Colors by Llarowe Conny you saucy minx

Happy Monday! Oh, I'm counting the days to my vacation, only 2 more weeks to go! My husband and I were planning to book a last minute trip, but we are constantly browsing the internet to see if we can find any good deals to sunny places. Fingers crossed we end up somewhere nice, preferably with a Sephora close by...

Today I have a gorgeous polish for you. Colors by Llarowe Connie you saucy minx is one of those polishes you just can't stop staring at. Even in the bottle, this is an eyecatcher. Connie is a Bright medium purple crelly with intense hot pink shimmer.

The formula was nice, just a little on the thick side. It still flowed on the nail with ease, was opaque in 2 thin coats and dried really fast and shiny.

This one is a stunner people! Is vibrant and shimmery, the purple bases color alone is gorgeous, but the very noticeable hot pink shimmer makes you want to keep staring. I have no words for how much I love this polish! Everything about it is just perfect.

And can you blame me for falling head over heels for this polish? If  you love purple polish, you NEED this in your life! Even if you don't particular love purple polish, you NEED this in your life!

Colors by Llarowe is made by the wonderful Leah An from Llarowe and is available on her site, Harlow&Co and for my European girls, Hypnotic Polish. I'd suggest you click on one of the links and order it, right now, you won't be disappointed!

What's your favorite Colors by Llarowe polish?

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Colors by Llarowe Billy Jean

Billie Jean is not my lover, she's just a girl who claims that
I am the one, but the kid is not my son!
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son.

 

I think everybody knows this song by the King of Pop and can sing along. I love it, it happens to be one of my favorite Michael Jackson songs.

So when I heard Llarowe was doing a tribute to Michael Jackson, I knew I wanted this one! When I saw the first swatches of it, I was over the moon, one of my favorite songs was my all time favorite color polish!!!

 

Colors by Llarowe Billy Jean is a deep, vampy red crelly with a gorgeous subtle gold shimmer. It even seems to shimmer to green in the bottle, but I can't really see that on the nail. 

This is my kind of color! Deep, dark and vampy. Absolutely stunning. But what makes me reach for this polish every time is the formula. It's perfect! I love the cap and the brush of the CbL bottles and the polish itself flows on the nail with ease. Opaque in 2 thin coats and fast drying... I love it! It does dry a little bit less shiny than I would like, but that is easily fixed with a topcoat. And after a layer of HK Girl... oh boy... be prepared to be blown away!

I have no words... I'm in awe of this polish, it's just that gorgeous! I think this stunner deserves a couple more pictures, just because a picture says more than a thousand words.

All I can say is: well done Llarowe, well done!

Do you own any of the Michael Jackson polishes and what is your favorite song?

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Colors by Llarowe Purple Rain

I've mentioned the awesome website Llarowe more than once on my blog. You can find the best indie polishes on this site and I have spend many a dollar there. When Leanne announced that she would be releasing her own line of nail polish, I was thrilled! With all that experience with indie polishes, these must be absolutly fantastic polishes.

As soon as I saw the first picture of Colors by Llarowe Purple Rain I knew I had to have it! This wonderful deep purple polish had to be mine!

Purple Rain is a dark purple jelly with a ton of blue micro glitter. So gorgeous and unique to my collection. When I painted the first coat, I noticed that the formula was a little weird. Thick and goopy, like trying to paint thick syrup on my nails. I just couldn't get an thin, even coat on my nails. I was wondering if this was the normal consistancy of this polish or did I somehow get a bad one? A friend of mine also has this polish, so I checked with here and her polish is actually perfect! So I added just a few drops of thinner to my bottle and  that fixed it completely.



3 coats Purple Rain, 1 coat SV

It was opaque in 3 coats and it dried really fast. I love the understated beauty of this polish, the glitter/shimmer is very subtle, but in sunlight... oh boy... I just can't get over how gorgeous it is! The blue micro glitter really pops, absolutely stunning!

I love this polish, I really don't mind that I had to add a bit of thinner. This just happens sometimes. The bottle is also a really big plus in my opinion. The cap is rubbery which gives you a nice grip. The brush itself is nice and thin, but fans out enough to distribute the polish evenly. I am a huge fan!

Just look at the blue glitter in this polish!


Picture taken at night, but look at that blue glitter!

Do you own any Colors by Llarowe?

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Mani Monday's: Favorite Red part 1

Today's Mani Monday theme is Favorite Red!
Well, red happens to be my favorite nail polish color and I have a lot of them. In my book, red is a color that fits every occasion, you just can't go wrong with a red nail. Classic red, vampy red, red with shimmer, micro glitter, large glitter, bright red... there's a red for every one!

So you can imagine my dilemma with just choosing one favorite red polish. I felt it wouldn't do the magnificence of red nail polish justice, so I decided to do Mani Monday's a little different this time.

I did pick my all time favorite red nail polish and I will definitely show you this polish, including swatches. But not untill tomorrow. This also has to do with my more than busy weekend, which lead to me not being able to paint my nails. I'm still rocking the B&W mani...

Today I have my favorite reds for you. Yes, Reds, plural. I think all these polishes are awesome in there own way and deserve a little bit of time in the spotlight. I devided them up in to categories, so let's get started!

Red with golden micro glitter/shimmer

Misa Girl Friday, OPI Smitten with Mittens, OPI The spy who loved me

This is one of my favorite types of red! I love the combination of a red polish with a hint of gold. It's just so classy and gives extra depth to the polish.

Girl Friday has a perfect formula, glides on the nail, opaque in 2 thin coats, dries really fast and looks stunning. Misa is one of my favorite brands, every single polish I own has this perfect formula. I just wish they would make more colors.

Smitten with Mittens is a deep red with golden micro glitter. Just perfect! Opaque in 2 thin coats, dries really fast and just makes me happy when I look at it. Unfortunatelly it was a limited edition holiday 2009 polish. It is still available on eBay, but it's not cheap...

The spy who loved me is part of the 2012 James Bond collection. This polish is an orange based red with golden micro glitter. Stunning and really gorgeous paired with OPI Goldeneye.

Red creams, crelly's and jelly's

OPI Girls just want to play, OPI Wocka Wocka, OPI An affair in Red Square

Essie Limited Addiction, Essie Skirting the issue, China Glaze Vermillion, China Glaze Phat Santa

You can never go wrong with a red cream, jelly or crelly. Fits every occasion and every outfit. Red is flattering on just about every skintone and with the jelly's you can make all kinds of different jelly sandwiches.

Girls is a raspberry red crelly. It is an older polish and I love this formula. Opaque in 2 coats, dries really fast and the finish is incredibly shiny. My perfect summer red.

Wocka Wocka is part of the 2011 Muppets collection and a hidden treasure in my book. Everybody was talking about the gorgeous glitters in that collection and although I do like those, I love me some Wocka Wocka!

An affair in Red Square is part of the 2007 Russian collection and has a slight shimmer. It looks similar to Wocka Wocka, but there is a slight difference in tone.

Ok, just typing Russian Collection and realized I totally forgot to include Vodka & Caviar! Don't know how that happened, because I hunted that polish down like a mad woman and I absolutely love it!

Limited Addiction is nice midtoned red cream. Just gorgeous.

Skirting the issue is an oxblood red jelly. Perfect for jelly sandwiches.

Vermillion is a blue toned red cream. I looked for a blue toned red cream polish for so long and was dissapointed so many times. Not with Vermillion! It's stunning on the nail.

Phat Santa, I love that name! And this midtone red polish is just awesome.

Red Glitter

Orly Devil may care, China Glaze Ruby Pumps, Girly Bits Rogue, Colors by Llarowe Billy Jean

Red glitter polish... do I need to say more?

Devil may care is red and gold gitter in a clear base. This polish basically screames Christmas to me. Pefect layered over any red base.

Ruby pumps is red glitter in a red base. Opaque on its own in just 2 coats and beautiful, but even better layered over a vampy color like China Glaze Lubu Heels. It makes it extra chic.

Girly Bits Rogue, my favorite red indie. For a full review, click here.

And last, but certainly not least, the newest edition to my stash: Colors by Llarowe Billy Jean. Vampy, stunning and a dream to work with. LOVE it!

What's your favorite Red? And what do you think my all time favorite red polish is?
For the answer, check out my blog tomorrow for swatches :D

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