Bee's Knees 1/1/19 release and sitewide SALE
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Aromaleigh Fatalis selection swatches and thoughts
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| all photos in natural light, swatched over Femme Fatale Shadow Magic primer |
Notoriously Morbid Serefine vs Into The Pale
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| all photos taken in natural light Into the Pale on top, Serefine bottom |
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| Limited Edition Femme Fatale shadows and friends |
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| Natural light, warm |
Fall tones Femme Fatale haul
Bee's Knees Wax Melts Release
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| PRESS SAMPLES WAX RELEASE AND HOLIDAY SCENTS DAY 11 of 12 DAYS OF DEALS |
12 Days of Deals
Most of the deals are still in stock!
12/1-Wand Cores come back in capped amounts. Review of the ones I bought.
12/2-Release of 3 new HP polishes: Wampus Cat, Horned Serpent and Hidebehind
12/3-New Fantastic Beast themed scrub and bath bomb combo launch
12/4-Return of He's Adopted and Friend From Work
12/5-Release of 2 new Avengers themed polishes: What Did It Cost? and Everything BLOG POST
12/6-Official launch of one coat multichromes found in event prototypes: Water Wolves and Through the 4th and 5th Ribs BLOG POST
12/7-Return of A Good Amount of Blood, Queen Bee, I Am Yours, Cursebreaker, Banshees Are In, Hermaeus Mora, Don't Make The Suit Animated, Bloo[d]oo, and maybe the Mittengard Wyrm
12/8-Mystery Bags-3 full sized polishes that can include a new mystery prototype Polish Pickup overpours, Fandom Flakies overpours, and retired, hard to find polishes. $25 each
12/9-Holiday scented scroaps launch! REVIEW
12/10-Return of IT, I <3 Derry, S. S. Georgie, Ironworks, Loser/Lover, The Turtle and other Itversary colors
12/11-Wax launch! We have a bunch of holiday scented wax clamshells and a few staple scents
12/12-Cold Process Soap launch and flash sale of 15% off every order
Here I reviewed some previous scents and some will be included in the wax release such as Come Home Nell, The Bentneck Lady, and The Twin Thing.
NEVER FEED AFTER MIDNIGHT
gingersnap cookies combine with the decadent scent of s'mores and a touch of cool fall air.
This is mostly gingerbread to me but the cool fall air rounds it out nicely. Filled half of my house quickly, around 500 sq ft. This does not actually have any glitter, I failed to wipe it all out from the previous tart.
melt video
gingersnap cookies combine with the decadent scent of s'mores and a touch of cool fall air.
This is mostly gingerbread to me but the cool fall air rounds it out nicely. Filled half of my house quickly, around 500 sq ft. This does not actually have any glitter, I failed to wipe it all out from the previous tart.
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WHAT'S THIS?
a blend of freshly fallen snow, cinnamon, fir, and vanilla
I always love scents with "snow". No idea what actual scent that is (google says the presence of less odors) but it's very fresh and clean, almost laundry like. This one has really filled my house! I actually switched it off after a while because it was strong enough. That means it will last longer. :)
SANTA'S SLAY
equal parts cinnamon and cooling peppermint
This one is mostly cinnamon to me with something slightly herbal on cold sniff but warm both notes are noticeable and go together so nicely. Very strong throw, filled the whole house quickly, 1000+ sq ft, one floor.
THE PUMPKIN KING
warming combination of clove, cardamom, bourbon, and pumpkin
This filled half of my house quickly. Strong on pumpkin and cardamom.
CHEER OF FEAR
pepper and cinnamon mix with sweet vanilla and cherry tobacco
This is a mellow cherry on cold sniff and I love it. Warm it is very unique and somewhat odd but I still like it. Filled the whole house easily.
KRAMPUS CLAWS
-smells of everything spicy and gingerbread with a little added touch of sweet chai.
I recieved this in scroap form. It's a little more on the foody side than I usually enjoy but I love spices and all of these are foods heavily spiced so I actually do like it!
BEE'S KNEES LACQUER LINKS:
Bee's Knees Scroaps, holiday scents
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Bee's Knees Lacquer 12 days of deals Day 9
Free and combined US shipping throughout, International will be discounted and only charged on the first order.
One Coat Multichromes
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Bee's Knees Avengers duo
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Greetings earthlings! Bee's Knees Lacquer is having 12 days of releases, deals and sales! 12/5 brings the release of 2 new Avenger themed polishes. What's so cool about this 12 days is that shipping is free in the US and discounted elsewhere. Shipping will be held until the end of the 12 days and combined if you make more than one purchase.
WHAT DID IT COST?
Described as a murky mustard with magnetic multichrome microflakes that shift from green to pink.
The mustard isn't visible in the end result but lends opacity . This is super shifty and beautiful. I used different magnets for each nail. I bought a cheap set on AliExpress. The ring nail is the Masura stick magnet.
3 coats with topcoat, magnetized after each coat for 30-60 secs.
Clean up slightly difficult as the microflakes stick to skin. Easy to use viscosity
I took natural light photos but they didn't actually add anything, just as shifty in natural light.
$13
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| T5 full spectrum lights, very close to sun |
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| T5 full spectrum lights, very close to sun |
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| T5 full spectrum lights, very close to sun |
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| T5 full spectrum lights, very close to sun |
EVERYTHING
Described as a grape purple full of multichrome flakes that shift a rainbow of colors. I would describe this as Mardi Gras in a bottle. More opaque than the bright lights make it appear.
3 coats with topcoat. Flakes lay down nicely but do stick to skin somewhat. Good viscosity and dry time. Shown with glossy and matte topcoat.
$13
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| T5 matted |
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BEE'S KNEES LACQUER LINKS:
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Bee's Knees Wand Cores, OGUP
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| T5 full spectrum lights, very close to sunlight |
These are the Bees Knees Wand Cores that I purchased when they were OGUP customs. These and the rest will be back in limited numbers on December 1st. Be ready to ninja! There will be 12 days of releases and sales starting then and shipping will be held throughout so you may purchase as many times as you like and get shipping combined. 12pm EST each day!
Indigo Bananas color shifting shimmer and flakies polishes,various collections
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I have been meaning to swatch and blog these forever! I mean it, It's been a year since I got some of these. Others I have had for a long time and have worn but it was long before I was blogging. These all contain color shifting shimmers and flakies, my favorite finish of nail polish. Some of these were purchased very early on in my discovery of indie polish and are still favorites, as Indigo Bananas is one of my favorite brands. It's shocking and infinately pleasing to me that these are all still available.
Monochrome Indie look, Notoriously Morbid and Femme Fatale Cosmetics
Femme Fatale Candied Apple lids and lower lash
Femme Fatale Desecration inner corner and brow
Notoriously Morbid Pope Lick Monster crease
Notoriously Morbid blush Candy is Dandy
Notoriously Morbid highlight Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
Colourpop Tootsie lippie stix topped with Notoriously Morbid Spectre Stricken Diablo lipstick
This isn't the best lighting nor photos, these products do differ a little more in person but are most certainly of the same "family".
Looxi Beauty swatches, Auroras and highlighter
Purple Notoriously Morbid/Aromaleigh look
Twin Mani Challenge with NailPolishJunkie74
My nail gal and I have talked about doing a collab for a while, when we bought this same polish we knew it was time. We worked together to choose each element and I love how it came out.
Each year Baroness X does a limited edition box for Black Friday. Although I wanted the whole box I didn't have the funds but happily I was able to snag this pretty from overstock. The theme was "Cats In Space" which is so fun. Her boxes usually include a mix of polish and scented things for the bath and home plus fun extra goodies that match the theme. They make a great gift for you or someone else! I will link all the social media at the end of this post so you can snag a box this year or just check out all the currently available items. This shade is called "Live Long and Pawspurr". I find the name so amusing and adorable. The polish is a regal plum jelly with color shifting shimmer that Demi refers to as pegasus pee. Check out Corri's Instagram for more of her mani!
- 3 coats to opacity, topcoated
- stamped with Masura The Diamond Planet (magnetic)
- Moyou London Kaleidoscope 03 plate, 2 separate images
- flakies sponged on randomly, Smitten Aqua Opal and ILNP Supernova
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Shop: Baronessx.com Instagram: @baronessx_polish
Facebook: Baroness X Fan Group:X Army
Notoriously Morbid + Femme Fatale Cosmetics makeup look
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL INSPIRED BATH GOODIES
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Hey peeps! There's a fun challenge going on in the Notoriously Morbid facebook fan group. This one is for era inspired, I tried to channel Priscilla Presley.
Notoriously Morbid and Femme Fatale Duo/Multichrome look
Notoriously Morbid Zmey and Smoke Screen paired with LOTS of other Indie products
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This is just a short little post to feature the beautiful Malice mystic matte by Notoriously Morbid. It's currently out of stock but is permanent so not to fret. Eyes are Precious, Suspicious on the lid (NM) and Looxi Wheatness above crease.
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This is a blue eye look I did a while back in the car. In general I find using dark or very bright shades above my crease challenging because my eyes are hooded and not symmetrically so. Getting a nice shape is the hard bit. However I had plenty of time to blend and in the end I loved this look.
Lids: Femme Fatale Cosmetics Soul Stone
Outer crease and lower lash: Notoriously Morbid Morgana
Inner lid and crease and middle lower lash: Femme Fatale Prismo
Inner eye, brow, and cheek bone highlight: Femme Fatale Starweave
lips: Colourpop Tootsie
I forget which blush.
alternative title: one good mani photo, a bunch of bad ones and rando makeup look ;')
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| Bees Knees Bathsheba Unicorn Pee polish and indie makeup look. The closed eye photo looked ok on my phone in this collage, not so much here but the full photo is included below. |
Olive indie makeup and nails look, Tonic Polish
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| POP Polish Pastel Multichrome Oil Slick Collection, half collection PRESS SAMPLE |
POP Polish generously sent me 4 of 8 Pastel Multichrome Oil Slicks and my goodness they are amazing! Part multichrome,part foil,part shimmer. In bright direct light the predominant shift/shimmer comes out against the pale background to create a metallic foil like look while shade and low light allow the myriad of shifts to come out to play.
I was also sent POP's topcoat, Liquid Glass. I am not used to wearing a non quick dry but I felt this did dry pretty fast! Very glossy and I actually had great wear with these. Guess all those people who say a normal dry has better wear may not be crazy after all, huh? hehe. I havn't had a chance to try it with any other brands but this is a good combo for my nails. I usually wear Vapid's quick dry and get great wear with that too but not other brands. I won't be replacing my quick dry as I'm often in a hurry but this is nice to have in the rotation.
UPDATE: this is, in fact a quick dry so color me impressed with wear!
Before I start my review here are some notes from the maker and my added blurbs:
Will you be picking up any of these? I'm planning to snag some of the others. Follow POP Polish on social media for updates and lots of great swatches and reviews.
POP Polish Fanatics facebook fan group
POP Instagram
Etsy Shop
Before I start my review here are some notes from the maker and my added blurbs:
- The shimmer is more pronounced than in the original Oil Slicks. I agree with this based on photos and my knowledge of traditional multichrome polishes. Multichromes with a dark base usually show a very solid color shift and the actual shimmers aren't noticeable. The shimmers look larger here, perhaps because of the light backdrop but don't leave any streaks.
- Shifts we aren't accustomed to seeing in multichromes appear such as grey and nude. Agree but it's so elusive on camera.
- These need to be allowed to dry thoroughly to reach opacity, it's better to allow each coat to completely dry than add tons of coats. I took her word on this and didn't test it, I painted while watching tv and let each dry properly. I didn't reach full opacity on all of the shades with 3 coats. It was close though and I do have a very "loud" nail line, she wants to be noticed haha.
- They seem to be darker toned in direct light which is the opposite of the original slicks. This I don't know about. I don't have any of the original slicks but I tend to think of the pastel base as "lighter" and the strong shifts as "darker" which would make the opposite true in my opinion but perhaps the shifts are actually just more colorful rather than darker. Except in sunlight, that does make the colors look more saturated but sadly didn't show it's face for all of these swatches.
- Available to the general public starting August 10,2018 from POP's Etsy shop.
- $16 each
Macros in natural light, from top left: Slick and Slide,
Surf Slick,Sand Slick, Watermelon Bubble Slick
- In every swatch I used 3 coats of polish, 1 of POP Liquid Glass.
- Natural light sources in all photos, my artificial ones just didn't add anything to the story.
- Dried fairly quickly to the touch, I gave at least 15 to 20 minutes for each coat to be sure. I was watching Netflix so...sometimes more.
- No shimmer ridges or streaks, not too thick or thin.
- Long brush, wide fan, I like it. Bottles are a little precarious.
- No trouble with removal, simple like a creme but clean up was a bit more challenging than some because the super shimmer likes to stick to skin and side walls. My preferred method was to shower, then clean up if needed before photos. Not every swatch required clean up.
- No photos show the true beauty of these, videos are closer but they really do need to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. I'll be posting videos to my Instagram and Facebook page and in the P.O.P Polish Fanatics Facebook fan group. Follow me to see them and join the group for tons more swatches and general fun!
- My top picks: of the 4 I have Sand Slick and Watermelon Bubbleslick. Of the 4 I didn't receive Slick days of summer and Limeslickle.
SLICK N SLIDE
Primarily light purple and blue, shifts to magenta,grey and violet as well. Not quite as light as these photos show, I had to adjust the tone with this one as my camera really over saturated it.
Opaque in 3 coats for me.
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SURF SLICK
Mermaid tail in a bottle. That's an acceptable color description, right? lol, you see why I leave this up to makers usually. Green teal base, shifts darker teal, bright blue, azure, indigo and gold.
I used 3 coats but I think I could have used only 2.
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SAND SLICK
Ok so the name of this one should have clued me in but I expected pinky mauve with golden, purple, blue and green shifts. That's all there but the predominant color is the lovely sandy gold. This polish is like a rainbow, so many colors, I bet it would look awesome layered over a mauve.
Still a little sheer on me with 3 coats. duncurr. Ha!
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| indoor natural cool lighting, at an angle |
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| super grainy bed time photo but look at the shiffftttsss |
WATERMELON BUBBLESLICK
Very prominent gold, pink and green shifts, bronze and blue are in there too. Perfect name for this one as well.
3 coats wasnt't quite opaque in every light but close enough for me to not be bothered.
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