Hare Polish: Own Your Opulence

My undying love for HARE Polish continues: Today I have a polish from The Last Queen of France Collection. It's called Own Your Opulence.

Own Your Opulence is a gorgeous glitter topper. It's a combination of black, gold, gray, and nude glitters with golden shimmer.

I layered just one coat over Sephora by OPI Happy Earth Day to Me, a deep olive green shimmer. As usual, the HARE Polish was loaded with glitter.

HARE Polish is definitely my favorite indie polish brand. I just love everything Nikole creates!

You can purchase HARE from their Etsy shop.

Electric Flame + Stamping Swirls

This manicure was a result of indecisiveness - I couldn't decide whether to do a stamping mani or to wear a HARE polish. So I did both.

My thumb, ring, and pinky fingers are sporting a coat of HARE Polish in Electric Flame over a base of Sally Hanses Insta Dri in Snappy Sorbet.

For the accent nails, I started with a base of Sephora by OPI in Here's Lilac-in at You, Kid. Then I used a Bundle Monster Plate and Snappy Sorbet to stamp on the swirly circle design you see here.

 I like the purple and orange color combo! It really pops.

Red, Black, and Gold Skittles

Sometimes I just don't know what I want to do with my nails, so I do something different on each one. I think it's a pretty good compromise :)

I was really feeling the combination of red, black, and gold, so I picked a bunch of polishes that fit the color scheme.

On my thumb, I started with a base of Deborah Milano 103, a pretty red with gold shimmer that I picked up in Italy. Then I sponged on a gradient of OPI Goldeneye, a polish I've been reaching for a lot lately. On my index finger, I used two coats of Barry M Gold Mine Glitter. On my middle finger, I started with a base of China Glaze Hey Sailor, then freehand a triangle of Goldeneye, then another of China Glaze Liquid Leather. On my ring finger, I layered HARE Polish Holiday Hoopla over Liquid Leather. Finally, I used three coats of Goldeneye on my pinky. Phew!

I really like how the colors work together.

Skittles are a really fun way to do your nails when you can't decide on one design. And they look so unique, too :)

HARE Holiday Hoopla + Gold Accent

As you all know, I love HARE Polish. Since I'm in England, I decided to only bring versatile colors with me, and thus only one HARE Polish came across the pond with me. Holiday Hoopla is the only glitter topper from HARE that I had at the time, so I had to bring it with me! And I keep reaching for it.

I've been wearing a lot of red and gold on my nails lately. I thought Holiday Hoopla would look good over an off white, so that's what I decided to do. I used 3 coats of Illamasqua Load then topped it with just one coat of Holiday Hoopla.

Yum, glitter.

I also added an accent nail of OPI Goldeneye. I've been reaching for that a lot, too! It's such a lovely gold.

This manicure was simple, but I like it. HARE never disappoints!

HARE Polish: Oceans of Alloys

I have yet another HARE Polish today. It's called Oceans of Alloys.

Oceans of Alloys is a dusty blue creme packed with bronze and antique gold glitters. There are squares and hexes in all sizes.

I started with a base of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Gray by Gray, then layered one coat of Oceans of Alloys on top. As expected, Oceans went on flawlessly. The glitters distributed evenly, and it had that insane glitter density that I love about HARE polishes.

Once again, HARE has created a winning polish. They're my favorite indie brand for a reason! HARE Polish is available through their Etsy store or through Llarowe.

HARE Golden Years + Scale Nails

I have another HARE polish for you today! This one is called Golden Years.

I layered two coats of Golden Years over one coat of Yoga-ta Get This Blue by OPI. I didn't want a single colored mani, so I decided to add some accent nails on my index and middle fingers. I again started with a base of Yoga-ta Get This Blue, but I forwent Golden Years in favor of a scale pattern.

But first, let's talk about Golden Years. It's a mix of blue, turquoise, gold, and greenish glitters suspended in a dark blue base. The glitter was a bit less dense than I usually expect for HARE, but it was still quite dense. Application was effortless.

For the accent nails, I used a dotting tool to create the scaly look. I also used the following polishes:
China Glaze Glittering Garland
China Glaze Exotic Encounters
OPI Curry Up Don't Be Late
Sinful Colors Innocent

As usual, I love this HARE polish. And I think the accent nails are cool too :) HARE Polish can be purchased from her Etsy store or from Llarowe.

HARE Holiday Hoopla: Christmas Trees

Merry (belated) Christmas to all of my readers who celebrate! I'm so sad that Christmas is over already, but I'm still going to my grandparents' house on Sunday for some more holiday celebrations :) My Christmas was actually rather quiet, but still nice.

I have some holiday nails to show to you today, featuring one of HARE's limited edition holiday polishes. I did these the Saturday before Christmas; I had hoped that they would last until Tuesday, but they wound up chipping the very next day! No bueno.

Even though I only wound up wearing them for two days, I love how these nails came out! I started out with a base of China Glaze Holly-Day, a forest green creme that covered in one coat. Then I added just one coat of HARE's Holiday Hoopla, a limited edition holiday polish and their first glitter topcoat.

Holiday Hoopla is a mix of red, pink, and gold glitters in a clear base. There are various sizes of hexes and squares, and some nice shimmer in there as well. As usual for HARE, it's a very complex, dense glitter. It's really lovely; I think the edition of pink really helps make this a unique holiday glitter.

For the accent nail, I started with two coats of OPI Goldeneye. I waited for that to dry, then I used tape to section off a triangle section. I painted the triangle first with Holly-Day, then a coat of Lynnderella New Year's Eve Eve for "ornaments". Then I added a silver star-shaped rhinestone that I got from the Born Pretty online store to top the tree. And voila: Christmas trees! I think the tree is super cute.

I really loved how these nails came out! Christmas nails are so fun. I'm excited about this new HARE polish as well, since it's their first glitter topper. Holiday Hoopla is limited edition, but it's still available on Llarowe at the time of writing! Get it while you can.

Happy holidays, everyone :)

Hare Polish: Afterglow

Happy Thanksgiving Break! I'm all done with class until Monday. I get to go home tomorrow morning :) Yay!

Today I have another fabulous Hare Polish: Afterglow.

Afterglow is a mix of purple and orange hex glitters of various sizes suspended in a navy blue base.

To conserve polish, I layered Afterglow over Fashionista by Revlon, a navy creme that covered perfectly in just one coat! I used two coats of Afterglow for this mani. As usual, the formula was excellent.

Hare Polish is available through her Etsy store or from Llarowe.

Hare Polish: Heat Plague

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...I've been really preoccupied over Hurricane Sandy. I can't stop looking at pictures. My family just got power back on Friday, but half of my hometown is still without power. And really, we're the lucky ones - so many people along the Jersey shore have lost everything. It's been a very emotional week for me.

Anyway, I have another fabulous polish by Hare today. These were taken on my friend's iPhone during my week of being camera-less, so sorry for any quality issues!

I didn't take a macro of this since I only had an iPhone. Heat Plague is tons of purple, pink, and orange glitter in a sheer, dark green base.

I layered just one coat of Heat Plague over two coats of Don't Mess With OPI by OPI. Heat Plague has so much glitter! The formula's great too - easy to work with, and the glitter spreads evenly.

Hare continues to impress me with their awesome polishes. They're available through their Etsy store and Llarowe.

Hare Polish: Magic Mist

I've been trying out a lot of indie polishes lately, but I've gotta say - Hare Polish might be my favorite so far. I drooled over their polishes since I first saw them, so (after much internal debate over which colors to buy) I bought some as soon as I could. All of Hare's polishes are just so well-thought out and interesting. I picked up Asteroid Turf along with Magic Mist, which is the one I have for you today.

Look at how cute the labels are!

Magic Mist is a blend of orange, blue, pink, and purple hex and square glitters suspended in a lavender creme base. There are also teeny tiny purple microglitters. Look at that macro shot! So pretty.

I've read that this polish can be opaque on its own, but I wanted to conserve this beauty. So I found some matching undies - Brucci Nail Hardener in Sylvia's Pretty in Purple. I used one coat of Sylvia and added two coats of Magic Mist, then topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.

I have to say, the formula on this was fabulous. The polish is packed with glitter, and it distributed easily and evenly onto the nails. I'm pretty much in love with this polish.

I recently saw on Hare Polish's Facebook page that they indefinitely discontinuing some older colors once they sell out, so get them while you can! I ordered three more: Heat Plague, Rad Cloud, and Cosmo Blossoms...and I (reluctantly) restrained myself from buying all of the colors! I can't wait to see what Hare releases next.

Hare Polish is available through her Etsy and on Llarowe.