Recent Fair Maiden Polish Purchases

Good morning everyone! Today I've got a round up of recent Fair Maiden Polish purchases I have made! Finally got a chance to play with my new pretties this weekend and boy am I glad I did.

Now this is a mix of polishes, two from their Swords & Lace: A Renaissance Fantasy fall collection, one is a Limited Edition from the Color 4 Nails website and the final one is a new addition to their original Be Your Own Heroine Collection. 

First up we have the super lovely Fair Maiden Polish Pirate Queen. Pirate Queen is a gorgeous purple leaning magenta with a strong linear holo with a violet flash. This is vampy while still being bright and applied perfectly in two coats. 

Next we have Fair Maiden Polish High Priestess. High Priestess is a strawberry red polish packed with pink, orange and gold shimmer which gives it a lovely warm glow. This also applied perfectly in two coats. This was the first polish I was drawn to in the Swords & Lace collection, it is totally unique to my collection and is just so beautiful. 

This third polish is a limited edition from the Color 4 Nails website which now carries Fair Maiden Polishes! This is Fair Maiden Tauplexed, which is no longer available on its own so I've linked to the special Color 4 Nails duo. Tauplexed is a lovey purple leaning taupe holo that has a beautiful golden glow. I think my photo captures the beauty of this polish but I do want to say in person this polish is so beautiful! Another perfect application in two coats. 

Finally we have the newest addition to the Fair Maiden Polish family is Colors of the Wind. Colors of the Wind was one of three polishes the ladies of Fair Maiden Polish added to their original collection in honor of their first anniversary. Colors of the Wind, in honor of Pocahontas, is a medium dusty blue holo polish with golden flakies that slightly shift green which gives it a golden glow in direct light and provide some extra depth to the polish in indirect light. Once again, same great formula I've come to know from Fair Maiden, opaque in two coats. 

These flakies are a new foray for Fair Maiden and I think they are utilizing them in a unique was I haven't seen before! Can't wait to see what they hold in store for the future. Have you picked up any new Fair Maidens lately? Which colors have you been rocking?

Fair Maiden Polish Just a Mirage

Good morning everyone! Bear with me this morning as I am coming out of a 36 hour fever-induced haze. I caught a terrible flu from my husband and after spending all day in bed yesterday I'm just now coming out of it!



The polish I'm sharing with you today is a gift from the makers of Fair Maiden Polish and boy oh boy is this polish an absolute stunner. I've been holding back on sharing this, because I wanted to make sure it was close enough to the launch of their fall collection, so that you would be prepared should you want to purchase this stunner.



This is Fair Maiden Polish Just a Mirage and it is a lovely wine colored holographic polish, just the shade I love the most for vamp in the fall. It applies fully opaque in two coats and has a great formula I've come to know and love from Fair Maiden Polish.



Now because I can't leave well enough alone, I just knew I had to pair this polish with another Fair Maiden, and since I had just gotten my UberChic Uber Mat, I thought I'd give a go at making a decal.



I took a flower design from my first collection of Uber Chic plates, stamped with white on top of a dried off portion of regular top coat (not quick dry, I find just plain top coat works best) and then I colored it in with Fair Maiden Polish Maiden's Blush (which isn't available on their website at the moment but is available at Color4Nails, did you know that Fair Maiden Polish is available at Color4Nails now?! Well now you do!).



After I was sure that my decal was dry, I used tweezers to gently pick the decal up and place it on my accent nails for a cohesive look.



Overall I was in love with this polish and am just drooling over some other shades in this new collection. The collection is called Swords and Lace: A Renaissance Fantasy Collection and for a full review of swatches, head on over to Ida Nails It! She has an excellent round up! The collection is due to be available at the Fair Maiden Polish website at 12 p.m. CST Saturday September 19.

So now let's dish, which of the new Fair Maiden Polish collection do you have your eyes set on?! My favorite, besides Just a Mirage, is definitely High Priestess!