Kat Stays Polished | Beauty Blog with a Dash of Life: pink

Jesse's Girl and JulieG: 3 Perfect Pairs

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Polish & Co. - Swatches and Review

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Today I am very excited to share with you 4 shades from Polish & Co. I actually came across this brand just searching Google for nail polish brands. I love to find nail polish brands that I've never seen before or have heard very little about.

Theresa Williamson is the woman behind Polish & Co. based in Greensboro, NC. As it says on the website, "...you can have at least your nails emulate that syrupy, southern belle look."

Let's take a look at the packaging. I was so impressed with how each polish was carefully wrapped in bubble wrap, and then placed in individual pillow boxes. I felt like I was opening a present with each polish!

I also don't usually write about the brushes [and a picture won't really tell you much] but they are nice and long so you feel like you have a lot of control when applying the polish. The brush is also a nice rounded brush so you don't have to turn it a certain way to use it. I personally found these brushes to be one of the easiest to use.

These are the four colors Theresa sent to me. Oh Hello No, Any Place Any Time, Too Much Info, and Mint To Tell U. I love ALL of these colors....YES, even the pink ones! Polish is certainly changing my outlook on the color pink. With each color, I have 4 pictures so that you can try to get as much detail as possible about these colors. All swatches are with 1 coat of top coat. Shall we start?

This GORGEOUS metallic, pearlescent baby pink is called Oh Hell No. To start, it has a smell that is very nostalgic. Polish & Co. is a proud 5-free company so don't worry about all those chemicals. Like most metallic and pearly polishes you'll have a few visible brush strokes, but as you can see it's really not that bad.

This is such an elegant color and polish that I feel like it could be a GREAT wedding manicure polish. The name, well, not so much, but it's fun and definitely gets your attention.

Any Place Any Time. A fitting name for this creamy, vibrant purple. This is the only polish that gave me any sort of trouble. It was pretty streaky with the first coat. I'm not sure what happened but it felt grainy coming out of the bottle. After I let that dry, I applied a 2nd coat and everything smoothed out and was completely opaque. This is such a great summer color but would be appropriate for really....Any Place Any Time. =D

Too Much Info is my favorite of the 4. It's a bright, vibrant, hot pink, creamy polish. This polish also applied so flawlessly and works in 2 coats. On the website and in these pictures, it shows a little bit on the orange side, but it seriously is one of the best hot pink polishes I own.

I'm on a mint kick. Most people are right now and this lovely gem is called Mint To Tell U. I thought this one was going to be my favorite but it comes in a close 2nd. What can I say about this that I haven't already said for the other 3 colors? I have 2 coats ad top coat. The first coat applied isn't as streaky as Any Time Any Place, but just as that one did, the 2nd coat here took care of any mistakes and bare spots.

Overall, I am loving these polishes. The brushes are amazing, the formula is so creamy, very opaque, and not too thick. The colors are so vibrant and you can easily find a shade that works for you.

There are currently 36 shades to choose from. Visit the Shop Me page to view them all!

Get social with them and visit all their links:

Website | Facebook | Twitter

Which one is your favorite of the 4? Let me know which ones you would get from the website!

These polishes were provided for an honest review. All opinions are my own. For more information please visit my disclosure policy page.

glitter

KKcenterHK Nail Stamp & Stud Review!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Hi guys! Today I have 2 items for review from KKcenterHK. The first is a N.NAIL Hello Kitty KT Heart Bow Flower Doll Stamping Plate [product NNAIL-SPPMF13] and the second is a set of N.NAIL Studs Circular Silver 1.5mm Nail Art Decorations [product NNAIL-DRN659].

Of course I had to go for the Hello Kitty stamping plate because I LURVE Hello Kitty! I have a HK stamp already, but none that actually look like her. This one is pretty spot on. I also don't have ANY studs for my nails so I figured this would be a great opportunity to try them!

The stamping plate is just like most of your typical stamping plates. It's sturdy and the images are etched pretty well. There is no paper backing on these like you get with Bundle Monster but that's not an issue for me.

They also sent their scraper and stamper to try out with the plate. The scraper is attached to the other end of the stamper. I tried it, but I found myself going back to my Konad scraper. The KKCenterHK one just didn't get enough of the polish off. I was picking up extra polish in addition to the image.

Okay, so on to my manicure. When you think of Hello Kitty, you think of pink, right? Most of you know I am not a fan of pink but I do love Hello Kitty. I'll give into the pink just for her. I am using ALL JulieG polishes for this. The colors shown below are White Orchid, Cupcakes & Castles, Julie's Fave, and A Star is Born.

I started out by painting all of my nails with 2 coats of Cupcakes & Castles except for my ring finger which is 2 coats of Julie's Fave.

Next, I took White Orchid and with my dotting tool, created a "dotticure" on my middle finger. Now, the plate has images other than Hello Kitty so to make the design flow, I used both of the heart designs [White Orchid and Julie's Fave]. One is on my pinky [with dot accents] and the other one is on my pointer finger [with dot accents].

For my accent finger, Hello Kitty made an appearance. I took A Star is Born and diagonally sponged it on because I wanted it to look like Hello Kitty was peeking out behind the glitter. I also added a little stud to her bow since it was the perfect size! Hello Kitty needed some bling.

On the thumb, I used a full sized HK image and the strawberries that are at the top of the stamping plate.

Finally, I added 7 studs to my middle finger [the one with the dots]. They applied easily with top coat and have stayed on without chipping.

I threw on top coat over all the nails to protect my precious design. I'm quite happy with my nails and with the products I got to try! I'm most happy that the images worked completely. I had no issues with stamping--I just took forever to come up with a decent mani.

Enjoy the pictures and be sure to check out KKcenterHK on:

Website | Facebook | Blog