Happy Fourth of July from me and Incoco!

purchased by me

If you've been reading this blog for more than a week or so, you know that I'm bad at nail art and adore nail polish strips.  My favorites are all from Incoco, including today's beauty, called Shooting Stars.  It's a white background with blue and red stars, very restrained and patriotic at the same time.

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Shooting Stars and the rest of the 4th of July collection can be found at the Incoco website, where they retail for $8.99 + shipping.

Franken Frosting Magic Mirror

purchased by me

The second gorgeous polish I got from Franken Frosting is Magic Mirror, a purple jelly with turquoise circle glitters and holographic micro-glitters.  Again, this one could be worn on its own with three coats, but I layered one coat over Jessica Geranium Gypsy.

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Magic Mirror is available at Franken Frosting's website, where it retails for $7.50 + shipping.

Franken Frosting Beautiful Creature

purchased by me

Franken Frosting is a new-to-me indie brand, with gorgeous, creative glitters.  I love the polishes I got from them, the first of which is Beautiful Creature.  Beautiful Creature is a green jelly base with turquoise circle glitter and holographic micro-glitter.  The formula was very easy to work with, smooth and with a nice glitter spread.  Beautiful Creature probably can be worn on its own with three coats for opacity, but I tried it with just one coat over Cult Nails Tempest, and I loved it as a top coat!

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Beautiful Creature is available at Franken Frosting's website, where it retails for $7.50 + shipping.

Sation Let's Mingle and Jingle

purchased by me

Let's Mingle and Jingle, from Sation's 2012 Holiday collection, is a navy blue jelly with various sizes of silver holographic glitter.  It's dark without looking black, applies like a dream, and was almost opaque in two coats.  If you want zero VNL, you can use three, but my swatches are two (without top coat) because I like the jelly look of it.

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Sation's website lists Oh My Oceania as out of stock, but it's still available at Transdesign.

Sation Oh My Oceania

purchased by me

Ever since I saw Oh My Oceania on Let Them Have Polish, I knew it was going to be mine someday.  It's a green base with blue shimmer, making it look turquoise overall.   The formula was a breeze to work with, smooth and not too thin.  It did dry to a satin finish, so I have pictures of two coats of Oh My Oceania both with and without top coat.

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Sation's website lists Oh My Oceania as out of stock, but it's still available at Transdesign.

Incoco New Summer Neons!

press release

Ready for a sizzling summer collection that will absolutely set your style ablaze? The Incoco Summer Neons 2013 will crank up the intensity of your manicure and have your nails looking hot, hot, hot during these sweltering summer months. Make your nails the center of attention with these neon nail colors and designs! Shop them all here!

Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Guess Blue?

purchased by me

In the same display as the Sugar Coat polishes, there are new polishes in the Sally Hansen Diamond Strength line.  The only one which appealed to me was Guess Blue?, a periwinkle shimmer.  It's a very pretty color, even if it's not super-edgy.  The formula was a bit thick, but not unworkable, and it behaved very nicely even with the over-long Sally brush.  All swatches are two coats.

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Guess Blue? is a limited edition color, and is available at Walgreens, CVS and Target.