NYC Fashion Queen Collection: Swatches & Review

Yesterday I shared with you the Press Release for the NYC New York Color Fashion Queen Collection and today I have swatches of 4 of those shades!

Royal Chic

Royal Chic is a nice rich creamy dark brown polish. This is two coats without topcoat. A perfect vampy brown for fall.

Queen of the City

Queen of the City is an awesome raspberry purple polish with an awesome shimmer; shades like this just scream "fall collection" to me. This is two coats without topcoat.

Fashion Queen

Fashion Queen is a super sparkly marigold golden glitter polish. This is two coats without topcoat, for a glitter I'm loving that this is completely opaque in just two coats!

Rule The City

 

Rule The City is a gray glitter polish with larger red glitters mixed in. This is ONE coat of Rule The City without topcoat and as you can see it's pretty much opaque; love one-coaters!

Don't forget that there are five other shades in this collection, so make sure that you check out your local stores to pick up these and the others!

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review*

KB Shimmer - Fall 2014 Polishes

Happy Labor Day! It's nice to have a long weekend away from work to spend some extra time doing leisurely activities, like baseball games, Gavin Degraw Concerts, and swatching Fall polish collections!

Today I have 5 shades from the new 10 piece Fall 2014 Collection from KB Shimmer.

How You Dune?: "Like sands through the hourglass, this “greige” polish is a perfect blend of creamy beige and a light grey, offering full coverage in 1-2 coats."

You know I'm all about work appropriate polishes and this greige has now been added into the work rotation. It's really a lovely greige and is very on trend of course. This is shown with two coats of color with topcoat.

Flannel Surfing: "Like a well-loved pair of pajama pants, this faded blue polish is warmed with gray undertones. Pops of orange, aqua and teal glitters complete this polish. Best in 2-3 coats."

I haven't seen a glitter/crelly mix polish with these shades before, this one is completely unique and perfect for a fall collection, I love how the glitters pop and blend against the milky blue base. This is two coats with topcoat; for a polish with glitters, this applied very evenly.

Rust No One: "This orange, rusty, red leaning pumpkin color is ideal for fall.  With its linear holographic rainbow, Rust No One is beautiful indoors and out.  This holographic polish covers well in 2-3 coats."

Hello gorgeous orange holo!! This is definitely one of my favorites from the collection, the shade of orange is red (or pink) leaning and looks like a shade that will flatter all skin tones. Too bad it was cloudy out when I wore this, I can't wait to see what it would look like outside in the sun. This polish applied smoothly and I am showing it here in two coats, no topcoat.

A Raisin to Live: "Deep and dark, A Raisin To Live is a deep burgundy, blacken Ox Blood colored polish full of holographic sparkles.  If you love Witch Way, try her vampy cousin."

Talk about a shade I couldn't stop staring at! I loved how A Raisin to Live kept me looking at my nails the whole time I had it on, so dark and squishy! This is two coats with topcoat and this shade had smooth and consistent application.

Stonewashed: "Jeans are a girl’s best friend, after diamond of course, and this dusty navy color is the perfect complement to denim. Applying Stonewashed is a breeze with 1-2 coat coverage."

Stonewashed was a breeze to apply; this is one coat with topcoat, as you can see, it applied smoothly and had full coverage. It's a lovely blue that is perfect for fall.

So there you have it! What do you think of these 5 shades?

All 10 of the shades in the collection will be available September 15th on KB Shimmer; if you're international, KB Shimmer polishes can be found at Harlow & Co.

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*

Zoya Entice Collection for Fall 2014

Are you ready for Fall? I'm not, that's for sure, fall simply starts what feels like 9 months of winter in Pittsburgh. LOL. One thing I am looking forward to though is wearing more dark and vampy polishes; and for my first Fall Collection review, I have Zoya Entice.



All polishes shown are two coats of color without topcoat unless otherwise stated

Nyssa: "Nyssa by Zoya can be best described as a milk chocolate brown in the flawless, full-coverage cream formula."

 

 

Margo: "Margo by Zoya can be best described as a modern red plum in a flawless, full-coverage cream formula."

 

Genevieve: "Genevieve by Zoya can be best described as a cool leather grey in the flawless full-coverage cream formula."

Veronica: "Veronica by Zoya can be best described as a full-coverage brilliant red wine."

Ryan: "Ryan by Zoya can be best described as a classic indigo in a flawless cream formula. (Originally released during NYFW for Timo Weiland's AW14 Collection)"


One coat of color shown

One coat of color shown

Claire: "Claire by Zoya can be best described as a warm, rich burgundy with a flawless, full-coverage cream finish."

Overall, I like the colors in this collection, there is a good mix of dark and vampy and rich creamy shades. I did find these polishes to be a bit on the thicker side to apply, however, this did allow for all to have full cover in one or two coats.

Which one of these shades in your favorite? I'm really liking Genevieve and Veronica :)

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*



Twinsie Tuesday: Classic

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is "Classic", I immediately thought of a classic plain red mani. I'm sure that some of the other girls thought of this too, so let's take a look at my mani first.

For this look, I simply used two coats of Essie Fishnet Stockings. The plain bold red of this along with my rounded nail shape feels very Classic to me. I think the best part of a Classic look is that it doesn't go out of style, and I know that plain red nails have been in style throughout the decades.

Let's see if any of the other ladies chose a Classic red mani for this week's theme.

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Bridget at A Painted Nail

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision​

Traci at DrinkCitra 

 

 

OPI - Casino Royale

Happy Friday! I took a vacation day from work so it's an extra happy Friday for me! LOL. I have a bunch of OPI swatches that I haven't posted so today I'll be sharing Casino Royale.

I am wearing two coats of Casino Royale in these pictures, the application and formula was of course flawless. It is really a gorgeous berry polish and I feel like although it's "darker", it is a shade that could be worn year round.

Short and sweet today; I hope you all have a great weekend!

KB Shimmer - Summer Collection Swatches & Review

Today I have six gorgeous shades from the KB Shimmer Summer Collection. And if you're wondering, yes, this is her SECOND Summer Collection already! (I believe this is it for now... lol)

 

Radiant Orchid – Radiant Orchid, 2014 color of the year, is the ideal shade to transition nails from spring to summer and even fall.  This pink toned purple has fuchsia and mauve undertones.

 

I love creams and how much more on-trend can you get than a Radiant Orchid polish named Radiant Orchid?! This is two coats, and as with her other creams, the formula on this polish was excellent.

 

Peak My Interest – A melon pink colored polish with triangle glitters in white, pink and dark aqua.

 

This is my first polish with triangle glitters; I love that! I liked the glitters and base combo of this polish. This is three thin coats.

 

Look High And Holo – A raspberry jelly with a rainbows worth of holographic glitters in hexes and squares.

 

I am wearing two coats of color here; this shade is super jam packed with glitters so it's more of a dab me on type of glitter. I love the raspberry jelly base of this shade.

 

Scribble Me This – A graffiti inspired glitter top coat featuring mini stars, triangles, and neon glitters.

 

I love neon glitters; plus the triangles?! Love! This is two coats of the glitter topper. I can totally see the graffiti inspiration in this.

 

Sweet Wave – A Bright pastel candy inspired glitter top coat with white, mint, periwinkle and watermelon colored glitters.

 

This glitter topper reminds me of spring; but I love that because pastel glitters are so pretty! This is jam packed with glitters as well; two coats shown.

 

Happily Ever Aster – A floral inspired glitter top coat with purple, lavender, light aqua and white glitters swimming in a sparkling base.

This one reminded me of a spring polish as well, but as with the last one I love it! I'm sure if it paired this over a bright blue or pink it would seem more summery, but since I chose this pastel base I think it's leaning more "spring". This is two coats of glitter topper.

 

There are 6 additional shades in the collection and you can check out the Press Release HERE for more pictures and descriptions.

 

So which of these shades is your favorite? Will you be picking any of these up?

 

There are also some cool nail decals which I will be reviewing in a separate post! You can purchase the polishes and decals at the following locations:

• Inside US: https://www.kbshimmer.com/
• Outside US: http://www.harlowandco.org/

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*