Polish Review: Cinema Swatch Catching Fire Collection

I’ve got a gorgeous little review for you today! Now that the weather has changed and fall is in the air, I’ve got my cup of coffee and I am ready to sit down and show you these gorgeous gems.

First up is Pin Bird, a speckled feather coat. Red and black bars with gray and white matte micro hexes.

It is a very unassuming polish in the bottle. When I opened it up and looked at it, I was amazed by it. The bar glitters, which I am not a fan of because they are SO hard to work with, are so tiny! It goes on seamlessly with no problems of clumping, sticking out or anything.

This is two coats on a naked nail with a topper of Seche Vite. I’m going to try it over grey next time! I’ll have to add the pictures!

Ignore the label

Next up is The Clock, one of my favorite of the collection. The Clock is a color travel from light blue, blue, to purple. Holographic in the sun. Unfortunately there hasn’t been much sun, so my swatch photos kinda fail to get the holoness of the polish.

But it is very pretty and very shifty. This one even my hubs fell in love with!

Big City is next, it’s a mix of silver holo hexes, shards, and micro glitters in a sheer pink base.

It’s a very light, shimmery polish which I think will be perfect for the fall.

This is three coats. There was some blotchiness, but that was only because I over-added the polish on the middle and ring finger. It goes on like a gem as long as you clean the brush off quite a bit.

I love how it sparkles and shines!

Trident is next, a color travel from aqua to silver. Silver and real micro glitters.

Unfortunately, with the way the weather has been acting, I had to do all my swatches indoors under indoor lighting, so the color is off. My first day of sunlight I will definitely re-do the swatches on this one!

In indoor lighting it has an almost bluish olive drab look, which I think is freaking awesome. I can’t wait to see some sunlight soon! LOL

Revolution is next, a three color travel from pink, to orange to gold. Gold flake and red micro glitters.

This is another perfect fall color to me.

It goes on a little coarse due to the glitters, but nothing a good coat of Gelous and then a topper of Seche doesn’t take care of.

Last but not least is Feathers & Flames. It’s a gorgeous white, glittery, and iridescent over white or a four color travel from blue, purple, pink, gold over black with gold hexes. It can stand alone or as a topper and is completely versatile!

I can see many a winter mani with this beauty!

This is two coats and a topper of Seche Vite. Very opaque for a shimmer polish like it is.

This is Feathers & Flames over The Clock. It adds a very subtle shimmer to pretty much any polish you put it over.

And when put on just right, a gradient effect!

All in all, Cinema Swatches polishes are awesome! They come in awesome shaped bottles, which I have never seen before (and lord knows I’ve seen a lot of polish bottles). They’re wrapped with care and include these super cute little “care labels”.

I mean, really? How flippin cute can you get?

You can find the Catching Fire Collection on her Big Cartel shop. They’re just $5 each! You can’t beat that!! Also check her out on facebook!

Polish Review: Lacquer Queen Polish

Hey there everyone! I hope everyone is having a great week!

Today I have a new review for ya! Tammi from Lacquer Queen Polish sent me three gorgeous little pretties and I’m here to share them with you today!

First up is You’re Violet, Violet! It’s a gorgeous jelly-based scattered holo in a wonderful shade of purple that I have like none of, so this was a real treat.

Isn’t it gorgeous? It also has some flecks of little glitter in there as well. She also claims that it’s self-smoothing and it’s true!

Soooo prettiful. The only problem I had with it is that it tends to get streaky a little, and stringy the longer you paint with it, but it was pretty minor. Dry time was next to nil once on the nail.

Next up is Radioactive, a gorgeous teal blue linear holo polish. It is…. SPECTACULAR.

This doesn’t even capture the prettiness a bit. The linear in this polish is totally strong and gorgeous. I kept flashing it in sunlight and just LOVING it.

Please note, I wore this polish for four days! Small amount of wear, no chips or blemishes to name. I am seriously impressed with the formula of this polish. I put it on because it went really well with the shirt I wore to a job interview and decided not to take it off!

And look at that holo! Soooooo pretty!

You can see where my nail had grown out, but the polish was still perfect as the day I put it on. I usually have rotten luck with holo polishes. They usually only last a day or so at the max and start flaking and chipping like mad. Not this one!

The last one is Earth Angel, a beautiful purple to blue scattered holo thermal. This polish has a special meaning to the creator as she donates $1.00 of every bottle sold out of the Angels Among Us collection to the American Diabetes Association.

Isn’t it a beauty? The thermal in this polish is really strong. It started changing on the BRUSH before I put it on. Needless to say, I was impressed! And the staying power was astronomical!

Here it is before I introduced the water to it. As you can tell, it’s already changing on the tips a little. And it’s not all that cold in my living room!

Here is the gorgeous purple color it turns when it’s cold.

And here it is when it’s hot. It’s a gorgeous soft periwinkle blue color.

All in all, all the polishes I received from Lacquer Queen were awesome! The formula is very smooth, fast drying and seamlessly gorgeous.

Ranging from $10.95 to $13.95, the price is a little bit on the high side, but with pretty much every polish containing spectraflair, it’s kind of a given. That crap is expensive and hard to come by these days. You can buy her polishes from her Etsy store. And make sure to like her Facebook page for an extra discount! I believe you get what you pay for and in this instance, you get a very superior product that will never fail to disappoint!