Enchanted Polish Future Reflections

Finally a post!

Sorry for my absence, I had a lovely holiday in Italy and then came back to the week at work from hell! I've falling asleep at the drop of a hat when I get home and that doesn't leave much time for blogging. Also, I really badly broke my middle nail on my swatching hand the other day so it's a good thing that I already have quite a few posts sorted up.

Anyway, today I do have a beautiful polish to show you from Enchanted Polish, it's from the newly released Time to Pretend collection and it's called Future reflections. I was amazingly lucky at Chelsea's April restock and managed to snag a ton of her polishes, apparently she oversold by something like 2000 polishes but she managed to get them all to us, amazing customer service and another reason to love Enchanted.

Future Reflections is a beautiful holographic navy blue/purple/pink subtle multi-chrome polish. As ever the formula was amazing, I used 2 effortless coats and one coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

Make sure you look further down to see my amazing Enchanted haul! Lots more to come....

WOW!

While I was taking these here is little Miagi. I got some catnip spray from TK Maxx and sprayed it on one of his toys, he absolutely went nuts and loved it!

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Nubar Reclaim

Well, it's middle of May and no chance of any sunshine to wear any holo's so........ I just thought I'd remind myself of the fabulousness of something I've already worn since I'm not going to be seeing it on my nails anytime soon.... oh the joys of the English weather!!

This is Nubar Reclaim, if you don't own it then you should, if you have it but haven't worn it then you need to!

This is 2 coats on it's own with a layer of HK Girl as a topcoat. I used my usual base and the formula was absolutely beautiful, no dragging or pulling, just effortless coats.

I can't wait to wear this polish again, dare I say, it is even more stunning in real life, why oh why did it take me so long to try it??!

Enchanted Polish Magical Mystery Tour

Well, I told you I had something special for you today.... and here it is. So if you know me, you'll know I am a huge Enchanted Polish fan. Yes I know Chelsea's business has exploded and that has made it harder for us to get her polishes but boy, when you get your hands on one are they worth it!

I'm not going to do much talking today because this polish doesn't need words, but I will tell you that I think this is my favourite polish of all time. This is the polish I could wear for the rest of my life and want to be buried in (hopefully not for a very long time but it gives you a indication of my absolute love for it). This is Enchanted Polish Magical Mystery Tour, 3 coats, although it only needed 2. It is pure multi chrome, holographic goodness. I couldn't love it more!

I need a least 2 back up bottles, on to the pictures.....

I don't need to describe these pictures, you can see for yourself, and yes, this is all ONE polish!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!

Zoya Aurora

I'm lucky enough to be in several (ahem!) polish groups in Facebook and this year participated in a couple of Secret Santas. I have always been incredibly lucky with all of my swaps and such like and these were no different.

The first Secret Santa was in my birthday group and I used the polishes to do this mani. The second was in a group I have been in since my polish obsession started. I got a ton of stuff, candies, candles, pens, nail wraps lipgloss AND 3 Zoyas. I love that because it is so thougthful, my girl knew I can't easily get Zoyas here so that's what she got me. It really was like getting a stocking to open. I really have found so much kindness and thoughfulness in the polish world, it really astounds me sometimes. In this crazy world a little bit of kindness can be so heartening.

Anyway, back to the polish. This is Zoya Aurora from the Ornate collection. I actually gasped at it's beauty when I opened it and I knew which one I had to wear first.

This is 2 effortless coats. The formula is fantastic and it is simply a beautiful scattered holo. I used a coat of HK Girl topcoat for this mani and it did not affect the holloness one bit.

Drool.........

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Boots 17 Holo

I was walking through Boots in September I believe, or it may have been August and what should catch my eye?? A Boots 17 Holo! Of course after the disappointment of GOSH Holographic Hero I had to pick it up just to see.

You can't always tell how holo a polish will be from looking at the bottle, for example the original GOSH Holographic is actually a dull grey when you look at it in the bottle and we all know that's not the case on the nail don't we! So I thought to myself, you never know.....

I got it outside, swatched it on one nail and my hopes of a beautiful rainbow were dashed so I didn't want waste the very little sun we have in the UK on this polish, instead I took it on honeymoon to swatch it as I knew I'd have a lot of sunshine to play with!

I would describe Boots 17 as a subtle scattered holo, so if you like linear in your face holo's like I do this probably isn't for you. However if you are just getting into holographic polishes and want to try something subtle, easy to find and reasonably priced you might want to give it a go. I think I bought mine for £3.99 but Boots often does 3 for 2 deal so you might be able to get it cheaper.

These photographs were taken when the sun was starting to set, it wasn't at it's brightest so you may get a bit more rainbow than I have shown. This was 2 coats, no topcoat. I did try topcoat and it did not affect the holo effect. I found the formula to be fairly easy for a holo and didn't use an aqua base either. Overall a good holo starter polish I'd say.

 

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Enchanted Polish I Am The Walrus

On to more honeymoon polishes......

 

Today I have Enchanted Polish I Am The Walrus. This polish is describes as a holographic polish that flashes magenta to wine to gold and green. I don't know if I saw all those colours but I certainly did get a rusty red, brown, orange and green.

 

It's a very pretty polish but there was just something about it I just didn't love. I don't know, maybe it was too warm and I had a bit of a tan so maybe it was that I didn't like? I'm going to keep it for now and wear it again when I'm pale to see how I like it. I've loved all the swatches of it I've seen so we'll see........

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

I thought I'd do a bit of a tape mani, it didn't quite turn out how I had anticipated but I still liked it.

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Catrice Dirty Berry and China Glaze Prism Gradient

Right,on to  more honeymoon nails. This one was Catrice Dirty Berry which is a dusty toned purple scattered holographic polish.

It is subtle and beautiful, maybe a bit plain for me to wear alone and I'd like to stamp over it next time.

I think I did 3 coats for this mani, the formula was fine and I wore it for a few days with no chips or tipwear. It's a keeper for me.

As beautiful as this polish is I wanted to add some bling! I love this picture - my beautiful nails and my beautiful husband relaxing in the background.

I know this isn't the best picture of my nails but we went walking with Lions in Mauritius - can you seen the beautiful white Lion in the background. What a stunner!

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Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger

On to more Honeymoon mani's..... I need to find some time for daily posting to get these out of the way before I have to show you my Christmas polishes....... I will, I promise!

So, when planning my honeymoon nail wardrobe I thought I'd take a few of my 'special' polishes away, I mean really it was my honeymoon, doesn't get more special than that! Now when I say special I mean the really special ones that you tend not to ever wear for fear of running out! As part of those I picked out Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger.

To me Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger was one of those mythical polishes I didn't even dare put on my wishist becuase I knew I'd never own it so I didn't want to feel sad that it sat there on my wishlist with no chance of ever being ticked off. I haven't even seen any being sold or auctioned for quite a while so I just put it out of my mind. Then one day I was at work, quickly looked at my phone and a fellow polishaholic had put it up for swap. I can't tell you how quickly my fingers flew to message her.... I actually had something she wanted to swap for and the rest is history. I didn't even believe I'd get it until it was in my hands, I'd have been more than happy for a mini but this baby was full size!!!!!!! The polish Gods were shining on me that day.

Anyway, I've thought about posting this because I know some people don't like to see things they may never be able to get (personally I do and don't like to be teased - nothing is impossible right??), but I wanted to post it because it's part of my honeymoon and also just to say never give up hope. I swapped a Lynnderella (not even a LE one) for this and I added a whole bunch of other goodies in, not even at my swap partners request. We were both happy with our swap and got things we wanted. So..... you may just get very very lucky.

Anyway, on to the gloriousness that is Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger. This is what Dolly has to say herself about it:

 "Toxic Avenger" an 80's horror/hero cult classic. Poor nerdy Melvin, mutated after falling into a vat of nuclear waste, becomes the local mutant super hero. This amazing multi-chrome polish flashes from Grey, to Purple to Olive Green, with an intense Spectraflair pigment, most commonly known as holographic pigment which bursts into a rainbow of colors when the light catches it. Don't let this creepy little mutant scare you off. This color is one of the most unique and beautiful polishes I've made to date"

What do I say about it?? IT IS BEAUTIFUL and it's everything I hoped it would be.

For these pictures I wore it on it's own with 2 coats. Next time I'm layering it over black so i can preserve it. I can't tell you how happy I was when I saw my suitcase come round that carousel nd I knew my babies were safe..

Here it is in all it's holographic goodness:

It is even beautiful in the shade too:

Can you see the multi-chrome?

This was inside in the evening - this photo reminds me of that lovely time when you walk out for dinner into the warmth and are headed for nothing but relaxation, a pina colada, and some good food with great company.

In all it's splendour:

Pure perfection!

xx