Here it is May already and the weather is fine! SquareHue takes us to “Scooter Key West” and we join the Conch Nation is celebrating all things tropical! You know I love Florida and this month’s sub box is just what I hoped it would be.
The Scooter Key West box for May 2016 contains 3 summery shades. From Left, Mallory Square, Duval Street and Southernmost Point.
Key West is part of the Island chain of the Florida Keys, a mere 90 miles north of Cuba. So let’s jump on our scooters and take a look at some warm and inviting nail lacquers. Perfect for your next trip to America’s Caribbean.
Southernmost Point is a glossy buttery smooth Duochrome, shifting main shade is a bright berry pink with strong blue shimmer. 2 coats.Duval Street is a 2-coat really opaque high gloss creme. This minty green is the essential beachy shade for summer.Mallory Square is a semi sheer micro glitter baby pink. 3 to 4 coats needed for full opacity or wear it as a blushing pink with 1 to 2 coats.
Conchclusion: 😉 Get it? lol Love all three of these polishes. Get your subscription started if you haven’t already. Remember, you will also be contributing to a great cause…the fight against human trafficking.
Join SquareHue’s subscription in time to receive the June collection Sail Windward Islands. I am ready!
$21 for Box No.3 and $16 for Box No.2 both include complimentary shipping within the US. An additional $5 is added to ship to Canada. Also available are single bottles and prior collections!
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Diving right into the April polish subscription box from SquareHue, the moment I opened it I was out of breath! The April Adventure Collection brings us Skydive Interlaken. Three finishes, three knockout shades. Let’s suit up and take a look!
Eye popping shades for April! From Left, Monch…an eye-searing matte yellow. Eiger…a pink duochrome gloss (I’d consider it more of a pink with flashes of blue). And a glitter within a purple crelly, Jungfrau.
Monch is so brilliant, not even the sun can compete with this shade. Wear it matte or shine it up even more with a topcoat. I don’t know why but yellow this shade screams for black! So I had fun with some dots and dry marble.
Monch in 2 coats. I read that some folks had some streaking and stringy formula issues. I had NO issues at all. Dried fast and very matte and I didn’t even need a 3rd coat.
Eiger is a super glossy pink with flashes of blue shimmer. I don’t seem to get a duochrome effect, but it’s sure gorgeous!
It took 3 thin coats and was easy to apply. I love pinks like this with that hint of shimmer.
Last but no way least, a super surprise this month is a pale purple crelly/glitter, Jungfrau. Hey, did you know that Jungfrau is a group of mountain peaks in Switzerland? Me neither. I really must get out more! lol
Jungfrau in 3 easy coats gives you great depth and dimension.
Conclusion. I read a couple mini reviews and a couple of reviewers had a couple of problems with Jungfrau and Monch. I had 0 problems, 0 defects! the Eiger took a bit longer to dry but the glossiness is worth it. Jungfrau is exactly how I like my crelly/glitters. And Monch, well. She’s a standout as far as yellow polishes are concerned. I’m super pleased!
Join SquareHue’s subscription in time to receive the May collection Scooter Key West. I love Florida so I’m thrilled with what this one might contain!
$21 for Box No.3 and $16 for Box No.2 both include complimentary shipping within the US. An additional $5 is added to ship to Canada. Also available are single bottles and prior collections!
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SquareHue is focusing their HueGive donations from portions of their proceeds to the prevention awareness, protection of trafficked victims and the prosecution of human traffickers. 7-free. 7-Free Clean formula – Does not contain Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP, Camphor, Ethy Tosylamide, Xylene, or Formaldehyde Resins. Vegan-Friendly. Cruelty-Free. Made in the USA. Complimentary Shipping for US Residents, $5 for Canada.
I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things with my swatching and blogging. I managed to grab a few hours before the big move to swatch these and a few others. For some reason, my swatch “non-dominate” hand’s middle digit wants to keep chipping, just millimeters at a time, still frustrating! But now that all the packing, painting, etc is done for now and we are in Texas, my nails can breathe a sigh of relief and I can allow them to regain their original length. Sorry for the odd lengths. I couldn’t bare to trim them any further. 😉
I’m excited I got the Decades Collection July box, 1960, before we left. These three polish colors are wonderful for summertime. Let’s get right to the groovy images!
This month’s The Decades Collection box featuring the 1960s is far out! The in-your-face fuscia Tune In is a satiny fuscia neon. It dries matte but looks amazing alone or with topcoat. Same with the highlighter neon Turn On. It’s a brilliant 2-coater matte, and no white undies required. The purple/blue duochrome with brilliant blue flash shimmer makes this set complete, and oh, so glossy!
Let’s start with Tune In, a neon pink matte.
Tune In is one of those brilliant deep neon pinks that make you love, well, pink! Hard to tell by my photo here, but I put a coat of clear topcoat on the ring finger, but even matte, this color jumps off the nail.
Turn On is also matte, but it’s a brilliant neon yellow/green and I LOVE it! The photo makes it look more yellow, but on the nail it has a bit of green cast.
Turn On is a matte SUPER highlighter yellow/green that can make the most pale look tan! Wow, my camera couldn’t even handle the brightness. Great formula, no white undies needed.
And last but not least, Drop Out. This glossy duochrome is opaque in 2-3 coats, and oh my, that blue flash is crazy!
Drop Out is a fab duochrome purple/blue glossy with brilliant blue flashes. Two coats here!
Come back in August for my next SH post on the 08.15 collection, 1970s. They will most surely be trippy! They ship out on the 1st of the month!
ALSO! SquareHue is now offering a second option for monthly subbies. A2-pack box is now available for $10.99/mo +SH. The 3-packs are still available for $14.99. See site for details!
Subscription price for SquareHue is $14.99/mo +Shipping and Handling out of Miami, Florida. Subbies can choose immediate monthly deliveries or suspend/skip months as they wish. There are other new incentives, see the web site for details.
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I’m telling you, Spell Polish never ceases to amaze me! Heather continues to create fabulous polishes and I’m so excited to share three of the Charlie Loves Bella collection for Spring 2015 with you…and now available for purchase. These magical polishes are all have different personalities, full of holographic goodness along with shimmer, flakies, duochrome casts and well, they’re magical!
Bianca’s Whiskers, Lovely Bunny and Kitty Slippers are 3 of 10 gorgeous polishes now available for purchase from Spell Polish. $17ea or $160 for the whole set of these high quality indie creations.
What a wonderful collection to kick start your spring polish collections! Here is Bianca’s Whiskers:
Bianca’s Whiskers is a lush strong linear pink/violet polish with a purrrfect formula! Pert near opaque in one coat but 2 coats brings out the holo even more. I took this pic in the sunshine so you could enjoy the full effect. It’s fabulous! Bianca’s Whiskers ~ is described as a pink-violet with a strong linear holo cast. 15 mL/.5 oz Finish: Linear holographic Coverage: 1-2 coats for full opacity. We recommend starting with a thin coat. It is recommended to shake well before applying.
Lovely Bunny was the sheerest of these 3 requiring 3 coats for me with my long nails to not see the free edge when in full light. But the effect is a mesmerizing green/blue duochrome shimmer. Lovely Bunny ~ is described as a soft green-blue duochrome shimmer. 15 mL/.5 oz Finish: Duochrome shimmer Coverage: 2-3 coats for full opacity.
Kitty Slippers in 2 coats. Not as sheer as Lovely Bunny but just as intoxicatingly beautiful. I should note all these formulas are amazing and easy to work with, great brushes and elegantly packaged. So springy! Kitty Slippers ~ is described as a rich, watermelon pink with a cool pink chrome shimmer. 15 mL/.5 oz Finish: Shimmer with subtle duochrome Coverage: 2 coats for full opacity
I asked Heather to share the inspiration of how Charlie Loves Bella came to be. It’s inspired by a true story and written by Spell Polish owner/creator herself, Heather. She told me, “It’ based on a true story about my cat, Charlie and his love for rabbits.” Heather says that This collection is based on a true story about a cat that falls in love with a rabbit. All polishes come with a corresponding trade card- all 10 cards together tell the whole story of Charlie and Bella.
Here is the story of Charlie Loves Bella:
~Charlie Loves Bella~
Bella was a bunny and Charlie was a cat,
but Charlie didn’t know love doesn’t work like that.
So Charlie donned his slippers and sneaked away at night
looking for his Bella by the goldenrod moonlight.
He thought he’d bring her flowers- a hyacinth or two-
and serenade his Bella with a melody he knew.
When out of her small warren, he saw her whiskers peeking,
he knew he’d finally found the love that he was always seeking.
This was the radiant rabbit he spotted a few days before,
and followed through the woods, right to her bunny door.
Her fur was smooth and silken; her nose a velvet pink.
Her eyes were bright as stars, more lovely with each blink.
But Bella’s mother chided from inside that darkened hole,
and warned her lovely bunny not to stray and not to stroll.
“Cats can be quite dangerous with very dreadful habits,”
she reminded her sweet Bella that kitties aren’t for rabbits.
Who was this singing kitty who courted under the moon,
who made her heartbeat skip, and made her nearly swoon?
So early the next morning, Bella dressed for the affair
and followed Charlie’s footprints back to his secret lair.
She hid behind an oak tree in hopes of a better view,
then spied her star-crossed lover sitting under boughs of yew.
Delightful was his posture and flaxen were his locks.
Charlie was a kitty but he also was a fox!
She hip-hopped to her homestead, with extra bounce in her step.
She had to tell her sister about the kitty she had met.
But Bianca twitched her whiskers and crumpled up her nose,
“Bunnies cannot fall in love with kitties—everyone knows!”
But later that same evening, with daisies in his hat,
Charlie showed Bianca he was not an average cat.
He scampered through the forest, and shimmied up a tree,
courting the whole family by dropping daisies on all three.
Bella’s mom was startled and Bianca was confused
but Bella’s heart was tickled and her spirit was amused.
She loved a cat named Charlie and she didn’t care who knew.
So she blew him bunny kisses and she knew her love was true.
He jumped down from that pine tree and gave his Bella a wink,
then offered her his paw, their arms a furry link.
They took a springtime ramble off into the setting sun,
the story of Charlie and Bella was a tale that had just begun…
Jump on over to Spell Polish today and get your Charlie Loves Bella polishes. I promise you, SP never disappoints!
Spell Polishes are in .50 oz bottles and are 5-free, cruelty-free nail lacquers featuring luxurious formulas of glitters, micas and pigments. They strive to bring you a polish free of toxins—NO Toluene, NO Formaldehyde, NO Camphor, NO Formaldehyde Resin and NO DBP (Dibutyl Phthalate).
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