ellagee Double Feature Collection Review

*All products were provided for an honest review

I've been dying to get my hands on some ellagee polish, so when creator, Laura, contacted me to do a review I was so excited!! 

She sent me three polishes from the soon-to-be released Science Fiction Double Feature collection, inspired by the Sci-Fi classics. Included in the collection are amazing glitter bombs, solar changing, glow in the dark, and thermal changing polishes. It'll be an epic collection to say the least! 

First up is Twin Suns, a sheer pale yellow topper. It changes to a peachy-orange in direct sunlight. This polish is inspired by the twin suns of Tatooine, the planet and setting for many key scenes in the Star Wars saga.

I layered two coats of Twin Suns over two coats of white polish. The formula of this polish was very easy to work with and applied easily. It has a subtle golden shimmer that was very hard to capture in a photo. The photo above is taken with artificial lighting.

The only thing to be aware of when using this polish is top coat. A UV protectant top coat may prohibit the color changing effect. My first try at this mani I used Sally Hansen Dries Instantly and it didn't work for some reason. I started over and used Seche Vite and it was a success!! 

The photo below is taken in direct sunlight. The polish changes to a pale orangey color. SO COOL!!

Next Up is Redshirt, a beautiful glitter bomb that can be layered or stand alone. It has a clear base with small red, black and gold hex glitters. It is inspired by those unfortunate souls in the red shirts on the crew of the Star Trek Enterprise. 

I used one thick coat of Redshirt over black and two coats alone on my ring finger. The application was lovely. The glitter dispersed evenly and didn't drag. LOVE THAT! 

On to my favorite of the three, Not the Droids You're Looking For! Another glitter bomb filled with silver hexes, blue and gold circle glitters in a clear base. It is inspired by Laura's favorite droids, R2-D2 and C3PO. 

Can you see the resemblance?  LOL

I layered two coats of NTDYLF over two coats of white and two coats on its own on my ring finger. This polish was a little trickier to apply because of the larger glitters. The blue circles especially I found I had to fish for. 

It was all worth it in the end because I got this beautiful sparkly result!

This amazing collection will debut early July, so keep your eyes peeled!!

You can follow ellagee on Facebook here. Laura holds weekly giveaways, so make sure to give her a like!

You can purchase her amazing polishes on their website ellagee.com.

Happy Polishing!!!

*All products were provided for an honest review

My First Indie Polish!!!

I had no idea indie polishes existed until I started following nail blogs on Facebook. Then we started this blog and I realized that there were a TON of indie polishes out there. I knew I had to have some, but I didn't know where to start.

Lush Lacquer recently came out with a Neon Collection that is amazing and different from all the other polishes I've seen! I chose Clowning Around, a clear base topper with different sized neon hexes. This will look great over pastel and neon polishes. I will be using this ALL Spring and Summer!!

The base colors I used are Zoya Sweet, a creamy bubblegum pink, and Essie Play Date, a lovely pastel purple. 

The thing I love about these hexes is that they are translucent, so they layer over each other really nicely. The only complaint I have is that I wish there were more large hexes. I had to dig for them to get a least one on each nail.

Lush Lacquer offers these great minis. I love minis because I rarely use I WHOLE bottle of polish. You can check out their products on Esty or on Facebook. 

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate!!

My sister and I baked these amazing mini cupcakes for our family. Don't they look delicious?? We had so much fun baking and decorating together. Today we will spend the day with our extended family and EAT!!! 

I wish I had more time to do an Easter themed nail art mani, but unfortunately I didn't. I decided to use some of my NEW springy colors for this simple mani instead.

From Essie's new collection, Avenue Maintain, this creamy blue is the perfect springtime blue. It has an amazing formula and was really easy to apply. On the accent nails, I chose this limey green, L'Oreal New Money, which was not at easy to apply. It was thicker and streaky making it a bit tricky. I have a few of the polishes from this line and I'm not super happy with them. PLUS, they have a flat brush. Who ever came up with the flat brush obviously never used nail polish before. It's so big I feel like I have no control over it.  

Finally, I used my favorite topper, Essie Shine of the Times. I love this topper because it takes on the color of base that's under it.

What is your go to topper?