HARE polish: For Margot Tenenbaum & Comparison

Purchased By Shelby Lou

Hello all! How about some Hare Polish love? Hare Polish is my favorite brand EVER. I am on a mission to post more of my Hare manis--I wear them often, I just don't ever want want them to be even a little like work by blogging them. Here is a quick mani I wore this week with a polish that doesn't belong to any collection, For Margot Tenenbaum.

Hare Polish
For Margot Tenenbaum
Shown over China Glaze For Audrey
Accent of Nicole by OPI Carrie'd Away

For Margot Tenenbaum is a dusty minty green jelly with gold circles, hexes, flakies, shimmer, and iridescent glitters. I love these colors together in summer! So lovely and shimmery, and one of my favorite things about Hare is the hidden shimmers. In my swatch I have two coats over one coat of China Glaze For Audrey. I chose to layer this because I have some damage from a fight with fakes (don't ask) and jellies alone just ain't gonna fly right now! Nice formula, but as with all jellies patience, thin coats, and a light touch is required. Accent is Nicole by OPI Carrie'd Away, a lovely and shimmery yellow-gold texture. Quite a plain mani for me but I love it!

I also thought a Hare comparison was in order for the curious. Here are some of the other Hares you might think would be similar. You be the judge.

Hare Polish comparison (From Left to Right)
For Margot Tenenbaum (2 coats) over China Glaze For Audrey
For Margot Tenenbaum (3 coats)
Bisbee 2.0 (3 coats)
Bisbee (original formula, 3 coats)
Read My Biorhythm (3 coats)

I might need to have a weekly Hare Day. Check out Hare Polish's blog for all the infos on new releases, social media, and restock news!

Products:
Hare Polish

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Renaissance Cosmetics Curio / Curiosity

Purchased By Shelby Lou

Sunday morning I woke up late with nekkids and needed a quick and cute mani for a Sunday family gathering. It seems like all I want lately are nudes with a pop of color, so I started with a basecoat of OPI You're So Vain-illa from this summer's Coca-Cola Collection. Gorgeous nude, love it. And next, because I realized it matched my dress so well, I grabbed Renaissance Cosmetics Curio/Curiosity a.k.a. The Life-Changing Black & White Glitter Topper.

Renaissance Cosmetics
Curio/Curiosity
Shown over OPI You're So Vain-illa

This topper from RenCos (my own abbreviation) is so freaking fantastic... I just can't. Curio/Curiosity is a glitter topper with matte black and white shards and squares, as well as iridescent glitters and purple-gold shimmer. I see rainbow sparkle! The matte black and white glitters are so graphic and then to add in the subtle shimmer just pushes me right over the edge. This is one of those polishes that I've never seen anything like and which makes me put it on the must-have list.

I did my glitter gradient with the polish brush. I painted and dabbed the top 2/3 of my nails and then went back a second time on the top 1/3. I smooshed some of the smaller bits down and the larger bits up which I think adds to the visual gradient effect. The polish is thick but nice and workable--I was able to push my glitters around but they didn't slide down my nail. Pretty much no fishing, and this bottle has been sitting for awhile (*hangs head in shame*). How does it all stay so perfectly suspended?! I finished my nails with two coats of KBShimmer Clearly On Top, in another coat it would have been perfectly smooth but I was happy with the look. So easy, so simple, BIG impact!

So umm, go get this. I really think I have reached black & white glitter fulfillment. The creator of these polishes is Meghan (as in, the Meghan of Will Paint Nails For Food fame). She has an incredible knack for polish formulas. Plus, I know from my contact with Meghan she is a genuinely lovely person!

Products:
Renaissance Cosmetics

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Zoya Naturel Deux--Owl Chevrons

***Press Sample
***Purchased By Me

I just finished working a 6th day in a row and I am exhausted! I had no idea I was also about to be typing up my 100th blog post this week either. Go me! I do have plans to be more consistent through August with posts. I think I do need to get back to posting the looks I wear and enjoy on a regular basis, which is how I really started out and what I enjoy the most. I've also been thinking of switching to actually wearing the color for my swatches and posting several times a week instead. We shall see what August brings!

Here is a look I did with the browns from the Zoya Naturel Deux collection. I had a tough time coming up with something for the browns. These shades are gorgeous but totally out of my comfort zone--which was good because I needed a challenge! Of course I needed some gold to accent these lovely chocolate shades. I haven't worn my little Hex Nail Jewelry Owl yet, which is a shame because he is adorable. I also decided to use the browns in a very graphic, color-blocked kind of way to show off the colors the best and not end up looking like a grandma mani--like in a bad way.

Owl Chevrons
Featuring Zoya Spencer, Chanelle, & Emilia

On my pinky I used Emilia with a lilttle gold stud accent.
For my ring finger I used a base of Chanelle with the owl charm from Hex Nail Jewelry.
For my index and middle finger I chose a base of Spencer. I used a chevron nail guide and painted Emilia on, making sure to wrap the tip. Then I used a striping brush to freehand the second stripe in Chanelle. I know I wasn't pumped about Spencer when I was swatching, but she sure works well for nail art!
If you are interested, you can see my swatches and review of the Zoya Naturel Deux chocolate shades here.


I am pretty pleased with what I ended up with! Trust me, there were many redone nails in this process.

Products:
Hex Nail Jewelry
Zoya

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