Candy Nail Polish

Hi there! Who's excited for Christmas!?! Clearly I am lol! I had the honour of being able to swatch for a new Canadian Indie polish company called Candy Nail. The owner Kim opened shop October 31 and creates great polishes that are 3-free and cruelty free!! 

I was sent 3 samples to swatch from her Holiday Collection! They ALL had amazing formulas that applied like butter and fantastic dry times!

**These polishes were sent to me from Candy Nail to swatch and review**

This is "Hot Cacao"

    Natural light. 

    Natural light. 

This is a perfect milk chocolate brown with a gorgeous shimmer running through it. I used 3 coats and no top coat for the photos above. 

Here's "Mint Tea"

    Natural light

    Natural light. 

This here is a green jelly with gold glitter which is totally festive! I must say I'm not too fond of greens and I probably own about 2 green nail polishes. However, I love this one!! Especially when my boyfriend complimented me saying how nice it looked. :p it's darker in real life though. It was hard for me to capture the true colour it has. I used 3 coats with no top coat for the photos above. 

Lastly is "Cranberry Cider" 

    Natural light 

    Natural light. 

Red+jelly+glitter=WIN!!! I can't even express how much I love this! This is a red jelly with assorted sized red,black, and silver holo glitters! The name is so perfect for it as well. This is 3 coats with a top coat of Seche Vite. 

If you're interested in purchasing from Cand Nail, you can go to candynailpolish.com or @candynailpolish on Instagram! 

 

-Shaylene <3 

**These polishes were sent to me from Candy Nail to swatch and review.**

Polish Addict Nail Color

Hey guys! I recently received 5 Polish Addict Nail Color polishes from a friend. They're soo beautiful! It was actually a Mystery Box and it came with 4 polishes, plus my August birthday polish, cuticle oil, spectraflair topcoat, and a bunch of other nail goodies! 

First up is "Pool Party"

    Natural light

This is a super sparkly, multi-coloured glitter topper in a clear base. It's fantastic! This 2 thin coats over Essence's "Break Through". 

Here's "Anna". 

    Natural light. 

This is a pretty, frosty pink polish with scattered holo! 

    With flash. 

Ooooh!!!! So girly! I love it! I used 2 coats for the photos. 

This is the August birthday polish

    Artificial light. 

This is a blue/grey base with fun glitters in different colours and shapes! It's like confetti!! I'm just so happy that I was able to get this! Laura and co owner Crystal make special birthday polishes for people who order the Mystery Box. For example, this month would be a secret December polish for people with December birthdays! How cool is that?!! 

Up next is "Beauty & The Beach" 

    Natural light

Oooh! A light green base with assorted sizes and shapes of funky coloured glitter! I actually didn't think I was going to like this, but after I put it on I didn't want to take it off! Lol! One of my fave PANC I own. It even glows in the dark! 

    

My phone camera couldn't pick up the glow as well as it actually is!  I used 3 coats for these photos. 

This is "Island Girl"

    Natural light

This was another polish I didn't think I would like. Wrong! I love it! It's a pinkish/nudish base with purple,grey,pink and gold glitters. The name definitely suits this one. This is 2 coats. 

If you're interested in purchasing any Polish Addict Nail Color polishes, you can go to Instagram @polishaddictnailcolor it go to polishaddictnailcolor.com! 

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget you can find me in Instagram too @polishednubs :) 

-Shaylene<3

Influenster Maple VoxBox

Hi! So today I have something a bit different, a Maple VoxBox from Influenster*! This is the first Canadian VoxBox! 

*I received these products complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster*

First product is Skinny Cow Milk Chocolate Flavour Heavenly Crisp

This was actually pretty good. It was really light, it kind of reminded me of a thin Coffee Crisp, just without the coffee flavour. This 19g bar is 100 calories and costs $1.29 per bar, $4.29 per 4 pack. 

Next product is Skinny Cow Milk Chocolate Dreamy Clusters

Yum! These are delicious! They have crispies and caramel inside. Each 28g pouch is 120 calories. They cost $1.29 per pouch, $4.29 for a 4 pack. 

Next is Ice Breakers DUO raspberry flavour

 

Before I tried these, I expected the mint side to be more overpowering than the fruit side, but I was wrong! Perfect fruit/mint mix! The mint side is white and the fruit side has bumps on it. Reminded me of a cat tongue lol! These also come in strawberry. These cost $1.99. 

Next product is received was Broadway Nails imPRESS Press-On Manicure

So, how ironic is it that a nail blogger would hate free nail samples?! These stick on nails were pre glued. You just had to peel away the backing. It came with a little wipe you use on your nails (I'm assuming to get rid of oils) after washing and drying. The kit came with 24 different sizes nails. These were the best sizes I could find, I even filed them on the sides and the still looked and felt horrible on. These claim to stay on for a week. These probably do stay on for a few days considering when I was trying to remove them, the nails took off a later of my nail with it. For the price, $8.99-$10.99, I wouldn't buy them. The main reason being they damaged my natural nails. 

I also received a Montagne Jeunesse Clay Spas fabric mask

Here's the face I made to scare my dog and child! Lol! I also feel like Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Anyway, this is a fabric mask infused with clay to cleanse the face. The mask I received has mud, Dead Sea, and sea kelp in it. My face felt really nice after, it was a wee bit drying, but there's nothing that moisturizer can't fix! They only thing I didn't like was that the chin kept slipping off. I would definitely buy these! Each mask costs $2.49

Next is NYC New York Color Big Bold Curl Mascara

This brush is HUGE in real life! This product claims to give your lashes 12x the volume and 99% more lift in one stroke. 

No mascara 

One coat

Three coats, no curler used!

There wasn't any clumping either. I definitely recomend this. It's only $4.99!

Lastly, NYC New York Color Big Bold Plumping Lip Gloss

Another HUGE applicator! I thought it was going to be too big to use but it was fine! This is in colour 468 Big City Blush. This claims to have a high shine that lasts  up to 4 hours, obviously it didn't. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a good product! It had that awesome tingle too! 

Not too much colur to it, but that's sometimes nice. It's frosty with a bit of shimmer. I like it! This costs $4.99

***I received these products complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster***

If you want to know more about VoxBox and Influenster, go to Influenster.com

Thanks for stickin around to the end! 

-Shaylene <3

China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze 2013

Hey! I have a few more polishes from China Glaze's Happy HoliGlaze Collection! Lets get right into with "Just Be-Claws"

    Natural light. 

Hands down, one of my fave reds in my collection! This red foil was perfect in two coats. Also no topcoat and dried pretty fast. 

This is "Put A Bow On it" 

   Natural light

This is a purple micro glitter in a clear base. Opaque in only two coats! It dried a bit dull so I'm sure a nice thick top coat would bring out the sparkle quite a bit! 

That's it for this post, thanks! 

-Shaylene <3

Wicked Polish

Hello!! So about over a year ago, I joined the nail community on Instagram and discovered Rylee, AKA, Wicked Polish. Ever since then, any of her polishes have been a lemming for me lol! I finally got two thanks to my nail mail buddy! 

Here's the lovely "Drunk In Public"

    Natural light. 

This is a white crelly with assorted coloured neon glitters. This totally reminds me of cupcake icing! This is two coats with no topcoat. 

Here's "Prowling" 

    Natural lighting

This is seriously soo sparkly in real life, it's crazy. This is a blue jelly with holo glitters and stars. It glows faintly, but I wasn't able to capture it. The formula was a bit thick but didn't effect the application. This is two coats, no topcoat. 

If you're interested in purchasing from Wicked Polish, you can go to @wickedpolish on Instagram or go to wickedpolish.com. 

Don't forget to come find me on Instagram @polishednubs as well for more swatches! 

-Shaylene <3

Glam Polish and Jindie Nails

Hello! I have more swatches for you from 2 great indie companies, Glam Polish and Jindie Nails! 

First up is "Indigo" from Glam Polish. 

    Natural light. 

This is such a gorgeous polish! This a purple base with pink shimmer, pink and turquoise dot and micro glitters! This is 2 coats with no topcoat. Great formula, no glitter fishing and a great dry time!

I have two swatches from Jindie Nails, first is "Water 4 Elephants"

    Natural light. 

The name for this is perfect! Grey base with blue and green glitters. Pictured is one coat no topcoat. I probably should've used two, but ill do that another day lol! 

This is "Midnight Rainbow". 

    Natural light.  

Wowza!! Look at those gorgeous dot glitters! (I'm such a sucker!) This is a black jelly with multi-coloured glitter and circles. Absolutely NO fishing at all!!! 

If you're interested in purchasing from these companies, you can find them in Instagram @glampolish_ and @jindienails or go to their websites glampolish.com.au and jindienails.com

Thanks for stopping by! Come find me on Instagram @polishednubs

-Shaylene <3

Trelly Polish

Hi everyone! I've been so lucky to try my first glitter bomb Trelly Polish's courtesy of my nail mail buddy! 

First up is "Pool Toys"

   Natural light. 

Look at that! This is one coat over OPI "Skull And Glossbones" and a coat of Seche Vite. I'm in love with these glitters, the black and blue circles, butterflies, and black rectangles are my fave! I left the bottle upside down for a few minutes and didn't have to fish for ANY glitter! 

Here's "Monster Mash"

    Natural light. 

This is soo fun!! The purple and grey glitters are awesome! This is one generous coat over Wet n Wild Wild Shine "Teal Slowly And See" and a coat of Seche Vite. Such a fun and funky combo! 

These were super easy to work with considering the amount of glitter in each bottle. If you're interested in purchasing from Cassie, AKA Trelly Polish, you can find her on Instagram @trellypolish or go to her site trellypolish.bigcartel.com

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget you can find me on Instagram @polishednubs! 

-Shaylene <3

OPI Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection

Hey everyone! With Christmas fast approaching, I thought I'd share some of the new OPI's from the Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection! 

First up is "Underneath The Mistletoe"

    Natural light. 

A gorgeous red with silver glitter. This is 2 coats, no topcoat. 

One of my favourites "I Snow You Love Me"

    Artificial light. 

This is big circle holo glitters in a clear base. Pictured is one coat over "Underneath The Mistletoe". I had to leave the bottle upside down for a few minutes to reduce the amount of "glitter fishing". 

And this is a full hand of individually placed glitters from "I Snow You Love Me" 

Now are some of the Liquid Sands! 

This is "Emotions"

    Artificial light. 

This is a black liquid sad with black hex glitters. It's got some sparkle to it too! This is two coats. 

Next is "Kiss Me At Midnight"

    Artificial light. 

    Natural light

For this frosty blue with sliver glitter, I used 2 coats. This probably needed a third though. 

And lastly,"It's Frosty Outside"

    Natural light 

    Artificial light

This is so pretty and sparkly! It's icy looking and has silver glitter. I used two coats for the photos above. 

Thanks for stopping by everyone! Don't forget you can see more polish swatches on my Instagram account @polishednubs! 

-Shaylene <3