Sephora by OPI swatches

Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas. Two coats.

Sephora by OPI Cartwheels on the Catwalk. Three coats. The formula was a bit finicky.

Sephora by OPI Is It Payday Yet? Three coats.

Sephora by OPI If You've Got It, Haunt It. Three coats. This is one of my favorite polishes by them. The iridescent glitters really add a nice touch.

Sephora by OPI Dance til Fawn. Two coats. A really nice taupe.

Indies: Cirque Dark Horse Collection swatches

Cirque Ophelia over Nails Inc Baker Street. One coat. I love this combination. Very nice formula for a glitter. Thin and easy to apply. I almost did not get Ophelia because I find it similar to Lynnderella Forget You not, but they are both beautiful polishes in their own right.

Cirque Tibetan Nights. Four coats. It was still a bit patchy after four coats. I also had to be very careful with application so I would not flood my cuticles. The formula is very thin so it would make a mess quickly. Also, the glitter in this sinks to the bottom of the bottle. Overall, I was disappointed with this one despite it being a very nice blue jelly.

A picture of the sinking glitter I was talking about. 

Cirque Vaudeville. Three coats. This one ended up being one of my favorites.

Candeo Mallard over Vaudeville. One coat. 

Cirque French Roast. Three coats. It was pretty gritty and ended up needing a few layers of topcoat to become smooth.

Cirque Dark Horse. Three coats. This one was gritty as well. I will probably layer this one over black the next time I wear it.

In the end, I am happy with the ones I purchased. Even Tibetan Nights is a beautiful polish, just not worth the trouble of application and sinking glitter for me. Vaudeville and Ophelia were my favorites. The formula overall was great. I did not have to add any thinner or think they needed it. Cirque polishes retail for $12 with the holographic colors selling for $16. There is also free shipping over $55 which I really like since most indie polish makers do not offer any free shipping.

Cirque polishes can be purchased from: www.cirquecolors.com

OPI swatches

Sephora by OPI Merry Me. Three coats. 

Givenchy Noir Celeste. Two coats. 

OPI Sugarplum Yum Glitter Top Coat over Noir Celeste. One coat.

Nicole by OPI Snow-Man of My Dreams. Three coats. 

OPI Dazzled by Gold. Three coats. This was a holiday Ulta exclusive a few years back.

CND VIP Status over Dazzled by Gold. One coat. 

OPI Mad as a Hatter. Three coats. 

Icing Pre Game over Mad as a Hatter. One coat.

Indies: CrowsToes swatches

Nicole by OPI Nothing Kim-pares To Blue. Three coats. 

CrowsToes Bunny Slope over Nothing Kim-pares To Blue. One coat. 

Bunny Slope layered over Revlon Powder Puff. Three coats of Powder Puff and two coats of Bunny Slope. I have swatched Powder Puff before and you can view it here.

BB Couture Balboa Beach Bunny. Two coats. 

CrowsToes Cheshire. One coat with some touch ups. I should mention this is not the complete version. It is missing the large square magenta glitters. I still love it though! Lauri is planning to send replacements sometime this week. :) I received it before I posted so I have added it in!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Loves Me Not. Two coats. I had a defective brush. It is diagonal and uneven. I am already not a huge fan of this brush so it made it difficult to apply, but the formula seemed good. I am usually a three coat person but I was satisfied with just two.

Cheshire over Loves Me Not. One coat with some touch ups. This is the correct version with the big magenta square glitters. There is one on my index finger. The formula was really thick so I added some thinner before applying.

BB Couture Moon Over Manhattan. Two coats. 

CrowsToes Absolum - Your Potions Master over Moon Over Manhattan. Two coats. This one was a bit thick so I added some thinner before applying. 

BB Couture Mendocino Midnight. Two coats. I love this one. It is murky yet full of depth. There is even pink shimmer in this one!

CrowsToes Triple Black Diamond over Mendocino Midnight. Two coats. This one was impossible for me to capture how beautiful it really is. So much so that I swatched it a second time just to try again. I want to say it has the same kind of glitters are the Ozotic Elytras. The formula was thick for me, but nothing a little thinner didn't solve. 

Wet N Wild Black Ice. Four coats. The formula was very thin and runny and the brush was stiff which made application difficult.

CrowsToes Triple Black Diamond over Black Ice. One coat with some touch ups. I like it much better over this color. 

CrowsToes Herat Breaker. Three coats. I love the duochrome on this one. I had some trouble getting the large green glitter from the bottle. They have all sunk to the bottom and didn't want to come out even when I had the bottle upside down before using it. This is now known as Murder by #s.

CrowsToes Thing over Herat Breaker. One coat with some touch ups to even out the glitter distribution.

Jessica Pajama Party. Three coats. The bottle is in the shape of a paint can. While this is cute, it is a lot wider than normal polishes which made the cap awkward to hold. The formula was runny. So, runny formula plus weird cap made it difficult to apply. The polish was making a run to flood my cuticles. 

CrowsToes Thing over Pajama Party. One coat. I used a lighter hand with the glitter this time around than my previous swatch, so that is why they look so different. This was a special gift from Lauri that came with my order. :)

She is so cute and sweet. You can purchase these polishes from her store at: http://crowstoesnailcolor.bigcartel.com/

I really love all of her polishes. They were a bit on the thick side for me, but I prefer my glitters pretty thin to help with application. I just thought I should mention that before someone believes that I think the formulas are bad. They are not; it is just my personal preference.

Manglaze swatches

There are a lot of them, so I've put them behind a jump. :)

Scattered Holo Ozotics

Left to right: Ozotic 526, Lynnderella The Glittering Crowd, Hard Candy Break Up, Confetti Tazmanian Devil. Two coats of 526 and one coat of each of the glitters. Well, this one is not a scattered holo but it shows up as mostly black on the nail anyways.

Ozotic 606. Three coats.

606 layered with two coats of Revlon Grape Fizz. This one looked really awesome. Grape Fizz has tiny purple and blue flakies and I could still see the holo underneath! Not to mention I like the smell. :)

And lastly I layered one coat of The Face Shop SL211.

 Ozotic 617. Three coats.

617 layered with two coats of OPI Gone Gonzo!

Ozotic 621. Two coats. Very glowy and probably my favorite of the scattered holos.

Ozotic 624. Three coats.

624 layered with one coat of CND Pulse.