Hello lovelies,

I've got a great opportunity to show you half of the new SpaRitual Meditate collection for Spring 2013. The collection is available right now.

From SpaRitual press release: "Celebrate the awakening of spring 2013. Feel its embrace with airy pastels and gentle feminine hues. Breathe in its colours. Its textures. Its harmony. Then just…be. 

Help support the David Lynch Foundation. 20% of profits will be donated to implement scientifically proven stress reducing modalities, including Transcendental Meditation.

As with all SpaRitual lacquers, these new shades are vegan and free of DBP, Toluene    and  Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde resin. Each nail lacquer includes our sleek patented Plum Cap allowing effortless opening of the bottle and a non-slip grip while applying lacquer."




Calm & Clear - baby pink jelly. This polish is just too cute. It will give you that clean and elegant look and high gloss finish. It has a jelly formula which usually means lower pigmentation. This is three coats which were fully opaque. If you have short nails you could possibly get away with two coats. The drying time was surprisingly fast as jellies usually 'take their time' otherwise they are patchy. I haven't experienced any patches with this little beauty. It applied and removed very easily.
 

Peace and Harmony - matte white with subtle silver shimmer. I'm starting to love matte polishes all over again and this one will be a great base for nail art. It is however slightly less pigmented. I'm wearing two thick coats for full coverage or you could use three thin coats. It applies well but the formula is a bit runny. It dries fast. When I removed the polish I've experienced lots of small shimmer particles sticking to my skin.

Introspective - pale green half-jelly creme with subtle gold shimmer. Lovely green shade that evokes spring in my eyes. It applied easily and the polish levelled itself out nicely. As it's partly jelly I needed two thick coats for the coverage you see in the pictures. It dries fast and removal is easy too.

SpaRitual Meditate collection:

Overall, I like these three shades but I think it's quite a shame they are not pigmented little bit more. My absolute favourite is Calm & Clear, the pink jelly. Jelly polishes are always problematic but except the pigmentation these have great formulas. I was pleasantly surprised to see a matte finish polish.


SpaRitual polishes are available at Sparitual UK website, Feelunique.com and SpaRitual US. 
 

*These were provided to me for a review

Hello lovelies,

I'm very excited to show you swatches of Shimmer Polishes! I've previously reviewed gorgeous red shade Marylin here and here and today I'll show you some more.

Airriann - mix of beige, black, blue, green, rose pink, purple and red glitter. The majority of the glitter is beige as you can see, it looked like crushed gems on my nails. The glitter in this polish is not as dense so it's more suitable for layering but also lovely for gradients. I have applied three thin coats and it was enough for good coverage. Polish dried fast and I wore it for three days and had no chipping.

Cristina - mix of teal, light blue, red and gold glitter in a clear base. All glitters in this polish are the same size and the concentration of them is quite high. It looks like two coats would ensure a full coverage. I have applied one coat of Cristina over black (A England Camelot) and the result is stunning!

Fanny - purple, orange, pink and red glitter in red-based purple jelly. The glitter density is good as this is two thicker coats and it's almost fully opaque. But Fanny is also good for layering. The drying time was slower because of the two thick coats but it also dried slightly gritty so I have applied fast-drying topcoat.
 

Kelly - mix of green and gold glitter with rainbow effect in a clear base. This is a great polish for St. Patrick's Day as it represents shamrock green and pot of gold in my eyes :) I have applied two thick coats again but I think I would be happier with three coats or one coat layered over different polish. The formula was slightly thicker but it still applied quite well. Topcoat applied.

Leslie - mix of purple, blue, teal, silver and orange glitter in a clear base. It's a lovely mix leaning heavily to purple and blue shades. I have applied one coat of Leslie over Essence Ballerina's Charm. As you can see, the glitter is quite dense so it could be worn by itself as well. It applied easily and didn't dry overly gritty. I have applied topcoat.

Trisha - mix of burnt orange, blue, gold and silver glitter in slightly orange tinted base. Trisha polish has a high glitter density. I have applied two thicker coats which were quite enough for a good coverage. It dries quite fast and doesn't dry gritty. Despite that I still applied topcoat.

I've got many more gorgeous Shimmer polishes to come so keep your eyes peeled! I really like them and I plan to do some gradients with them as they are perfect for it! They all have really good formula and they apply well and when one layer applied they dry really fast too.

If you'd like to check out all the Shimmer polishes or purchase them, visit Shimmer Polish Etsy store.

*These were provided for a review