Nail Polish Haul Swatches

In my previous post Haul Overview I posted the different nail polishes that I had bought during my haul weekend, which don't happen very often, at all. Since then I have received all my nail polishes and of course have worn them all already since you can't just get new things and NOT make them the next thing you wear! My first purchase was "Set Fire To The Rain" by Too Fancy Lacquer which I saw a swatch online, looked at her Instagram page, and knew I just had to buy it when it was restocked. If you're wondering, yes I was super super glad that I made the purchase! When it came in the mail it really had no chance of not being used so I put it on right away and was pretty surprised. Doing 1 coat would probably be decent enough but I always like to put 2 coats on just in case I missed some spots with my first coat. I'm pretty sure a little light from heaven shined done on my nails once I was done because my oh my the blue color is just gorgeous.

 

 

Left photo is with no flash and the right photo is with flash; both are indoors.

 

 

If I have not previously stated, I'm totally a Starbucks addict, so I of course had to take a picture while holding my coffee in the sun. Picture still doesn't do this nail polish justice in my opinion, and beware, WILL cause staring while driving in the sun!

 

My next purchases were from Serum No5: "Day Glow" (previous may be found here), "Burning Orchid", and "Twilight Sparks." I started with "Burning Orchid" first and did about 3 coats with it on top of just plain, no base color nails. I would recommend using it as a topcoat on another polish as it is a little shear when it's just on it's own but either way, it's still great! And I, of course, forgot to super charge my nails to be able to get an in the dark photo of the glow.

 

Both photos were taken with flash.

 



 "Twilight Sparks" to me is a shimmery forest green polish that may be a little sheer for just one coat, but with a second coat, it's much better. A third coat would be necessary if you find some other spots that are quite as covered as the rest of the nail. I also once again forgot to super charge my nails and get an in dark picture with this one as well (can you tell that I may be a little stressed out?)

 

Both photos were taken with flash.

My last purchase that I'm able to show you guys for now (I'll get to that soon) is "Nightcrawler" from Polished by KPT which I had on for basically a week straight, kid you not! I had the normal tip wear and also a small chip or 2 on a nail or so which was amazing to me. "Nightcrawler" is a thermal which I love because it's really nice to see whether my hands are hot or cold by noticing what color my nails are. It's also really fun to make a gradient/ombre with the polish too by sticking part of the nail into either hot or cold water and watch it change! I took several photos on my nails while I had this polish on but I'll just show you a couple.

 

 

When the your hands are warm this is the color that the nail polish turns. It's a light, shimmery purple and it still covers completely with no seeing your nail underneath.

When your hands are cold this is the color that the nail polish turns and is the color you see when you look at the website. It's an awesome "deep but not so deep" purple and I absolutely love it.

 

In these two photos you can (hopefully) see the subtle gradient/ombre effect that happens in the process of your hands going from hot to cold. This is definitely quite amusing to me because it just looks so awesome and cool when it's shifting colors! Guess you guys will just have to purchase the polish and try it out for yourselves! ;)
 

My last order was from NCLA but when I received my package and looked at "Eight Days A Week" I noticed that it was not the same color that the website shows it as. The website photo makes it look more of a light blue when in real life it is more of a lavendar purple. Seeing as this was disappointing, I sent an email to NCLA and within a short period of time I got a nice response. Even though I wasn't happy with the nail polish, their customer service has always been wonderful to me and I've never had problems with them. They were very nice about the matter and let me know that I was more than welcome to exchange the nail polish so I sent both back since I already had "Pick Me Up At Melrose Place."  It's been a few weeks since I've sent them back and yesterday I sent another email asking about the situation and was once again emailed in a timely manner with a very nice response. After I replied about which nail polishes I wanted for my exchange a couple hours later I got an email response back along with a tracking number for my package from them. Usually I would be really annoyed by a situation like this but the fact that I got email responses, in general, and very nice replies and a lot of help, made the situation not so big of a deal. That is the great thing about NCLA is that they really care about their customers and are willing to help with whatever they can!

Haul Overview

**Side Note! Apparently this post never actually made it onto the site a couple weeks ago (it's been a very hectic last 2 weeks) so I'm making this post now! I'm SO SO sorry about that! I think I'm slowly losing my mind!**

Hey guys. So on Saturday I made myself go into Sally Beauty to renew my membership and of course I took a stroll past the nail polish section. Upon my arrival to this section I noticed some of the newer polishes that they had sitting out looking all pretty. There was one that I told myself not to get but I couldn't just let it sit there and not be part of my collection! It's "Angel Rain" from Orly's new collection, Surreal and the only one from that collection that I grabbed. In my opinion it's like a light blue/purple and I see it transition from one color to the other as well as a little hint of green at moments too. I took photos of different angles and hopefully I was able to capture those colors.

This is a front facing photo which makes the polish look like a pearl type of color which if I think about it, it kind of is like that! I really like this color and I'm glad that I picked it up and didn't leave it at the store looking after me. In this photo you can see where there's a mix of light blue, some light purple, and a little tone of a light green as well.

In this photo you can see the mix of blue and green tones which makes the nails look pretty cool. It's like looking at the inside of a seashell which I feel makes it look even cooler.

To show the blue more in this polish, I angled my nails back a little and took a photo down the front/top of my nails.  This shows that blue more than the previous two photos and shows a more solid color.

For the last picture of this mani and nail polish is showing the more purple side of it. To me this is like a light purple mixed with a little bit of pink and love how it goes from the other colors and then to this. The more I think about it the more I'm seeing this color being straight off of a pearl.

Well this is a haul overview so before my Saturday buy, some of the indie brand of nail polishes did a restock on their shops and I jumped at the chance to get some of these before they sold out. The first indie polish that I decided to grab before it was gone is "Set Fire To The Rain" from Too Fancy Lacquer.  It's a "sapphire blue linear holographic polish" which I'm going to strongly assume the name came from an Adele song. I saw a swatch of this nail polish on Instagram and I just had to grab at least a bottle before they became sold out. I'm glad I did since I don't think that it lasted anymore than about 20 hours. These indie holographic nail polishes sell out quiet quickly! But then again, just looking at them makes you wanna drool..maybe that was too much information? Anyways! I haven't received the polish yet but as soon as I receive all my polishes from my haul, you bet there's gonna be a blog about them!

My next indie purchase was from Serum No5 which I made sure to grab another bottle of "Day Glow" which I've posted about in a previous post. I also grabbed "Burning Orchid" (which I realized I already have a bottle of!) And "Twlight Sparks" which are both glow in the dark nail polishes. Day Glow to me was a no brainer since it is hands down the best glow in the dark nail polish that I've come across. I didn't realize until yesterday afternoon that I already have a bottle of Burning Orchid but oh well! One can never have too many nail polishes..at least that's my theory. And Twlight Sparks has a great blue glow to it which is what drew me into it since, well, I love the color blue in almost any shade.

 

After that I snatched up "Nightcrawler" from Polished by KPT which is a thermal polish that goes from a blue with some purple shimmer in it to a more opaque white color. I own a few polishes from Polished by KPT and I've never had a negative thing to say about the polishes. I first saw thermal nail polishes when I discovered Katherine's and it absolutely amazed me. Even though it seems that thermals are more common now, I still feel that the trend starter was Polished by KPT.



My next and last haul buy wasn't from an indie nail polish company but from NCLA which I have bought from before and also won a contest they held last year. That is where I first got to experience their nail polish and it was definitely a postive one. I currently own about 7 of their nail polishes and just bought two more over the weekend when having their 25% off coupon event. I have also just discovered that I currently own one of the nail polishes that I've purchased. I must be losing my mind I swear! But I will be passing them on to a new own, Nski Beauty, who will definitely take care of them and might even post her opinion on them as well. Anyways, I went ahead and purchased "Pick Me Up At Melrose Place" and "Eight Days A Week" which I've been longing for for a while as well, thankfully it will soon be in my hands!

On that note, this now concludes my weekend nail polish haul and this week should be full of fun nail mail packages! If I get everything before the weekend I will try my best to spend this upcoming Sunday doing swatches and hopefully completing a full blog post about all the bottles of heaven that I've received.