Finger Lickin' Lacquer

Today I have a new-to-me indie brand called Finger Lickin' Lacquer. Most of their polishes are scented but none of the ones I received have an overwhelming scent. These polishes all release on March 20th. Links to all relevant sites will be posted at the end!

She Works Hard For The Honey

How cute is this glitter topper! It really does remind me of bees. No fishing was needed for the circles and glitter spread out nicely over the nail. I only did 1 coat over China Glaze At Vase Value. I didn't smell any scent with this one either.

Quite Contrary

This polish is a total chameleon, it looks mint in some light and a cream color in others! I love it so much! It's got tiny little flakies that to my eye look pink and some scattered holo. I used 3 coats plus topcoat. This one didn't have any discernible scent to me. 

Peachy Keen 

Be still my beating heart, this one is drop dead gorgeous. It's a beautiful peach colored crelly with golden flakies and holo. This one smelled like peaches to my crazy pregnancy nose! I used 3 coats plus topcoat. 

Eat Me

This one seriously just reminds me of Easter. I don't know why, maybe it's the chocolate colored base with pastel glitters, but the chocolate scent also helps! I really enjoy the glitter in this, the light pink and blue and I also think there may be some yellow glitters. This took 3 coats plus topcoat. 

Birthday Suit

I love this! Nude jelly with pastel glitter? Sign me up! This took 3 coats plus topcoat and to me smelled like those scented markers kids had in elementary school but in a pleasing way if that makes sense? 

Lilac Festival

Okay, okay, this is my favorite of the ones I was sent! It's such a beautiful purple with shimmer and holo, it's just perfect! It took 3 coats for opacity. I didn't realize that these polishes had scents when I swatched this one so I can't comment on the scent of it. If it did have a scent it had to have been delicate as I didn't notice it.

The formula of all the polishes was the same, slightly sheer but very easy to work with, not watery and not thick.

I was also sent a cuticle oil in the scent 'Grass' and I LOVE it. To me it smells like bananas but every other person I asked said it smells like grass haha. It absorbs so quickly, like I can't even explain how quickly, and leaves my cuticles super moisturized. Like I said, I love it! 

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Dashing Housewife Christmas Cheer collection

Finally! It's close enough to Christmas to play Christmas music without people looking at you like you've lost it! Plus this means so many gorgeous Christmas collections to play with. Today I have Dashing Housewife Polish Christmas Cheer collection to show off and I gotta say, it's so unique and refreshing for a holiday collection. This is already available for purchase so I'll post all the links below.

First up is quite possibly my favorite blue polish ever, Silent Night

Silent Night

Silent Night

Silent Night

Okay, for real. I'm dead with this polish! I mean, the teal/blue jelly base to the green-blue-gold flakies? It is everything I could have ever hoped to see in a blue polish. I've already worn this twice apart from swatching it, on both hands lmao. I use two coats here with topcoat.

Fit For A King

Fit For A King 

Fit For A King

Fit For A King

Initially I wasn't sure that I would like this one but I ended up loving it on, it's definitely a royal color. There's flakies and shimmer and gorgeousness in this one. Plus I only needed two coats for opacity also so there's that.

Stockings Were Hung

Stockings Were Hung

Stockings Were Hung

Stockings Were Hung

My macro is totally not color accurate, but the top two swatches are. My camera freaked out when I went to get close to this one haha! But anyways, it's a gorgeous teal crelly with seriously the most unique color combo I have ever seen and it is breathtaking! I loved this one in the bottle and on my nails. It feels perfectly holidayish without screaming HOLIDAYS to me and I just love it, plus theres a bonus silver shimmer running through it. Swatch shows 3 coats plus topcoat. 

Frosted Cookie

Frosted Cookie

Frosted Cookie

Frosted Cookie

I may or may not be tempted to try to frost some cookies with this, it just looks so yummy. This is definitely your quintessential holiday polish with a teensy twist. There's a multicolored shimmer in it and to me the glitters aren't your typical green and red shades but I love it! Swatch shows three coats plus topcoat. 

Feeling Grinchy

Feeling Grinchy

Feeling Grinchy

Feeling Grinchy

Feeling Grinchy

This is another one my camera freaked when I tried to get a bottle macro haha, it's definitely not color accurate, but the others are. The name on this one had me laughing out loud, I literally thought that it reminded me of the grinch before I even saw the name. Plus it glows green in the dark! How perfect! I charged it in the sun for a minute or two to get the strongest glow possible and man is it bright! There wasn't even any fishing for the heart glitters either so I loved it. Swatch shows 3 coats plus topcoat.

Last up is White As Snow

White As Snow

White As Snow

White As Snow

This polish is so delicate and subtly pretty! It's a white crelly with multicolored flakies in it that look like they're glowing! I loved wearing this one, and it does remind me of snow. This one took three coats plus topcoat. 

So what did you guys think of this collection? It's so unique for a holiday collection but they still feel like holiday polishes. I definitely think you could wear most of these year round which I love! All of these had the usual perfectly smooth formula I'm used to from Dashing Housewife Polish.

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Duh Nail Polish Down Home Holidays

Are you guys excited for another Duh Nail Polish collection? I know I am! I swatched these in record time after getting them in the mail because I literally couldn't wait to get them on my nails. This collection is kind of a big one for Duh Nail Polish, theres 5 polishes and three of them dry to the single most amazing matte finish I've ever seen, they are glorious! This post will be picture heavy because I wanted to show the matte ones with topcoat also. 

My Cup Spilleth

My Cup Spilleth (matte)

Hello beauty! Holy moly this is a damn sexy red and I don't usually say that about reds. This matte finish is killer, and the polish is perfectly opaque in two coats. There's flakies and shimmer and magic in here.

My Cup Spilleth (matte)

Them flakies! I die!

My Cup Spilleth (topcoat)

I'm so in love with this polish with and without topcoat! I can't believe how much it changes with topcoat though, it's one of those polishes that glows from within. I don't even have words.

My Cup Spilleth (topcoat)

Spruced Up

Spruced Up (matte)

How perfect is that name? I love it, fits this polish perfectly. Again another sexy and winter appropriate matte shade! All of these mattes have a perfect formula, this was two amazing, buttery coats.

Spruced Up (matte)

This one is a little different in that it has teeny tiny green micro hex in it, it's barely larger than the shimmer but it's there!

Spruced Up (topcoat)

This one is beautiful with topcoat. I love that the shimmer comes alive.

Spruced Up (topcoat)

Sloshed On Cider

Sloshed On Cider (matte)

Oh man, I know oranges can be polarizing but I love this with my skintone, I think it looks really good! Again, formula was perfection, only barely needed two coats to reach opacity.

Sloshed On Cider (matte)

Sloshed On Cider (topcoat)

Topcoat makes this shade look so gorgeous! It's such a pretty burnt orange color and the topcoat makes it look like it's glowing.

Sloshed On Cider (topcoat)

The lone crelly of the bunch, I Got The Topper, You Do The Rest

I Got The Topper, You Do The Rest

Okay. Let's talk about Danyl's white crellies. They're always so creamy and amazing and I may have 40 but I cannot get enough of them, and this one is no exception! It's so wintery and cozy looking, with its brown flakies, silver hex and scattered holo. Swatch shows 3 coats plus topcoat.

I Got The Topper, You Do The Rest

Lastly, and oddly enough the only clear based Duh polish I have, is Joy Oh Joy

Joy Oh Joy

This polish feels so unusual coming from Duh Nail Polish! Danyl always does perfect crellies and jellies, obviously she can do perfect glitters too! It's a clear based micro glitter polish with full opacity in three coats. It's very beautiful and perfect for the holidays, I know I'll be wearing this one a TON.

Joy Oh Joy

There's teeny tiny gold micro glitters along with some bigger slightly darker hex in there. When I was looking at it closer there appears to be a tiny amount of what I think is red micro glitter but it could very well be holo dust haha! 

I love this collection, it feels perfectly wintery and you can tell how much time went into perfecting those matte shades. Can you tell I'm blown away by them? I feel like I keep rambling on about how perfect they are haha! 

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Smoke And Mirrors 2.0

I've had these forever and I don't know why I just now did swatches of them, they're glorious! Today I have Love, Angeline's Smoke and Mirrors 2.0 collection. It's got 3 white crellies and 3 gray crellies.

Quick Change

This is such a pretty mix of colors, I love it! Swatch shows 3 coats with topcoat. 

If you guys know me at all then you know I love circle glitter so this is just love for me. 

There's also super sneaky flakies going on in this one which I love! 

Aztec Lady

I enjoy this one too but I'll probably say that for all of them haha. Swatch shows 4 coats with topcoat. 

I like the pink and yellow glitter so much! 

Metamorphosis 

Swatch shows 3 coats with topcoat. I have no idea what was going on with my middle finger so don't ask. 

Like I said, no idea. 

Pick A Card, Any Card

This one was probably the most sheer of the three white crellies but I loved the look of it! Swatch shows 4 (maybe 5? I think I lost count) coats with topcoat.

There's such a rainbow of colors in there, I think this one is perfect for spring! 

Trapped Doves

I love, love, love the blue and green combo of this one! This was 4 coats with topcoat. 

I have no idea why but this one feels so light and airy. It's perfect!

Lastly, Vanishing Act

Swatch shows 4 coats with topcoat. Again, I like the soft delicate look of this polish. 

All 6 of these polishes had flawless formula, easy application and great dry time. I didn't have to fish for any glitter or anything like that. I love this collection, especially because I have a compulsory need to hoard all the white crellies. Which is your favorite?