Hi Goddesses
I thought I'd reach into the vault today for some photos that have been lingering for a year! Yup, I don't know what goes on in my head either, but I originally swatched these at the end of August 2014.
Cadillacquer is one of my Trusted Indie Brands, and she's practically the only brand that can make me WANT to buy a glitter these days. I love her combinations, and there's just an effortless cool about everything she produces.
The gorgeous blue polish is Seek The Fire. It's a medium blue, crammed with red glitter - a combination I find pretty irresistible.
The other polish is Spectrum, a gorgeous holo, sprinkled with flakies to give it extra sparkle.
It's a lovely soft colour, a pinky-red that's happy and bright, without being too overpowering.
Whatever you're up to, have a great Saturday. I will be either stalking or stabbing the mailman, depending on whether he brings me any of the 6 packages I am expecting!
Hi Goddesses
I have another 2 Cadillacquer Halloween specials today. This has been a really glorious, dark, yet colourful Halloween Collection. Polishes by a maker with an artist's eye.
You've Got Red On You you've seen before, as the base of my Halloween Blood mani. It's an almost black polish with red and pink shimmer and glitter.
Sadly, this polish didn't translate well on me. I struggle to wear blackened bases, and this was no exception. I think it's a skin tone thing, but it doesn't look this dark on anyone else I have seen wear it.
The polish was also more opaque than I expected, which meant I lost the majesty of the glitters. I hoped it would look like the over-lighted brilliance of my bottle shot, but all I saw was molasses.
I DID like it better when I matted. Ironically, on my skin tone, matte-ing it brought it to life lol. I think it suits me better matte, plus it highlighted the shimmers.
Plus, it looks proper Halloweeny matte :)
When You're In Hell Only The Devil Can Help You Out is a stunner. This is a dark deadened green, made morbid and rotten by the addition of some fantastic flakies.
Seriously, it's like gangrene in a bottle and I LOVE IT, even if, again, it didn't love my skin tone. I am growing to appreciate greens (especially when they have this sort of complexity), but it was just off-tone for my skin.
That said, the beauty of this polish is astounding. The contrast of the dark green and the baby pink flakies is to die for. This is one really special green.
These polishes were purchased by me. Cadillacquer is one of my very favourite brands, and I seriously recommend you go and check her out. Oh, but one word - once you start, seriously, you won't stop ;)
Hi Goddesses
As you know, I buy a LOOOOT of polishes, and this year has been an exceptional year for truly breath-taking polishes. And now there's another, the truly epic It's In Here With Us from Cadillacquer.
There are so many things I love about this polish - the specific colour of the orange, the clash of the green glitter, the perfect proportion of glitter, and it's insane glossiness. To say I am obsessed is an understatement.
The orange in this polish is beautiful - it's deep and rich yet still bright, pretty much the perfect orange. It made me happy every time I looked at it.
And that glitter? Doesn't it just work perfectly? I am not sure there's currently anyone better than Madeleine at making this type of polish. Not only do the colours play beautifully, it's the fact that there's just the right amount of them - it's a perfect pay-off.
As you can tell, I photographed this from pretty much every angle. It's just delicious. It may have been released for Halloween, but I'll be wearing this all year round.
