Sunday, April 14, 2013

Indie Review: ellagee's 1985 neon shimmers

*These products were given to me free of charge, in return for my honest opinion and evaluation of the products.  All reviews are written by me, and in no way influenced by the companies providing product.

As you remember, a few weeks ago I reviewed ellagee's debut collection sparkling spring wildflowers.  Well since then, she has been making polish like crazy!  And her third full collection is being released this Wednesday, April 17th.  And this is a collection I am SO excited for!!

Introducing, ellagee's 1985 shimmer neons!!  Cue up your Wham! and check these out!

Photo courtesy of ellagee facebook page.

How awesome are those colors!!  And to make them slightly different than most neons, Laura added a bit of white shimmer.  It gives it a more satin finish, and adds a certain amount of dimension and depth. 

So Laura sent me three of the eight colors.  I got "like, totally coral", "gnarly green", and "purp-rageous".  
How gorgeous!  

This is like, totally coral.  It's a gorgeous coral/orange color that goes on like a dream.  Adding the white shimmer was a genius idea, it makes application so easy.  This was two coats, and there was no balding or application problems what so ever.  They dry to a matte finish, and this has one coat of Color Club speedy top coat.  I wish I could show you what they look like in the sun, but Wisconsin (at least southeastern Wisconsin) has had nothing but rain for the last week or so.  I forgot what the sun looks like.

Purp-rageous is next, and this color is gorgeous.  Sorry about the messy application, I was trying to get a mani in quick for we left for our evening out.  I love the shimmer in this color.  It's perfect for any mani.  It's definitely bright, but also more subdued than the others.  If you're not sure about the neon trend, try this color first!  This color, just like the coral and like the upcoming green, has an amazing formula and an easy application.

Gnarly green is definitely for the more adventurous of polish lovers.  But its so pretty.  It's also brighter than this in natural light, but again no sun=no natural light here.  In this picture it looks like a clover green, but it's much more neon in real life.  I love this color too.  I don't know how Laura knows exactly which colors I'm looking most forward to trying, but she has gotten it right two out of two times now!  

All in all I love this collection, and I'm so glad I got to review these polishes.  I definitely need to get some more of this set, like that yellow!!  And it's hard to believe that it gets better, but they do!!

Photo courtesy of ellagee's facebook

They glow in UV light!!  We took BeBe to Dave and Busters last night, and I was hoping I could find some lights to make the polish glow and take pictures for the review, but I was out of luck.  The only luck I had was winning the top prize on their version of "The Price is Right" classic game, "Plinko".  I won 450 tickets!  So BeBe was able to walk out with quite a bit of loot. I am certainly going to get some pictures of these in a UV light for you, even if it means taking them into a tanning bed :) 

Again, this collection will launch on Wednesday April 17th, at ellagee's etsy store here.  Be sure to follow her on facebook as well.  Every Saturday she launches a new color in her $6 Saturday special.  The first 5 bottles sold will be sold for $6, and after that they will go back up to full price ($8.75).  She also has giveaways quite often, and you may be able to win yourself a free polish. So go show her some love, and get your hands on these super radical 1985 neon shimmers; like, totally.

~Kat

*These products were given to me free of charge, in return for my honest opinion and evaluation of the products.  All reviews are written by me, and in no way influenced by the companies providing product.

2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous photos! Thank you buckets for the great review <3

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  2. Pretty colors I like the pink!
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