Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Fresh Paint Sophia

One of the new additions to Orlando lately has been Five Below. My only wish is that we had it a bit sooner when in store nail polish was a bit cooler than it is now. I don't always find the most exciting nail polish at Five Below these days, but every once in awhile I come across a gem. I found this Fresh Paint gem recently in a shopping trip and it is well worth the purchase.

Sophia
Sophia is a bright red-toned grape purple creme.

Color: I tried messing with my camera settings and color on my photo program, but I couldn't really fix it. This is slightly more red-toned than it is showing up it is also more saturated. The camera washed out the color a bit. That being said, this color is hot and amazing! It's truly a bright purple creme unlike many I've seen.

Formula: The formula on this is alright. I used 3 coats above. It does have some unevenness on the first 2 coats, but it all evens out nicely by the 3rd coat.

Price: Fresh Paint polishes are 3 for $5 at Five Below. I've never bought them individually because 3 polishes for $5 is a steal.

Overall: This is a stunning and fun bright purple creme. I love the uniqueness of this color and it's perfect creme quality. I know many bright purples like this have weird jelly-like formulas or strange consistencies. This is a true creme. This is a great polish!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters
Happy Wednesday!

Monday, February 29, 2016

Model City Cosmic Lovers

Happy Leap Day!

You don't get to say that often. Does anyone have a leap day birthday? I'm pretty sure my late grandmother had a leap day birthday. She was born in 1920, but she always celebrated her birthday on March 1st. I don't really think much about leap day, but I'm pretty sure it should be considered some type of holiday. I mean you only get it every 4 years, and that's pretty special?

Anyways, I have another Model City Polish to share with you today. This brand is "new to me" as of a few months ago. I've known about the brand, but I just recently purchased some polishes. It's definitely become a brand that is on my love list since trying it out.

Cosmic Lovers
Cosmic Lovers is a rich blue base with holo pigment and gold holo glitters.

Collection: Model City Polish Fall 2015

Color: I love a rich blue. Blues like this are among my favorite types of colors in nail polish. This is a stunning jewel-toned blue and I love the vibrancy of the color. I also love the holo pigment and that gold holo glitter. I've said it thousands of times and I'll say it again. I love cool-toned colors paired with gold. It is such a luxurious color combination and this is gorgeous.

Formula: This has an excellent and easy to use formula. I used 2 coats above.

Price: This is $11 on Model City's etsy site.

Overall: Of course, I love Cosmic Lovers. It's one of my favorite nail polish colors and it has gold holo glitter. This a stunning nail polish color paired with an excellent formula. I love thoughtfully made polishes. You can tell there was some love put into this polish! This is a must have polish in my opinion.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters
Happy Monday!

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 2/21/16-2/28/16

I had lots of new wax to try this week. I will say this wasn't a great wax week. I think I had more duds this week than winners, but it was fun nonetheless. I'm adding a review category of "Scent Throw" to my write ups. Scent throw describes how strong the scent "throws" or spreads throughout the room. I'm basing this on a scale of 0-5. 0, being it has no throw and 5 being it has a very strong throw. I'm also continuing like last week to add my list of "Re-melts of the Week" at the end linked to my previous reviews.
ScentSationals Brazilian Waterfall
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This smells to me like Bath & Body Works Juniper Breeze. This is one of my favorite B&BW classic scents and adore the scent of this wax melt because of that similarity. It's a very fresh and crips blend of floral, green, and water. I am so very sad that this doesn't have strong throw though. I love this, but I could only get a few whiffs of it in the air when melting. This needed to be 50% stronger! This is scent I'd stock up on otherwise.
Scent Throw: 1.5/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals site

ScentSationals Lavender Glow
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This smells like a floral scented Lysol disinfectant spray or some other cleaning product. I don't get any lavender notes from this, it's more of just a nondescript floral scent mixed with a clean laundry scent.  This is one is very strong. Strangely enough, I really like this scent. I think it's like walking into a freshly cleaned house. I know cleaning product scents are not for everyone though, and if you're sensitive to strong scents this is definitely not for you. The strange ones like me who like the smell of cleaning products would like this one though! 
Scent Throw: 5/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals site

Ten Digit Creations Pink Lilac & Willow
Scent Description: lilac blossoms, blue willow, water lilies, and fresh greens
My Thoughts: Nope. This is just too floral for me, and not the kind of floral I really like best. I realize I'm more of a white floral (jasmine, orange blossom, honeysuckle, etc) person which are fresher and cleaner to me than other florals. The type of florals in these are just too frilly, powdery, very strong, and sweet. I prefer florals like this if they're blended with water notes to diffuse some of that floral. This is straight up frilly floral. 
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations 

Better Homes & Gardens Exotic Coconut Quince
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is an oddball scent. I don't know what a quince is, but it's apparently a blend of an apple and pear as far as scent goes? I also usually hate coconut scents, but this one is a bit different. This smells exactly like Palmers Cocoa Butter to me. It has that cocoa butter lotion scent paired with just the slightest hint of some sort of a fruity tang. I was drawn to this scent initially, but after melting it it's just OK to me. It's not my favorite, and I don't dislike it either.  It's a nice scent, it's just not usual fragrance I'd typically go for.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

ScentSationals Rainy Day
Scent Description: Pure water lily and the warmth of white musk
My Thoughts: This smells similar to me to Fairy Hill's Ocean Blossom which is one of my favorite scents. This has that nice blend of water, air, and floral like FH Ocean Blossom. I would say the only difference is FH Ocean Blossom leans more to the fresh airy side whereas Rainy Day leans a bit more to the floral side. I love Rainy Day, but I do prefer FH OB a little bit more. That being said, it would really be hard to differentiate between the two unless you smell both of them directly. Also, Rainy Day is more readily available because you can get it at Walmart.
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Re-Melts of the Week:
ScentSationals Crisp Linens

If you love retail wax (ScentSationals, Better Homes & Gardens, and etc.) check out the Scented Wax Retail Facebook Group

Happy Sunday! 

Friday, February 26, 2016

Pure Ice Precious Jewel

I have another polish from the Pure Ice Fairytale Forest collection to share with you today. This was a winter collection that was found at Walmart in early winter. I'm not sure if you can still find these, but I hope there maybe a few bottles hanging around somewhere because this is a great color.

Precious Jewel
Precious Jewel is soft aqua/aquamarine with an intense golden shimmer.

Collection: Pure Ice Fairytale Forest Winter 2015

Color: I love this beautiful shade of blue-green. What makes this polish though is that beautiful golden shimmer. This is that magical kind of shimmer that makes it look sun-kissed. You know I love cool-toned colors with gold shimmer!

Formula: The formula on this was OK. It was a bit streaky and uneven. I needed 3 coats. I can't really fault it too much because the price is so low.

Price: This was $1.99 at Walmart.

Overall: This is a great find for a drugstore priced polish. I think the color is beautiful and I adore the shimmer. The formula isn't the best, but it's not terrible either. I can't complain much $2.

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters
Happy Friday!

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Cupcake Polish Believe

I've mentioned many times how hard it is for me to keep up with indies. I know I'm missing out on many great brands and collections simply because I just don't have time to follow what's going on. Indie purchases usually are very spur of the moment for me. I come across an amazing IG pic of an indie polish and it is an instant love. That's how I was when I saw Cupcake Polish's Unicorn Collection. I knew I was going to need some of those polishes. This is one I picked up.

Believe
Believe is a lavender jelly with lavender and silver holo micro glitters.

Collection: Cupcake Polish Unicorn Collection Winter 2016

Color: These are the type of glitters I love and do not see often. I love one tone opaque glitters. This is an absolute stunner. I love lavender shades and that holo glitter is to die for. This glitter is even more glittery in person than it is in photos. It's usually the other way around with other indies I've experienced. Cupcake Polish never has failed me with sparkle that's for sure!

Formula: This is an excellent opaque and easy to use formula. I used coats above.

Price: This is $13 on the Cupcake Polish site.

Overall: This polishes are well worth the hype and the admiration that's for sure. This is probably one of the most sparkly polishes I own. I love this beautiful shade of purple, and that holo micro glitter is heaven. This is a stunner!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters
Happy Wednesday!