Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Liquid Lacquer Swatch-A-Thon! 6 Bottles Of Awesome Sauce You Shouldn't Live Without


Hi Peeps! How goes it? I am doing quite well, thanks for asking. I'm very excited to bring you my first Liquid Lacquer (formerly  2chix Lacquer) review! I recently entered a giveaway on Instagram and was pleasantly surprised to actually win! My prize was sweet, two full size bottles of Liquid Lacquer awesomeness. I decided to apply for a premium blogger package when I entered the giveaway, and I squealed when I got my approval email. Collide Into You has been one of my top lemmings since I first saw swatches, and I haven't seen a bad LL review yet. This post is a tad photo-heavy, but I do not apologize. These pretties deserve a little extra attention! Let's start the review with the 2 holos. Here's The Rain Song (eat your heart out)...
 Bright, teal holo anyone? I love this color so much! The Rain Song is one of the gorgeous holos in Liquid Lacquer's Physical Graffiti Collection. Have a look see at it swatched....
 The only issue I had swatching this bottle of awesome sauce...no sunshine ANYWHERE. Seriously, I haven't seen the sun since last Monday. Lame. That always seems to happen when I have killer holos to swatch. Regardless, the gorgeousness that is The Rain Song is more than apparent by my photo. Here's a closeup...
 The formula is lovely. I used three thin coats over OPI Ridge Filler, without top coat. Perfect consistency, dry time is good too. I think all holo junkies should have a bottle of The Rain Song in their polish stash. Now let's check out the second bottle of holographic perfection I got from Liquid Lacquers. Allow me to introduce you to Dancing Days of the Physical Graffiti Collection...
The best way I can describe it is a deep magenta/purple. I love it. It's not hard to see why...
I love linear holos, and Dancing Days is one of my new faves. The formula is excellente and dry time is awesome. Same as before, I used 3 thin coats over OPI Ridge Filler, no topcoat on this one either. Here's another shot for your face, the holo shows up a bit more...
Yes, as with The Rain Song, any avid holo collector needs to score Dancing Days. I really dig it myself. Now I've got a gorgeous jelly masterpiece to show ya. It's another must-have in my opinion. Feast your eyeballs on Mockingbird...Btw, my apologies to those that saw my swatch on Facebook. I listed Mockingbird as Halfway Gemini because I'm occasionally idiotic.
 Agh, let me start by saying...LOVE! Blue is one of my faves, this particular shade of blue especially. The white (or matte silver) glitters are the perfect touch. The formula was very easy to work with, and for a jelly it didn't take much work to build it up. For my swatch below, I used four thin coats but - it was totally passable after 3. I also used Seche Clear for my base, and 2 coats of OTD top coat.
Told ya, masterpiece! I've recently purchased a couple deep blue jellies, but this is the only one I have that already has the glitter in it. For that reason, I love it even more. I love this so much actually, it made me sad to remove it so I decided to use it on my toes. No I will not now, nor will I ever post photos of my feet, so don't worry. Bleh, creepy foot fetish people be gone! Now back to Mockingbird. I think it deserves a closeup...
My husband also seems to really like this polish in particular. He momentarily turned into Joe Dirt & was all "Dang!" Totally understandable. I couldn't help but gawk at it almost constantly. The formula is nothing short of amazing either. I didn't have to work too hard at getting the larger glitters, I'm sure that was helped by the fact I shook the bottle upside down a few minutes. Dry time wasn't bad, another good thing. I love the jelly sandwich in a bottle! Now, let's check out the first of 2 glitter toppers I've got today- Pink Elephant...
Gorgeous grey, white, black, and neon pink glitter mixed into a clear base. This one was a very nice surprise, since I haven't seen Pink Elephant yet :) I wont drag the suspense out, check it out swatched...
It's a fun, unique mix of glitter that I will be wearing frequently during the summer months. Perfect formula, easy to work with, and decent dry time, I had no issues when using Pink Elephant. Shaking the bottle upside down for a bit before using eliminates glitter fishing, and glitter placement is pretty dang good just using the brush. However I am a glitter glutton, so I opted to dab on a few more large glitters. My swatch above is one coat (with a bit of dabbing) of Pink Elephant over Dancing Days. I thought it was an appropriate, and gorgeous combo. Here's a peek at Pink Elephant over Zoya Trixie...
I love that combo too, even if it is extremely hard to photograph. Now I'm gonna show you the next glitter topper of the group. I introduce you to 80's Baby...
80's Baby is a gorgeous mix of neon pink, yellow, and green glitter with random pinkish-orange neon bars, holo macro glitter, and matte silver glitter in a clear base. I love this one too, and it was yet another nice surprise that I hadn't seen before. Check out 80's Baby combined with The Rain Song...
As before, this swatch is also 1 coat with a little bit of extra glitter dabbing. I love that combo! Just as expected, the formula of 80's Baby was awesome. Shaking the bottle upside down eliminated glitter fishing, dry time was good, and coverage is perfect. Have a look at 80's Baby over Neon Green (Salon Perfect)...
I'm diggin' that combo too. So, 80's Baby is perfect. It's a must have for neon glitter fiends for sure, but it's versatile enough even those Peeps that typically dislike neons can rock it. No complaints from me on this or any of the other Liquid Lacquer pretties so far! But...what about my lemming, Collide Into You? I saved it for last, and I think it's about time to let you see it...
I mentioned before this was one of my top lemmings, right? It did not disappoint once it got here either! The formula was perfect. Extremely easy to work with, no issues at all with glitter placement. Oh I love it so much more now that I've tried it. Check this out...
 Three coats of Collide Into You over Seche Clear, with two coats of OTD topcoat. This is definitely one of my favorite polishes EVER! The teal base is perfectly accented with various sized magenta circle glitters. The small gold circle glitters make it even more perfect. Time for a closeup...
I could look at that all day. Collide Into You is absolutely gorgeous! My opinions on the 6 Liquid Lacquer pretties I've reviewed for you today...I LOVE every one of them! I am now hopelessly addicted, and you can bet that I will be bringing you more LL reviews in the future. I recommend all polish addicts try at least one, I'd be willing to bet you'll become addicted too. Check out the Liquid Lacquer shop on Big Cartel here. Just a little note, the shop is currently undergoing maintenance in anticipation of the next restock. Be sure to like Liquid Lacquer on Facebook here to stay up-to-date on shop news like restocks, new releases, giveaways, etc. I recommend you act quickly once restocks are announced. Liquid Lacquer pretties don't stay around long, and it's obvious to me WHY they are so popular. So, now you tell me...Which polish is your fave from the review? Do you have any Liquid Lacquers in your polish stash? Love 'em, hate 'em (gasp)? Got any lemmings? Leave me some comment love folks. I love to hear your opinions! P.S...don't forget to enter the giveaway. I will probably end up adding a 3rd prize pack before it's over! Until next time Peeps...

8 comments:

  1. The Rain Song is just beautiful! I love, it and it's perfect for summer! Pink Elephan is my other favorite, even if I have to play with it a little bit like you, I still want it what a lovely shade!

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    1. Thank you! Pink Elephant really is fun to play with :) Can't wait to get a chance to try it with other shades!

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  2. Ugh! I need at least 3 of these. And by need, I mean want and will die if I don't get them. LOL

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    1. Lol! I agree with ya on that one. These things are sooo awesome, I will have to stalk the crap outta Liquid Lacquers till the next restock. I must have more! :)

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  3. I can't even describe how much I love, love, love the first two polishes! Even their names - "Rain song" and "Dancing days" just sounds so pretty!

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    1. I know right?! When I saw Rain Song in person my mouth fell open, then I screeched lol. And Dancing Days was another unexpected surprise, so I was doing a happy dance lmao :) And I'm following you on Twitter now too!

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  4. Gorgeous swatches! I have Mockingbird and Collide Into You, and they are just such beautiful polishes.

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    1. Thank you :) And I totally agree, those two are my favorites! Mockingbird is so unusual, love it!

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