The Polished Mafia Honor in Blood

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Today I have another gorgeous polish from my friend Samantha of The Polished Mafia! The first polish I posted about was the beautiful Not Your Momma's Pink. As much as I liked that pink, I think Honor In Blood is my new favorite!

Honor In Blood is a pink-toned red holographic polish with red glitter. The holo is a combination of tight linear and loose linear, giving it a very sparkly holographic finish in any light. I'm a fan of holos like this, ones that aren't so extremely holographic that they just look faded and silvery. For me holos need bold color and the right base, and Honor in Blood was perfect, it reminded me quite a bit of the old OPI DS holos. The glitter adds a unique bit of character and adds a bit more sparkle to this gorgeous red holo.

The formula of this polish was an absolute dream. Although I used two coats for the photos below this one was pretty opaque after a single coat! I think I could have easily used just one coat if it wasn't for the intense lights I use to take my photographs (even then if I'd been more careful on my first coat I wouldn't have needed the second). It applies very smooth and doesn't require any special base coat to bring out the linear holo.

Sadly my camera couldn't capture the holo perfectly and we've been having so much rain lately in Charleston I couldn't catch any sunlight photos. Trust me when I tell you that this holo is perfectly balanced!

I may have gotten a bit carried away with the photographs, but wouldn't you with this color? It was very flattering on my skintone and I got quite a few compliments while I was out and about! I'd love to hear what you think! 

The Polished Mafia Honor In Blood retails for $11.00 with free US domestic shipping and is available from the online store. Also check out The Polished Mafia on Facebook!

The Polished Mafia Not Your Momma's Pink Swatches and Review.

Today I have a gorgeous polish from The Polished Mafia to show you! I'm really excited for this polish because it was created by a friend of mine. She recently started her own indie polish label and there are so many colors I want to try! I started out with Not Your Momma's Pink, a gorgeous hot pink shimmer. I'm always on the lookout for the perfect bright pink for summer, and this polish is to die for!

Not Your Momma's Pink is a hot pink jelly polish loaded with silvery blue shimmer flakes. The flakes are tiny and incredibly sparkly. The shimmer is really obvious both in the bottle and on the nail because of the squishy jelly base. The color is a blue toned hot pink that is bright without being neon, overall it's a beautifully balanced pink.

The formula on this polish was great for a jelly. It applies smooth, dries quickly, and was opaque in three easy coats. I wore Not Your Momma's Pink for about three days (which seems to be about my norm lately) and it still looked gorgeous on day three without any chips. For some reason my camera couldn't capture the color perfectly, so imagine it a bit brighter when you check out the swatches below!

Don't you just love that squishy shimmery look? I've never seen a hot pink like this, and I love it! What do you think?

The Polished Mafia Not Your Momma's Pink retails for $9.50 with free US domestic shipping  and is available from the online store. Also check out The Polished Mafia on Facebook!