New-To-Me-Indie Review - 6 Hearts Polish - Spring Rain

Hey hey Peeps! I've got another new-to-me indie review for ya. A couple weeks ago I won one of the Friday Flash Giveaways on Facebook held by 6 Hearts Polish. I was pretty stoked to hear I won, prize being a full size bottle of Spring Rain! I just started collecting indies in err, um...Feburary. Since then, I have accumulated a pretty good stash but I had yet to try 6 Hearts. I also didn't have anything similar to Spring Rain, so double score! Check it out...

I only own one other grey colored polish, and it's a franken I made so I was stoked to add Spring Rain to my collection. The green shimmer makes it unique. I've seen greys tinted with blue and/or pink shimmer, but not green. I dig it! Here's a swatch for your viewing pleasure...

I am very happy with the formula of Spring Rain. I used 2 coats to achieve full opaqueness, didn't use a top coat. You can see just the slightest streaking in the finish and I totally take the blame for that. I probably should've went ahead and applied 1 more coat. Sorry bout that folks. Anywho, the dry time seems good. I love the bright green shimmer, it really pops with the grey base :) Here's a shot using the flash, the shimmer shows up a bit better...

The shimmer is brighter in person, you'll have to take my word for it though. You know I couldn't complete my review without a little experimenting so...feast your eyeballs on Spring Rain + Mile High Club by A Girl Obsessed. I love it...

 Adorable, right? So, my opinion on 6 Hearts Polish...I'm impressed with Spring Rain and I look forward to trying more. I recommend you click here and check out 6 Hearts on Etsy. There's some very pretty polish listed on there :) You can also like 6 Hearts on Facebook by clicking here, to stay utd on shop news, giveaways, and more. Now leave me some comment love folks, or don't that's fine...whatcha think? Do you own any 6 Hearts pretties? Have any lemmings? That does it for now peeps. Until next time...

Revlon Swatches - Girly, Ritzy, and Scandelous

Hey peeps! I decided to swatch some of my untrieds from my shopping spree a couple weeks ago. I figured I'd start things off with some Revlon swatches. I finally found Girly, Ritzy, and Scandalous. Sadly my search continues for Whimsical, I'm starting to think I'm not meant to have that one. Seriously. Anywho the Revlon's I did snag are pretty damn cute. Check it out....

Here's a swatch of Revlon Girly from the Bubble Gum Days Urban Nights collection. Now I have to be honest...This is one of those creations that look better in the bottle than my nails. I first tried 3 coats of Girly over Seche Clear. I really did not like it, kinda washed out with my pallid skin tone. So...I decided it would look better with a tinted base. Props to Melissa of The Claw of Cthulhu, I got the idea from reading her swatch post. Check it out here. Since I really like the way OPI Ridge Filler looks on my nails I figured, why not? I think it was a good choice...I used 3 coats of OPI Ridge Filler (I love the creamy matte finish, don't judge me), then 3 coats of Girly, and I topped it off with 2 coats of OTD.

The mix of purple, light pink, gold, and bright pink glitters is fun but I think I'll keep my eyes peeled for some indie dupes. The formula of Girly wasn't the best, but not their worst either. It was streaky and, is it just my bottle, or do all of them have taco glitters? I mean, it's not to bad but they are definitely not flat. I didn't have a hard time smoothing them out so I guess it doesn't matter. Another thing I dislike about Revlon, not just Girly, is those skinny ass brushes. I have a really hard time not streaking the hell out of my finish with those things, yet I continue to buy Revlon because they always manage to release something I think I can't live without. Here's another one of those...

Revlon Scandalous has about the same formula as Girly, only this one doesn't have the slightly curled glitters. It's a black base with medium purple hexes with purple micro glitters mixed in. This one was streaky like girly (thanks to the skinny brush I think), dry time seemed a bit slow too. Overall it's still pretty but I doubt I'll wear it much. Next up I'm gonna show you a swatch of Revlon Ritzy....

Ritzy was another Revlon shade I thought I couldn't live without. I was wrong. Nightmare formula! I found this one to be thick and streaky, a complete pain in the ass to work with. I don't know if there's just a bad batch that I happened to get into or what, my bottle of Ritzy sucks! Dry time was slow, and it took 3, yep 3 coats of OTD to halfway smooth it out. I'm definitely going to add polish thinner to this one if and when I decide to use it again. The base is black, obviously. It's not a black jelly either, more opaque, maybe a crelly? Anywho, the mix of silver and black hexes with the silver micro glitter is cute, but the base is too opaque. The black glitters don't show at all and the base covers up a lot of the silver. Overall Revlon Ritzy is my least favorite of the 3. FAIL. So, do you have any of these? If so, do you like 'em or hate 'em? Did you have the same issues I had? I'm interested in hearing your opinions, lemme know in the comments!

 Oh hey, I almost forgot to mention the vote-like-share contest I'm having on Facebook! Last weekend I had to go to Texas with the Hubs so he could visit his mom and stepdad whose health is failing rapidly. While we were there we took the mother-in-law to Walmart and of course I had to check out the polish aisle. There wasn't much I was impressed with but I did find some Hardy Candy Matte Topcoat. SCORE! If I heard correctly Hard Candy is discontinuing it so I snatched up the last bottle! I figured it would be a sweet prize for a like and share contest. So, here's what ya gotta do...Like Polished Dreams and Life Things Facebook page, like and share the original contest post pinned to the top, be sure to leave me a comment on the post thread letting me know you liked and shared. Tell me which prize you want to win while you're at it. I'm going to let this one run for a little while, I've decided to close it once I reach 300 Facebook likes. After this contest is over we will do a "follow-tweet-share" contest on Twitter. Winner will get whichever polish wasn't picked by the winner of the Facebook contest. Sound good to you peeps? I'm sorry, again I'm only able to ship within the US. I'm kinda poor right now, but I will make it up to my international polish pals soon :)