Jindie-Dollish Collaboration: Batman & The Joker Duo

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I first need to apologize for being a bad blogger. I promised Jindie (& Dollish) I'd swatch this amazing duo and I didn't get it done in time for the release. Doesn't Life know that blogging is very important?? But! As of this posting there are still duos left so go go go!

In case you haven't heard of this duo, here is the good stuff--swatches!

Shelby Lou Nails
Dollish Polish
"Why So Serious?"
Batman & The Joker Collaboration with Jindie Nails

Dollish Polish mixed The Joker half of this duo called "Why So Serious?" I never saw the movie because I'm not really into superhero movies (gasp!) but I am into this polish. Why So Serious? is described as "A vibrant purple crelly, jam-packed with micro glitter of varying shades, including holographic lime, burnt orange, indigo, blue, black, holographic purple, iridescent blue, plus sprinkled in are olive, orange, and indigo flakes."

For my swatch I used a base of China Glaze Grape Pop with two easy coats of Why So Serious. I turned my bottle upside down before swatching to get the good stuff that had settled a little. The charms are from Daily Charme. I am surprised by how much I like this! It is such a fun color, and I will totally be wearing this on Halloween.

Shelby Lou Nails
Jindie Nails
"Ever Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?"
Batman & The Joker Collaboration with Dollish Polish

Jindie Nails designed the Batman half of the duo called "Ever Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?" I can't even with this polish! The shimmer is insane. Jindie describes this stunner as "A light, moon gray jelly packed with classic-light gold and silver flakies, banana yellow squares and small hex, black triangles and small hex, classic and light gold small hex, ultra fine and fine black and yellow matte hex, black small and medium dots, gunmetal small hex and flakies."

For "Moonlight" I started with a base on all fingers of KBShimmer How You Dune? I then did two thin coats mostly of the base and smaller elements of the polish, followed up with some fishing and dabbing of the bigger glitters which were easy to grab. For the accent nail I made a decal using MoYou London Fashionista 04. I stamped with Rica Blackout, painted in the chevrons with Sally Hansen Insta-dri Lightening with a teeny detail brush, then topcoated it and peeled it up when dry. It's my first successful decal! I think it is the perfect accent to this beautiful polish, which I can't wait to wear again.

This duo is very limited and close to sold out, you can follow the links below to grab your set from your preferred indie gal!

Products: 
Jindie Nails
Dollish Polish

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Pahlish Ticker Tape Parade Duo for March 2015

Purchased By Shelby Lou 

I love me some Pahlish! I've been trying to share more of her duos since I own EVERY SINGLE ONE (like a psycho) since they started in April 2013. I'm still waiting for a sub-box. I go back and forth on sharing duos since I usually get mine too late in the month to share it in time to be nice to any lemmings it would create. I have concluded though that you can use this as more of a reason to purchase future duos, yes?

Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Ticker Tape Parade Duo
Confetti Cannon over Tissue Paper Flowers

This month's duo was created to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Pahlish. I can't believe it's already been that long! And at the same time it seems like it must be longer. Pahlish is quickly catching up to my Hare stash and they happily share one overflow drawer together. The Ticker Tape Parade Duo consists of Tissue Paper Flowers and Confetti Cannon.

Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Ticker Tape Parade Duo
Confetti Cannon over Tissue Paper Flowers

Tissue Paper Flowers is a white crelly with bright blue, purple, and hot pink flake shimmer. I can't even with this polish, I love it so hard. Lovely formula, I did three thin coats and wore it for a day alone.

Confetti Cannon is a mix of blue, purple, pink, and aqua glitters in all shades, shapes, and finishes. Perfect formula for a glitter gradient! It is always my tradition to wear my duo base for a day and then add the glitter gradient the next day.

Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Ticker Tape Parade Duo
Confetti Cannon over Tissue Paper Flowers

I took a macro on my instagram, make sure you check it out to see all the goodness up close and personal. As far as I know this should be restocked along with other goodies on Sunday March 29th at 7pm Central. If you even kind of like this, get it while you can! I really think this might be my favorite duo like, ever, guys.

Products:
Pahlish

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Zoya Naturel Satins for Spring 2015

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I have some exciting news! Two of my BFFs are expecting this year. I knew one was having a girl and we just found out my other friend is having a boy yesterday. Basically I get to have a niece and a nephew this year! I've never been baby-crazy, but seeing my friends so happy and getting to be an auntie just has me so jazzed. Yes. Jazzed.

Speaking of babies, I've been kind of a baby about swatching the Zoya Naturel Satins, but I finally have them to show you guys today. I promised myself I would do these before I did the Delight samples and it's only been over two months haha. The bottom line is: I dislike mattes. Yeah yeah, these are satins, but they are not shimmery or glossy and that how I like my nail polish.

Application was essentially the same for all of the Satins. I started with a thick coat of ridge-filling basecoat, as one does for any matte polish. The formula is thick and creamy and surprisingly opaque. They start to set fairly quickly so it is important to be fast, steady, and decisive in your application--any little mis-stroke will show. This can be corrected on your second thick coat which is all that is needed for opacity, but if you need to smooth things out you can do a third coat. I had a little trouble with Leah and Rowan not self-leveling very well, which none of them really did but these especially, but I'm not sure if that was the formula or user error.

I am not happy with some of my swatches, however, I also did not want to baby the polishes too much so that I had an inaccurate experience to share. I have the swatches shown as intended without topcoat and then with topcoat. Color descriptions are right from Zoya's website.

Zoya Ana
"light toasted almond" satin
I swear this is the same polish.

Zoya Brittany
"rose mauve" satin

Zoya Leah
"lavender tinged taupe" satin

Zoya Rowan
"suede taupe" satin

Zoya Tove
"misty slate gray" satin

Zoya Sage
"mossy sage" satin

For me personally, I love the colors. So perfectly dusty! However if I was trying to apply these three years ago I would have thrown them across the room because there is no way I would have made them look even halfway decent. Having applied so much polish over the years I did alright, and the finish is quite pretty from normal viewing distance. I would like to add topcoat to these before they set to smooth them out, or use them as a base for nail art or glitters.

I would say if you loves mattes, satins, or other novel textures, definitely give one or two of these a try. If you are going to do just one manicure instead of swatching six I think the experience would not be nearly has frustrating haha! Give yourself some practice time and plenty of dry time and you can have a lovely satin manicure. I'll be sure to share mine on instagram at least when I do!

Products:
Zoya Naturel Satins

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