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We are full swing into 2019 and I have so much to share! Polish Pickup kicks off on January 4th, this Friday! This month's theme is Mythology, which is a huge theme and can really inspire so many colors. I have a handful of contributions today and they are so diverse. You'll love them and want to start your wish list!
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Alter Ego
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Amphictyonis: 3 coats.
Cost & Cap: $8.50, no cap
Inspiration: Based on a goddess of wine and friendship between nations.
Thoughts: This is a red-based purple polish loaded with teal and turquoise shimmer. The shimmer is not shy at all, which I love! Just look at it in the sun! This is a super gorgeous polish. The shimmer is complex and beautiful.
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Aurora Lacquer
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Break Every Curse at Sea: 2 coats.
Cost & Cap: $12 and cap of 75.
Inspiration: Based on Poseidon’s trident from “Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Men Tell No Tales.” In the movie, if one destroys the trident they
break every curse at sea. Henry Turner, son of William and Elizabeth
Turner embarks on a journey to find and destroy the trident so he can
free his father from his fate bound to the Flying Dutchman and return to
his family.
Thoughts: This is a turquoise polish with a blue-green shift and color shifting flakies. I couldn't believe the shift upon going into the shade. It's like a magnetic polish without the magnet! The flakes are really beautiful. I find Aurora's polishes are on the thicker side, so you can paint thinner coats or thin it out if needed. There's also a bit of holo sparkle in this one!
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Fiendish Fancies
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Weaver's Wrath: 2 coats.
Cost & Cap: $12 and cap of 100.
Inspiration: The green huntsman spider and the showdown between Athena and Arachne in Ovid's
Metamorphoses
Thoughts: This is described as an olive green metallic but it's totally pulling gold on me. I'm okay with that because gold polish is one of my favorite colors. There's a smattering of contrasting UCC flakes. It has a gorgeous sparkle. It's not holo but almost appears that way!
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KBShimmer
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Gaia: 2 coats plus top coat.
Cost & Cap: $10 and no cap.
Inspiration: At the beginning, there was Chaos. He was darkness, a void. Then came
Gaia (or Gaea). Some say that Gaia is Mother Earth, the Greek Earth
goddess from whom everything is born. From Gaia sprang the starry
heavens, the sky, mountains, plains, seas and rivers. And typical of
Greek myths, lots of drama.
Thoughts: Wow this is a punch in your face! This is the most vibrant blue I've ever seen. It's a sparkly cobalt blue loaded with microglitter and color shifting iridescent flakes. It's beautiful. It was the base of one of my New Year's Eve looks. It's gorgeous. Because of all the sparkle, you'll definitely need top coat to smooth this one out.
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Stella Chroma
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Scrub: Cedar, Sage, and Blackberry
Cost: $5.50 for 2.5 oz, no cap
Thoughts: I love the formula of Stella Chroma's scrubs. I'm slowly making a list of scents to get in bigger sizes and you bet this is on it! It's a perfect balance of woodsy, herbal, and sweet. Delicious. I want to eat it. Haha. But I won't.
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Goddess of the Wild: 2 coats plus top coat. (or 3 thin, depends how you paint).
Cost & Cap: $12 and no cap.
Inspiration: Goddess of the Wild is inspired by the enclosed photo of a statue of
Artemis, Greek Goddess of the wilderness, the moon, and chastity that
is in the Louvre. I got to see this statue and I loved it so much! When a
Greek girl gets handed a mythology theme, how can she not go with art
of a Greek Goddess she saw at the Louvre?
Thoughts: This is beautiful crelly polish. It's an off-white almost light grey base, what Pam calls marble! This is loaded with flake: green, gold, silver, green to gold shifting flakes. So many flakes! It totally reminds me of stones that statutes are made from.
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I really love the variety just in the handful I have here so I can't wait to see others. I like where makers went with Mythology. These will be available from
January 4th-7th. Shipping is flat rate $3 in the US and $5 to Canada.
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The Stella Chroma and AE polishes are on my wish list!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the mythology theme and I would love several of these beauties, especially the Alter Ego wine, the Stella Chroma polish and the gorgeous KB Shimmer - that blue is insane!
ReplyDeleteGreat colors! I'm always a fan of sparkle nails!
ReplyDeleteAlter Ego is very interesting. I don't think I have anything like that in my collection.
ReplyDeleteMy resolve to not buy polish for a few months is getting weaker after reading this post. I really like Aurora's polish.
ReplyDeleteGaia from KB Shimmer is definitely on my list. I need to figure out what else I need! :) PS - ALL!
ReplyDeleteGaia is beautiful, my eye was drawn to the bright bold blue and I've always loved KBShimmer's formula
ReplyDeleteI love the inspiration for this month, and these makers nailed their inspirations perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your thorough reviews! All your manis and photos are outstanding!
ReplyDeleteI love the turquoise within Alter Ego. It takes what is otherwise another brown polish to a whole new level.
ReplyDeleteI love the uniqueness of the Stella Chroma and the scrub is so nice!
ReplyDeleteThese are all pretty awesome but the KBShimmer steals my heart!!! Love the depth!
ReplyDeleteI’m really digging this month’s offerings! Also I want to get into sugar scrubs so this is a great way to start!
ReplyDeleteThe Stella Chroma polish is oh my goodness GORGEOUS! Loving the green flakies against that background.
ReplyDeleteI'm really intrigued by the Alter Ego
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