Lacquistry - Paean of the Bells

Tonight I have a really quick post to share with you (sleep is calling, but I really wanted to get a blog update in before going to bed!). This is Lacquistry Paean of the Bells, a gorgeous and varied mixture of copper and orange glitters (including bar glitter) in a brown-ish tinted base. Here you see it layered over black. 

I'm really happy with this manicure- it's one I think I'll be pulling out again closer to Hallowe'en! Definitely a very good autumnal lacquer.

You can find Lacquistry on Etsy here and on Facebook here.

What do you think of Lacquistry Paean of the Bells?

Lacquistry Plucked Spider (over various bases)

A short while ago I posted a review of Lacquistry's Plucked Spider, which I had layered over Essie Bordeaux, a deep red jelly. I wasn't so keen on the result, and several readers had mused about what it might look like overtop of a lighter base. Today I have swatches of Plucked Spider overtop of a plain white base (Zoya's Snow White), as well as Plucked Spider by itself, without anything underneath it.

Left to right: two coats of Plucked Spider over white, two coats of Plucked Spider by itself, one coat of Plucked Spider over white, one coat of Plucked Spider by itself.  

I have to be honest, I'm still not loving Plucked Spider. In the bottle it is very interesting to look at, but on the nail, I'm just not feeling it. The glitter still doesn't pop, although I'll grant that it is a neat concept and I do like the name. The formula was also incredibly hard to work with, extremely gloopy and globby (I'm not actually sure either of those are legitimate words, but I'm gonna use them). It was like trying to paint my nails with strawberry jam, both in texture and appearance.

What do you all think of Lacquistry's Plucked Spider now? It is better than it was over Essie Bordeaux? Or is it still lacking?

Lacquistry - Plucked Spider

I recently received a small order from Lacquistry, which is another handmade "indie" nail lacquer line. Lately I can't get enough of these indie polishes! I decided to layer Lacquistry's Plucked Spider overtop of my Essie Bordeaux manicure from the other day. Plucked Spider is a wine-coloured jelly polish with a mixture of black and red glitters (including lots of bar glitter). This is the result of two coats of Plucked Spider over Essie Bordeaux:

In the bottle this looked really interesting, but to be honest, I wasn't crazy about it when I got it on the nail. Which was rather tricky, by the way. The formula was pretty gloopy and hard to control, and didn't really even out well which made this manicure pretty bumpy. The glitter doesn't really pop, and generally looks murky and cloudy.

I've been having great experiences with indie polishes, and I can't help but be a bit disappointed with this one. I have one more Lacquistry polish to try, so I hope I can give a glowing review of that one. What do you think of Plucked Spider? Have you tried any Lacquistry polishes? What was your experience?