HARE Polish Rosa Meditativa

I have a new HARE Polish to share with you today. This is from the A Surreal New Year collection inspired by Salvador Dali. This is one of the most interesting polishes I now own. Interesting, in a very good way that is!

Rosa Meditativa

Rosa Meditativa is dusty mauve jelly with multi-color ultra chrome flakies.

Collection: A Surreal New Year 2015

Color: This is 100% original and stunning color! The base color is beautiful and those mult-colored ulta chrome flakies? Need I say more? This polish is so cool, creative, and different!

Formula: I found this formula easy to use and apply. I used 3 coats above.

Price: I paid $10 for this on the HARE Polish etsy site. I hope this one will be restocked soon. 

Overall: These are the types of polishes I really do not have much to say with. I mean all you have to do is look at it to see its greatness. I love Rose Meditativa. This is a definite standout for me so far this year. I think we have a Top 2015 contender already!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Friday! 

Core Line Colors Are Special Too! Series: Part 1

I've been to various drugstores,Targets, and Walmarts overtime and every cosmetics line has its core line of nail polish colors. What I do notice is there are hardly ever any blog posts swatching or reviewing these. I can understand why, most people want to see new products and new innovative colors. I get it and I do too!I also know that many of these core line colors I have and I adore.

I decided today that I think I'm going to do a series of reviews/swatches on some of these core line colors from various drugstore brands. Many of these colors are great to have in your stash for various occasions, there are also some hidden gems, and finally many of these colors are dupes for brands that maybe harder to find or more expensive. I figure I may do posts like this twice a month. I hope you all find these posts to be informative and helpful. Please, let me know if you find this boring. I know these aren't the latest and greatest trendy colors, but I find them practical, wearable, and lovely colors to have in your collection. Plus, you may find one that to you is a real winner over some of the more popular colors.

Note: These are all colors you can find currently. I've seen them in multiple drugstores and places like Target and Walmart. They are easy to find and obviously they're still around because people like them! :)

Starting out today I'm going to show you 4 Revlons...

Vixen



Vixen is a deep burgundy color and almost jelly-like. It's rich sexy color in my opinion, but not over the top! This is 2 coats and I think it would be better with 3.

Berry Delicious



Berry Delicious is a dusty mauve color with a subtle silvery shimmer. I think this would be a very work appropriate color. It's also one of those colors that would go great with anything.

Midnight Affiar



Midnight affair is a rich deep sapphire blue. It is GORGEOUS. It also has a blue shimmer throughout which really intensifies this polish. Even though it's blue I do think it's very wearable, it's not bright or overbearing. It's a very sophisticated blue.

Raven Red



Raven Red is more of a blue-toned creme. It's the type of red that doesn't scream out "I'm Red!!!", but it still a beautiful color. I definitely suggest this one those who want to wear red, but don't want to wear an traffic stopping red. Again, it's very wearable and practical.

That's all for today. I hope you will enjoy this series and find it helpful. I want to thank those of you who have made comments on my blog recently. It really means a lot to hear your thoughts and to know that many of us have shared experiences. I'm very happy to be able to finally share my this funny hobby with you readers!

Have a great Thursday!

Don't underestimate a Plain Jane

I went to Dollar Tree a few weeks ago, and sadly my Dollar Tree nail polish selection is very limited. All they had were what seemed like hundreds of the same color Maybelline Native Berry. Well, this color isn't exactly the most eye catching or unique color, so I left with nothing. I ended up going back a few days ago and all those Native Berry's were still there, and well I kind of felt bad for them. Yes, I know it's weird to feel bad for inanimate objects, but I did :(, so I ended up getting one these.



Hmm, it's a dusty rose/mauve color. It's nothing exciting or very interesting. It's a very common ordinary color. Then again not all polishes can be like China Glaze Ruby Pumps or OPI Mad as a Hatter.Let's be honest Native Berry probably would get picked last to play on someone's dodge ball team, or more along the terms of nail polish would probably sit in the back of my stash for years untried.



It's not too bad. I like it, but I would never voluntarily choose this out of my other nail polishes. I'm sure we all have some polishes in our stash that don't necessarily wow us. All these polishes need are a little makeover. These are great polishes to use layering on. I used the following polishes to enhance this Plain Jane to a true beauty!

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Milani-Raspberry Fusion Tropez-Sassy, Cover Girl- City Lights, Pure Ice- Busted, Love My Nails-Dazzling




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Milani-Raspberry Fusion Tropez-Sassy, Cover Girl- City Lights, Pure Ice- Busted, Love My Nails-Dazzling



Now these are just a few of many options! I like all of these with exception of the Pure Ice Busted. I would of done a different one if I had the time, but I didn't. It just goes to show you sometimes it takes trial and error. I think a nice iridescent glitter like Cover Girl-Crystal Mist would look amazing too. My point is don't let some of those not so great polishes go to waste with some tinkering you can create some beautiful combinations!

Tip: Also, I find glitter/shimmer top coats a great way to liven up a manicure you've had for a few days. For instance, you've been wearing a color for a few days and want a change, but don't want to spend the time redoing your nails go ahead a throw on a glitter/shimmer top coat it will create a different look with lots of dimension!

That's all for now!

Have a great rest of the weekend!
Steph