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Indigo Bananas Winter 2017 Collection
PRESS SAMPLES
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Hi there! Thank you for stopping by. Unicorn pee lovers rejoice! Thermal multichrome shimmers are here, and they are.amazing. These polishes are already available from
Indigo Bananas, horray! This is such a fun and unique spin on popular U.P. colors and an addition of a gorgeous blackened teal. Andrea also sent me some of her new self care goodies, a salt bar and cuticle balm in the Karma scent, which I love. Onto the review! This post is very picture heavy, consider yourself warned. There are so many facets of these pretties to see.
NAIL ART
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| Reverse stamping using all 3 thermals, Femme Fatale Defiled in Gold, and Moyou London Explorer 03. Cold state, LED bulb. |
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| Warm state |
- All 3 polishes have an easy to use formula, not too runny or thick. No shimmer streaks from drying too fast. They dry to a semi matte finish.
- 3 coats with topcoat except where noted.
- Natural light except where noted.
- Videos of the thermal transition will be posted to my Instagram here.
- $15 for 15ml, $9 for 8ml
- Vegan, cruelty free, 3 free.
CHERRY PIE
My camera wanted to pull this polish too warm. I tried every single color setting and nothing was perfect. It's between a warm plummy purple and raspberry when cold, throw in the warm state and multichrome shimmer, my camera just wasn't having it.It is also appearing more muted on my computer screen. Cherry Pie also varies alot depending on the lighting. Indigo bananas describes this as a red rapsberry when warm to red purple when cold, filled with strong red/green multichrome shimmer. Shall we begin?
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| cold state, no topcoat. LED bulb. |
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| warm state, no topcoat. LED bulb. |
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| at an angle before topcoat, LED bulb |
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| natural light, before topcoat |
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| Natural light, topcoated cold. |
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| Sunlight, mostly cold. |
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| Sunlight at an angle. |
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| Natural light, indoors, mid transition |
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| Warm (ish) LED |
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| Cold (ish) LED |
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| Cold, LED |
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| same as above but ermagerd SO shimmery! |
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MOAR art. cold state. stamped with Moyou London explorer
03 and Femme Fatale defiled in Gold. LED |
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| Warm |
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bonus sunlight shot, mid transition, excuse tip wear.
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COMPARISONS
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Cherry pie in cold state on middle and pinky, Dreamland The
Search Is Over on others. Natural light. |
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Cherry pie in cold state on middle and pinky, Dreamland The
Search Is Over on others. LED light. |
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Cherry Pie on middle and pinky, compared to Femme Fatale
Twilight Sorcery, both warm. |
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Cherry Pie on middle and pinky, compared to Femme Fatale
Twilight Sorcery, both cold. |
Ok, time for a little break to talk about this soap. I have been using it for approximately 3 weeks as my initial facial cleanse and I'm really enjoying it. I'm afraid to leave out my ph balancing second cleanse as this soap does contain coconut oil and my skin likes to make closed comodomes out of it. As it gets rinsed off I probably don't need to bother, but I do. The lather is so rich and silky, I love that. I adore the scent, spicy and earthy but it doesn't linger on my skin as I do a second cleanse. My beauty blender however, smells amazing. I need to try it in the shower! 6 lovely sounding scents are currently being offered along with wooden stands. My soap is not noticeably smaller, I think it will last quite a long time but I plan on trying the others scents when it does run out. Priced at $6.50 you really cant go wrong AND a batch of Sugared Pumpkin is on sale. Hey,hey. Oh! This one in particular actally deposits some color into the lather but it doesn't stain washcloths or create any problems. This is the official description:
Handmade soap salt spa soap, for facial & hand use. 2.5oz or larger. Cured for at least six weeks. Salt soap is gentle on your skin and makes a rich silky lather, leaving your face & hands soft and clean yet not overly stripped. It is best for your face & hands - don't put it anywhere you wouldn't put salt!
Karma is a complex patchouli based scent. The fragrance is strong, stays on your skin, and is similar to the Lush type scent and our cuticle balm scent (fragrance stays consistent in soap).
Individual soaps may vary in pattern, but are the same color, fragrance and composition
DARK STAR
This one is my favorite because it's so unique. I didn't do any comparisons because nothing in my collection came close in my opinion. Not Ninja Mystic Glacier, Dreamland A Wedding Dress That's Not Bright Turquoise...you get the idea. I love both states equally and the way the pee looks in this one matte is love! Originally I did 2 coats of this but it wasn't opaque when warm. I included those photos though because it does look more teal with 2 coats. I would call this bright teal to blackened teal. Andrea describes it as blue-green/teal to dark blue/brown-black. Filled with multichrome shimmer of course.
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| mid transition, mostly cold, sunlight, no topcoat. |
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| Mid transition, mostly cold. Natural light, no topcoat. |
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| Sunlight at an angle |
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| glossy, 2 coats, cold. LED light. |
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| 2 coats, warm. LED light |
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| 3 coats, warm. LED light. |
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| pure love...er i mean, 3 coats with topcoat, partial sunlight, cold. |
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| 3 coats,topcoat. cold, natural light. |
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| natural light, warm on left, cold on right. |
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| warm, 2 coats. natural light. |
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| Cold, 2 coats. natural light |
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| warm, 3 coats. natural light. |
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| cold, 3 coats, natural light. |
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| Warm macro. 3 coats, LED bulb. |
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| Cold macro. 3 coats, LED bulb. |
Whew, are your eyes tired yet from looking at all that glorious shimmer? Let's take a moment to discuss the Karma hand and nail balm. This comes in 10ml for $5 and 20ml for $8 which is what I received. Guys,it is huge! I was really surprised at what a great size the big one is. The Karma scent is very nice and dissipates after a while, you would need to sniff your hand to smell it so it's not cloying. My favorite way to use the balm is to lock in oil and for swatches but it's a nice moisturizer on its own. Some scents are also lip safe. Official description:
"Karma" fragrance cuticle balm. This is a patchouli based fragrance, with strong notes of geranium, neroli, orange, rosewood. Lush type.
Unless otherwise noted, Indigo Bananas cuticle balms contain fragrance oils that are not lip safe or edible. While ingredients may be lip safe, and the rest of the ingredients are edible, we could not determine definitively if the fragrance in this one is lip safe.
This balm is best used on your cuticles, skin around your nails, on your nails and UNDER your nails (helps nail flexibility and reduces peeling of the nail), but can also be used on your hand, and lip safe formulas are also edible.
Indigo Bananas cuticle balms are handmade and made from recipes developed in the IB labs, and are not repackaged from elsewhere. The recipe for the current cuticle balm was developed over a number of years and tested among multiple people, to be a quickly absorbed, non greasy cuticle balm that was skin softening. The ingredients in this include greasy and deeply penetrating butters, emollient (skin softening) butters, dryer oils, great occlusive (barrier forming) ingredients, oils with Vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, lecithin, as well as ingredients that have anti inflammatory and wound healing effects.
BLUE ROSE
Last but not least we have Blue Rose, which is a lovely indigo blue to blurple shade with the same famous red to green shufty shimmer. mmhmm. While the 2 colors of this one have been created with U.P. this one has both which is cool and I didn't have a dupe. I did a comparison with my closest shade.
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| before topcoat, warm, LED |
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| before topcoat, cold. LED |
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| before topcoat, warmish, natural light. |
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| Topcoat, natural light. mid transition |
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| Sunlight, cold state. |
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| cold state, natural light. |
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| topcoat, LED, cold. |
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| topcoat, LED, mid transition. |
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| LED cold |
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| LED, cold. |
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| LED, warm |
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| LED, cold. |
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Blue Rose middle and pinky (cold) compared to Dreamland
You Saucy Minx. LED |
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Blue Rose middle and pinky (warm) compared to Dreamland
You Saucy Minx. LED |
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| Bonus collection shot for funsies |
That's everything! I thoroughly enjoyed testing all of these products, I feel like I received a curated package.Will you be picking any of these goodies up? Which is your favorite? I love that nothing is limited edition and it's all already available.
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What a gorgeous collection! I especially love Cherry Pie, and I don't own any thermals. I will check out Indigo Bananas site. That soap is cool too
ReplyDeletethermals are so much fun! Indigo Bananas is one of my favorites. Summer rains is a gorgeous group of polishes. 8ml size is such a nice option as well.
DeleteGreat post! I already bought all of them so I can't wait..next time i'll be trying that cuticle cream :)
ReplyDeleteits quite hard as its a balm but packed with oils. Can't wait to see these on your nails and what art you create. Thank you!
Deleteholy unicorn pee batman! I can't pick a favorite - I mean UP and several purple tones?? YES!
ReplyDeleteThese are the coolest U.P polishes I've seen in a long time.
DeleteOh my goodness... these are incredible! The shimmer, the everything!
ReplyDeleteThis collection is small but mighty! I think IB knocked it out of the park.
DeleteAll of them looks amazing! I really like Indigo Bananas as a brand.
ReplyDeleteI do too Helena and think they are underappreciated.
ReplyDeleteWowzers! It's been awhile since I've seen anyone reviewing Indigo Bananas. I agree, very underappreciated. I don't usually go for thermals. It's hot here where I live most of the time so I only see the warm colors on these thermals and the warm colors that I have seen I don't care for. These, though, are different! I love the warm side of them! Will have to look into getting them - thank you for the review and post!
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