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Friday, November 8, 2013

Pinwheel Polish "Harvest Collection" (Swatches + Review)

Hello again ladies! Today I have swatches + reviews of Janna's "Harvest Collection" that is being released today!

There is a total of 8 polishes in this collection. 1 crelly, 1 glitter topper, and 6 shimmers. 

To avoid repetition throughout this post, I'm just going to type it once here, (1) I used 1 coat of Out the Door topcoat for all the swatches (2) All the shimmers dried quickly and required no undies! (3) With careful application, you'll get no visible brush strokes like I did in some of the shimmer swatches. I personally don't mind visible brush strokes, so I didn't worry too much about application. (4) All the polishes were a DREAM to put on, they were as smooth as buttah!

Crushed Leaves is an off-white crelly with an array of fall colored glitters. This polish has medium and small green, red, orange and yellow hex and square glitters along with large, medium and small brown hex glitters and copper hexes all in a milky white base with micro copper glitter. I used 2 thin coats (no fishing or glitter placement!) over 1 coat of white. I absolutely LOVE this polish. The name most definitely suits this polish, it's perfect!!

Autumn Air is a glitter topper that consists of beautiful iridescent glitter that give off different colors depending on the lighting, angle and the base you are wearing. I used 2 thin coats of "Autumn Air" over "Beau Khaki" + "Nirvana" by Sinful Colors. 

Apple Tart is a gorgeous bright yet deep red shimmer. I used 2 thin coats. You could probably get away with 1 medium-thick coat because it is so opaque! I used two because my nails are quite long and I'm use to always doing thin coats. This color is so beautiful, it's so hard to explain how amazing it looks. It's bright but it still makes me think of fall, not summer. I think the slight shimmer makes it look so perfect.

Fall Sky is a blue-green with a gold shimmer undertone. I used 3 thin coats. 

Firewood is golden brown with gold shimmer undertones. I used 2 thin coats. 

Haystack is a peachy shade with very slight purple, pink and yellow shimmer undertones. I used 3 coats. 

Plum Harvest is a purple with red flecks of glitter with slight silver and turquoise shimmer undertones. I used 3 thin coats. The little red flecks are so much more visible in person.

Sage is a very deep olive green with goldish yellow, green and a slight orange shimmer. I used 2 thin coats.

The shimmers in this collection are absoultely lovely! They're opaque in 2-3 thin coats and dry very quickly. I think this collection is the first Janna has done that doesn't mainly consist of her usual glitter bombs (I'm not complaining though, her glitter bombs are always so gorgeous!!). 

This collection has just been released on Janna's online shop!

♡,
Denisse

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Pinwheel Polish "My Favorite Halloween Movies" collection (Swatches + Review)

Hi ladies! Today I have swatches & reviews of Janna's "My Favorite Halloween Movies" collection.

This collection has a total of 5 polishes, 3 glitter toppers and 2 crellies.

To avoid repeating myself too much, I'll just type this down now, I used 1 coat of Out the Door top coat for every swatch.

Trick r Treat is a mixture of orange, black and white hex glitters. It also has grey medium sized hex & dot glitters with holo micro glitters, all suspended in a clear base. I used 2 thin coats of "Trick r Treat" over 3 coats of "Melon" by Cherimoya. This polish was so easy to apply and dried quickly. I had to do no fishing or glitter placement with this one because the brush picked up a nice amount of glitter. I really loved the way this combo looked because the glitter really popped!


Silent Hill consists of white and grey square glitters, some black dots and grey hexes suspended in a milky white, almost grey, base. I used 2 medium-thick coats of "Silent Hill" over 1 coat of a white polish. This polish did require some fishing and glitter placement. The black dots did not really get picked up by the brush but if you flip the bottle upside down for a few minutes they should be relatively easier to pick up. This is definitely my favorite from the collection. The fishing & placing is very worth it in my opinion.


The Monster Squad is a combination of a lot of different sizes and shapes of glitter. As described by Janna "it has an assortment of grey, green, bronze and orange glitters in a warm, smoky base". I used 2 thin coats of "The Monster Squad" over 2 coats of "Beau Khaki" by Sinful Colors. This polish was super easy to apply because the brush got a lot of the glitter. I loved the way this looked over this dark green color, I felt the colors went really well together. 


The Lost Boys is made up of various types of red and black glitters with some white dots. There are nice big red heart and dot glitters along with some smaller hex & holographic shreds of glitter. The black glitters include a mix of micro, small hex and bar glitters. All those beautiful glitters are suspended in a creamy pink base. I used 2 thin coats of "The Lost Boys" over 2 coats of "Sailor's Delight" by Sinful SHINE. I only had to do a little fishing and glitter placement with the heart glitter. Other than that, the application was beautifully smooth & easy. I feel like this polish would also be great for Valentine's Day.


The Sanderson Sisters is a beautiful mix of a lot of different circle and hex glitters. This polish has large purple holographic and medium pastel yellow circle glitters alongside various purple and orange small hex glitters which include some holographic bits mixed in there. I used 2 thin coats of "The Sanderson Sisters" over 3 coats of "Yellow Kitty" by Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure. I like these two polishes together but I honestly thing TSS would look even more stunning over a dark shade like black or a really nice dark purple. This polish was easy to apply but I did have to do a little bit of glitter placement with the dot glitters.

This collection is still available in Janna's online shop. Be sure to pick them up before she sells out!

♡,
Denisse

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Pinwheel Polish- Trent (Swatch + Review)

Hey ladies! Today I have a swatch of Trent by Pinwheel Polish. Trent is part of Janna's Daria Collection.

Trent is so unique! I love the way the green dots reflect in the light. I like the way it looks over a silver base but next time I'll try black. I think it'll bring out the matte grey hexes more.

I'm wearing 2 coats of Trent over 2 coats of a silver polish. 

Trent is described as a silver polish filled with large and small black circles, vivid green dots, small green glitters, gunmetal hexes and matte grey hexes. 

This polish was really easy to apply and I had to do no fishing. All I do is flip the bottle upside down for about 5 mins to get the larger glitter to the top. It also dried quickly in between coats which made it easy to apply. 

Trent is still available in Janna's online store HERE. You can also follow Janna on Instagram for updates on upcoming collections and discount codes HERE

♡,
Denisse

Monday, August 26, 2013

Pinwheel Polish- Kaboomz (Swatch + Review)

BHi ladies! Today I have a swatch of Kaboomz by Pinwheel Polish. Kaboomz was a limited edition polish and unfortunately it is now sold out.

I'm wearing two coats of Kaboomz over one coat of a basic black. 

Kaboomz is a glitter topper full of large pink hex glitters, medium sized green square glitters, and medium sized matte grey hex glitters all suspended in a clear base jam packed with various sizes of holographic glitters. 

Kaboomz was very easy to apply and dried quickly. 2 coats is amazing coverage for a glitter top coat. You get a lot of the multi-sized holographic glitters with just one coat. I had to do no fishing! All I do is turn the bottle upside down for 5 minutes to get the glitter moving, then application is a breeze!

As an accent nail I did large and small sized dots of the 3 main glitter colors in Kaboomz over one coat of a basic white polish.

Colors used on accent nail:
Sinful Colors- 24/7
Orly- Mirror Mirror
yhBEJA cosmetics- color #4

This polish is sold out but you can find other amazing polishes on her website HERE. You can also follow her on Instagram for updates on upcoming collections and discount codes HERE. She's currently having a sale celebrating her 29th birthday!

♡,
Denisse

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Pinwheel Polish- Jodie (Swatch + Review)

Hi guys! Today I have a swatch of Jodie by Pinwheel Polish. Jodie is part of Janna's Daria Collection.

 I'm wearing 2 coats of Jodie over 2 coats of Sinful Colors Candy Coated.

Jodie is described as having large lilac dots, matte grape and plum hexes, tiny purple and white hexes and matte grey dots in a clear base.

Jodie was easy to apply and dried really quickly in between coats. I only had to do a little bit of fishing for the matte grey dots. Other than that, I had no problem getting any of the glitter on my nails. All I do is turn the bottle upside down for about 5 minutes to let the glitters get redistributed throughout the polish and then application is super easy!

Jodie is available on Janna's online store HERE. You can also follow Janna on Instagram for updates on upcoming collections and discount codes HERE

♡,
Denisse

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

First post + Welcome to my blog!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to finally start a nail art blog. I had been planning to start one a while back when I was still in school but never had the time. I'll be posting the same pictures that I post on Instagram but with a lot more details about the manicure and some tutorials too! Hope you follow me and enjoy my new blog.

♡,
Denisse