Emily de Molly Abstract Canvas

I am back and nice and relaxed after a few busy - but great days - in Manchester and London and today I am showing you Emily de Molly Abstract Canvas over my last post of Cadillacquer A Dragon Is Not A Slave.

I actually forgot I had done this layering combination or I would have shown it all in the one post.

Abstract Canvas is a polish I have been lusting after since I initially seen it released and I eventually caved a few months ago and bought it off of Rainbow Connection.  Abstract Canvas has a clear base with a variety of coloured hex glitters but it was the large black circles that made this polish stand out to me.

This is one coat of Abstract Canvas over A Dragon Is Not A Slave with a coat of the Shield on top.

 

 

As I said, I got this one from Rainbow Connection, but you can also visit here for a full list of stockists.

 

Thanks for looking and wish me luck for my return to work tomorrow <3 

Cadillacquer A Dragon Is Not A Slave

Sorry for the little absence again, life seems determined to test my patience this year, but I am off work for a week now and off to London for a wee trip so things are looking up :D

Anywhere, I thought I would show you all today a stunning little Cadillacquer Dreams & Dust (Game of Thrones) Collection.  This pretty is A Dragon Is Not A Slave and is a pewter holographic polish with a great little pink shimmer.

This is one coat of the Knight, two of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

 

 

I actually love Cadillacquer polishes and this one is no exception, such a great polish with great inspiration behind it.

 

I picked my bottle up from Rainbow Connection or please see here for a full list of stockists.

 

Thanks for looking and I will try not to leave it as long next time <3

Cadillacquer Cap'n Cook, Pink Teddy Bear and Dollish Polish Welcome to Rapture

I'm back with my first post, and hope its been worth the wait ;)  I was going to come back with the newest a-england I own, as I have already worn that pretty twice since receiving it, but silly me left it in my drawer in work, ask had taken it in to do my nails for a night out.

So I decided to show you another purple concoction to make up for not showing you the purple a-england.

Just a quick note that most of the polishes I will be showing you over the coming weeks/months may be no longer available, or were newish when I bought them but no longer are since so much time has passed.  But that doesn't make them any less worthy of a good show off :)

First, I start with Cadillacquer Cap'n Cook which is a subtle purple holo with a subtle shimmer too.  This is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish.

I then done my usual go to design when I want to jazz a polish up and I put 2 coats of Pink Teddy Bear - which is a black based subtle holo with an awesome pink shimmer - in a diagonal over Cap'n Cook.

Lastly, I topped the above with 1 coat of Dollish Polish Welcome to Rapture which is a great clear based multi coloured glitter topper and 1 coat of the Knight to seal it all in.

Well I hope this was a good post to pick to come back with.  I got a whole lot of swatching done this weekend but the posts will not be on any kind of regular basis yet unfortunately, but at the same time, I will try not to leave it too long.

I think these polishes were bought from a mixture of official sites and ebay (not for any crazy prices mind you) but my memory is a tad fuzzy on exactly what was bought from where as they have been on my shelf a while.  Unfortunately Cadillacquer is not able to ship internationally anymore *sob* but you can check here for a list of stockists.  For Dollish Polishes, please visit the official site where you can buy from, and it also has a list of stockist if you'd rather.

Thanks for looking and I also want to thank you all for your understanding and support of my last post <3 <3

Cadillacquer Cute Poison

Firstly I should start off with a little apology for my absence, I have had a lot going on the last couple of weeks and my head just has not been in the polish game, but I just had an extra long weekend off of work and that gave me time to clear my head a little, and of course catch up on my TV and Gaming, ha.

But the polish I wanted to come back with is a lovely little Cadillacquer that I have been dying to pick up, and finally had to when Madeleine told me it was being discontinued, there was no way I was missing out on this one.  I bought it about a month or maybe two ago and I honestly thought that I would have missed the chance to show you it while it was still available, but I checked the sale before I starting writing and it was there :)

So the polish I am showing you is called Cute Poison and is a smokey green base with a variety of glitters, there are black squares, and smaller glitters in pink, fuchsia and green.  I love this interesting little mix.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

This one just screamed for a close up picture <3  

As I said, this polish is still available on the official site, but it is now discontinued and in the sale (with some other great polishes) so don't miss our if you want it....You can also check out the other stockist such as Llarowe, Harlow & Co or Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3 

Cadillacquer The Dark Defender

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, had a busy week and been too tired to prepare,,

But anyway, since I am having a lazy Saturday, figured I could fit a quick post in.

I wanted to show you one of the newly discontinued Cadillacquer polishes from the Dexter Collection  The Dark Defender has a dark teal jelly base with light green and purple micro flakies.  Now you can use a few coats and build this one up but I decided to layer it.

This is 1 coat of The Dark Defender over 2 coats of a-england Crown of Thistles and 1 coat of the Shield on top of it all.  I love how this looks even with just one layer, I have included a little close up to try and show the flakies off.  The purple base makes it look much more blue, but you can see the real teal colour in the bottle.

This polish is still available on the official site, but as I said, its now discontinued and in the sale (with some other great polishes) so don't miss our if you want it....You can also check out the other stockist such as Llarowe, Harlow & Co or Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3 

Cadillacquer Where The Wild Things Are

I have a Cadillacquer to show you tonight that I think was discontinued quite a while back, but this was another polish that was on my thought to be broken hard drive, but I thought it was too pretty not to show.  Again these pictures were taken with my previous camera a good time ago but bear with me.

Where The Wild Things Are is from the second Cadillacquer collection, Such Is Life and has a smoky greeny grey base with yellow shimmer, iridescent glitters and colored flakies.

I love this one and am sad I didn't show it off sooner.  This is 1 coat of the Knight 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

As I said, this polish has been discontinued and is no longer available on the official site but you can pick up some others there - when Madeleine is back on the 15th - or you can also buy Cadillacquers from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadllacquer Slice of Life

I have for you today another sadly discontinued Cadillacquer polish.

This one is Slice of Life and is from the Dexter collection.  Slice of Life is a bright red jelly polish and the site noted it as having blue shimmer but it looks quite pink/purple in some lights and I think this may just be because of how red the base is.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I nearly didn't get this one as I am not normally the biggest wearer of basic bright reds, but I am so glad I did as the shimmer makes this one something special.

Currently the Cadillacquer official site is closed as the lucky Madeleine is away on holiday at the moment but the shop will open again on 15 November but you can also buy Cadillacquers from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer She's One Of A Kind and Car Wash

I am actually quite enjoying this two posts a night thing right now, and I hope you are too but I can see it not continuing for too long as it is a lot of work to prepare 2 separate posts after work etc but we will see...

Anyway, my second post actually contains two lovely Cadillacquer polishes.

We will start with the polish that is my base for this mani, She's One Of A Kind from the Seek The Fire Collection.

This polish is just so subtly pretty, it has a light greyish blue base with pink shimmer, there is also a very subtle holo effect to this one too.  I just love the shimmer in this one, it was a little camera shy but kept catching my eye in work today.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I then decided to do a little design with another beautiful Cadillacquer polish which is unfortunately a discontinued one from the Breaking Bad collection, Car Wash.  

Car Wash is a dusty blue polish, again with pink shimmer and subtle holo.  This is one coat over the above with a coat of the Shield to seal it all in.

To make the 'design' I actually used simple scotch tape and cut the shape using some craft scissors that I bought a set of with different designs years ago and completely forgot I had until recently.

As I said Car Wash is sadly no longer available on the official site , but She's One Of A Kind is, along with many other.  You can also check out the other stockist such as Llarowe, Harlow & Co or Rainbow Connection

Cadillacquer Keep Breathing

My second post of the night is another lovely little Cadillacquer.

Keep Breathing is from the Dexter Collection and is sadly being discontinued, but every cloud has a silver lining and all that, as due to the fac it is being discontinued, it means you can pick is up at a great price from the Cadillacquer site.

Keep Breathing has light teal base packed with green and white flakes, lilac and purple hex glitter and even considering all the different parts to this polish, it still applies so well.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I am so super glad I managed to get this one before it was gone, so if you want it, don't risk missing out.

At the time of writing, this polish can still be bought from the official site or you can also buy Cadillacquers from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer Please Don't Kill Me, Mr Ghostface

I have another second post (well technically third..) for you today with the other Cadillacquer Halloween polish that I wanted to show you before Halloween is actually here :)

This one is inspired by Scary Movie and still one of the best parodies I have seen.  "Please don't kill me Mr Ghostface....I wanna be in the sequel" ha.  'Ghostface' is from another great classic movie, Scream, which, even though it is a little dated now, I was still a tad freaked out when I first seen it way back when...

Anyway.  This Please Don't Kill Me, Mr Ghostface has a bluish grey jelly base with different sized blue glitters through it, and I love it as blue is always a winner in my book, never mind double blue!

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 3 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

At the time of writing, this polish can still be bought from the official site (where more polishes have just been discontinued and added to the sale...) or you can also buy Cadillacquers from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

Cadillacquer It's In Here with Us

Today I have a second post for you, with another polish I love right now.  Now if you frequent here, you will know that Cadillacquer is another brand I love, I have never tried anything I don't like that Madeleine has made, and don't expect to know since I love so many already.

But I digress a little, today I have to show you It's In Here With Us, from the Halloween 2014 collection, which I understand is limited edition.  Now this bottle just screams halloween to me and is inspired by (I think) the recent remake of The Evil Dead, which are far as classic remakes go, I really enjoyed this one.

IIHWU has a bright orange base (think pumpkiny) with green glitters running throughout (which spread so easily with the base colour.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I thought I would like this polish, but for some reason I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I do....This one is staying on until Halloween I think, ha.

This one, and many others, can be bought from the official site or also from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

Cadillacquer The Dark...Whatever

Tonight we have another little Cadillacquer beauty.  I hope you are not sick of these yet, but I don't see how you can get sick of such pretty polishes..but anyway.  I have quite a few left to show you and am looking forward to doing so.

This one is from Cadillacquers very first collection, Do You See What I See? Even at the start Madeleine seems to have had such an eye about what goes well together.

The Dark...Whatever has a sheer blue/grey base with small black, small iridescent and bigger blue hex glitter.  As in the description, the base is a little sheer, but builds up nicely and shows off the glitters so well.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 3 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Unfortunately, this one is no loger available on the Cadillacquer site, but you can buy others there and you may be able to get it from another retailer such as Llarowe, Harlow & Co or Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer Now and Then

Today I have another pretty little Cadillacquer to show you all.

This is another sadly discontinued one, that is no longer available on the Cadillacquer site, but I never want to miss out on showing you such a pretty polish just because it may be a little harder to get.

This one is called Now and Then and has white base with lavender, purple and white glitters though it, such a great mix and the density of the glitter is great, without being too much.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

This one is from the third Cadillacquer collection called All These Shiny Things - I recently got a list of all the collections and polishes within each so am loving being able to confirm this now, as sometimes, if they were no longer available polishes, I had no clue what collection they used to belong too, ha.  Although, having a complete list of all the polishes showed me how many I have, but also how many I still want...

Anyway, I digress, Cadillacquers bought from can be official site, or from from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer Out Of This World

Today we have another Cadillacquer, from one of the newer collections, Love The Music.

Now not only does Madeleine have great taste in TV, she has great taste in songs, some of these are inspired by my favourite songs, and some I couldn't recall off of the top of my head.....Out Of This World as not one of them.

In case you don't know Out Of This World is by Bush and is from the album Golden State (which I actually still have the CD of from back when I can't remember buying it...).  I love love this song, and also loved that it was used in an episode of Buffy (Season 6, Dead Things I think, I could google but if I'm right I will worry about myself..).  Mr Rossdale has such a great voice and is way more than just Gwen Stefanis husband, haha, as I know as lot of people only know him as that.  Anyway, I totally digress and my geek is well out on show tonight...haha!

Anyway my main point from the ramble above is this song is great and you should listen to it now, if you haven't before, and the polish inspired by it is just as good!

OOTW is a plum base with an amazing blue shimmer and if that is not enough, holo too.

This is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish.

This one, any many others, can be bought from the official site, I have just indulged in some more of the discontinued polishes I am missing  You can also purchase them from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer Restless

I have for you all today a Cadillacquer that is sadly discontinued and I cannot see it for purchase on any of the retailers I am familiar with, but that being said, I still wanted to show it to you.

Restless has turquoise/aqua base with fine holo glitter, different sized brown and turquoise glitters from what I can see.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.  I loved the opaqueness and even coverage of this one, despite the amount of glitter.  Another one I am so happy to have in my collection.

Now as I said, this pretty is no longer available but so many great other polishes can be bought from the official site - including some new collections that I am dying to get my hands on.  You can also purchase them from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection

Thanks for looking <3 xx

Cadillacquer Have A Killer Day

Today I have a little Cadillacquer to show you all, I honestly have so many of these still to show, they have been right up there on my wishlist polishes for ages and I have so many more I want to get.  Madeleine just knows how to make a great polish, thats for sure!

Have a Killer Day is no exception and sadly has not been discontinued, buutt you can still pick it up on the Cadillacquer site, in the Sale section for an added bonus...

HaKD has a light grayish blue base, blue micro flakies, neon pink squares, small matte purple hex glitter and matt pink hex glitter. Whew, this polish has a lot going on, but at the same time, doesn't look too busy.  Oh and I want to add here that HaKD is from the Dexter collection, another of my favourite shows, not only does Madeleine make great polishes, more often than not, they are inspired by things I already love...

This is one coat of the Knight, 3 of the polish and no top coat.  I did add a topcoat after I took my pictures, but I didn't get a chance to take pictures of it like this.

I loved this one, even being light and with the pink and all, I still really enjoyed this combination.  I have so many Cadillacquers in my collection that are not normally my usual style, but I still love them all the same.

As I said, this polish is now discontinued but you can still pick it up in the sale on the Cadillacquer site so don't miss out on the chance to grab this one!  Cadillacquers can also be purchased from Llarowe, Harlow & Co and Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3 xx 

Cadillacquer What's In The Box?

I have for you today a very very special Cadillacquer polish called What's In The Box?

Now there is a story behind this polish....I was placing an order for some more sale polishes and a couple from the new Love The Music collection as a birthday present from me to me and was also emailing the lovely Madeleine at the same time and she done the sweetest thing ever and offered to make me a custom polish for my birthday.  Now I will stop here for a second and get a little sappy but this is a perfect example of how a nail polish obsession lets you 'meet' some of the most wonderful people.  I have met so many great people through nail polish and I am sure you all know who you are if you are reading this.

Now back to the polish, which I know is why you are all here really.  Now I love polish but have never been asked to make one so at first I was overwhelmed with ideas then I drew a blank...  Finally I came up with some very vague ideas and Madeleine came up with an ever prettier polish that I had imagined.

What's In The Box? has a bright blue and has light and dark purple glitters running through it.  Even though this polish was made at short notice, the quality is as I have come to expect from Cadillacquer.

I know you are all probably sighing by now and dying for the pictures but I just wanted to quickly explain the name choice, which again was chosen by me.  What's In The Box? has a few meanings but mainly it links to my blog name, the old tale of Pandora and her box...but there is also an added bonus where it ties in with the Cadillacquer theme of pop culture names by taking a quote from one of my (and also it turns out, Madelines) favourites movies, Seven.

So before you all give up and leave, here are the pictures.  I had 2  breaks (sigh) so nails are kind of shorter than usual but I had to show you anyway.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

And now we have some bottle shots...

I hope I have done this amazing polish justice with my pictures and I am sure I will wear this one often.

In a way I feel bad you showing you all this one as it is not available to buy but you can buy many other great Cadillacquer polishes from the site here.

Thank you all so much for looking and a special thanks to Madeleine for just being her <3 xxx