Hi Goddesses
I have thoroughly fallen in love with The Polish Bar of late, and it's exciting that I still have about 5 of her polishes in my untrieds mountain :) After I posted my Halloween swatches, Janice kindly offered to send me samples of her Late Holiday Collection. Jeez, everyone's a stunner.
First up we have Glowing Sapphire, a polish I was thoroughly convinced would leave me a bit cold. Navy is a weird colour for me, and it's rare to find a dark blue polish that gets it right.
What I didn't realise was that this polish was loaded with shimmer - INDECENTLY so - and that this makes it quite exquisite.
Glowing Sapphire is a crelly base, and I used 3 coats here for opacity. It's very threadbare at one coat, but builds quickly, solidly and effortlessly.
Just look at that sparkle! The tiny holographic particles give it a fathomless outer space / deepest ocean feel. Just amazing.
For someone who's not a blue junkie, I couldn't stop staring at this. Winner.
I then layered it with Diamonds and Pearls, the glitter topper from the Collection. Janice describes this as a glitter with "different sizes of white hexes, opalescent hexes, and silver and clear holographic sparkle in a clear base."
For me, this is snowfall in a bottle. And layered over the midnight blue of Glowing Sapphire, it looked like a dark night sky with the snow floating down.
I've used this polish in a couple of other manis since, and it has a very "fairy snow" quality to it, like something you'd find in Narnia. Delicate and perfect.
And now for the ... wow .. the ... oh my GOD .... Ruby Dreams - wow wow wow.
Ruby Dreams is the blood sister of Glowing Sapphire. They share the same composition - crelly base and tons of shimmer - but for me, Ruby Dreams has a lot more wow factor.
I have to say it, this may well be the perfect Crumpet polish (except that it's not purple). The red IS dreamy - vibrant and bright - and the shimmer mainly flashes pink.
I overuse my adjectives, I know I do, I'm not a subtle kind of girl, but wow this is a special polish. It reminds me very much of my beloved Disco Biscuit, albeit in different tones.
This is perfect for Christmas, Crumpets and every other day of the year.
Finally, I layered RD with Berry Shimmer, a purple toned glitter topper. Hello Crumpet perfection!
Berry Shimmer is packed with pink, mauve and purplish glitters and shards, with the shards giving it an edgy vibe that I really like.
It totally glowed over the red, but this is versatile enough to work over a variety of colours. This applied easily.
So there you have it, 4 perfect polishes. You can buy from The Polish Bar here, and follow her on Facebook here.
These polishes were sent to me for an honest review.
Enjoy xx :)