What’s In-Die Box March 2014 :: A monthly box of polish goodness

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If you haven’t received your WIDB yet, and want the contents to remain a surprise, you may want to avert your eyes now!

 

The theme for the March What’s In-Die Box was Superheroes and Villains, and I was eagerly waiting to see how the different characters were portrayed through polish.  I wasn’t disappointed!  The brands participating this month were Peita’s Polish, Glam Polish, Lilypad Lacquer, Arcane Lacquer and Sayuri Nail Lacquer.

Time for the Bottle Piccies!!

 

 

What did the brands have in store for us this month?  As usual, I will try to describe the polishes as best I can.  For each swatch, I applied two coats of the polish without base colour, plus topcoat so you can see the polish as is, except for the glitter topper.

 

Peita’s Polish – Keep Calm I’m Wonder Woman

Keep Calm I’m Wonder Woman is a clear based glitter topper with copious amounts of red, white, blue and gold glitters in a variety of shapes from tiny glitters, squares, hexes and white and holo gold stars. Imagine if Wonder Woman accidentally dropped her kit into a woodchipper instead of the laundry hamper.

I did two coats of Keep Calm over the Lilypad offering (described later).  There is an awesome glitter payload, which is common for Peita’s Polish.  As usual, the star glitters are shy, so you do need to fish a little.

Glam Polish – Poor Unfortunate Souls

Poor Unfortunate Souls was inspired by Ursula from The Little Mermaid.  This inky deep purple has a shimmery base with blue and purple holo glitters.  It was almost a one coater, and the colour is perfect for my skintone.  This one has definitely become a favourite.

Arcane Lacquer – Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy is a deep teal with some kind of awesome shimmery subtle glitter mix of red, possibly purple and iridescent glass flecks.  At least that’s what I think is in it. It doesn’t sound like much on paper, but the depth to this colour is amazing, and is another new favourite.

Sayuri Nail Lacquer – Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn is a white crelly base with black diamond glitters and possibly gunmetal grey (or very shiny black?) hex glitters, small red hexes and a dusting of golden scatter holo dust and has an almost peppery look while in the bottle.  Harley layers beautifully, and is opaque in two coats (no visible nail line!) and no additional fishing for the diamond glitters.

Lilypad Lacquer – Name’s Hades, Lord of the Dead, how ya doin?

Name’s Hades, Lord of the Dead, how ya doing? is a pastel blue with blue shimmer and light linear holo. This polish is heavily pigmented, and was almost opaque in one coat.

As usual, as this is a first night quickie review post, I have my 5-finger salute for you!  Stay tuned over the next week, as I will be using some of these polishes in some nail art.

 

 

What’s Coming Next Month?

 

April’s theme is All Things Mythical and Fantasy.  There’s so many things it could be!  Far to many to even try to guess what might be used for inspiration for this one.  The brands participating next month are Glam Polish, Lilypad Lacquer, Peita’s Polish, Bella Belle Nail Couture and Mckfresh Nail Attire.  The April What’s In-Die Box can be ordered from Peita’s Polish.

 

Happy Polishing!

xo Relle