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Ever After Polish Stamp It Up Collection Pastel Set Swatches and Review

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I have a big post for you today for a collection that does a lot of different stuff! The Ever After Polish Stamp It Up Collection Pastel Set  makes claims to function as regular polishes, stamping polishes, and for water marbling. Now, that is a tall order, since not all of these things always go together. Sometimes stamping polishes can be too thick to water marble or spread easily as regular polishes. Not the case here, though, these miraculously do all of these tasks with ease, even for me, a reluctant and nervous middle-skilled nail artist. Let's check them out! *sent by the maker for photography and review* First, let's start with regular swatches. These all covered in a single thin coat though I did two coats on the white for the most even coverage. They dried quickly and were close to self-leveling. Bravo! Ever After Polish Alaina (S1)  is a turquoise creme. Ever After Polish Alivia (S2)  is a bright cerulean blue creme. Ever After Polish Juliana (S3)  is a bright lilac ...

Cupcake Polish 5th Anniversary Trio Swatches and Review

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I got into indie polish in 2012 and a lot of brands have come and gone, but Cupcake Polish  is celebrating five years with the 5th Anniversary Trio!  I have been a customer since the very beginning in 2013 and have a ton of the brand's holos and shimmers. As you may have noticed, the logo of Cupcake  is pink, and it makes sense that all three polishes in the Trio have bright pink elements in them. In addition to these three sparkly shades, there will also be a massive sale. You can get 30% off the store (including new shades) with code 5YEARS  from 12AM CDT July 1 until 11:59PM CDT on July 5. Enough of the details, let's look at some polish! *sent by the maker for photography and review* Cupcake Polish 5 Years  is a neon pink with scattered holo shimmer, blue-to-pink duochrome shimmer and microflakes, and pink holo microglitters. I wore it in three thin coats, but two will do. It has a great dry time and I wore it with top coat for smoothness. The shimmer in this shade is amaz...