Noodles Nail Polish Mint For Each Other

I'm a little late to the game sharing a Valentine's polish, but it still looks pretty springy! This one is from Noodles Nail Polish a indie I recently fell in love with for their amazing crellies. The polish I'm going to share with you today is meant to be a Valentine's version of their Peppermint Twist polish (which was in my Top 25 of 2015) from the holidays. This one unlike the other Noodles Nail Polishes did fall a little flat for me, but I'll explain that later.

Mint For Each Other

Mint For Each Other is a white based crelly full of mint, aqua, silver, magenta, and pink glitters as well as mini pink hearts.

Collection: Noodles Nail Polish Valentine's 2016

Color: I absolutely love this color. I adored Peppermint Twist, so I love this Valentine's version as well. I love the pairing of the pink and mint. It's really a cute and great color combination. I also love that this a crelly polish. Noodles nails crelly polishes.

Formula: I wish this polish did not have pink heart glitters in it otherwise I would give it a glowing review. These pink hearts were a PITA to get out as evidenced by my swatch. I could only manage to get one heart out. It was frustrating me beyond belief trying to get these hearts out. The formula itself sans the hearts was good. It was on the thick side, but it applied smoothly and opaquely in 3 coats. This polish didn't need the hearts in it. I think the polish looks great without them. The hearts really tarnished my view on this polish because how frustrating they were. Plus, they were in a white crelly base which made them hard to see.

Price: This one is no longer available. I'm not sure if it will be remade, but Noodles does have other excellent polishes on her etsy site.

Overall: This polish really pushed my buttons. Those darn hearts! That being said, hearts out of the picture I'm in love with this polish. I don't want this to deter anyone from purchasing this brand. I've reviewed a handful of other Noodles Nail Polishes I absolutely loved and some even made my Top 25 list from last year. This one just didn't work out for me based on stupid heart glitter. I didn't feel the polish needed them because it's great on its own and they really tested my patience. This would of been a golden 5 paint splatter polish without the hearts!

My Rating: 3 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Wednesday!

Painted Polish Frisky in Fuchsia

*I received the following polish in exchange for my honest review.

Yes, I still have polishes from Cosmoprof from last summer to share with you! I've been trying to make sure I show as many of these polishes as I can while still balancing it out with new stuff. This polish is from Painted Polish a brand I was unfamiliar with before Cosmoprof, but I've come to realize Painted Polish is the queen of glitter! This is one of the polishes I received.

Frisky in Fuchsia

Frisky in Fuchsia is a fuschia jelly packed with holographic glitter.

Color: I love jelly glitters and I love holo ones even more. I'm not familiar with any brand who has done holo jelly glitters quite like this one. I remember trying to franken colors like this back in ancient nail polish days before indies, but never was really successful. I love the color of this and it's the perfect balance between pigment and holo.

Formula: Excellent formula. I only needed 2 coats. As I mentioned above I remember trying to franken colors like this and it never worked out. The reason it never worked out because the formula was terrible. This formula is perfect! It applies beautifully and neither the glitter nor the jelly overshadow on another. It's the perfect ratio.

Price: This is $10 on the Painted Polish site.

Overall: I'm really impressed with Painted Polish it took a simple nail polish concept I love and perfected it. I love glitters, but I don't always need them to be multi-colored or have a ton going on. When it comes to wearing glitters I tend to focus on colors like this with a simple base color paired with one type of glitter. I think they create a fun sparkly look while still being a clean cut. This is an excellent polish with a great formula.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 3/20/16-3/27/16

It was an OK wax week. I didn't have anything that really blew me out of the water. I had two scents I felt were below average and two scents I thought were pretty good. 

ScentSationals Melon Flower

Scent Description: A soft and sweet fruity floral

My Thoughts: This one is strange. I keep really wanting to like it, but there is some weird note in there that just ruins the rest of it for me. This smells like a blend of maybe honeydew and honeysuckle. These are two scents I'm on board with, but when I melted it this weird caramel-like scent came out. It took a fresh melon and floral scent into this weird sugary artificial territory I do not like. I had to turn this one off it was just too strange and too sweet for me. 

Scent Throw: 3.5/5

Where To Buy: ScentSationals

Yankee Candle Windblown

Scent Description: Fresh air and a touch of tangy citrus blend with sea spray and a hint of lily

My Thoughts: This smells nice. My complaint with this one is this is about as generic clean scent as you can get. It's a balance of clean laundry, water, and fresh air scent that you can pretty much find something similar in any candle/wax brand. There isn't anything that stands out about it or makes it special. There isn't anything wrong with the scent either. In fact, I think this would be one of those universally flattering scents. I just think there are more interesting clean scents out there. Plus, the throw isn't great.

Scent Throw: 2/5

Where To Buy: Yankee Candle

Bath & Body Works Turquoise Waters

Scent Description: A blend of sea spray, sunlight & beach grass transports you to turquoise blue ocean waters

My Thoughts: This is heavy on the salty ocean water note paired with a green note. This is a more unique clean scent for sure. I like the blend of water notes with greenery and it's not something I see or smell often in retail scents. This scent is very refreshing and crisp. It's a strong scent too which I do get from a lot of B&BW candles, but not in an unpleasant way. This is also one of those year round scents. It's not tropical or beachy, so it fits any season.

Scent Throw: 4.5/5

Where To Buy: Bath & Body Works

Yankee Candle Fluffy Towels

Scent Description: The fresh scent of clean towels warm from the dryer with notes of lemon, apple, lavender and lily.

My Thoughts: This is actually one of my favorite YC scents. I've had this candle for awhile. I just haven't burned it. Fluffy Towels is an upscale clean laundry scent. I definitely get the clean laundry notes with lemon and a touch of floral. It reminds me of clean linens at a hotel. I really wish I had no complaints about this scent because I love it so much, but I have one. I can burn this scent for 4-5 hours no problem, but after that this one gives me a headache. I won't stop burning this one, but I have a time limit on it. I just think it's such a clean scent it can be a bit overpowering after awhile.

Scent Throw: 4.5/5

Where To Buy: Yankee Candle

ReMelts of the Week:

Ten Digit Creations Basil Sage & Mint

ScentSationals Raspberry Fizz

If you like to chat about retail wax with other wax addicts check out the retail wax FB group! 

Happy Sunday! 

OPI I Manicure For Beads

The mainstream polish is hanging by it's very last thread with me. I have just about given up. They just are not releasing anything noteworthy especially in the last year. OPI is brand I am almost always underwhelmed by in the past 3-4  years. It is actually OPI's New Orleans Spring/Summer collection I was most impressed by this year over any other brand. That being said, it's not a winning collection, but a few colors caught my eye like this one.

I Manicure For Beads

I Manicure For Beads is a dusty medium grape purple creme.

Collection: OPI New Orleans Spring/Summer 2016

Color: It's hard to find some interesting purple cremes these days, but this is one. I love the muted quality to this color. It really is a unique purple to my collection. It is muted, but it's still a bright color that pops. I also like that it's a medium purple for spring. We have way too many pastel purples and vampy purples out there.

Formula: This had an excellent formula. I don't think I've ever said that with OPI. OPI has never impressed me with their formula, but this one is great. This formula is creamy, smooth, and opaque. I used 2 coats above.

Price: This is $10 in stores, but I prefer to buy on eBay. I paid around $7 for this. I refuse to buy OPI in stores these days because I don't want to pay $10 per bottle! Search online to buy!

Overall: I'm really impressed with I Manicure For Beads. It's a fun and unique creme. I love that OPI produced something I really like this much. I love the formulation and I really can't complain. This is definitely my favorite mainstream polish so far this year.

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

Happy Friday!

Native War Paints Stripped Stephanie

I have new to me indie brand polish to share with you today. Native War Paints has been on my radar since last fall. There is one type of polish finish I don't see in the indie market that much and that's shimmers. Native War Paints seems to have taken on the shimmer category and frankly I haven't seen shimmers this incredible ever. The Nude Collection recently caught my eye and inspired me to try this brand. Yes, this polish having my name it in provided a certain pull, but the color is also incredible.

Stripped Stephanie

Stripped Stephanie is smokey mauve base with an intense coppery golden shimmer.

Collection: Native War Paints The Nudes Collection Winter 2016

Color: Now we're talking! This is a stunning color especially for a neutral. I love nudes/neutral colors that have some special quality to them that makes them unique. I love the base color of this as it's flattering color on me which can be hard with colors in this category. The shimmer in this is absolutely stunning and I rarely if not ever have seen an indie with incredible shimmer like this. Wow!

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

Price: What's even better is the price? This is $6 on the Native War Paints site. I can't tell you the last time I saw an indie polish especially one with shimmer that was $6.

Overall: I love Stripped Stephanie. This is a beautiful neutral color with a magical shimmer for the indie record books in my opinion. I'm very impressed with this brand and how they offer something unique in a market that can get somewhat repetitive these days. This is a must have!

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

Happy Wednesday!