Sinful Colors Blue By You Swatch And Review

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Hello Loves!  Cyber Monday is in full effect - are you being good and spending wisely?  It's hard to resist all those deals, and I'm trying to stay good by focusing on spending only for gifts.  I think I've put a decent dent into my gift list, but I still have a ways to go.  It's hard deciding what to get someone as a gift.  How are you doing with your gift shopping so far?  There's only a few more weeks until Christmas, can you believe it?

It's been a while since I've done a Sinful Color's post, and today's swatch is Blue By You, a lovely persian blue shade with lots of light blue glass fleck shimmer.  I believe this was released this past summer and exclusive to Target, so I'm not entirely sure if this is still available.  I was drawn to this by the shimmer alone, and it doesn't disappoint.  Formula was decent and opaque at two coats, and I added a layer of topcoat for shine.

Sinful Colors Blue By You

Sinful Colors Blue By You

Sinful Colors Blue By You

Sinful Colors Blue By You

Sinful Colors Blue By You

 I always love myself a Sinful Colors polish - I've never been disappointed by their shades and this is no exception.  I love all that glass fleck shimmer that's going on in this polish, I just want to grab it up and sprinkle it around the room.  These days, holos, multichromes and glitters can be found in abundance, but a good glassfleck is a rare breen indeed.  Have you worn one lately?

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Hare Polish Anemone Gardens Swatch And Review

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Hello darlings!  Are you enjoying your Sunday? I haven't had the most exciting weekend so far but hopefully that will change today.  Yesterday I took my car back in to exchange the new tires because I didn't like the ride if the new ones.  Most of my day was spent doing that, but luckily we did manage to get some Indonesian food for lunch.  I got to take advantage of the Amex small business Saturday deal with that delicious lunch so I guess the day wasn't so bad after all!

I've got another glitter-tastic jelly polish for you today, and it's the newest from Hare Polish called Anemone Gardens. True to its name, this is a vibrant polish with sparkling glitters of fuchsia and purple with a sprinkling of green squares in a dusty purple base.   Similar to other Hares, the formula of this was workable but sheer and dense with glitter.  I used four coats here and had no trouble with glitter drag or clusters, but due to the density of glitters some of the circle glitters didn't lay flat. I finished with a layer of topcoat but two may have been warranted for smoothness.

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

I next decided to try layering it over a base color to see if that would tame the glitter bomb appearance.  I used two coats of Bettina Berry Merry first.   I originally wanted to use OPI Pamplona Purple but my bottle was stuck closed and settled for the wine colored Berry Merry instead.

Bettina Berry Merry

Bettina Berry Merry

Bettina Berry Merry

Next I layered one coat of Anemone Gardens over followed with a layer topcoat.  You can see that the darker base brings out the iridescent flakes.

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

Hare Polish Anemone Gardens

I like the less glitter overwhelmed look of the layered mani but I'm not entirely happy with the base color.  I think Pamplona Purple may have worked better because it has less red tones and leans purple than Berry Merry.  Overall I adore the combination of glitters in Anemone Gardens, but I do wish the formula had a more pigmented base or less glitters. I would much rather Nikole's intended base color not get muddled when layered over another color.  On the other side of the coin, a polish can have more versatility when layered over different colors.  Nevertheless, for an indie created polish, this is genius in its coordination of colors. The fuchsia and purple glitters play off each other to create the illusion of a magenta effect when seen from afar.  The green squares set it all off and truly makes the name of Anemone Gardens.  The clever wordplay of the polish names by Hare always bring a smile to my face.  I love that polish makes me happy, don't you?

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