Swatch and Review: SoFlaJo Goldstone!

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Good afternoon, readers!! I have a surprise second posting for today. SoFlaJo just released a trio of polishes for Valentine's Day, The Just Love Her Collection, and I have one to show you! This is very LE, there are only a couple dozen made, so I wanted to post as soon as I could to give you a chance to grab one before it was sold out.

Goldstone is a red-toned brown jelly polish packed with gorgeous gold shimmer. I'm showing 3 thin coats with no top coat for these photos. It applied easily, but you have to build it up because of it's sheer jelly nature. Just gorgeous!

Swatch Saturday: SoFlaJo Blue Racer!

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Good evening, readers! For this week's Swatch Saturday, I have one of the new polishes from the SoFlaJo Halloween Collection - A Snake On the Hand is Worth Two On the Toes!

"SoFlaJo is in deep south Florida. And yes we have snakes! Some of them are beautiful, even if they are scary! We wanted to do something a little outrageous for Halloween this year, and decided this slithering collection was just enough fun with a little bit of deadly for you!"

Blue Racer is "a color changing duochrome from deep blackish blue to pink/purple fuchsia packed with lots of sparkle." It applied easily and I'm showing 2 coats with top coat below. I love that this collection is inspired by snakes. Even if snakes creep me out, theres no denying they are gorgeous! Perfect inspiration idea!

Look at that awesome color shift!

What do you think of this new Halloween polish by SoFlaJo? You can purchase it at the link below for $10 (full sized 15ml bottle). Don't forget to like SoFlaJo on Facebook for news and upcoming releases!

*New flat rate shipping on all orders:

   $2 per order in the US.

   $10 per international order. 

SoFlaJo Links:

Shop: http://www.soflajo.com/shop/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Soflajo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/soflajo

Thanks for reading!

*The polish in this post was sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Swatch Saturday: SoFlJo, My Sign's Aqua-rium!

Good morning, readers! It's Saturday, so that means it's time for swatches! If you missed my post last weekend, I'm going to try to do swatch-only posts on Saturdays so the rest of the week posts can deal with nail art. I've missed doing nail art as much as I did when I started Adventures In Acetone.

Today's swatches are of a gorgeous polish from the new SoFlaJo Wet Dreams Collection. It's called My Sign's Aqua-rium and it's one of my very favorite colors for a nail polish.

My Sign's Aqua-rium is "the color of a cool aqua pool with the little bit of sparkle when the sun glistens on it. This is a satin matte base full of shimmer." I'm showing three easy coats with no top coat below. I can't get over how gorgeous and flawless this looks without top coat. No uneven or bumpy parts and simply amazing. It is a tad more green-leaning than my camera wanted you to see. I didn't even bother adding top coat because I loved it too much just as it was meant to be.

What do you think of this new polish from SoFlaJo's Wet Dreams Collection? This is definitely my favorite from the new collection, which is yours? You can see the entire collection and purchase at the link below. Thanks for reading!

The Wet Dreams Collection polishes retail for $10(15ml) or $5(5ml) and can be purchased in the Etsy shop as well as the SoFlaJo website links below!

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SoFlaJo

SoFlaJo Website: http://www.soflajo.com/matte-love-nail-polish-collection/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Soflajo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/soflajo

Thanks for reading!

*The polish in this post was sent for me to review with my honest opinion. 

SoFlaJo Silverado Swatch and Review!

Good morning, readers! Today's post is on one of the new polishes from SoFlaJo's Matte Love Collection! You got a sneak peek at this if you read my post yesterday because I used Silverado as undies for one of the Red Dog Designs glitters!

Silverado is a shimmery charcoal matte that has holo glitters(sadly, I wasn't able to capture them in my photos). The formula is fabulous and was almost a one coater! I did two to even it out but if you are careful, you may be able to get away with one. I didn't show with top coat because I loved it too much in it's natural matte state.

Look at that shimmer! 

What do you think of Silverado? You can see the rest of the Matte Love Collection swatches over at Pointless Cafe HERE and HERE. It's a really fun collection! 

The Matte Love Collection polishes retail for $10(15ml) or $5(5ml) and can be purchased in the Etsy shop as well as the SoFlaJo website links below!

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SoFlaJo

SoFlaJo Website: http://www.soflajo.com/matte-love-nail-polish-collection/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Soflajo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/soflajo

Thanks for reading!

*The polish in this post was sent for me to review with my honest opinion. 

Red Dog Designs Swatches!

Hello readers! I have some gorgeous new polishes to share with you today! They are from the upcoming Red Dog Designs Ol' Blue Eyes Collection! They are all gorgeous, and I am lucky enough to have three to share with you!

Come Rain Or Come Shine, Young At Heart, and Let's Fall In Love.

Let's start out with Come Rain Or Come Shine! Gina describes it as, "various yellow glitter with iridescent color shift flakies and short slices, with holo silver and microfine glitter in two colors." I"ll be honest, I wasn't sure how I would feel about this yellow glitter but once I had it on, especially paired with Color Club Puccilicious, I fell in love. It's so unique to my stash and the holo even shows in my light box photos! That is saying a lot! I'm showing only ONE coat below with top coat. How awesome is that? So pretty and no issues at all!

So gorgeous, even in the bottle!!

Moving on, we come to Let's Fall In Love. It is described as, "holo silver and gunmetal hexes, with various shades of purple squares and purple micro-slices, with microfine pink holo glitter and purple hearts." Well, hello beautiful! This is a gorgeous combination of glitters and I've paired it with a base coat of SoFlaJo Silverado(which you will see in a post all of it's own tomorrow). This is 1 1/2 coats (I fished for some more hearts for the pics) with top coat. I have no issues to report.

Finally, we come to my very favorite of the group, Young At Heart. This just got a spot in my favorite glitter polishes ever! Such an amazing color combo, I am just dying! Gina describes it as, "various hues, shapes, and sizes of pink, lime holo, teal holo, white glitters, with microfine holo glitter and pink hearts." This is two coats with top coat over Sinful Colors Cool Gray. Seriously so in love with this, I've been wearing it a couple of days! You can't even see the holo in my pics, so imagine a ton of sparkle in person.

Just look at that bottle!!

What do you think of these gorgeous glitter polishes? You can get yours tomorrow, January 25th at 9pm EST! 

Full sized bottles are $8.75 each. You can buy them here: http://reddogdesigns.bigcartel.com

More Links for Red Dog Designs:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RedDogDesigns.US

Thanks for reading!

*The polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

SoFlaJo Hidden Gem Swatches!

Good morning, readers! SoFlaJo has just released her Party Time Collection and I have a gorgeous one to share with you, today! There are 7 in total and you can see more swatches at SoFlaJo HERE and Sheila's swatches from Pointless Cafe HERE.

Such cute packaging with the order!

This is what Jody has to say about Hidden Gem: "We’re rocking this party! I find fascinating rocks on my walks and break them open at home to reveal glittering treasures inside. Hidden Gem is a steely blue teal polish with flashes of green and blue flecks and rainbows of scattered holo. Opacity is reached in two coats." 

It did only take 2 coats and this is gorgeous! I love the color, but the flecks and scattered holo make it even more awesome! Shown with top coat, it didn't dull the holo at all!

In the lightbox, you can really see the blue flecks come out!

Holo in the light!

Holo in the macro!

What do you think of this Hidden Gem? I think it's gorgeous! 

SoFlaJo polishes are $5(5ml) and $10(15ml). 

They are made from natural pigments and glitters with bases free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde Resin and Dibutyl Phthalate and Formaldehyde. All SoFlaJo polishes contain stainless steel mixing balls (and always have). Each bottle comes attractively packaged and protectively bubble wrapped

IMPORTANT: SoFlaJo is having a Cyber Monday sale(November 26)! On every order over $20(all polish collections included) you will get free shipping from her Shop. (Not from her Etsy store). The sale is even open to international orders! 

Links for SoFlaJo:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/Soflajo

Shop: http://www.soflajo.com/?page_id=381

Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SoFlaJo 

Thanks for reading!

*This polish was sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

SoFlaJo Girls Night Glitter!

Hello readers! As you've probably noticed, I haven't done a new post in a little while. We are 36 weeks along today with baby Owen so I could have him anytime! I've been busy setting up his nursery and getting things ready around here so here's my heads up that posts aren't going to be as often for a bit. If you haven't already, please "Like" my Facebook Page to keep up with my updates. That is where I'll post if we go into labor(don't expect blog posts for a while after that happens! I have a feeling I'll be a zombie for a while adjusting to life with 2 kids).

I have a gorgeous new glitter for you to see today! SoFlaJo just released her new summer line called Life's A Beach. There are 8 new colors and one is a matte! Please visit her blog HERE to see the rest of the collection!

The polish I am showing today is called Girls Night Glitter. It's my favorite from the collection(you know how I feel about glitter!) and after wearing it, I love it even more! It only took 2 coats for full coverage and the different colors in it are really gorgeous together! SoFlaJo describes it as : "a true blue polish with dazzling bursts of pink, blue, and black glitter."

Jody always packs the cutest extras in her packages!

Pretty bottle shot!

Look at the hidden shimmer! 

I used:

Orly Nail Defense

2 coats of SoFlaJo Girls Night Glitter

1 coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast

What do you think? Gorgeous, right? I'm such a sucker for blue glitters, and this is no exception. I just love the different color glitters and how well they go together. 

Go to the SoFlaJo site and tell me your favorites of the new collection! They are available to buy now from her site HERE. You can also check out her Etsy page HERE.

The mini bottle like mine is 5ml and it retails for $5. She also has 15ml bottles for $10.

You can also buy the entire set in either size: Mini set for $40 and full size set for $80.


Also, all SoFlaJo polishes are made from natural pigments and glitters with bases free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde Resin and Dibutyl Phthalate and Formaldehyde. All SoFlaJo polishes contain stainless steel mixing balls (and always have).


Thanks for reading!


*This polish was sent for me to review with my honest opinion

SoFlaJo Year of the Dragon: Dragon Heart Review!

Good morning, readers! I have such an awesome polish to show you today! Jody from SoFlaJo just started a collection of polishes to celebrate the Chinese New Year honoring The Year of the Dragon. It's a collection of 8 multichromatic(color shifting) top coats with teeny holographic glitter as well. I love that Jody put glitter in with these because it really makes them stand out from other multichrome polishes!


They are made from natural pigments and glitters and are free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde and Dibutyl Phthalate. That is super important to me because I'm not a huge fan of nail polish that isn't 3-Free. 

Because these are top coats, the colors show up best with a dark base color. I did my swatches over black as I always like to do the first time I wear a color shifting polish to be able to see the full spectrum of color shift. 

The polish Jody sent for me to review for you is called Dragon Heart. This is the description from her website:

"Dragon Heart with Red glitter and depending on your basecoat, shifts from red to copper to gold."

Let me show you this beauty!

This is the red/purple color. Lovely!!

Here is mid shift to the coppery/gold color. 

A more extreme angle to the sun to show off the coppery gold color!

I love this picture for a few reasons. You are able to see the different colors as well as the gorgeous holo glitters on my blurry pinky nail!

And for fun, I put the first 3 pictures into one so you could see the shift that I was able to capture on my camera. Please click to enlarge and see it better!

All of these pictures are 2 coats over a black base color, and one coat of Poshe top coat. It went on easily with a good consistency and dried quickly. I was able to take these pictures shortly after painting!

Isn't it so pretty? I really love it! You can find all 8 colors at Jody's shop page HERE.

All of her colors come in 5 ml bottles and are for sale at $5 each! Go check out her page to see the other colors available as well! 

What do you all think of this? Thanks for reading!