Jindie Nails Halloween and Fall Chic 2013 Swatches and Review
Good morning everyone! I have a few of the new Jindie Nails colors to show off today! During the presale I grabbed a few of the Fall Chic colors and 1 of the Halloween colors- they were just listed for sale yesterday, so it seemed like a good time to show them off!
Even though my nails are short again- I’ve been suffering from MORE breaks. Thankfully the worst ones were on my non-swatching hand, but still! After going so long with no casualties, it’s been hard. It feels like maybe my nails are TOO strong now- the breaks happen whenever I bump something and a side part just chips off. Not a problem I ever expected to have 😉 I actually like my nails shorter just fine- but I’d like them just a tiny bit longer, for reasons I’ll explain in a minute.
First, I’ll show off the 4 colors from the Fall Chic 2013 collection I have. All of these polishes are packed *full* of circle glitter in various sizes and colors. This is true for all 4, so I’ll talk about it here versus repeating over and over- I didn’t have to fish for any of these glitters. What you see is minimal effort for glitter- even on Midnight Rainbows. So the glitter payoff is excellent. The only issue I had with any of these wasn’t really the fault of the polish- but I struggled a bit more with them due to the length of my nails. Larger glitters take up more available space when your nails are smaller (I know, thank you Captain Obvious), and I had to be sure to stick to thinner coats than I would normally do to avoid a big mess. It wasn’t too hard, but it was a bit more challenging on short nails to get things looking nice. Just me adjusting to the new length- you wouldn’t think it would impact the way I paint, but it does.
Also, Jen just introduced her new medium size 9mL bottles, which is what you’ll see in this post. I really prefer these so much to the previous mini bottles. I don’t mind most mini bottles (and sometimes prefer them due to the sheer size of my collection), but the issue with the old Jindie ones was that the brush wasn’t able to reach almost any polish unless it was fully twisted in. It was a pain to use, especially with the glitter based polishes (though they were very cute bottles!). But now, you’re able to reach plenty of polish and the brush is very long. And it also holds a bit more polish!
The first polish from Fall Chic is What Are You Smokin’ Mirrors!
This is a medium grey crelly polish filled with tons of gold and silver dots and flake shimmer. I used 2 coats with topcoat for these photos.
The coverage was good- I did have to brush off a bit of excess grey base from some of the circles so that they would show, but other than that I had no issues.
Next is Midnight Rainbow.
This polish is something else! It’s a black jelly polish filled to the brim with rainbow shimmer and metallic circle glitter in tons of sizes and colors. And when I say to the brim- like I said at the beginning of this post, I didn’t fish for glitters. What you see here is 2 coats with topcoat- with no fishing. I’m sure if I actually tried there could be MORE circles on my nails!
This polish went on well- I had to do a bit of dabbing to get circles the way I wanted them to be. There’s so many in the polish that sometimes they can clump up a bit, so you just need to spread them around once they’re on the nail.
Now we have Breakfast at Tiffany’s Cousins.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Cousins is a teal crelly polish filled with maroon, lime green, blue and silver glitters. Plenty of large circles and hexes in here, and I didn’t have to fish for any of them! Pictures show 2 coats with topcoat.
And the last polish from the Fall Chic collection I have to show off is Shimmer Me Timbers. The only one of the 5 I don’t own is Rhythm and Blue- but I didn’t exclude it purposely, I actually didn’t originally buy Shimmer Me Timbers either. Jen sent it as a surprise with my order- now I feel bad I’m only missing 1! 🙂
I’m glad she sent it though- this was my surprise favorite of the bunch, and I would’ve missed out on it otherwise!
Shimmer Me Timbers is a bright, juicy emerald green jelly polish filled with a bright gold shimmer and lots of green and gold glitters (along with a few blue, maroon, copper and purple too!). I think what surprised me is that this polish is a lot ‘brighter’ than I realized- it’s still a deep emerald, but since it’s a jelly it still retains that squishy feel, and the shimmer brightens it up a lot. The pictures show 2 coats with topcoat. Application was great, this one went on the most smoothly of the bunch!
Last but not least, we have Be-Wear the Polish, my only purchase from the Halloween colors. There’s a lot of *gorgeous* colors in that collection- but I was trying to be good!
Be-Wear the Polish is a fun glitter topper (glitter in a clear base, meant to be layered) filled with green, grey, black, and purple glitters in various shapes and sizes, TONS of fine glitter and shimmer- and also glow in the dark glitter! I tried desperately to get a picture of the little flecks glowing, but my camera didn’t want to cooperate.
Application was great- this is so overflowing with glitter, I didn’t have to make an effort to have my nails covered. In fact, I usually ended up with a bit too much on my smaller nails and had to decide which to put back in the bottle!
Photos show 1.5 coats (I did 1 full coat on each nail, and then filled the brush and dabbed a little extra here and there to fill in some empty slots) with topcoat over Wet N Wild’s Sea Ya Soon (post on that later today).
I think overall my very favorite was Be-Wear the Polish- this is a must have! Between the fun bright colors, variety of shapes and sizes, and glow in the dark glitters, you have something very fun for Halloween. I might be a bit partial though- Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love the green/purple/black/orange color combinations associated with it!
These colors launched yesterday- grab them while they’re in stock! You can find Jindie Nails here:
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Jindie Nails Olive You Swatches
Today I’m going to show off one of my more recent purchases- Jindie Nails Olive You.
Olive You is an olive green linear holographic polish filled with small green/gold color shifting glitters.
Pictures show 2 coats with no topcoat. Because of the glitters, Olive You shimmered and sparkled inside in the shade, and burst to life outside in the sun. Application was great, everything went on smooth and well.
Isn’t it gorgeous? This will be a great shade for fall!
You can find Jindie Nails here:
Store: http://jindienails.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JindieNails
International Stockists: http://shop.llarowe.com/, http://meimeisignatures.com,
http://www.harlowandco.org, http://www.ninjapolish.com, http://femmefatalecosmetics.com.au/
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Jindie Nails: Talk Nerdy to Me and Tainted Love Remix
Today I have some beautiful Jindie Nails to show you- Talk Nerdy to Me and Tainted Love! Talk Nerdy to Me has been around for awhile, but Tainted Love is making it’s first appearance in months TODAY! This fun color was originally created back in August, but there were a few performance issues so Jen (the creator ) opted to pull it from the shelves for awhile. Starting today it’s back, with the same fun look and a few tweaks!
First up is Talk Nerdy to Me!
This polish is a fun pink crelly base filled with hot pink and blue micro glitters- just like Nerds candy!
This polish applied wonderfully and had great coverage at 2 coats. The glitter is a tiny bit bumpy without topcoat but smooths out once you add a coat or two. I used Essence Gel-Look topcoat for these photos.
Next is the new version of Tainted Love! You can find my photos of the original version here!
I’ve always been partial to this polish- I named it! Once she created it, Jen asked for name suggestions, and picked mine. As a prize I received my original bottle of Tainted Love- and because of that, I got a bottle of the new reformulated version too! This polish also combines my favorite colors- neon pink and neon green!
Compared to the original version, Tainted Love Remix is a much whiter crelly base (the original was an off-white), and it contains a wider variety of glitters. You’ll find multiple small sizes of black, green, and pink in here, as well as black hearts. I never had to do much fishing for hearts- while they didn’t come out constantly, they were pretty easy to get out of the bottle. The photos show 2 coats with 1 coat of Essence Gel-Look topcoat.
As I mentioned before- Jindie Nails is restocking her new website TODAY! This restock will include her new summer colors, the new Tainted Love, a new LE patriotic polish, and a few of her core older colors. She hasn’t confirmed a time yet, but you can find out the info when she posts it on her Facebook page!
You can find Jindie Nails here:
Store: http://jindienails.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JindieNails
International Stockists: http://shop.llarowe.com/, http://meimeisignatures.com,
http://www.harlowandco.org, http://www.ninjapolish.com, http://femmefatalecosmetics.com.au/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JindieNails
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/JindieNails/nails/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/jindienails/
*Some polishes or nail care items in this post were provided to me for my honest opinion. All thoughts are my own*
Jindie Nails: Part 2
And here’s the second part of my Jindie Nails review! Sorry it’s coming a bit late tonight- lots of stuff going on, and as you guys know if you were reading last week- the World of Warcraft expansion pack just came out, which I do play 🙂 I tried to have all week’s posts written in advance… which didn’t happen!
So anywho, the rest of my gorgeous Jindie Nails photos! Today I have Halloween colors to show off- Bite Me, Frankenstein Spit, and Tainted Love.
Tainted Love isn’t REALLY a Halloween polish, but I think it looks like it could be! I was lucky enough to win a full size bottle of this pretty polish, because I picked the winning name! How fun is that?
Onto the polish!
First up is Bite Me.
Bite Me is a beautiful glitter mix filled with black, purple, and orange glitters in different shapes and sizes. I used this as a glitter topcoat, but it could easily be layered multiple times for fuller coverage.
For this mani, I used 1 coat of Bite Me over 2 coats of Finger Paint’s Circus Peanuts.
Next up we have the second color in the Halloween collection, Frankenstein Spit!
Frankenstein Spit is a super fun mix of tiny matte glitters in green, purple, and black. I love tiny matte glitters!
This is only 1 coat of Frankenstein Spit over 2 coats of Wet N Wild’s Nerd Alert: Screech. You can’t see the green glitter as well with this undie coat, but I thought that it really brought home the ‘Frankenstein’ idea!
This color could easily have full glitter coverage in just 2-3 coats!
And last but (definitely) not least, we have Tainted Love, my personal favorite!
Tainted Love is a milky white polish filled up with neon yellow, neon pink, and black matte glitters, along with black hearts.
This is 2 coats of Tainted Love on it’s own. Full coverage with a white in only 2 coats AND still be sheer enough to see glitter in it? Awesome!
I had to fish a tiny bit for the hearts, but they weren’t overly difficult to get out. And the tiny glitters are always a bit stubborn- seems I missed a few on cleanup 😉
Right now, Tainted Love is out of stock- but it will be making a return in the future!
You can find Jindie Nails on Facebook, Instagram, and on Etsy! Full size bottles cost $7.75, and they’ve now introduced mini sizes in the most popular colors.
If you’d like to see Part 1 of my review on Jindie Nail polishes, check it out here!
On Friday I’ll be showing off a few shots of the underwear polishes all on their own 🙂
*These polishes were provided to me for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own*
Jindie Nails: Part 1!
As promised on Saturday, I have a lot of colors from Jindie Nails to show you all! Rather than spam you with a ton of colors, I’m dividing this up into 2 posts- I’ll be posting the second on Wednesday. On Tuesday and Thursday, I’ll be showing off a few photos of the ‘underwear’ colors I wore with all of these- lots of drugstore polish love!
Today, I’ll be showing off Water 4 Elephants, Neonderthal, and Strung Out on Compliments.
First up, we have Neonderthal!
Neonderthal is a pretty glitter topcoat full of white, blue, green, and purple matte glitter and just the hint of sparkle here and there. The photos are shown with 1 coat over Spoiled’s Are Mermaids Real?.
The application on this was fine- no painting issues and the glitter was fairly evenly distrubuted in just 1 coat. You could get much heavier coverage with 1-2 more coats, but I think this is a ton of fun just with 1 coat!
Next we have Strung Out On Compliments!
Strung Out on Compliments is a mix of ultrafine black, green and blue matte glitter. I LOVE matte glitter polishes!
This one is denser than Neonderthal, so it could easily be worn on it’s own in a few coats. My index finger (top of the photo) shows 2 quick coats, while the rest of the nails are sporting 1 thin (believe it or not) coat over Sinful Color’s Sweet Dreams.
And finally, we have my very favorite: Water 4 Elephants!
This color is a beautiful brownish grey filled with various sizes of blue, green, and color shifting glitter!
This polish was incredibly easy to apply- though not perfect, I didn’t have to do any cleanup for these photos. The photos show 2 coats of Water 4 Elephants on it’s own- no undercoat. The first coat was a little thin, but the second coat filled it out beautifully!
You can find Jindie Nails on Facebook, Instagram, and on Etsy! Full size bottles cost $7.75. Be sure to check them out! Jennifer (the awesome lady behind Jindie Nails) offers a TON of polishes, and if you like matte glitter or neon you’ll fall in love with her creations! (Though if you don’t like either of those, she has goodies for you as well!)
Be sure to check back on Wednesday for the second half of this review!
*These polishes were provided to me for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own*
Roll Tide: Crimson Pride by Jindie Nails and Stamping
Happy Game Day! If you didn’t already know, I live in the overly-hot state of Alabama. Down here, people live and breathe college football- most of the SEC states do. And in Alabama, you choose between Alabama and Auburn (though there’s always the random few that will cheer for a neighboring SEC team). A good chunk of the country hates us- our state boasts the last 3 consecutive National Champions (Alabama, Auburn, Alabama) and the SEC overall has held the title for 6 years.
I’m not originally from Alabama- I moved here just in time for college. So my pro-football loyalties lie with the Steelers, since I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. You may see a post for them at some point in the future. Never fear though, this isn’t a regular thing- it’ll just be one each during the regular season.
Anywho, on to nails!
If you’re interested in WHY I chose the specific colors and prints (I’ve had people from outside of the SEC/Alabama are inquire about houndstooth), just keep reading after the nail photos. If you don’t care, then you can stop after the nails!
For this look, I opted to do my first ever accent nail! I’m not really a huge fan of accent nails, but I think it worked this time.
I started off with a coat of Sinful Colors Slate on all but my index finger, and painted my index finger with Sinful Colors Snow Me White.
Then, I topped off each grey finger with 2 coats of Jindie Nails Crimson Pride– a glitter topcoat inspired by Alabama Football, filled with various shapes and sizes of red and white glitter as well as silver shimmer.
Finally, I pulled out my stamping plates, and used the houndstooth print on Cheeky’s CH8 from their spring collection on my index finger.
Now, for the ‘why’ of all the colors.
For the grey- you may have noticed the first photo in this post, our mascot the elephant posing the the big red A. Our mascot is Big Al, an elephant- so grey is for him! Don’t ask me why an elephant, I’m not even sure Alabama itself knows the REAL reason. There’s a few rumors- one involves the team running out and sounding like a herd of elephants.
Our colors are crimson red and white. However, you’ll almost always see Alabama fans sporting some sort of houndstooth- and this is why:
Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant is the legendary and well loved coach of Alabama football from 1958-1982. He was known for wearing a houndstooth hat, and so we wear houndstooth 🙂
You can find Jindie Nails here– she offers other football colors if you aren’t cool enough to cheer for Alabama (I kid! I kid! <3), among a lot of other awesome colors. Be sure to check back early next week- I have a big review coming on Jindie Nails!
Cheeky stamping plates can be found on Amazon here– they’re very affordable and there’s a ton of great designs! You can see my other stamping post using a Cheeky plate here.
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