Dreamland Lacquer Valentine Power Ballads Collection

Hey everyone!!! Sorry I haven't been updating my blog as much, exciting things are happening for me on a personal level and I promise I will reveal it all soon!

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Today I have this beautiful 4-piece Valentine's Day Collection from Dreamland Lacquer to share with you and these polishes are super beautiful! These four polishes will release for preorder Saturday January 21 at 2 p.m. central time for a 48-hour window. I'll have more details at the end of the post, but let's take a look at the pretty swatches!!!

This is Dreamland Lacquer Is This Love? and it just beautiful. This is a white crelly polish with holo microglitters and color shifting iridescent microglitter. Those color shifting iridescent glitters are super in right now but I haven't quite seen this combination yet and it is just stunning. I really love this one. The formula on this one was a little thick, but nothing unmanageable – just apply thin coats. Since it is a white crelly, I used three coats for opacity. 

Next up is Dreamland Lacquer Alone. This is a deep burgundy jelly polish with holo microglitter and those same beautiful color shifting iridescent microglitter. I love that this is both vampy and delicate at the same time. I love those color shifting glitters, they just add a whole new dimension to this polish. Since this had a darker base, I only needed two coats for opacity. These glitters tend to be a little hungrier than the usual Dreamland Lacquer microglitters, so you might need an extra coat of top coat for ultimate smoothness.

This is Dreamland Lacquer Everything I Do and it is just an amazing microglitter. No one does microglitters quite like Dreamland, and this one does not disappoint. A beautiful bright pink jelly polish packed with holo microglitters – this polish will make everyone happy all year round. Opaque in two easy coats, I wore this for few days and there is just something so happy about a bright pink. 

Last but definitely not least this is Dreamland Lacquer The Search is Over. And you guys, the search really is over, this is the ultimate perfect purple polish! This is a warm purple jelly polish with unicorn pee pigment that gives it the most beautiful pink glow. And even though it's a jelly, this beauty was opaque in TWO coats. And it is just so amazingly beautiful. Who doesn't love unicorn pee?

Also, with this release, Dreamland will be bringing back some former popular shades.

Noelie will be bringing back, from left, Date Night, Monkey Monkey Underpants and Burnt Jam in Vermont. 

Once again these four beautiful polishes will be available for preorder Saturday January 21 at 2 p.m. central time for a 48-hour window at the Dreamland Lacquer site. Turn around time will be approximately two weeks, depending on volume of orders. Updates will be posted on the Dreamland Facebook page if orders will take more than two weeks.

For the initial preorder each polish is $10.00. They will be $11.00 each when they are added to the store as normal inventory. The full set will be $38.00, so an extra $0.50 savings per color for ordering the set. 

So which ones are your favorite? I'm really digging Is This Love?!!!

Falling Leaves Nails featuring new Smitten Polish

I've got just a quick nail art post for you today, featuring my favorite polish from the new Smitten Polish Christmas in Stars Hollow Collection.

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In case you missed the review of the new Smitten Polish collection, here is a link to Monday's post, I promise you won't want to miss out on the Gilmore Girls fun! The collection is available for preorder on Friday, more details (including info on a sale) on the whole review.

I'm obsessed with fall and I work in the most picturesque downtown in Northern California. The little main street is lined with these amazing Chinese Pistache trees and the leaves are dancing all over the place today. 

Credit to my wonderfully photographically inclined coworker Alicia!

Ok on to the nails!

To start off this look I did two thin coats of Smitten Polish Monkey Monkey Underpants and then I broke out another of my favorite Smittens - The First Lobster. I thought the shimmer in Monkey Monkey Underpants would pair so well with the the deep red orange of The First Lobster and I was right.

I stamped the nails using various parts of my MoYou London Mother Nature 07 plate, which is currently out of stock, but it's an amazing plate! I just love that The First Lobster was able to stamp and it actually paired so well with Monkey Monkey Underpants!

Which Smitten Polishes are you most excited for?!

Well that's all for today people, I've got holiday collections coming at me left and right, you won't want to miss what's in store for the next few weeks!!! :)

Smitten Polish Christmas in Stars Hollow Collection

Today my post is a little late because I just got too stinking excited to show you guys these polishes because yes, they are inspired by THAT Stars Hollow! Yay for a Gilmore Girls inspired collection!!!

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I am a huuuuuuuuuuge Gilmore Girls fan! My best friend and I have spent many a day in our pajamas just watching marathons of this show. Brings up so many memories of a time when I was younger and more carefree than I am today!

Credit: Google Image

So not only am I excited about the inspiration of this collection, I'm so excited because it's by Smitten Polish – one of my favorite brands. Ever since I saw the sneak peeks of this collection I've been itching to shout it from the rooftops: Gilmore Girls collection from Smitten Polish!!!!!

Ok, clearly you can tell I'm excited. Stay tuned to the end of this post too, for details of when to purchase (hint Friday preorder) and a code for a sale going on too! Now let's get the the amazing beautiful swatches now shall we?!









First up we have Buy Me a Boa and Drive Me to Reno which is a gorgeous cherry red microglitter. The base of this is jelly and squishy but still opaque in two coats with a wonderful formula. I got a violet pull from the holo microglitter, it's hard not to stare at your nails forever when wearing this polish! It is a microglitter, so I suggest a thicker top coat, or two coats of top coat. The title of this polish is inspired by the super hilarious Emily Gilmore, in response to her being compared to a prostitute after having two glasses of wine before lunch!









Next we have Big Head Want Dolly, a beautiful bubble gum holo with matching microglitter. This polish was another wonderful two coater (great formula, like buttah) and it's brightness will make any heart soar on dreary color-less winter days. The name here heralds from Lorelai burning all her childhood photos because of her "unusually" large head. If pink is your schtick, this is a must-have!









Next we have I Smell Snow, a nod to Lorelai's sense of the first snow of each winter! I don't get snow where I live in California, but I do know snow is magical. I grew up going on skiing trips every year and snow was my total la-la land. I would just go down all the bunny slopes and sing to myself and be in my own little world. Trying to catch snowflakes on my tongue, eating snow when I fell down and was too tired to get back up and just listening to the sound of the cold air rush through the tall pine trees. Anyway, back to the polish. This is a lovely light icy-blue holo polish with holo microglitter and what looks like some brighter blue microglitter as well. This one is a tad sheerer than the rest, I have shown two coats here, but some might want three. Same great application though!









This is I Ate the Fuzzy Certs another fabulous name and great polish. This is a lovely white crelly with green holo hexes of various sizes and microglitter to boot. It sparkles and shines and totally reminds me of Certs. I love the reference to this one, when Lorelai and Rory are visiting Harvard and Lorelai finds old Certs in her purse, which she of course eats. Surprise, surprise they tasted like keys. Hahaha. This is a also a lovely two-coater formula and the white crelly base gives it a lovely depth which makes the holo sparkle from various levels!









Now for the polish that completely knocked my socks off!!! This is Monkey Monkey Underpants and it is a lovely taupe-ish nude with the most amazing orange shimmer and sparkle! When I saw this in the bottle, I thought, hmmmm maybe not with my skin tone but it instantly became a favorite of mine. And for this to be a favorite and no holo is a big deal! This was also a wonderful two coater, though the formula was a tad thicker, so be careful how much you load on your brush. This is a nod to the "wild jungle full of gibberish" in Lorelai's head when trying to write a character reference for Luke.

There is a polish in here for every type of person, the pink lover, the holo lover, the glitter lover and the shimmer lover! These are all amazing polishes and their inspirations make them even more lovable to me!

These babies are available for preorder (no worries about not being able to grab what you want) starting at 2 p.m. CT on Friday Nov. 27 (yes Black Friday) for 24 hours at the Smitten Polish webshop. Want to know MORE awesome news? Smitten Polish is having a 20 percent sale on all the other polishes in her shop (excluding this new collection) with the code THANKS2015 during the preorder for the winter collection. That includes her fall collection which I reviewed here.

So which Smitten Polishes are you hoping to pick up this holiday season?! My favorites here are totally Buy Me a Boa and Drive Me to Reno, I Smell Snow and Monkey Monkey Underpants! I've got some nail art to share with you with MMU coming up later this week!!!