Kleancolor "Don't Mess With My Chicness" Nail Polish Collection: Swatch and Review!

So, a few weeks ago I was looking up random nail polishes on ebay, and I came across this collection. It is a collection of pastel (sort of) polishes with matte black circle glitters in them. Some of the polishes have small, circular, almost micro sized matte black glitters, but most of them don't. Anyway, I was pretty intrigued by these polishes and of course had to pick them up (I got the collection of 6 for ~$10 with shipping). Before ordering them, I searched and searched for swatches, and alas, could not find ANY of this collection. I know many bloggers have a problem with "low end polishes" and only really swatch the higher end ones to try and impress people, but I'm here to HELP people find swatches of something before they buy it, so I will buy and swatch just about anything.

First off, these had a crelly formula, which is an odd mix between a cream and a jelly, which is why you were still able to see the glitter beneath a coat of polish. It did wash them out, but they were still noticeable and made for a cool affect. These took a little while to dry, and I did not wear a top coat with any of these swatches. It took too long, and I would have run out of sunlight if I had waited. 

Now for the swatches! 

First up is Chic Pink. This color is a very pretty pastel pink, with medium size matte black circle glitters. I used two coats for the swatch above, and now that I think about it, I probably should have done 3 thin coats. This one was a bit think, and it's pretty easy to tell. I didn't fish much for glitters, I kinda just applied it how it was on the brush. If you wanted it to be even on all fingers, I'm sure you'd have to fish. 

Chic Teal happens to be one of my favorites in this collection! Even though it's not really minty, it really does remind me of mint chocolate chip. This was two coats, and like I said for the previous color, I probably should have used 3 thin coats, because these tend to be thick, especially with all the glitters. This is one of the colors that had the smaller matte black glitters, and I think it looks a lot better with it. It seems to take away from the empty space, unlike the ones with just the bigger circle glitter. 

Chic Yellow is a pastel, but not really, yellow. It, again, has the larger yellow glitter throughout it. It was less thick than Chic Pink, but still slightly thick, so 3 thin coats probably would have been better than the thicker 2 I used. This one is okay, but I'm not a huge fan of the color on me. (Sorry for the mess on my index finger, it was SO thick on that one.)

Chic Blue is a BEAUTIFUL robin egg blue, with, again, black circular glitter in it. This one covered the second best, in my opinion, and was manageable with 2 thicker coats. I'm sure if you're more careful you can get this to look great. This one did seem to have less glitter in it than any of the others in the collection, and you can even tell just by looking and comparing the bottles between them. 

Chic Purple was my absolute FAVORITE in this collection. It is a beautiful purple, and in the shade it definitely leans more towards being a pastel. It was PACKED with the circular matte glitter, but also with tons of micro black glitter. This one was definitely the easiest to work with. This one was definitely the sheerest, but was not as thick, so it was easier to let coats dry between, and definitely easier to make opaque. I think because this one was thinner it was easier to get the glitter to lay on the nail and to stay there when brushing it on. This one is beautiful, and if you were to order any of these, it should be this one!

Chic Orange is a fun orange, which is NOT pastel, packed with circular matte glitters. This one had a decent formula, but tended to run to the edges of my nail. This would be fun for Halloween. 

MY HONEST OPINION: I actually really like these. Even with the slight formula problems, I think that these are really awesome. I love it when brands listen to what their customer's want (because really, these are pretty similar to a lot of things indie sellers make). Kleancolor truly tried to include what we've been ranting and raving over, and I commend them for it. I think a lot of these would look great on most skin tones, and all they need is a shiny top coat or a coat of Fairy Dust to really bump up the look. I would easily buy these again, especially since Kleancolor really isn't too terribly expensive. 

You can pick up Kleancolor on their website here. I don't believe this collection is on their website, but I bought it here: Ebay listing for Don't Mess With My Chicness

Added bonus, this is my dog Coral modeling "Chic Teal" and thinking that I'm crazy!

Wet n Wild "Yo Soy" and Hit Polish Nail Lacquer "Divination"

Well, to be completely honest, I really had no desire to paint my nails tonight. I got a package earlier containing 12 Klean Color polishes, and as I was opening it, pop, my index finger polish literally just popped off, all at once. Great. So, I decided to do my nails tonight with 2 polishes I needed to try before I could begin to try any of the other new ones I have bought recently.

So first off, I decided I just wanted to go with a nude look tonight, and coincidentally, I bought Wet n Wild Yo Soy this morning at Hi-School Pharmacy. Yo Soy is a nice, creamy, very neutral color, that I find very flattering on my skin tone. It took only two coats to get completely opaque, and with my small nails, it honestly could have taken just one if I had been more careful to avoid streaks. I'm actually pleasantly surprised with how great the formula and color are on this polish, considering it was only a whopping .99.

So recently I have been getting back into looking at indie brands. I took a break from nail polish for a while when my husband and I got married, due to just being busy with other things and us being short on money. Now that it's all worn off, and we can actually spend more than 10 minutes away from each other, I've started looking into what I've missed. I came across Hit Polish Nail Lacquer on etsy, and was just skimming through her polishes. That's when I came across Divination. Divination is a very light green shimmery base loaded with large teal and gold holographic circle glitters, medium gold and teal hex glitters, and small teal and gold hex and circle glitters, All of this with this beautiful teal shimmer running through it. It is absolutely stunning. I wore this on my ring finger with 2 coats. I didn't have to fish to get any glitters, I actually got more than enough of the large glitter, so much that my small nails couldn't handle it all. 

The only down side to the polish was that it was quite thick, and you needed to be very careful how much you had on your brush. 

I hope you enjoy my #notd and that you will check back for my next one!

Also... this mani is "doxie approved"

The Hopeful Beginning of a Great Journey

In a world where your life is controlled by a dachshund... and you're addicted to nail polish...

My name is Maddie,  I'm a 21 year old college student majoring in Pre-Medicinal Biology, ultimately going into a post baccalaureate program to get my BSN. I'm a mother of two dogs, a mini dachshund named Maggie May and a Corgi/Shiba Inu mix named Coral. They are the most precious things in my life. I'm married to an amazing man that I have known since high school, and we are both devoutly Christian and love the Lord.

I began to collect nail polish about 6 years ago, and my collection has just exploded since. I have accumulated so many, and continue to add to it, so I figured I would share every experience and every drop of polish along with others. My Maggie May is fascinated by my polish, probably just the smell and her odd desire to taste everything, but this causes her to sleep on my lap as I paint my nails. She has kept my company while doing it ever since the first day we got to take her home. Since she is such a huge part of my life, and my companion while I work on my nails, I figured I would share her with you too.

Yes. I make them wear human clothes. Especially sweaters in the winter.... :)