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"Now for the gorgeous polishes (that's what you came to see right?!). All swatches are made with Essence Peel Off basecoat, the color build up alone on the indexfinger, 2 coats over a basecolor on the middle finger, 1 coat over a basecolor on the ringfinger. Topcoat is 1 coat of Gelous and 1 coat of Essence Better Than Gel Top Sealer. I will only mention the amounts of layers used for the colors themselves."
Mattified
Shiny
First up is HARE King Of Carat Flowers. The description by HARE itself says: "This is a light-medium grey jelly packed full of a mixture of gold and lilac glitter in both hexes and squares. Mysterious iridescent blue glitter is scattered throughout, as well as delicate gold flecks.". From index to ring I used the following: 2 coats of HARE King Of Carat Flowers alone, 2 coats over Essence Grey-t To Be Here, 1 coat over Essence Grey-t To Be Here. I should have done 3 coats of this one by itself and it would have been more opaque, but for this color a bit VNL doesn't bother me too much.
Application wasn't bad, I didn't have to dab really (but it wasn't dab free either), but you do have to be a bit careful with glitter clumping together. It is really filled up with glitter, and if you take too much on the brush you'll end up with fat tips and no glitter at the base of the nail.
2 coats alone - 2 coats over Essence Grey-t To Be Here - 1 coat over Essence Grey-t To Be Here
2 coats alone - 2 coats over Essence Grey-t To Be Here - 1 coat over Essence Grey-t To Be Here
Shiny
Mattified
Next is HARE Amethystos. The description by HARE itself says: "This is a bit of a glitterbomb in a bright purple jelly! This shade of purple is my favorite color, which is why you are seeing it twice this Fall! This is a mixture of silver glitter in hexes and squares, plus pink and champagne gold glitters in several sizes. Amethystos also has the magical blue irridescent glitter and delicate gold flecks.". From index to ring I used the following: 3 coats of HARE Amethystos alone, 2 coats over Barry M Prickly Pear, 1 coat over Barry M Prickly Pear. There wasn't VNL with 3 coats by itself. The basecolor I used really changed the base color from a darker dustier type of purple, to a more bright and violet color.
Application was good, no clumping and I didn't have to be careful while applying, it was just easy polishing. Only thing that could happen is that when you layer it, with just 1 coat the base can look patchy. But more coats means more glitter so that's always the solution!
3 coats alone - 2 coats over Barry M Prickly Pear - 1 coat over Barry M Prickly Pear
3 coats alone - 2 coats over Barry M Prickly Pear - 1 coat over Barry M Prickly Pear
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Shiny
And the last one, my favorite, HARE Golden Years. The minute I saw pictures of this one I knew I needed it. When Nikole said she'd send me samples, and that she might even include some of the new polishes, I was hoping so badly this would be one of them. It was. Epic moment was epic.
The description for this one by HARE itself: "Golden Years is a semi-sheer navy blue jelly packed full of gold glitter in squares and hexes in all kinds of sizes, mysterious iridescent blue glitter, navy blue hexes and delicate gold flecks.". From index to ring I used the following: 3 coats of HARE Golden Years alone, 2 coats over Catrice George Blueney, 1 coat over George Blueney. There still was VNL with 3 coats by itself. Even though I love the murky touch to the base, wearing this by itself isn't opaque enough for my taste. Luckily when you use 2 coats over a basecolor it still has that jelly feeling to it.
Application was great with this one, not even the slightest risk at clumping. Also the layering combo I made was an almost exact match to the tint of the base itself, so no patchy color with just 1 coat layered. I love it best with 2 coats though!
HARE polish can be bought through Nikole's Etsy shop, polishes are 10 per bottle. She ships international. You can also find HARE polish at Llarowe, for 11 per bottle. Llarowe also ships international.
You can also find information about the collections on the HARE website and Facebook page!
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