Love Nailz Indie Polish. Moody Trio Swatches and Reviews

I have some lovely indies to show you from one of my fave indie makers Love Nailz. 

I have reviewed some of Love Nailz polishes before, you can see these posts HERE and HERE. 

We have three beauties today known as the Moody Trio. This collection consists of Feelin' Blue, Shades of... and Down to Earth. 

One thing I noticed when applying was the smell. Its a kind of fruity smell. nothing like normal nail polish. I later mentioned this to Louise at Love Nailz and she said she had added a citrus scent to the batch but never smelt the difference but i certainly did! It made a lovely change to the usual smells! 

All these were actually really easy to apply but not easy to photograph! I have tried to capture these the best I can but because the polish tends to change in different lights I couldn't capture the true beauty of the polishes... Sorry :(

First up is Feelin' Blue 

This is two coats over CND Stickey Base

Its a beautiful powder blue with micro holo glitter.

Here's a terrible up close shot lol! 

you can kind of see the individual glitters. 

Next up is Down To Earth 

Again 2 coats over CND Stickey

This is more sheer then the Feelin' Blue.

I would describe this as an iced green shade, as it catches the light and has a silvery sheen. This also has micro holo glitter 

I had to change the setting of the camera to get the polish to show the most true to life as i could.

In this close up you can see the glitter in all its loveliness 

Last, but by no means least, its my fave out of the trio Shades Of....

2 coats over CND Stickey

I litrally have no way of describing this unique polish but i will give it a go..

A reddish but some what iced brown which when it catches the light shows a green hue! As with all the other this has a holo micro glitter as well as the others

 I mean just look at that!! the glitter is so beautiful!

All three went on really well. The formula wasn't thick and didn't have too much glitter to effect the application. 

These polishes are currently not available to buy... YET 

As you may know Louise at Love Nailz also supplies Solvent Resistant Glitters and other supplies. She is currently working on opening a store devoted to selling all her indie beauties. 

Please be patient and believe me they are worth the wait. 

 You can check out Love Nailz on Etsy HERE

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Here at Life and Lacquer i have been given a lovely blue with a pinky and blue holo type of glitter from indie polish brand Love Nailz. 
Love Nails is a Canadian brand made by the lovely Louise. You may have seen their polish in another of my posts. If you haven't check it out HERE :)

Here it is with two coats and Poshe topcoat. The first two pictures look more green but it was the only way I could capture some of the glittery goodness. I can assure you all these are the same polish! 

A lovely light blue with holographic glitter. It was really hard to photograph the true beauty of this polish. It catches the light and then you can see all the glitter.This polish has a really high glitter content. 

Great polish for the summer sun!

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Love Nailz Indie Polish Swatches, Welcome To Glitter Heaven :)

This week the lovely Louise has sent me a whole bunch of beautiful glitters to swatch. 

Love Nailz is based in Canada and specialises in solvent resistant glitter and Indie polishes.

As you can probably tell i am in love with indie polishes at the mo, these glitters are literally insane! There is no way you would get this type of coverage or colour from a high street brand. 

First thing i would like to mention is that the brushes on here are fantastic. They are wider, think OPI. This enables the glitter to be picked up a lot better. It also enables a better coverage with less drag. I love a good brush :P

Here is the first of five, Edgy Princess. A clear base with pastel and iridescent glitter with black shards. So its very twinkly but also striking. 

I wanted to show it over a mix of colours so here's some multi coloured swatch backgrounds. 

This is two coats, no topcoat.

Here's a close up 

And a bottle close up 

 

 Applies really well. Looks fantastic, need i say more?!

Next up is Sunglasses At Night. This has neon hexes and mini rose hexes suspended in a translucent  lime green base. 

As this has a tinted base i decided to just show it over a white base. 

This is two coats. No topcoat.

And a close up...

Bottle...

 

This is beautiful as the green is a really nice green and was surprisingly streak free in one coat, so if you wanted just a subtle hint one coat would work too. 

I love the glitter placement of this. I didn't manually place any of these glitter featured today.

Here is Speckled Zap. This is a black, blue,silver and pink (although I see it as more red) glitter with holo strands. The base is a  translucent white/grey/blue. To me looks a bit like PVA glue colour :P

As above, I have chosen to show this over just a white as the base is tinted. 

Here is two coats. No topcoat.

 Close up...

And you've guessed it....

 

This just reminded me so much of a gobstopper! Its nearly as yummy, although please don't eat it ;p

Again the coverage was really fab and the glitter is well distributed so there is no messing around trying to get it even. 

This is Tropical Fruit Punch, Multi coloured hex's, squares and shards. The base is clear although the bright glitter as tinted the base slightly. This is common in neon indie polishes and does NOT mean it is an inferior product. 

Here it is over a few different colours, two coats. No topcoat.

 Two finger close up...

Here is the bottle close up, for some reason my silly compoooter wouldn't let me rotate it!

This is definitely a tropical themed polish. I love all the different colours and again it is jammed packed with glitter. 

Last but by no means least is Gotta Wear Shade. A beautiful neon hex glitter, in pink, green and holo silver. Jam packed into a clear base.

Two coats over a range of colours

Excuse the little finger. I thought it was dry...

Close up 

 

 Bottle shot

 

 This was the hardest glitter to place I think, I still didn't manually place these though.I think its because all the glitter is the same size. This would be an ideal glitter for manual placement in nail art.

Okay so there is some serious swatch spam! 

Every time I put on a new glitter i decided it was my favorite! 

I think though it is either Speckled Zap or Edgy Princess or Sunglasses At Night.... Oh i don't know!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE. 

Glitter is so on trend right now and i am so glad to have these in my collection. I can see these coming out a lot this year :)

All these polishes are 3 Free and Cruelty free. 

These are available to purchase HERE. International shipping available. YAY!

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TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!