The Great Pumpkin Massacre!!!

Every time I think of this polish's name, all I can think about is Charlie Brown...  But like, evil Charlie Brown.

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Yeah, don't you wish your photo splicing skills were as L337 mine.  I'm dying over here...  Beyond ridiculous.  Ahhhhh, must focus!!!  Tonight's polish is anything but ridiculous - Model City Polish The Great Pumpkin Massacre.  TGPM will be available TOMORROW HERE at 12:00 pm cst.  SO BUY IT, guys.  Seriously.  It's fantastically amazing.  Want to see why?  Good:

*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of The Great Pumpkin Massacre for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.* 

Color: Clear base with orange and black hexes that are both metallic and holographic!

Finish: Glitter Top Coat – glitter in a clear base to be worn as a top coat.

Bottle / Brush: Round bottle – the brush and wand are the standard width and length.  Easy to control and manipulate.

Opacity: Glitter topcoat – not designed for full opacity.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation.

Consistency: Medium – applies easily and doesn’t flood the cuticles.

Overall Ease of Application: Easy – applies well without pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads evenly and smoothly.  However, if you want a busier look, you'll need to use the dab method.  Otherwise, it'll be sparse, which is also really pretty.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Quick – dry to the touch without smudging in under 3 minutes.

Overall Thoughts:  I have loved every single one of Nina's blends that I have tried.  She truly makes an amazing product, and I hope every single one of you will go and buy her stuff.  TGPM is from her fall trio that will be available tomorrow.  Like the rest, it is scented, but you can request unscented if you'd like.  This one smells like pumpkin bread!  I'm really digging her scents.  They aren't so overpowering and chemically that they make you want to rip your hands off (*cough cough color club winter affair cough cough*).  Instead, it's a delightful scent that you catch only when you have your hands near your nose.  Application for TGPM is great!  It can be worn sparse or dense depending on your mood and will be perfect for Halloween - my personal favorite holiday!  Here, I've worn it over Liquid Lacquer's Stick a Fork in Me, a nude holo with orange flash, and China Glaze Riveting, an orange shimmer.  I think I like it better over the nude, but I bet it would look even better over white, which is how I plan to wear it at Halloween!

And now, let's take a look at the freebie!  If you purchase the entire fall trio, you will receive a 5ml cuticle oil!  You can choose between candy corn scented or unscented.  

I love this oil!  In the top photo, you see my poor hands and nails after removing my soak off gels.  Completely ravaged by my acetone (no, I will not stop using it), hey look so dehydrated and sad.  Then, in the middle picture, you can see where I applied the oil oh so sparingly, hah!  Yes, I drenched my hands in oil.  I'm not ashamed...  In the final pic, I took a pic of my phone stop watch to show you exactly how long the oil takes to be absorbed into your skin.  10 mintues is about average for my crazy dry skin.  The oil leaves my cuticles feeling soft and happy while having a killer scent that makes me want to nom my fingers!  (You may need to click on the photo to enlarge it.)

You can purchase Model City Polishes at Nina's Etsy store.  Follow Nina and Model City on Facebook and Instagram for news and updates on her collections.  Don't forget, the restock is tomorrow at 12 pm cst, and if you order the trio, you get the cuticle oil for free!

*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of The Great Pumpkin Massacre for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*

KBShimmer You Autumn Know and You Go Ghoul!

Ok, let's just get this out of the way because I know you're all thinking it...

Now that we've relived the 90's a little (or at least those of us old enough to have been alive in the 90s, hah!), let's get to the review!  Tonight, we're going to take a look at two polishes from KBShimmer's upcoming fall collection.  These polishes will be available on September 1st, so make sure you have that in your calendar!


*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of KBShimmer You Autumn Know and You Go Ghoul for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*

You Autumn Know

Color: White crelly with orange, purple, and gold hexes and bars.

Finish: Glitter Crème – glitter in a crème base.

Bottle / Brush: Round bottle – the wand is the standard length, but the brush is much thicker.  This made the polish easier to control and manipulate than even the normal brushes for this bottle type.

Opacity: High – opaque at two coats!

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation.

Consistency: Medium – applies easily and doesn’t flood the cuticles.

Overall Ease of Application: Easy – applies well without pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads evenly and smoothly.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.

Overall Thoughts: I paired YAK with Cult Nails Tempest on all but my middle finger, which is two coats over itself.  Yes.  That is only two coats.  Yes it's completely opaque in two coats.  That's definitely not the norm for white crelly glitters since you need the base to be transparent enough to see the glitters.  I think that Christy balanced the opacity to glitter viewability very well.  It has more depth layered over itself, but it's brighter and more polished when layered over Tempest.  The glitters were easy to get out of the bottle, and the micro bars weren't a pain to place or cover with topcoat.  No poking up here!  All in all, it's a very pretty crelly, and it needs to be in your collection as it's the perfect embodiment of crunchy leaves underfoot.

You Go Ghoul

Color: Black jelly base with purple, orange, and fuchsia hexes and bars.

Finish: Glitter Jelly – glitter in a colored jelly base.

Bottle / Brush: Round bottle – the wand is the standard length, but the brush is much thicker.  This made the polish easier to control and manipulate than even the normal brushes for this bottle type.

Opacity: Medium – achieves opacity at three to four coats.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation.

Consistency: Medium – applies easily and doesn’t flood the cuticles.

Overall Ease of Application: Medium – applies well with minimal pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads well without much manipulation.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.

Overall Thoughts: Again, I paired YGG over undies, Cult Nevermore, which took a bit of depth away.  I still liked it over one coat, though, as you can see the glitters a little more easily.  Again, this polish has micro bars, but they really aren't noticeable on the nail or during application.  The glitters were easy to get out, and they spread well on their own.  There are a few that look like they're curling, but I assure you that they do lay flat on the nail without any flipping, fussing, or extra top coat.  This particular polish feels soooooooooo Halloween to me, so I just had to pair it with an orange I've been wanting to try - Elevation's Llulluillaco, which is a small batch prototype I scored from one of her 22nd of the month restocks.  I think it probably would've looked better with Elevation Sarychev, but I still really like the look of these two together.  Now that I've had these on my fingers for the past couple of days, I'm definitely ready for fall!

You can purchase KBShimmers at their online store for US customers and Harlow and Co for international customers.  Follow Christy Rose and the gang on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  Remember, they're going to have a MASSIVE giveaway once they hit 10,000 FB followers, so get to liking!  :D 


*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of KBShimmer You Autumn Know and You Go Ghoul for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*