Comparison Thursday: Breast Cancer Awareness Edition

This week has been CRAZY.  Like, for real crazy.  I have been putting off setting up my business for about a year, but this week a very old friend who also practices law decided to mentor me and get my butt in gear!  I have had networking meetings galore, which means boring manis during the day.  However, I'm very pleased to say that I am now ready for paying clients!  I'm pretty freaking exhausted right now.  Wish me luck on this crazy endeavor!

Since I'm doing breast cancer awareness on the blog this week, it's only fitting to use those gorgeous baby pinks in my Thursday Comparison!  Apparently, I have a crap-ton of baby pink glitters, so here we go!  Pink glitters on parade!

Lacquer Convention Galinda, Polish, Eh? Confectionary, Lynnderella Matter of the Heart, Maisie Shine Fairy Floss, Lacquerhead Polish Baby Girl, Whimsical Ideas by Pam My Friend Carol, and Pretty & Polished Cheer Camp

Here they are on my fingers.

Galinda is a pink jelly polish with pink, periwinkle, and fuschia hexes.  It applied evenly without much manipulation.  I wore it later on top of my Gelish You're so Sweet You're Giving me a Toothache mani, which I'll show you tomorrow.  It really liked it over the solid creme.

Fairy Floss is a pink creme based polish with a slight shimmer and pink, fuchsia, red, and silver holographic hexes, sqaures, and bars.  It was a little thick in application.  The glitters were a bit hard to get out of the bottle, and the bars refused to lie flat.  They weren't curled, but they didn't do well on the nail.  Also, the glitters were hard to see when you use more than one coat.  I probably will toss this one on the sale page, so if you're looking for it, go here in a few days.

My Matter of the Heart came crushed in the mail.  It was one of my biggest lemmings, and a friend sold it to me for cheap, which means I couldn't get another bottle.  Luckily, I was quick enough to get about 2/3 into mini bottles before the whole thing was wasted.  MotH is a pink creme based polish with hexes, squares, and hearts in purple, fuchsia, pink, silver holographic, and red. I'm not sure if it's because I have it decanted, but it was very thick.  Then again, almost all of the Lynns I have are thick.  Either way, I used 3 coats here, but I should've used just 1 over some undies.  There was WAY too much going on here.  The glitters were a pain to get out, especially the hearts, and required serious manipulation to get it to come off the brush.  I loved this polish in theory, but it's execution is lacking.  I'll post pics I took of MotH over my Gelish baby pink mani tomorrow, and you'll probably agree that it looks so much better that way.

Lacquerhead Polish Baby Girl is a pink creme based polish with hot pink, purple, and fuchsia hexes.  It applied well, but would also be better as one coat over undies.  It started to thicken as I went along, but it wasn't unmanageable.  I'm pretty sure a drop or two of thinner would fix that right up.  The glitters spread out well on their own.  I received this guy from a swap group I'm in, which I will post about at a later date (it's super cool and I can't wait to share!).

Polish, Eh? Confectionary is a baby pink creme with a rainbow of colors in hexes and squares.  This polish applied the best out of all of them other than maybe P&P Cheer Camp.  It was the perfect consistency and the glitters spread out perfectly.  Love love love this polish!

Whimsical Ideas by Pam is a super light baby pink creme with light pink hexes in two sizes.  I mattified it, and I'm just in love with how it came out.  I only have a few Whimsies, but the ones I have are just gorgeous and easy to work with.  I'm sure this one would look great as a jelly sandwich, but I chose to layer it over my Gelish mani.

Last, but certainly not least, is one of my all time favorite polishes, Pretty & Polished Cheer Camp.  I love this polish more than I can explain.  I mean, seriously.  It's a pale baby pink with pink, purple, and fuchsia hexes.  In the macro, you can see that it builds fine on its own without undies, but in the swatch above I have it over undies.  It applies extremely well without pooling, thickening, or glitter manipulation.  I'm just so in love with this polish. It's perfectly understated that I think you could get away with it during a normal day at the office.  Probably not the best idea to wear it to a meeting, though.

So there you have it!  Here is the ordering information for each of these polishes.  Pretty & Polished: Etsy, Llarowe, Facebook, Twitter.  Polish, Eh?: Etsy, Facebook.  Lacquerhead Polish: Etsy, Facebook.  Whimsical Ideas by Pam: Facebook.  Lacquer Convention: Etsy, Facebook.  Lynnderella: blog, eBay.  Maisie Shine: Etsy, Facebook.

Which is your favorite?

Breast Cancer Awareness Part 1: Polish Eh Confectionary

Wow.  The turn out for these giveaways has been stellar!  Thank you so much for your participation.  I have been reading all of the comments, and I will respond to them all by the end of the week.  I have a crazy task ahead of me to make sure I keep on top of the reader of the month this month!  It's been great hearing from you!  If you want more information regarding the various giveaways going on around here, you can read about them here, here, and here.  Also, thank you so much for the well wishes.  The hubs and I are both feeling much better today.

As everyone in the world knows, October is breast cancer awareness month.  Having had several members of my family beat breast cancer, it has become a cause I'm very invested in.  Breast cancer has affected several members of both sides of my family, so I know I have to stay on top of my own self-breast exams and will start getting annual mammograms in a few short years.  If you aren't already doing your own breast exams, you need to start!  Here is some great information on how to check for irregularities yourself.  Obviously, since we're talking about boobies, there are drawings of boobies, so don't click on that link if you're at work!

In honor of breast cancer awareness, I am wearing pink polish all week!  The first installment is Confectionary by Polish, Eh?  

Confectionary is a baby pink creme based polish chock-full of various colored glitters in hexes and squares of different sizes.

Holy crap, this polish applied amazingly.  Even better than the custom that Janet did for my birthday, which is saying something!  I didn't have to use thinner at all on this polish.  The glitters also floated along the nail without any manipulation and didn't require any coaxing to get out of the bottle.

You guys get right hand this time because it actually looked better than left hand, probably for the first time ever.

I mean, look at this closeup!  It's not even the best nail to show how gorgeous this polish really is, but I didn't get very great macro shots of my other nails.

You can purchase Polish, Eh? from her Etsy store.  You can follow Janet and Polish, Eh? on Facebook for news and updates.  Confectionary is a core color, so definitely snag one if you can!  Although, Janet is currently on vacation, so keep your eyes open for details on her next restock.

Do you have any family members who have been affected by breast cancer?

Birthday Polish: Polish, Eh?

So, this is the last of my birthday polish customs.  If you'd like to see the other two, you can see Allons-y here and Remnants of Summer here.  Today's polish comes all the way from Canada, from an awesome indie shop called Polish, Eh?  As you may recall, I cast out a net for birthday customs from a Facebook group I'm in, and three lovely ladies answered the call.  Janet was the first to offer her services!

I asked Janet for a glitter creme with some shimmer.  I didn't have any blue cremes with glitter, so I asked if she could do that with a flash of another color of her choosing.  Luckily for me, she chose pink!  So, I present to you my custom from Polish, Eh?

Here's a close-up of the bottle so you can see the pink shimmer.

This custom, which doesn't have a name yet, is a baby blue creme polish with pink shimmer and purple, silver, and blue hexes.  It was so easy to apply.  I did store it upside down to make sure I got a good mix of all the glitters.  I didn't have to work hard on this mani at all!

Isn't it GORGEOUS?!  

The only downside to this mani is that I used Seche Vite on top.  I'm starting to hate Seche Vite right now.  For some of my favorite manis it has shrunk the crap out of them causing them the chip quickly and lift on the sides, which is what happened here.  I took this pic a day or two after I applied it, so try to ignore the shrinkage.  Here's a close-up of it on the nail because it's just so pretty.  I seriously can't get enough of it, shrinkage and all!!

Also excuse the terrible cuticles if you can.  I've been dealing with a terrible mold issue after my basement flooded, and I'm apparently highly allergic.  Awesome.

I bought Confectionary and Gum Balls from Polish, Eh? at the same time I got my custom.  I'm really looking forward to using those two soon.  I'm waiting for my nails to grow out a little first.  ;)  You can purchase some pretty awesome polishes from Polish, Eh? at her Etsy store.  You can also follow her on Facebook for news and updates.  Janet's got her Halloween polishes on sale now, too!  So rush on over and get some!  Polish, Eh? has seriously one of the best formulas I've used in a looooong time!  I can't sing enough praises for this brand!  Granted, if you're in the US, you'll want to order a few to make the shipping worthwhile, which you should and you won't be disappointed.

Do you have any blue creme glitter polishes?