Month: April 2024

China Glaze ‘Meadow Dreams’ Spring 2024 Collection – Swatch & Review

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Oh HIIIIII, let’s finish up the spring collections, shall we? Thank you as always for patiently waiting.

Diving on in, the lovely little spring moment we’re looking at today is from China Glaze. This is their ‘Meadow Dreams’ collection for Spring 2024. And with a name like that, it just evokes the feeling of laying in a soft meadow of dappled sunlight, with little wildflowers all about you. (Maybe a little Twilight-core there, that could be me stretching but come ON, Bella is all about the meadow).

ANYWAYS, in this release, we feature 3 creams, and 3 shimmer shades. This color palette leans heavily on the purples and greens, with pops of white and orange, and I mean, duh, of course, meadow, wildflowers, see those thoughts above. It’s both traditional spring shades, yet something a little different, but overall it hits us fully over the head with SPRING.

These shades are available from polishpick.com, as well as from Beyond Polish. If you shop through Beyond Polish, you can use my code: GingerlyPolished for 10% off individual items – it is affiliated so I will earn a small commission if you use it, so as always no pressure! Just here to help you save.

Now let’s get on into the swatches!

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Holo Taco ‘I Need Space’ Collection – Swatches & Review

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Recently, I had just been looking at all of the Holo Taco polishes scattered around my desk and drawers, and thinking about collections I still needed to swatch and post about and I was just feeling overwhelmed. I felt the need for organization, so as a true lover and connoisseur of lists, I recently combined those with another love of mine – distracting myself from my work. I sat down, and I went through and listed out all of the Holo Taco collections in release order, while both noting collections I already owned, already swatched, and already blogged about.

And whew, that final category was woefully small (and so was the 2nd column). I’ll admit, Holo Taco (as well as Mooncat, which has gotten the same treatment), as a more “boutique” indie brand has gotten pushed to the back of my nail polish queues, behind the traditional seasonal releases of the mainstream brands. I absolutely love collecting both brands, as they’re both consistently releasing interesting collections, but then those poor shades just wait on my desk, crying out to be loved. Well it’s time to REMEDY THAT.

So I’m determined to get through my Holo Taco (and Mooncat) stash and get them swatched up and blogged throughout the next few months, catching up on both old and new releases. (Maybe we’ll say like 6 months, let’s be realistic here). I’m ready to feel that high of checking things off my lists, and to build up more of a resource and guide on these brands and their many, many releases. I have (most of) them already, and it’s time I show it. Oh darn, more posts for you, I know you’re truly torn up.

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So ALRIGHT let’s start this journey with one of their most recent releases, and the newest collection I have in my stash (for now – though I am telling myself I’m not allowed to buy even newer releases until I get through some backlog, even if that Ice Cream collection is truly calling to me).

Anyways, this is the ‘I Need Space’ set, and as you can tell from the name, it has quite the fun galactic theme. We have 5 shades here all with some fun finishes and formulas. We have flakes, we have shimmer, we have holographic sparkle, and interesting color choices – what more could you need? After all, it’s space-themed, so I’m intrigued already.

These are as always, available from the Holo Taco website. Now enough with the talking, let’s finally see some polishes in ACTION.

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Essie Blushin’ and Crushin’ Spring 2024 Collection – Swatches & Review

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Have I mentioned that it’s still cold here in Chicago enough times yet? We had snow this week. SNOW. In APRIL. I think I’m allowed to keep mentioning that I want spring until it actually stays here for more than a week, okay.

As always, we’ll just soften our weather woes with nail polish. We can always pretend it’s spring with warm glowy spring tones on our fingers. And you know the best way to truly avoid the cold is to not go outside at all and just paint our nails. Modern solutions, and all that.

So let’s stay in the warmth and talk about some new nail polish!

This is the Essie ‘Blushin’ & Crushin’ collection, and it’s their newest seasonal release for Spring 2024. We have 3 creams, and then we have 3 gorgeous squishy shimmer shades. This is just a fun little color palette that really hits every sort of spring mood one could have throughout the season.

These shades are available on the Beyond Polish website where code: “GingerlyPolished” will get you 10% off individual items. It is affiliated which means I’ll get a small commission for each order, but as always no pressure to use it!

Alright, all of that starting information is out of the way, let’s get on into the swatches!

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