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Showing posts with label SquareHue. Show all posts

Sunday, July 3, 2016

SquareHue Sail Windward Islands - June 2016

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I know, I know. I am running a month behind on these at this point. I almost have July's done and they will be up in the next week or so! I have just been trying to catch up on everything at this point. Also, please excuse the fact that my swatch "pose" is really off with these, I have no idea what was going through my mind. -_-

The Windward Islands are a group of larger islands in the Lesser Antilles. All of these islands are within the West Indies. I've heard of all of these places, but didn't realize where they were. I'm glad that I now know! I think my favorite part about SquareHue is that with each month, you always are learning something! 

Did you also know that Square Hue offers 2 different subscription boxes, a 2 polish box and a 3 polish box starting from $14.99 a month. A portion of proceeds from each box subscription goes towards a specified cause. 

St.Lucia - A mustard yellow creme with orange undertones. 
I am not much of a yellow person, but looking through my collection, all of my yellows are some variation of this color. I must be a lover of mustard yellow polishes! 

St.Vincent - Bright Orange shimmer with red undertones.
This is such a striking polish! I love how the light captures the sparkles! 

Martinique Grass green with shimmer
This is the color that my Niece loved the most. Bright colors like this always catch her fancy! 

All of these polishes formula wise are on par with how they always are. Each polish was opaque in two to three coats, depending on how I felt they looked on the nail. As you can tell, I did some stamping this month. While it's not great, I wanted to see if each polish is actually stampable. Do they claim this? No, but it's fun to see, especially so you don't have to go out and buy special polishes just to stamp.

The stamping isn't that great on my end, because I am still trying to get used to it. I will say that all of these stamped great. Are they great stamped on each other? Probably not because as you can tell, on some of the nails you can't really see it. I did have a little problem stamping with the green because it was a little thinner than the others, but it still turned out great! I think if they were used over a darker polish they would look excellent! 


What do you think of June's collection?! I think all of these could definitely be summer polish staples because they are all bright!

-Autumn
Polishes were provided for free from SquareHue. 

Friday, April 15, 2016

SquareHue Skydive Interlaken April 2016

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I wasn't really expecting anything from this collection to be honest. Between you, me and the rest of the Internet, I stayed off of Instagram most of the month so I didn't even know this months theme. There has been a lot of family stuff going on and preparing for my Mom to have surgery on the 19th and one other thing we really aren't talking about that deals with another family member. I did tweet about it when I found out, but that is all I really said about it. Unfortunately the big C happens to those you least expect it to happen too. That is all I shall say about that.

To a more happy note, this box was the colorful light of my month. It showed up on the 2nd of the month, but then again, I am only a few hours from Miami (where SquareHue) is located. So, it's kind of a sneaky advantage to me. *cackles* 
I think that out of all of the months so far, this is my collection. The polishes just scream Spring to me and I love it! 
Mönch looks like it would be a bright yellow jelly but it is in fact a bright yellow MATTE polish. I was really surprised when I read the card that it wasn't a jelly. It took two coats to make it opaque and surprisingly it was not hard to work with!

Eiger is a pink polish with a pretty light blue shimmer-pearl polish. SquareHue calls it a duo chrome and that is something that it definitely is not. Two coats is the perfect amount for a full coverage. You can still see a little bit of VNL, but not enough to warrant another coat.

Jungfrau has to be the most surprising polish for me. This is a light lavender polish with a lot of glitter in it. It's not chunky or does the glitter make it hard to work with. I've been waiting for them to make a polish with actual glitters in it instead of just a shimmer. I would say though that if you're wanting the amount of glitter I have, I would probably dab it a little bit here and there. That is how I got such an amount of glitter. On my pinky, I didn't dab though and you can see that you still get quite a bit of glitter. 

Jungfrau is the main summit in a group of mountains that is 4158 Meters (13,642 feet) high in the Bernese Alps.
Eiger is a 3970 Meters (13,025 feet) high mountain also in the Bernese Alps.
Mönch is a mountain that is 4106 Meters (13,474 Feet) high mountain also in the Bernese Alps.

Out of the three polishes from this month I would have to say that Jungfrau is probably my favorite. There is just something about it that I love. Plus, you can either wear it as one coat or two coats and I have shown in the above picture.
The formula's of these are all on par with each other and they all apply easily and you don't have to dab the glitter, it is just a personal preference. The whole collection is definitely a winner in my book!

If you would like to purchase this collection definitely check out SquareHue's shop! You can now buy individual polishes and previous collections! I LOVE that they're expanding!

Best, Autumn

Thursday, April 7, 2016

SquareHue Dublin Pub Crawl - March 2016

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I've been waiting to put blog posts back up until I can manage to get my .com address back, but then I realized that GoDaddy is giving me a hard time and wont release my domain name and I am not going to wait around and lose precious and valuable blogging time. I'm going to try and catch up with the next couple of weeks of the month and hopefully all will be good again! I'm also going to start throwing in more lifestyle-ish posts because I feel that the blogging world is too over saturated with beauty blogs and everyone is doing the same thing at the same time. There is nothing wrong with being different!

Without anymore rambling, here is the SquareHue Dublin Pub Crawl Collection!

I will say that I did internally groan a little bit when I saw the blue because they've been releasing quite a few blues as of late. They haven't released anything that is a dupe, but they have released a color a few months ago that is similar to this one.

St.John I would describe as a sky blue that is opaque in just two coats. The formula is lovely like usual with their cream polishes. 

Temple Bar I have been describing it as an orange creamsicle color that is a little darker than you would think. It's still gorgeous though! It is also opaque in two coats and the formula is just the same as usual.

Bridge Inn Is a "textured polish". I would say this is more of an off white with silver shimmers in it. Am I impressed with it? No. The formula is very thick and kind of hard to work with. It is a subtle textured polish though, so it's no like a PixieDust and it definitely is not like the China Glaze Textured ones. This does take two coats as well, but you have to make sure you get it even and really work with it. 


Is this my favorite collection by them? No it's not. There are definitely dupes out there for St.John, I do believe China Glaze has one and I can't think of the name at the moment. I don't have any polishes like Temple Bar and Bridge Inn so I am glad to have them! 

What do you think?

Autumn

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Square Hue Bike Amsterdam -February 2016 Collection

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Good hello!
Okay, is it just me or is anyone else's allergies going insane right now?! Mine are and it feels like I am dying...okay not really but anyone with allergies can totally relate. The worst part? If it is outside, I am allergic to it! ...Oh, I'm also allergic to my cats but I will never get rid of them! Muhahaha. I'll suffer. 


This months SquareHue at first glance was uneventful to me...That was until I actually painted my nails! These polishes are so pretty all in their own ways and the one polish I thought I would like the least, is actually the one I like the most! Surprise, surprise! 



I saw someone say that they were disappointed in the fact that there was no green in the collection. I'm not disappointed, but I am surprised...but also at the same time, I can understand why there isn't a green in the collection. Ya know? 

Waterland District -
 A municipality in the Netherlands consisting of 9 village, cities, towns, and/or districts.
With this polish, depending on the length of you nail, you could get away with one coat, but I did two coats as a just in case...because that it what I prefer.  The formula was amazing as well! It was not too thick or too thin and it dried pretty quick. 

Vondelpark - 
Largest city park in Amsterdam
I love how dark this polish is! It is such a deep grape purple! In certain lights though it can look black, but that is okay! This is also a 1-2 coat polish depending on the length of your nails. I used two coats. I also want to mention that the formula is the same as Waterland District.

The Nieuwmarkt - 
A square in the center of Amsterdam
 This is a two coater. This is the polish that I was talking about. I really thought that I would hate this color, because I am just so over red nail polishes. However, this has such a lovely pink shimmer to it, which you can see that it makes it unique to my collection...I think. Regardless, it is a very pretty nail polish! Since this polish is a shimmer, the formula is thinner than the others, but I didn't have any issues with it at all!

Even though in the beginning I was feeling quite "meh" about the polishes, they all grew on me! I'm glad that these were in the box as well as Nieuwmarkt is PERFECT to wear for Valentines day! I also want to mention that the accent fingers were stamped with SquareHue polishes from the same collection. I used the MoYou Holy Shapes 01 Stamping plate. I would link it, but I don't know if there is still that issue going on with them. 

What do you think of this months collection?! If you missed last months collection, I posted pictures on my Instagram

Oh! Oh! Sheesh, I almost forgot to mention this! Did you know that you can now buy old collections of SquareHue?! That made me ridiculously happy to know! You can buy last years collections as well as a few collections from 2014 AND their nail care system! Woohoo! SquareHue Shop

Best,
Autumn 

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A Glittering New Years Eve with Claws Up

Contains Press Samples from SquareHue

I was talking to my girl Jacquie (Claws Up) on Snapchat one day (auttyw) and somehow we got on the topic of doing twin-nails for New Years Eve. Heck yes! I was so excited! We finally decided on a design and cue the existence of trying to find the perfect polishes to use. Then cue the stress of oh my polish gods, how am I going to do this dang cup?! Thank goodness for Google Images, you don't even want to know what the OG design looked liked! Calling it a mess was an understatement! I have no shame in admitting the fact that I worked on this way longer than I should have (almost three days) as well as I used the most ridiculous amount of nail polishes!

Lets back up a little bit and just explain what I went through. I had the design down packed and they looked awesome! ...Or well, my opinion of awesome, then it came to top coat them! Y'all know we need that extra shininess in our lives! Cue the huge sighs and freaking out, my top coat made the tips of my nails cloudy! I've had it happen before, but another thin coat fixed it right up! Not this time though, it made it worse! So, I had to go back and fix it and just....added even more polishes to try and cover up the fact that the top coat messed them up!

The freak out and stress aside, I'm actually really pleased with how these look and I can't wait to see how Jacquie's turned out! I'm really glad that we did these together! We are going to have another post together, but of course, I still need to work on it! It's not going to be that difficult though! I love doing collab posts, even though they are few and far between.

Mad props to you Jaq for listening to me freak out because I couldn't find the polishes and that I changed a setting on my camera and the OG pictures were messed up and just no bueno! You are seriously my best frand! I don't know what I would have done if it weren't for you girl!

I've got two pictures for you! One with and one without the flash! Enjoy my Glitter New Years Eve Nails!


 They aren't perfect but you know what...nail art is not my jam and for a n00b, I think they are nice. :)

Polishes Used:In order from the pinkie to index
SquareHue 1921 Style & Speed
SquareHue 2002 Idol
SquareHue 1977 Night Fever
Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope

Cult Nails Nevermore
Sally Hansen I♥Nail Art Pen Neon Pink
China Glaze Travel In Colour

Cult Nails Nevermore
SquareHue Sampokeskus (12/14)
SquareHue 2001 Never Forget
Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope

ORLY Luxe
China Glaze Angel Wings
Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope

Oh So Wet Top Coat

Jewels at the cuticle are from Sally Hansen

I told you that I used a stupid amount of polishes! 

I know it's a little messy but I like it :)

Go check out Jacquie's blog http://clawsup.blogspot.com/ and see what she did for her Glittering New Years Eve Mani! 

Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope that you end 2015 on a positive note and start 2016 with a smile! :) 
♥♥♥♥♥
Autumn

Friday, December 18, 2015

SquareHue December'15 - 2010 Decades Collection

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I can't believe that it is already December! My Birthday is tomorrow and Christmas is in a week! It is crazy how quick 2015 passed! Hopefully 2016 goes a bit slower! One of my favorite things for the year has been being able to work with SquareHue and swatch their amazing polishes! It has been an absolute pleasure working with them and I can not wait to see what the new year has in store for them! Let's get into the swatches because I may get a little sappy and I don't think you all want to hear it! :P

I got my nails done a week ago and I was holding off on swatching these till I got my nails done and all of that....you have no idea how bummed I was when I saw the state of my cuticles! They were and actually still are a mess and I mean they are embarrassing! So I had to think of an alternate plan for the swatches! I'm not pleased with how they are, but I didn't want to subject these stunning polishes to ugly fingers!


Up first is Bird Fling 2010 which is a gorgeous classic red creme 
When I first opened the box, I groaned a little bit because I don't wear red polish often. However though, I am in love with this polish. It's such a classic red creme polish that I can see myself wearing this quite often! 

Baby,Baby,Baby 2010 Jewel Toned Purple Shimmer
I can hear you internally groaning at the name. Once I read the swatch card, I know I groaned and the song was stuck in my head for HOURS. If you don't know what I am talking about, it's Baby by Justin Bieber. Yeah. lol 
This is such a classic purple in my opinion. I call it classic because it is one of the few polish colors that my Mom would wear when I was younger.

Olympiad 2018 Champagne Foil
I honestly was no expecting to like this polish when I saw that it was labeled as a foil. I mean, total me thing but this doesn't remind me of a foil polish at all. Foils to me are metallic, gaudy and just...I am not a fan of foil polishes to say the least. This though it quite lovely and I can definitely see myself wearing it quite often!


All of the formulas were pretty standard. They applied evenly and only needed 2 MAYBE 3 coats with Bird Fling 20103 if you applied it very lightly. The polishes dried rather quickly, meaning I didn't have much down time in between coats or waiting for my nails to fully dry from start to finish.

I think that this is a good trio of colors to end the year on! Part of me expected Christmasy polishes, but at the same time I am glad that they weren't the standard red, green and silver...because everyone in their brother is doing those colors. I am quite pleased!

In a post before the end of the year I am going to do a video post showing all of the polishes from the year so you can see them all together! I think it will be super fun to do!


Best,
Autumn

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Rock the 2000s with SquareHue November 2015!

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The theme for November's SquareHue box was the 2000s Decade. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this collection honestly, so I was surprised that two out of the three polishes were named after major tragedies that happened in the United States. I guess, I will explain more with each polish. I like that there was one color theme through the whole box, it makes it feel...complete? Whole? I'm not sure, there is just something solemn about it. 

The polish that you see below is aptly named Never Forget 2001. I'm sure that you all can instantly see what this polish was named after. The September 11th attacks. 
This polish is a metallic silver polish that is opaque in two coats. 
Just like with all..or well most metallic polishes, you can see the brush strokes with the polish. The pinky and ring fingers are without topcoat so you can see the polish in all of its natural beauty and my index finger has a top coat on it, not that you can really tell. BUT regardless, this is a really nice polish even though it's named after something super depressing. 

Idol 2002 is named after you guessed it...American Idol, which first aired in 2002. 
So, as you can tell I have 4 fingers (I mean I really have 10 but don't tell anyone, our secret.) and they are all different. Let's pretend that my index finger is invisible because we will chit chat about that at the end after the swatches.
My middle finger has 3 coats of Idol by itself with nothing under it.
Ring Finger has 1 coat over Hurricane 2005
Pinky Finger has 1 coat over Idol 2002.
This is a silver glitter polish and like a typical glitter polish is a pain in the big ol booty to remove, but the effect is worth it in my opinion. 
I didn't find that this polish had much of a sparkle to it, it's pretty but it's nothing that is like WAH-BAM in your face like some of their previous glitters. It still is pretty though!

This last polish is Hurricane 2005 which is aptly named after Hurricane Katrina. Another absolutely devastating disaster that happened.
This is a dark steel gray..silver? polish and it can be opaque in 1 coat if applied semi-thick, but if you apply it thinly, you can get it opaque in two coats.
Once again, my index finger is the only one with a top coat so you can see the polish in all of it natural glory as well as with some extra shine. I would call this polish a satin maybe? It wasn't matte but it wasn't shiny either. 

The one thing that I noticed with these polishes is that they dried rather quick. I've found that a lot of SquareHue's polishes dried quickly, but since these are metallic polishes, they dry just like other metallic polishes. I decided that since they dry quick, I would throw my hand in at stamping again. I know that I am terrible at it, but I wanted to try anyways to show that these can be used for stamping. My results are below. 
Don't ask me what plate I used...well I used two actually. One of them (index finger) was the one and only Cult Nails stamping plate and the other came from one of those Fing'rs sets that you can get at Walmart. I always had trouble with the love image, but dang-it I wanted to try it because it was one of the more intricate designs that I had. I think I did an okay job with it. Plus the Chevron, yay it came out looking okay as well. I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out for a n00b. :D You can't see it but I am patting myself on the back! :D

If you want to sign up for squarehue and get your own box head over too http://squarehue.com/ and sign up! Don't forget that they offer two boxes now, one that has all 3 polishes and one that only has two. Same collection, just one polish short. 

Your fellow polish addict,
Autumn

Monday, October 5, 2015

SquareHue 1990s Decades Collection - October 2015

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This months Squarehue box is based on the 1990s Decade. Since I was born in 1990, I was SUPER excited to see what was going to be in this box. I will tell you right off of the bat that I am feeling a little bit lukewarm about the collection as a whole. But we will talk about each polish first. 

Vogue 1990 
Shimmery Burgundy
2 coats
Be careful when you wear this, in the next two swatches you will be able to tell that this polish stains. Now, the staining does come off easily, but after I finished the swatches it took a little bit of scrubbing to get it off of the skin. 


Desert Storm 1991
Glossy Light Creamy Brown
2 Coats
The formula is nice and thick, but not thick to where it is hard to work with. Just make sure that when you apply this, you aren't applying it in a cold room because it will set pretty quick on you. This applied very easily and it didn't flood the cuticles or create a mess.


Y2K 1999
Shiny Gunmetal Grey
2 Coats

Be careful with this polish. The formula is thin, so it will definitely flood into your cuticles easily if you aren't careful. Other than that, the formula and the opacity of this polish is pretty impressive.


All in all, it's a pretty decent collection. While I do like the polishes, I'm not totally thrilled with the color selections for this month. I don't know, they just don't feel entirely 90s to me. Plus, it's kind of like Septembers collection, but slight differences. A different kind of red, a creamy brown instead of a creamy grey and a gunmetal instead of a chocolate brown. I just feel underwhelmed by this decades collection. Considering this was the one that I was looking forward to the most because I was born in 1990, and was probably a little over too excited. I mean, it's a total me thing, but I did hear from a couple of other people on facebook that they were pretty underwhelmed by this month as well.

Hopefully the 2000's decade box is pretty exciting! Here's to hoping for something new!

If you would like to sign up for SquareHue go to their website SquareHue.com and check it out!


Your fellow polish lover,

Autumn.
The polishes reviewed in this post were provided for free from Square Hue. All opinions are my own. 

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

SquareHue 1980s Decades Collection - 10/15

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Hello Loves!

Why it has been taking me ages to get these swatches up to you is beyond me. I really have no idea why it has taken me...way to long considering I got these on the 2nd of the month. Shame on me!

This month, I was super excited...like way beyond excited to see what was going to be in this box because.. I mean it's the 1980s! It's gotta be exciting right? I'm not going to bore you with my ramblings like I always do so throw on some 80s music and lets see what we have got!

Vice 1984 - A wet concrete looking grey cream. 2 Coats

I'm not 100% sure but I think this polish is based on Miami Vice which premiered in 1984. The polish could be based off of Detective Ricardo Tubbs suit that he wears in the promo picture but once again, don't quote me on that! :P I definitely googled the heck out of it :P
Source IMDB



Sierra Sunset 1985 - Shimmery Apple - 2 coats

I really have no idea what this is based on, Google turned up nothing. However! My Mom did say that she had a polish EXACTLY like this in the 80s, which made me chuckle because it brought back memories for her. Plus I mean, it's bloody gorgeous!


Deep Space 1988 - Deep Chocolate Brown with an Amber Shimmer - 2/3 coats. 



Deep Space is named after the 1988 Horror Movie where a demonic alien which devours humans and terrorizes a small town.  It has 1 star on Rotten Tomatoes. Hah



If you want to sign up for squarehue go to squarehue.com. They now have an option where you can get 2 polishes instead of the 3. The only difference between the box is one polish from the collection will not be in the box....

Also! did you know that a portion of all monthly subscription proceeds are being donated for prevention awareness, the protection of trafficked victims and the prosecution of human traffickers. SquareHue is a company that is committed to HELPING others out. If anything, that right there is a definitely reason you should at least check out their website! http://www.squarehue.com/huegive/


Your Fellow Nail Polish Lover, 
Autumn
Polishes sent for free for review. All opinions are my own. 

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Boogie Down With SquareHue's 1970s Decades Collection!

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I know, I haven't done a SquareHue post in a while. I have posted pictures on Instagram. I also tend to post them on snapchat as well, so if you want to add me there it's auttyw. #shamelessplug

For the month of August we have the ever fun Decade of the 1970s. Throw on your bell bottoms and strap on your platform shoes and lets see what we have!

First up we have a polish that everyone should have learned about in their history class. Watergate 1972.
This polish is a shimmery blue "microglitter" polish. This is a very sheer polish. It took at least 4-6 coats to achieve some type of opacity. You however will be surprised when the light hits this polish the right way, it becomes purple! Really, this is like a shimmery duochrome. Two polishes in one! This was actually the hardest for me to capture, I couldn't capture the purple shift AT ALL. 

This polish you should all recognize simply because it's name! iPolish 1976.
This polish is named after the year that Apple was founded! Apple is such an iconic brand and this White Creme polish is completely opaque in TWO coats. Really though, depending on how you apply it you could probably get away with one coat. I've been so mesmerized by this polish, in it's simplicity and blank nature. I'm loving that this was included in the box!

Let's head right into Night Fever 1977, throw some Bee Gees on and dance like you're at the Disco!
                                       

This polish just screams 1970's Disco Balls. This is a holographic glitter. It can be used ontop of polishes, one coat by itself of you can build it up (about 4 coats) to achieve a covered nail. This is a polish I would definitely suggest putting a topcoat over. The holographic-ness of it really came out when it had a shiny top coat applied!

I seriously am in love with this collection, I think this one has to be my favorite out of the past boxes. It's just so fun! The Duochrome of the blue, the cleanness of the white and the glitz of the glitter!

I know you're probably all "Autumn, what the heck is up with the single finger swatch?!" Well, I wanted to try and get this post up and all of my previous 4 finger swatches...turned out 100% blurry and complete crap and I thought this might be a bit easier for myself given my time frame of cranking this out. I promise the 1980's will be back to regular swatches! <3

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The polishes mentioned in this blog post were provided for free for review. All opinions and pictures are my own. The Bee Gees Night Fever Music Video was linked from YouTube. All rights to the name, video, etc belong to Barry Gibb, The Estate of Robin Gibb and The Estate of Maurice Gibb, under exclusive license to Warner Strategic Marketing Inc., a Warner Music Group Company

Saturday, February 14, 2015

SquareHue February Decades Collection 1910

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Hello hello hello! I hope you all are doing well! These swatches should have been up around the 6th of the month. I do want to apologize about these being up incredibly late. Unfortunately on the 3rd of the month we had to put Kyri down (don't cry autumn..don't cry)...so that was pretty tough for me because she was mine. Yes, I owned a dog. I went threw a few stages of just some kinds of ish. Then I think on about the 6th we adopted two cats from our local-ish shelter. I've been dealing with that and keeping an eye on Anya because she's never interacted with other cats before. The first night I got zero sleep because I was so stressed out because she was absolutely not impressed.Then on top of all of that I've been sick again. it's been a horrid year so far! However. I'm going to stop chatting about that at this moment because I don't want to distract anymore from the post itself. So I will go into everything at a later date and show you all the new kitties. Then on top of all of that I've been sick again. it's been a horrid year so far!

Also, before we get started, I want to say address the fact that these swatches are not on my fingers. I ended up messing my hand up and cut one of the cuticles pretty bad on my swatching hand and I had to let it heal. It's just about healed now, thankfully so regular swatches of other polishes and all of that jazz will happen again. I also kind of wanted to see how the reaction would be to swatches without a skin tone behind them.


Without further adieu, lets get this party started.

Tunic - 1910 - Semi-Sheer Peach

I found the application of this iffy. It was very uneven and spotty. It took 4 coats to get to this opacity. 
In the three nails (I kind of broke the 4th by accident), you can see that they all look kind of different and that's because of the coats. They all have 4 coats but I applied each differently. The left has just thin coats, the middle has 3 thin and 1 thick and the one on the left is 4 thick coats. As you can see, it's not entirely even still.

The polish was inspired by inspired by sheer tunics popular with fashionable ladies during the first couple years of this decade.

Kewpies - 1912 - Light Baby Pink
I kind of had the same consistency issues with Kewpies as I did with Tunic. This was about 4 coats and while you can't really see it in the pictures, this applied pretty uneven and spotty. I used thick coats and let the polish dry for a while before each coat.  I do however just love how soft and delicate this polish is. 
Kewpies are little cupid figurines. They originally appeared as comic characters in Ladies' Home Journal in the December 1909. In 1912 a German toy company J.D. Kestner decided to manufacture them as toys. Myself personally, I find them to just be kind of creepy looking.

War Crinoline - 1915 - Military Green 
This polish is my favorite out of the bunch. I am absolutely obsessed with Military green polishes like this. The consistency of this was NOTHING like the other two polishes. I could have gotten away with 1 coat of this polish BUT the nails I used were quite large, and I used two coats for pictures anyways.
In 1915 ladies drastically changed their outfits. The hem lines became higher, the skirts were narrower, and the collars wider. Some of the dresses looked very manly.
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If you notice, I didn't mention anything about dry time because I didn't want to sound like a broken record repeating myself. As with all of the SquareHue polishes I've tried, these dry pretty dang quick. I was extremely impressed with the drying time of these. Kudos to SH for their pretty bad ass dry time. All of these are also high gloss finishes and do not have a top coat. 

I really love the inspiration behind each of these polishes and I think that the colors perfectly represent each year. Even though I did have application issues with Tunic and Kewpies, I would and will definitely use them again because they're definitely worth the extra coats. 


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