1 Year Blogiversary Prize 4

I just can't catch up.  I try so hard to get caught up on the house work, photo editing, providing thoughtful and insightful reviews, working my two jobs, eating healthily and exercising, and attempting to sleep enough so I'm not passing out at work the next day...  It's just not happening.  Tonight's post will be super quick in order to give me time to get to bed at a decent hour.  We're going to look at prize four tonight.  All polishes were either purchased by me or donated for the giveaway and not for review.  Remember you can enter the giveaway and see the other prizes HERE.

Prize Four

Sponsored by Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl, Indigo Bananas, Polished 10, Sharla Sells Avon, and Nail Bed Dreams.

Julie G Gumdrop Sugar Rush, LA Girl 3D Brilliant Blue, Jindie Quit Staring at my Melons, Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Birthday Wishes, Lynnderella Sapphire Starfire, Indigo Bananas Blue Iris, Rainbow Honey Koi Pond, LA Girl 3D Electric Coral, Avon Radiant, and Bath and Body Works PS I Love You Body Lotion.

There are five polishes to look at tonight, so I'm going to just give a quick blurb about each one.  Let's get to it!  Click on the photos to enlarge them!

Bottle Shots:

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquers Birthday Wishes

A bright royal blue with a strong pink shimmer.  Sheer and requires 3-4 coats.  It can get a little thick as you go, but plays well with thinner.  As this is one of my babies, it's only available right now through this giveaway.

And here's a shot in the fridge to show the pink a little more easily.  It is quite evident in person, but it kept hiding from my camera.

Lynnderella Sapphire Starfire

This is the newer version without the problem glitters.  It's a clear base with blue glitters in various shades and shapes, including diamonds, hearts, stars, and blossoms.  Like most Lynns, this bad boy was a glitter bomb.  It was easy to get the glitters out, but you definitely need the dab method to get the glitters to spread out well enough.  Here, I've used one coat over Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Birthday Wishes.  Follow Lynndrella's blog and fan pages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Right now, the only place that sells Lynns are at their eBay store here.

Indigo Bananas Blue Iris

Color shifter?  Understatement.  The base shifts from blue to purple, to a hint of red.  PLUS, there are color shifting iridescent glitters.  This polish is made of win.  Here, I've layered it over two coats of Deborah Lippmann Dancing in the Sheets so you could see the shift better.  You can purchase Indigo Bananas at her store here.  Follow Andrea on her blog, Facebook, and Instagram for news and updates.

Here is Blue Iris in the fridge to show the shift a little better.

Jindie Quit Staring at my Melons

Quit Staring at my Melons is a clear based polish with various shades of melon pink, coral, green, and black in various sizes of dots and hexes.  Application was easy and didn't require much digging.  Here, I've used it over Liquid Lacquer Stick a Fork in Me from prize 5.  You can purchase Jindie Nails at her shop, Llarowe, Harlow, Femme Fatale, Mei Mei's Signatures, and Ninja Polish.  Follow Jen on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for news and updates on releases and restocks.

Rainbow Honey Koi Pond

Koi Pond is another clear glitter topcoat, but it's jam packed with black, orange, silver, and blue hexes that are holo and regular metalic.  My mini bottle had quite a bit of evaporation, but this is the old bottle design, so I'm sure the issue's been fixed.  Application was a little difficult because of that, so I decided to do a glitter gradient over OPI Can't Find my Czechbook from prize 1 instead of covering the whole nail.  You can purchase Rainbow Honey at their store.  You can follow Dee and the crew on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for news and updates.

So, what do you think about these five?  Don't forget to enter!!

1 Year Blogiversary Prize 3

Tonight's post is going to be picture heavy, again, so I'm just going to get down to business.  All of the polishes in this post were either purchased by me or donated for the giveaway and not for review.  Tonight, I only have three polishes from the prize to show you.  As always, click on the photos to enlarge them.  To enter, go HERE.

Here's the second prize again:

Prize Three

Sponsored by Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl, Sharla Sells Avon, Enchanted Polish, Model City Polish, Elixir Polish, Polished 10, and Nail Bed Dreams.

 Avon Starlight, LA Girl 3D 3D Silver, Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Birthday Wishes, Enchanted Polish Dragon Spit, Model City Polish Blue Eyed Beauty, Elixir Polish 1 Year Blogiversary, OPI The Grape Lakes, Sinful Polish Mesmerize, and Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon Shower Gel.

Obligatory bottle shots:

Elixir 1 Year Blogiversary

1 Year Blogiversary is a light purple shimmer with red holo hexes, lavender squares, rainbow iridescent micro glitters, and giant black dots.  I adore the iridescent flecks.  They are so unexpected and so pretty.

Application was a little difficult as it was a bit thick for my tastes.  However, I tend to like things on the thinner side, so the consistency of this polish may be perfect for you.  I will also say that I thought I had a polish I could use as undies, but I didn't have a single match!  This is three coats over itself, but I usually like to layer my glitters over undies.  

The glitter spread evenly with a little manipulation.  I can also say that this polish is so unique.  I don't think I've seen anything that comes close!

The dots were easy to dig out, but weren't initially forthcoming on the brush.  I had to actively dig them out, which was pretty simple.  You can purchase Elixir polishes at Nicole's store.  Follow her blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for news and updates on releases.

Model City Polish Blue Eyed Beauty

Blue Eyed Beauty is a dark blue jelly with teal and blue holographic hexes and dots.

I'm not usually a fan of the giant dots, but holy lord, they are amazing in this polish.  Here, I have layered 2 coats of BEB over 1 coat of Cult Nails Time Traveler, a deep navy creme.  The depth and sparkle in this polish is astounding.

Application was super easy.  No pooling, bubbling, streaking, and the glitters came out of the bottle of their own volition fanning out evenly across the nail.  

You can purchase Model City Polishes at her Etsy store.  Follow Nina at her blog, Facebook, and Instagram for news and updates.

Enchanted Polish Dragon Spit

Dragon Spit is a rusty red-orange holographic polish that flashes orange-ish gold in certain lights.  Here it is in indoor lighting.

Dragon Spit has such complex coloring that I may not be describing it right!  I think my photos are pretty accurate, but I can 100% say it's even more gorgeous in person.  Here is Dragon Spit in direct sunlight at sunset.

Unlike a lot of holos, DS had great application, which seems to be the standard MO for Enchanted polishes.  There wasn't any balding, streaking, or dragging.  I didn't need to use my special Aqua Base, either!

Let's just gaze upon this beauty once more...

Ahhhh.  You can purchase Enchanteds at her store, Llarowe, Harlow & Co, and Mei Mei's Signatures.  Follow Chelsea on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for news of new polishes and restocks.  Be aware, though, that shopping an Enchanted restock is like shopping the Filenes Running of the Brides.  You'll need to watch for elbows and stampedes.

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So, which of the polishes in this prize is your favorite?  I'm loving them all, so I won't choose favorites.  :)