More from the Linda Johansen Sugar Blossom Collection

A while ago I got a box with seven of the polishes from the new Sugar Blossom summer collection from Linda Johansen Nail Candy. I’ve already showed you Lilac Lilly and Key Lime, and today I have swatches of the remaining five colors I recieved.

 

Bikini Bottom
Greenish sky blue creme. Bright, but sometimes surprisingly dusty as well.

Blushing Bride
Light, soft pink with subtle golden shimmer.

Caribbean Breeze
Light blue with sparkly glassflecks.

Hot Blush
Bright pink with a hint of golden shimmer. The shimmer is visible in the bottle, but unfortunately very shy on the nails.

Sea Mint
Pastel mint creme.

The formula on these was excellent, the polish is neither too thick nor too thin, and it glides on the nails beautifully. Even Sea Mint was a dream to apply, which is very surprising for such a light pastel polish. All of these were opaque in two easy coats, except Caribbean Breeze, which needed four coats. These swatches are shown with a topcoat, again except Caribbean Breeze.

The colors are lovely, and very appropriate for spring and summer. The Sugar Blossom collection consists of fourteen polishes, mostly purples, pinks, blues and greens, so there should be something for everyone here. Linda Johansen Nail Candy can be purchased at Linda Johansen Beauty Shop, the price is NOK 139,- a bottle.

These products were sent to me for review.

The ABCs: Y for Y U NO…

I don’t know about you, but I for one am really happy this ABC series is nearing the end! Because when I was looking at my spreadsheet desperately trying to find a suitable polish for today’s post, I was like:

So then I decided to just show you something random instead.

This mani started out with 3 coats of Bloom San Francisco, a gorgeous blue green shimmer I got in a swap with the lovely Kristy from The Polish Haven. San Francisco, also known as Bianca, is such a stunner, but it’s impossible (for me, at least) to capture it on film. Check out Steffels’ droolworthy pic of it, and you’ll understand why I just had to have it!

Frustrated by my lousy photography skills, I figured that my nails needed to be filed, and grabbed my trusty glass file and went to town. The resulting nubs cried out for something blingy, so I added a coat of Candeo Colors Plumage. Plumage has a sheer base with silver shimmer, green, turquoise and dark blue hex glitter, plus also seafoam square glitter. It looks awesome and is also nice and easy to apply.

Stay with me, we’re almost there now! Finally, I added a coat of Essie Matte About You, and here’s the result!

Whew! I hope you don’t mind me straying from the format, stay tuned for the conclusion of this series!

 

The ABCs: V for Variety Pack

I’m sorry that this post is so late, but when I got to V in the alphabet, I was faced with the same dilemma as earlier, I didn’t have an untried polish starting with V. So instead of doing a rerun of Zoya Valerie, I decided to do a random spam post, or a “Variety Pack” as it were. Since I had to wear and swatch a bunch of stuff for this post, it took a little while longer, but I hope it’s worth waiting for!

I won’t say much about these polishes, I’ll just let the pictures do most of the talking. Enjoy!

Essie Mademoiselle, 2 coats.

Essie Mademoiselle sponged with Orly Rock-It and Petites Pink Diamond. Heart strass from Claudia Cosmetics.

Essie Lapiz of Luxury, 2 coats.

H&M Lady Luck, 2-3 coats.

Sinful Colors Zeus, 2 coats.

Lynnderella The Telltale Heart, 1 coat over OPI Don’t Touch My Tutu!, 3 coats.

Thanks for looking!

The ABCs: U for Use Protection

Today we have Spoiled Use Protection, which has glitter of different sizes and colors (even holographic) in a sheer teal base. Because of the sheerness, I decided to layer it over Zoya Charla, and these are truly a match made in heaven! Charla is sparkly in and of itself, but with Use Protection on top, it’s a veritable sparklefest!

The formula on this one is like the other Spoiled polishes I’ve tried, thick and goopy. The less I say about the horrible brush by now, the better. Nevertheless, it went fairly easy applying one coat of Use Protection over Charla. It will need a little extra topcoat, so I used two coats of Seche Vite, and it’s smooth.

Spoiled by Wet ‘n’ Wild laqcuers can be bought at CVS.

 

The ABCs: T for Turquoise & Caicos

I had a pleasant surprise the other day, a huge Essie display had shown up in my local make up shop Vita. They had a 3-for-2 offer, so I picked up Lapiz of Luxury, Mademoiselle and today’s polish, Essie Turquoise & Caicos.

T&C was released with the Resort Collection in 2010, and it’s a nice, soft, dustyish and almost jelly-like mint green creme. I like that it’s slightly muted compared to a very stark mint, I think it suits my pinky skin tone much better.

The formula was excellent, and I just love the brush in these drugstore Essies. It’s flat and wide and perfect for my nails. The polish is opaque in three coats.

I thought T&C looked very similar to China Glaze For Audrey, so I wanted to do a comparison.

They are not dupes, T&C is greener while FA is bluer and a little darker. They are pretty similar, though, so I don’t think anyone could tell them apart when they’re not swatched next to eachother like this.