Paint Box Polish: Sweet and Treats Collection - Swatches and Review

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LAUNCHING TOMORROW - June 1, 2014!

Paint Box Polish

Sweets and Treats Collection

Of course if you're a Harry Potter fan, you recognized the names immediately - goodies you might purchase at Honeydukes, the famous Hogsmeade Sweetshop. Or from the trolley lady on the Hogwarts Express. And the new base is now 5-Free!

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I'll start by addressing for formula and application as it was nearly the same on all 4 of these. I used two coats on all of them except for Sugar Spun Quills because it's a ONE-COATER! The other 3 nearly are but I did use 2 for the photos on those 3 just because I show you very close shots. I had zero issues with any of these to report. They are all easy and smooth and nicely self-leveling. Pygmy Puff is a matte finish, but I'll show you with and without top coat. Extremely happy with all 4 of these. Especially love my one-coaters so Sugar Coated Quills was great for me. As with all one-coaters, it's a smidge thicker than the others but perfect, in my opinion.

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Acid Pops is a super-bright acid green shimmer polish loaded with light blue shimmer/micro-flakes.  Two coats with one coat of top coat.

Artificial lighting...

Indirect natural lighting...

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Fizzing Whizbees is brilliant, super-bright orange that's so juicy I wanted to lick my own nails.  (Don't worry, I restrained myself.) It's loaded with shimmer/micro-flakes in gold, orange and I *think* I see bits of translucent and pink too? Two coats and one coat of top coat.

Artificial lighting...

Indirect natural lighting...

 

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Pygmy Puff is an orange-leaning coral full of gold shimmer/micro-flakes and it dries to a great matte finish! Shown here with two coats - with and without top coat.

Artificial lighting...

Indirect natural lighting...

 

 

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Sugar Spun Quills is a lovely medium red full of pink violet shimmer/micro-flakes and this is indeed ONE COAT with one coat of top coat.

Artificial lighting...

Indirect natural lighting...

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What do you think? Favorites? My favorite is Pygmy Puff - I LOVE the flakes and that it dries matte but looks equally great with top coat. Sugar Spun Quills is a close second because ONE COAT!

She is now using her new 5-Free base for all of her polishes and it's fantastic!

LAUNCHING TOMORROW - June 1, 2014!

You can find these polishes at Paint Box Polish on Big Cartel and be sure to follow Pam's blog for information as well as the Paint Box Polish Facebook page! These retail for $9.00 for full-sized bottles. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

AND for my readers, a special DISCOUNT CODE!!!  

For 20% off your order, enter: POINTLESSCAFE

Good through the entire month of JUNE!

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Girly Bits Cosmetics: Darkly Dreaming, Save Your Scissors and No Such Thing as a Purple Problem

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And here's the second one! (If you missed the 80s Girl Bands Press Release, Click here.)

PRESS RELEASE: Girly Bits Cosmetics - Darkly Dreaming, Save Your Scissors and No Such Thing As A Purple Problem Pre-Order Date: Monday June 2nd @ 12noon EDT to Friday June 6th @ 12noon EDT (to ship on or before Friday June 13th) - SHOP EARLY AND SAVE! Release Date: Thursday June 19th at 12noon EDT "Darkly Dreaming" Darkly Dreaming is a collaboration polish created with Jen of The PolishAholic for her 4th blog anniversary. It is dark forest green jelly with copper shimmer. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "Save Your Scissors" Save Your Scissors is a lavender crelly base with neon pink hexes and squares, lavender, plum and teal hexes, aqua and white dots plus sparks of silver holo. It is a tribute to City and Colour for the Girly Bits Cosmetics Concert Series Collection. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "No Such Thing As A Purple Problem" No Such Thing As A Purple Problem is a grape purple jelly micro glitter with silver holo sparks, dark purple, copper and aqua shimmer. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 REMINDER TO OUR CANADIAN AND US CUSTOMERS: FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $80 (NO COUPON CODE REQUIRED). SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY "Each and every shade in the Girly Bits collection is a personal expression, and I am thrilled that you like what I make. I love the feeling of creating something, and sending it out for other people to enjoy." ♥Pam♥ All Girly Bits Nail Lacquers are: Hand blended and poured B3 Free [meaning free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate (DBP)] Made using the highest quality mica, pigments and glitter In a standard 15mL bottle Kept mixed by two stainless steel beads NEVER tested on animals  Proudly made in Canada  Girly Bits Nail Lacquer is carried all over the world! Please check our Authorized Distributors for your favourite Girly Bits Nail Lacquer. Visit their sites for product availability, release dates, pricing and shipping information. Are you located in or near Essex County (Ontario, Canada)? Click HERE to see where your can buy Girly Bits Cosmetics locally.

I can't EVEN pick a favorite here - Want. Them. ALL! How about you?

Girly Bits polishes are available on their site here and are also available at Overall Beauty, MeiMei's Signatures, Harlow & Co. and  llarowe.com for $10 to $13 retail for full .5 oz bottles. Don't forget to follow Pam at Girly Bits on Facebook and on her blog for updates and re-stock information. Also be sure to follow Overall Beauty on Facebook,  Llarowe on Facebook, Harlow & Company on Facebook, and MeiMei's Signatures on Facebook for more information.

Other links:
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/PamsGirlyBits    
Pinterest- http://pinterest.com/girlybitspolish/ 
Instagram- http://instagram.com/girlybitscosmetics

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Girly Bits Cosmetics: 80s Girl Bands Collection PRESS RELEASE

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Happy Friday everyone!!!

I've been MIA the last few days - out of town. But this is a great way to start the day and the weekend! A brand new Girly Bits Collection! And there's MORE! To see the other new polishes releasing in June, see the Press Release here.

Press Release below...which ones stand out as favorites?

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PRESS RELEASE: Girly Bits Cosmetics - "80's Girl Bands" Collection Inspired by some of the greatest female singers of the 80's, we are proud to introduce the next Girly Bits Cosmetics Collection - "80's Girl Bands". A collection of, like, 10 totally tubular shades! Pre-Order Date: Monday June 2nd @ 12noon EDT to Friday June 6th @ 12noon EDT (to ship on or before Friday June 13th) - SHOP EARLY AND SAVE! Release Date: Thursday June 19th at 12noon EDT REMINDER TO OUR CANADIAN AND US CUSTOMERS: FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $80 (NO COUPON CODE REQUIRED). SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY

"80's Girl Bands" Collection Entire 80's Girl Band Collection - 10 shades total Regular Retail: $115.00 Pre-Order Price: $100.00 Individual shade descriptions below. "Our Lips Are Sealed" Our Lips Are Sealed is a fluorescent pink shimmolo (pink holographic with violet and silver shimmer, plus silver holo sparks). Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "Give no mind to what they say It doesn't matter anyway Our lips are sealed" "Supersonic" Supersonic is a neon lime green jelly with golden and blue shimmer, and tiny blue flecks. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "Supersonic motivating rhymes are creating And everybody knows that J.J. Fad is devastating We know you like us girls so you better get stirl Cause we are the homechicks that are rockin' your world" "Man Size Love" Man Size Love is a deep periwinkle blue shimmolo (blue shimmer, holo sparks accented with turquoise and aqua micro glitter). Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "I want a man size love Passion and control of my tenderness Baby won't you hold me Show me, can you show me what a man size love is" "Neutron Dance" Neutron Dance is a fluorescent pink crelly base with neon pink, yellow and green hexes and squares, accented with silver holo sparks. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "I'm just burning doin' The neutron dance" "Conga" Conga is an aqua crelly base with neon pink and white squares, lavender and teal hexes, plus aqua and white dots. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga I know you can't control yourself any longer Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat" "The Power of Love" The Power of Love is a lavender holo sprinkled with lavender, sea green and silver holo glitter, plus purple shimmer and sparks of silver holo. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "We're heading for something Somewhere I've never been Sometimes I am frightened But I'm ready to learn 'Bout the power of love" "Bette Davis Eyes" Bette Davis Eyes is a silver white fine texture with sparks of silver holo plus blue and pink shimmer. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "She'll turn her music on you You won't have to think twice She's pure as New York snow She got Bette Davis eyes" "I'm Your Venus" I'm Your Venus is a metallic copper shimmolo (copper shimmer and sparks of gold holo). Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "She's got it Yeah, baby, she's got it I'm your Venus, I'm your fire At your desire Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire At your desire" "Walk Like an Egyptian" Walk Like an Egyptian is a metallic golden bronze shimmolo (bronze holographic with sparks of gold holo.) Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "All the kids in the marketplace say: Walk like an Egyptian." "Push It" Push It is a holo base with gold, copper and gunmetal glitter plus silver and charcoal glitter, gunmetal flakes and sparks of silver and gold holo. Regular Retail: $11.50 Pre-Order Price: $10.50 "Coolin' by day then at night working up a sweat C'mon girls, let's go show the guys that we know How to become number one in a hot party show Now push it" (To see the Press Release for the other new polishes releasing in June, click here!) REMINDER TO OUR CANADIAN AND US CUSTOMERS: FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $80 (NO COUPON CODE REQUIRED). SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY "Each and every shade in the Girly Bits collection is a personal expression, and I am thrilled that you like what I make. I love the feeling of creating something, and sending it out for other people to enjoy." ♥Pam♥ All Girly Bits Nail Lacquers are: Hand blended and poured B3 Free [meaning free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate (DBP)] Made using the highest quality mica, pigments and glitter In a standard 15mL bottle Kept mixed by two stainless steel beads NEVER tested on animals  Proudly made in Canada  Girly Bits Nail Lacquer is carried all over the world! Please check our Authorized Distributors for your favourite Girly Bits Nail Lacquer. Visit their sites for product availability, release dates, pricing and shipping information. Are you located in or near Essex County (Ontario, Canada)? Click HERE to see where your can buy Girly Bits Cosmetics locally.

Man Size Love and I'm Your Venus are the two that scream at me the most. Can't wait to try them all and see if my favorites change. Which ones are calling your name?

Girly Bits polishes are available on their site here and are also available at Overall Beauty, MeiMei's Signatures, Harlow & Co. and  llarowe.com for $10 to $13 retail for full .5 oz bottles. Don't forget to follow Pam at Girly Bits on Facebook and on her blog for updates and re-stock information. Also be sure to follow Overall Beauty on Facebook,  Llarowe on Facebook, Harlow & Company on Facebook, and MeiMei's Signatures on Facebook for more information.

Other links:
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/PamsGirlyBits    
Pinterest- http://pinterest.com/girlybitspolish/ 
Instagram- http://instagram.com/girlybitscosmetics

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The Lacquer Legion: Garden Theme - Monet's Water Lilies

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I'm excited to be participating in the Lacquer Legion challenges, put together by Chalkboard Nails,  Rebecca Likes Nails, The Nailasaurus, and Work/Play/Polish. This month, the theme is GARDEN. If you want to participate, you can like The Lacquer Legion on Facebook and hashtag your posts on all social media with #LLGarden. Each month there will be a different theme and hashtag.

For some reason, when I think of gardens, I think of Monet. So I decided to see how Monet's Water Lilies translated onto my nails...

Of course, I'm no Monet, but I was pleased with how they came out even though the color palette is a bit off.

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I used a base of Zoya Marley, a small striping brush, acetone, a clean up brush and the following polishes:
Nails Inc. Tudor Way, Colors by Llarowe Blue Jeans & Beauty Queens, Liquor is Quicker and Candy is Dandy, Sinful Colors Exotic Green and Innocent, Salon Perfect Sugar Cube and Wet n Wild WildShine Black Creme.

Be sure and type in "#LLGarden" today, May 28th, on all social media to check out all the other Lacquer Legion manis!

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