Square hue - March - Paris collection REVIEW

Company: Square Hue // Subscription type: Nail Polish // Cost: $14.99 + S/H // Contains: 3 full sized, limited edition, ‘5-free’ polishes

I’m loving how incredibly fast my March Square Hue box came in this month! *high five* Square hue!

As you can see from the picture above, this month’s Passport Collection theme is Paris. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this theme. Were they going to choose red for l‘amour…. or a greyish color to represent the Eiffel tower? Although I’m not too fond of the green they chose (honestly, I’m just not crazy about green period)… Overall, I really like the subdued romantic colors of this box. I wish they would have had a pink thrown in there though.

First up is a swatch of my favorite one from the bunch. It’s ‘Notre Dame’, a high gloss crème. I LOVE the creamy yellow of this color!
I used 2 coats of Notre Dame with Seche Vite’s top coat.

Next up is Arc de Triomphe. It’s a shimmery nude that goes perfect for the times you’d like a classic nude look but with a little something extra.
I applied 2 coats of Arc de Triomphe and topped it with Seche Vite’s top coat.

Up next is my least favorite of the bunch: Champs Elysees (shimmer).
As I mentioned earlier, I’m not a huge fan of green. However, this one actually looked pretty darn good (if I do say so myself). It’s not one I would have chosen but that’s ok. That’s what these boxes are all about right?! If not, my entire nail polish collection would consist of pinks and glittery blues and teals lol.
I used 2 coats of Champs Elysees and topped it off with Seche Vite’s top coat. Looking back at the picture, I could have used an extra coat since you can see through the nail a bit.

Over all, I liked this passport collection set. The polish applied well and I like that the brush on these bottles are smaller and easy to apply.

Btw! This month they included some info on the back of their card on being able to choose June’s colors! Pretty freakin’ awesome, no? All you have to do is head on over to Nail it! mag to choose your favorite. I think I’ll be choosing color set #3. Hey, what can I say, I like the blues!
Which one will you be choosing?!

Check out a review on @SquareHue's March Passport Collection by @ThatMoxieChick! #Subscriptionbox #Nails

OPI - Don’t Violet Me down - Sheer tint review & Swatches

Soooo, let me start off by saying that that ‘jelly sandwich’ mani you see up there (top right pic) is by far my favorite of all these swatches! Special shout out to Cynthia Lee Perez and Sarah Short from the Nail Polish Queens community on G+ for giving me this fabulous idea!
Now… on to the swatches and my thoughts :P

First up is a simple swatch of the sheer tint with 2 coats and a clear base. I like it. It’s different. It applied well and wasn’t as streaky as I thought it would be. It also dried quickly since it’s a top coat. (Keep that little tidbit in mind when you’re applying it as well!).

 

Next up is … *drum roll please* … the ‘jelly sandwich’ mani!! Ugh, I’m drooling over here. I absolutely love this one! I used 2 coats of OPI - Don’t Violet me down (Sheer tint top coat), waited a few minutes and applied 1 coat of OPI - Which is Witch? (glitter), waited a few more minutes then added 2 more coats of OPI - Don’t Violet me down (sheer tint top coat). Although the sheer tint is a top coat, I applied Seche Vite’s top coat anyway. I like that it seeps into all the layers to dry them. Plus, hellooooooo shine!

 

Next, is really my least favorite. I thought using a cute pink color as a base would do something pretty… but alas I was wrong. It just turned out to look like a purple polish with a heck of a lot of air bubbles and a pinkish/white outline towards the cuticle. If I would have used more polish remover to remove it it would have looked like I had 2 weeks of nail growth (and who wants that on a fresh mani?). I have no clue why I got so many air bubbles btw. I applied it the same way as the others…. wasn’t near a fan… and I don’t blow on my nails. Super weird.
I used 2 coats of Essie - Romper Room as the base and 2 coats of OPI’s sheer tint.

 

Last, but not least, I wanted to try this purple sheer tint with a purple color as a base to see if it’ll help the color ‘pop’. I used two coats of OPI - Do you Lilac It? on all the fingers but added two coats of the OPI sheer tint to the last two on the right. I like it! It makes it look like a subtle crelly and helps turn a regular mani into something ‘extra’.

Overall I really like this sheer tint! I’m glad I received it in this month’s Birchbox. This really seems like a versatile polish and I’m looking forward to playing around with it more. For another idea, check out this video by Birchbox. I LOVE the mani they’re creating here. Super trendy, simple, and very pretty! :)

So… what do YOU guys think? Which one is your favorite? Will you be buying the OPI sheer tints? :)

Check out a review on OPI's new sheer tint - Don't Violet Me Down! by @ThatMoxieChick