Review - Ellagee Trio

Today I have some amazing Ellagee polishes to share with you! Creator of Ellagee, Laura, asked me to review some of her polishes and I was giddy with excitement. (The puppy who pees on the floor when excited....that was me lol)

She sent one polish from three of her collections, White Lace and Promises, Dolphins! What? and Bejeweled. Dolphins! What? is one of her newest collections and made a huge splash in the indie world. (pun intended) If you missed out on seeing some of these great memes check them out here, here, here.

Life Is De Bubbles is from the Dolphins! What? Collection. Pink, blue, purple and iridescent "bubbles" float inside this baby blue jelly base. Silver holographic dolphins make this a super special polish! This polish is quite sheer so the following pictures have 3 coats with topcoat.

The following picture has one coat of Essie Matte About You along with a solid blue accent nail.

A Kiss for Luck is from the White Lace and Promises Collection. This is a clear base with white and iridescent glitters of different sizes. This glitter topper was jam packed with glitter without being overbearing. The base wasn't thick or gloopy and gave the perfect amount of coverage with one coat. This is one coat, plus Essie Matte About You, over a maroon and black base. The colors coming off these flakies is absolutely gorgeous!

Ocean Jewels is from the Bejeweled Collection. This textured glitter is technically in a clear base (but you don't see it at all). It's completely filled with blue, turquoise, aqua, purple, violet and golden glitter pieces. There are holographic glitters mixed in to provide the perfect amount of sparkle! With 2 coats you get almost full coverage. I've decided to use this glitter on my tips for a glitter gradient over an aqua base coat. My ring finger has two medium coats of Ocean Jewels. Dry time was a bit long on this considering the amount of glitter but that's to be expected. The polish was quite thick but not difficult to apply.

These polishes give you an idea of the range provided by indie brand Ellagee. From special glitter polishes to holographic shimmers there's definitely something for everyone. I was extremely impressed by the quality of the polishes, the sweet little packaging and the label. Little things like a professional bottles/labels, etc. make it seem that much more special to me.

You can pick up polishes from many different collections on the Ellagee website for roughly $9.50 USD. All polish is vegan friendly, cruelty free and free of toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate and camphor.

Make sure to follow Ellagee on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with her most recent creations!

~Linda


*Products were provided for review. This review includes only my honest opinions.*

Dandelions

I pulled out my stamper because I feel like I haven't touched it in months. I bought a new one a while back and it doesn't even transfer the image so after quite a bit of frustration I went back to my Konad stamper.

Below is two coats of Julep Hope, a stark white polish with a satin finish. I really liked this finish because it was matte-ish and looked really great on the white. I used Julep Eden and NOPI Teal Me Something New on the MoYou London plate #04 from the Pro Collection for the dandelions and the cursive writing. 

It felt really good to have some pretty art on my nails! I've been doing quick mani's with minimal nail art lately so it was nice having a gorgeous mani I kept finding myself looking at and showing off. 

Hopefully you all have on a mani that makes you smile! 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Linda

Julep Maven August - It Girl

Morning Chicas! I got my August Julep Maven box the other day and wanted to show you some pictures of what I got. I received It Girl this month which comes with 3 polishes and added on the 2 Boho Glam polishes. Julep Maven was also celebrating their 1 year anniversary so they included a nice little tote bag in the box.

It Girl came with a liquid silver metallic chrome named Harley, a pastel indigo metallic chrome named Melanie and Sienna, a shimmery gold which was actually not a new polish launched in August. Harley looks like all the other silver polishes I own but Melanie and Sienna are both new colors to my stash. 

 

I added on a soft milky-white metallic named Isla and a mint-teal metallic chrome named Piper that were the 2 colors from the Boho Glam box. These are my two favorites out of all that I received this month. Both are soft colors but very beautiful. 

Overall, I don't think that any of these have that amazing 'chrome' finish that I am always searching for and never find, but they are pretty good. I'll pull together some full swatches sometime soon.

If you are interested in trying the Julep Maven subscription you can get your first box for 1 cent by using the code PENNY at checkout. The great thing is that if you don't like it you can cancel and won't get slammed with the full cost of the box. You can check out their intro boxes here and if you use my referral link it would be greatly appreciated! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

~Linda

Julep Marathon - Round 3

Hello ladies! So this is my last round of Julep polishes that I have swatched for you. They actually just announced today what will be in the new August Julep Maven boxes. OMG It's all metallics and I want almost all of them!! You can check out what's in the August boxes here. That is my referral link because if you amazing gals sign up using my link then I can get a FREE month! They have the best perks ever!

So onto the polish. These pictures were taken inside unless I've noted otherwise. Again, Please don't mind the corner missing on my index nail. :(

This is Kate and she has quite a beautiful shimmer to her when in the bottle. She is a soft pearl white that shimmers in the sun but doesn't really show when indoors. It didn't want to show off for my camera outside or inside so these pics are indoors. This is 2 coats with top coat.

 

Next up is Pippa, a soft beige creme that Julep describes as an 'updated neutral camel creme'. It is definitely a very neutral color that was actually quite close to my skin color so it looked a little blah on me. Nice formula although the dry time seemed a little long. Two coats with top coat.

This is Mila. Mila is a charcoal/silver glitter mixed with various color bits. I prefer using this polish on it's own rather than layering one or two coats over another color. It really just seems boring unless you've made it opaque. The color is fantastic and it's very 'blingy' out in the sunlight. It makes me smile! :)  This is 4 coats with some 'patching' to make it opaque over the whole nail.

Taken Inside

Taken Outside

So those are the swatches I promised you guys. I really hope that doing these shows you just how great Julep polishes really are. The big kicker for me is the Maven subscription. It's the best subscription around and really worth the price! 

Check out Round one and two here and then tell me what you're favorite is!

Thanks for stopping by ladies! 

~Linda