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Very Cute Stuff

The top pink bottle above is Rainbow Honey Be Mine and the purple and pink glitter mix below is Papillon.

I used two coats of Be Mine and dabbed on a coat of Papillon for my accent. Two coats of top coat were enough to smooth over the beautiful butterfly!

I have to say that I really love the color of Be Mine in these pictures. I'm going to sound like a total weirdo by saying that I really didn't care for it next to my skin tone in real life! The gold flakie shimmer bits, however, are so lovely.

With Papillion I did gently place the butterfly glitter just using the brush included. I can't imagine that it would be too tricky to place a few through a full mani if one was so inclined.

Speaking of placing cute glitters on a full mani - here we have just that with Rainbow Honey Summer Blossom over Illamasqua Monogamous.

I absolutely adore this combination and felt super chic wearing it for about five days.

By dabbing Summer Blossom over top of Monogamous, I was really easily able to achieve this look. It reminds me of the Marc Jacobs Eau So Fresh packaging!

Application and wear time were very good with all three of the Rainbow Honey polishes. They were generously provided to me for review purposes. I was also given The Kraken (which you can see again here) and XOXO (click here).

I do so enjoy Rainbow Honey polishes. If you haven't tried them yet, what are you waiting for?! There is also a nifty coupon code right now (expires 3/31/2014), which gives you $5 off your next order: ILOVENAILBLOGS

You can shop for Rainbow Honey on their site here.

Purity meets Ice the Snowcake

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I've been mildly obsessed with Illamasqua Purity as of late. I just love how it looks on me.

I'm pretty sure you've seen it here before - now you'll see it again with Lynnderella Ice the Snowcake over top! I adore this combo.

I used 1-2 coats of Ice the Snowcake, using brush stroke movements as well as dabbing. Mostly the glitters were well behaved - only once did I have trouble with them wanting to clump up on each other.

As I recall, I used two coats of Gelous and then finished with Sephora X top coat. Not perfectly smooth, but super shiny and good enough for me! :) I wonder if I'll ever tire of Purity.

Purity and Pretty Edgy

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Here is Illamasqua Purity. It's even better in person!

It looks just a little paler and fleshier in real life - but is still quite different enough to be a real peach and not nude. I adore this and got many compliments on it.

I am pretty sure I only needed two coats.

Next is Essie Pretty Edgy. I want to say I only used two coats of it - but it might possibly have been three. My memory - not very good!

You can see from my junky looking bottle that it's old and needs more shaking (although I shook it quite a bit!). My pictures, fortunately, do not show much of the bubbles I had in the polish from shaking it too too much just prior to applying! D'oh! It was still a pretty mani that I very much enjoyed.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a great weekend! :)

The Sweet Talk Collection

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I have two of the new Rainbow Honeys to show you! I managed to use them both in this cute Valentine's inspired look. XOXO is the bottle you see here - red, pink, gold, holo, and all sorts of iridescent shimmery goodness!

I used one coat of XOXO over top of OPI Funkey Dunkey (two coats). I adore XOXO as an easy and beautiful glitter topper.

For my accent fingers I used two coats of Rainbow Honey Sweet Talk. It's a soft white creme with pink, green, and purple glitters. It has a touch of nearly hidden shimmer, as well - best I can tell it's kind of pinky-peach.

Application on Sweet Talk was relatively easy, you just have to be moderately careful and slow, making sure not to have too much on the brush. I should have waited longer between coats since I have a few tiny bubbles.

I used a coat of Gelous over top of every nail, just to be sure everything was perfectly smooth, then finished with Crystal top coat (Starlight and Sparkles). I have some tip wear after three days, but all in all, it's still looking really cute!

Bonus picture of my first mani with XOXO! I used three coats of Orly Prelude to a Kiss underneath. I really love how fresh and fun it is. I would definitely recommend that combo!

There is another polish from the Sweet Talk collection, a pink called Be Mine that I do not yet own. Here are promotional pictures provided by Rainbow Honey that include it (on the left).

Rainbow Honey is giving you a $5 off code to use on the new collection or any polishes you'd like from them! The Sweet Talk collection is available via private sale right now on fab.com and will release officially at Rainbow Honey's site on January 25 at 12:01 AM EST. Use code SWEETTALK$5 (this code expires on 2/28).

Thank you so much to Rainbow Honey for providing me with the beautiful XOXO and Sweet Talk for review! Well done! I really love these polishes, and I'm not just saying that. :)

Rainbow Honey: The Yokai

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Rainbow Honey was kind enough to send me their new collection to review, The Yokai. It will be launching on October 13 and for a limited time only. Stay tuned to Rainbow Honey's site here!

I received Kitsune, Kawako, and Oni just yesterday and was happy as could be to swatch them for you this morning.

All swatches are shown with base coat, two coats of of polish, and a coat of top coat. Kitsune is a golden peachy nude color with red tiny glitters, golden shimmers, and holo bits.

I think it's really fresh and pretty. It reminds me of beautiful golden sands or some kind of exotic bird egg shell! The formula is on the thick side and will likely benefit from some thinner.

If I were wearing this as a mani, I would definitely add an extra coat of top coat as well, to make the finish more smooth.

Next is Kawako, a beautiful deep blue.

When I saw the bottle, I thought for sure this would be my favorite. It's dark, blue, super shimmery and glittery...what's not to love?!

I must confess that I had some difficulty in application. I ended up redoing my ring finger for the swatch pictures. The first go around was very lumpy bumpy due to bits of flakies hiding in the polish.

You can see the texture showing above. It would for sure need extra topcoat and you do want to be careful in applying it. Thin coats seem to help, but even still, things get a bit tricky on the second coat.

I don't personally get the point of the flakie pieces in this particular polish as they don't seem to be apparent or visible. Perhaps it is meant to be layered thinly over something else? I'm just not sure.

It's still quite pretty and I'm a big fan of the twinkling silver and blue glitters and shimmers.

I'd like to try a thin coat of Kawako over black some time.

Now for my head over heels favorite, Oni!

Oni easily has my heart. It's a blackish base with tons of yellow gold, white gold, purple, and what appears to be black glitters and shimmers. Some of the pieces are irregular shaped, albeit very small.

The overall effect is absolutely stunning! I heart it so much.

Application and formula were excellent.

This is a polish I can see myself wearing a lot. It's dark and brooding, regal and sparkly, and totally badazz.

I really love Rainbow Honey polishes, so a huge thanks to Dee for sending these to me! I'm very much looking forward to wearing them soon. :)

Random Creme Swatches

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Here are a few quick swatches I did back in July? I think. I thought you might like something to tide you over through the duration of my time wearing the Sally Hansen ghosties! (The ghosties did come off tonight, by the way.)

Above is Nars Vestale, a Nordstrom exclusive from the anniversary sale. I don't remember how many coats, to be honest. It was two or three, but I'm leaning toward just two. :)

Here is Sephora by OPI My Personal Serpent from this year's Fall collection. This was either one or two coats because this polish is surprisingly very opaque.