Femme Fatale Swatch Spam

Hi everyone! Today I have some swatches of a few lovely Femme Fatale Cosmetics polishes for you. I remember when this brand first launched and they were only available in Australia. I was so thankful to have Aussie friends that could get them to me in the US because I had some major lemmings. Creator Sophie makes lovely (and sometimes unexpected) glittery mixes and she is churning out new polishes all the time (there are even some new holos that have recently been added to the line.) Now they are available at shops around the world, so you shouldn't have any problems being able to get your hands on the ones you want!

Snowy Bramble (2 dabbed coats over Illamasqua Nudge). When I initially saw this polish I didn't know how I felt about the abundance of bar glitter, but once I put it on I decided that it was adorable. It makes me think of being a kid and my grandmother had this huge fake white Christmas tree that she would hang all sorts of colorful ornaments on. The iridescent glitter in the base really adds a lot of interest to this polish as well. I felt like the smaller dots came out of the bottle and spread out easily, but I did end up dipping my brush in a placing a few of the stars and larger dots where I wanted them. You do have to mind the bar glitters though, as they tend to go crazy sticking over the edge of the nail, but that can easily be remedied by running your finger along the edge of your nail right after polishing (when it is still very wet) and pushing them back into place.

Hydraxia (2 coats over American Apparel Malibu Green). I remember this was one of the first polishes that drew me to Femme Fatale. I have worn it in the past, but my pictures turned out horrible (I made a really poor base choice for photos...and my lighting was terrible). This has an assortment of blue and turquoise glitters (some holographic) along with tiny yellow glitters. The yellow glitters are my favorite part! They really add a lot of interest. It does have a green jelly base, but I feel like it looks best layered over a base color. The glitter is gorgeous, but definitely requires a thicker topcoat to help smooth it out (I like to use Essence Gel Look Topcoat topped with my favorite quick dry topcoat, NYC Grand Central Station).

The Other Side of the World (2 coats over Essence Break Through). This polish has a sheer base that is filled with purple shimmer. There are purple, pink, and red glitters throughout the polish. I think this polish is definitely suited best for layering, and choosing a darker base color really makes the shimmer pop. I typically don't like glitter polishes with shimmery bases, but I found in this one that the shimmer didn't overwhelm the glitter and was quite nice. 

Burning Blossom (2 coats over American Apparel Palm Springs). This is a peachy orange jelly with some neon orange and pink glitters as well as burgundy glitters scattered throughout. The formula on this one was excellent and flowed smoothly over the nail. I was concerned that I would hate the color on my skintone, but I actually ended up liking it. I think it is a fun, summery looking polish.  

Femme Fatale Cosmetics' polishes are available from their website (they are now shipping internationally as well as within Australia) as well as from Harlow & Co. (Canada), Color4Nails (USA), Beauty So Fly (Singapore), and Norway Nails (Norway). Be sure to follow their blog, Facebook, and Instagram to keep up with shop news and new releases. Thanks for looking everyone!

*Products provided for my honest review*

Mani Backlog Spam

While exploring my Photobucket, I found lots of unposted manis from throughout the year. Gah...how did I miss all of these?

Femme Fatale Abyssal Reflections (over American Apparel Malibu Green)

HARE Polish Golden Years (over either teal or blue...I can't remember)

Pahlish Eleven Pipers Piping. 

Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire over BB Couture Dragon's Breath 

BB Couture Dragon's Breath

Ninja Polish Ambrosia

Elevation Polish Haba Xueshan over OPI Fly

Elevation Polish Huangshan over Finger Paints Pop Art Purple

Color Club Miss Bliss

Layla Purple Illusion

Nicole by OPI Kendell on the Katwalk over Zoya Ibiza

Color Club Eternal Beauty

HARE Polish Oceans of Alloys (over Contrary Polish Sky)

Contrary Polish Sky

Cult Nails Let Me Fly

Color Club Harp On It

Whew...that was way more than I thought! Thanks for looking!

Femme Fatale Noble Garden

Hi everyone! I was feeling very greeeeen on Monday, so I chose a green lover's dream of a polish for my mani. I was lemming this polish something fierce, and my pal Kristy sent it to me as a gift! It did not disappoint!

Femme Fatale Noble Garden is a green glitter polish with all finishes and sizes of green glitter as well as a sprinkling of pink, orange, and purple glitters to look like flowers in a garden. I used 1 coat over Illamasqua Elope for this mani. It was a perfect combination!

Femme Fatale Cosmetic's nail polishes are available from their website as well as from a whole list of international stockists. Thanks for looking everyone!

Femme Fatale Winter Hyacinth

Hi everyone! Today I have another beauty from Femme Fatale, Winter Hyacinth. This was the polish that really got me interested in Femme Fatale polishes. It is a blue jelly base with various sizes and shapes of pink metallic glitter (some holographic) as well as some large white diamonds and hexes. The base is pretty sheer, but I think it would build up nicely if used alone. In my usual fashion, I decided to layer instead of using it alone so I did 2 coats over RBL Aqua Lily. It matched the base of this polish perfectly! I had to fish and dab a bit to get the glitters the way I wanted, but I think it was well worth it.

Femme Fatale polishes are available from their website (which ships within Australia only) and from Llarowe and Harlow & Co. (which ship worldwide). I believe that Llarowe is expecting her next shipment of Femme Fatales in March. Thanks for looking everyone!

Femme Fatale Lucent Ametrine

Hi everyone! I was very excited to receive some amazing mail from Australia this week and it included several Femme Fatale Polishes. These polishes are complex and gorgeous glitters and I can't wait to wear all of them. I started out with Lucent Ametrine, one of the more recent Femme Fatale releases. This polish is a mixture of deep and light purple glitters as well as a splash of golden glitter. There are holo, metallic, and satin glitters so this polish is so complex! I did one generous dabbed coat over Essie No More Film. I had a terrible break with my middle nail so I have filed all of them down a bit. :/

Here is my entire Aussie haul (excuse my Instagrammed pic!). I'm so lucky to have amazing friends who will help me get my hands on all of the awesome polishes out there! <3

But lucky for everyone...these are stocked at Llarowe and Harlow and Co! I do know that Llarowe is expecting shipments of Femme Fatale polishes in mid-March and that will include new additions to the line, so hopefully Lucent Ametrine will be among those. And of course for those of you in Australia, you can order direct from Femme Fatale's website. Thanks for looking everyone! 

My Almost New Years Eve Mani

So I didn't actually get to do anything fun for my New Years Eve/New Year's Day mani because I was on vacation and didn't have time to do a fresh mani...so it ended up being a mint green creme (American Apparel Office) with a shimmer topcoat (Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Crystal Beading). And...I don't even have PICTURES of it. So...I fail at New Years Eve manis.

What I decided to do when I got home is put on what would have been an ideal New Years Eve mani for me. I decided to go with purple because I was having purple withdrawals after the month long Advent Calendar Challenge (and purple is my favorite color) and glitter because...I need some bling, right? So I layered Femme Fatale Sinister Calling over Color Club Glitter Wonderland. Sinister Calling is from the Halloween Femme Fatale Collection. It is a mixture of several shades of purple and pink glitter with some navy glitter speckled in. It also has silver holo shards and silver holo bars sprinkled throughout (and some stars, but I didn't get one in my mani). It looked perfect layered over Glitter Wonderland, which is a warm purple shimmer/glitter with specks of blue and pink throughout. It looks much warmer than photographs show. The second picture here is probably more color accurate.

Here is Glitter Wonderland on its own. You can see the little sprinkling of blue and pink better if you enlarge the image.

Femme Fatale polishes are available from their website which is currently closed for the holidays. They are reopening on January 14th and Sinister Calling will be available for its last run as it is being discontinued at the end of this month. Femme Fatale Polishes are also available from Llarowe and Harlow & Co. for international customers, as their website does not ship outside Australia. Hopefully Llarowe will get this restock in her Femme Fatale restock this weekend and it appears that it is currently in stock on Harlow & Co. right now if you haven't grabbed it yet! Thanks for looking everyone...and Happy New Year!