honey. My opinions are my own and as always, my first priority is you lovely people who read my blog.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Daphne's Birthday Party

Today is Pretty Serious Cosmetics' 1 year anniversary and thus the birthday of their mascot, Daphne. To help celebrate the festivities here are some swatches of Daphne's Birthday Party over another Pretty Serious polish- Blue Gums On Boxing Day.


Friday, May 3, 2013

Rainbow Honey The Robot Collection Swatches and Review



Another late post! But luckily these are still available. I was sent these polishes from Rainbow Honey's The Robot Collection to review awhile ago and I'm just now getting to them. But no matter, just like anything Rainbow Honey does the concept is amazing and the product and attention to detail never fail to blow me away. To be honest, before trying the polishes I was unimpressed by the concept of black and white glitter over different colored chromes. But I can admit that I was wrong as the polishes look really great together. I am completely converted. So much so that I went and bought a full size bottle of the glitter, Yoshimi, because I was afraid of running out.


Rainbow Honey has the best packaging and design out of pretty much any company I've ever ordered from. Everything is consistent and well-thought out to the tiniest details.


This collection is special because along with the regular .5 fl oz (15 mL) bottles for $10 you can also get all 6 polishes as a set of 4 mL bottles for $25 (the set of full size bottles is $50).


The mini bottles DO NOT have mini brushes, thankfully. The brushes are full sized and easy to use.

The metallic chrome polishes might not be entirely unique, but they are very well done. You probably could get away with one thick coat, but I thought they looked better with two thin coats. The amount of metallic pigment (aluminum flakes) makes the texture a tad thick but I didn't find them too difficult to work with.

Rainbow Honey Bitty Love Bot in the sun
Bitty Love Bot - Sparkling metallic aqua

Rainbow Honey Bitty Love Bot in the shade

Rainbow Honey Femme Bot in the sun
Femme Bot - Sparkling metallic peony

Rainbow Honey Femme Bot in the shade
Rainbow Honey Dusty Bot in the sun
Dusty Bot - Sparkling metallic lavender

Rainbow Honey Dusty Bot in the shade
Rainbow Honey Lucky Bot in the sun
 Lucky Bot - Sparkling metallic agave

Rainbow Honey Lucky Bot in the shade

Rainbow Honey Skyward Bot in the sun
Skyward Bot - Sparkling metallic cerulean

Rainbow Honey Skyward Bot in the shade
Rainbow Honey Yoshimi over Bitty Love Bot, Femme Bot, and Dusty Bot
Yoshimi - A truly mod black & white combination of glitters sprinkled with a bit of iridescence

This is one coat of Yoshimi dabbed over the base colors. It applies really well for this type of glitter as long you don't try to brush it on like a regular polish. Dabbing is the key here!

Rainbow Honey Yoshimi over Lucky Bot, Skyward Bot, and a random nude frankenpolish

Disclosure: I was provided these polishes for consideration by Rainbow Honey. My opinions are my own and as always, my first priority is you lovely people who read my blog.
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