I have had the most rediculously busy last few weeks that I've barely had enough time to instagram, let alone sit and blog! But I'm back and I have the Love Tahiry Collection by Color
Club to show you all today.
The Color Club Love Tahiry Collection is a set of seven Valentine's Day themed polishes designed by Tahiry
Jose. Being an Aussie, I had NO idea who she was because 'Love and Hip Hop' doesn't air here, but the polishes are all AMAZING colours. I know Valentine's Day has passed but I love these shades, and will be wearing them year round.
I am a creme polish fan so I was so happy this collection had 5 of them in it. It also has one medium/full coverage glitter (depending on how you apply it and how many coats) and one heart shaped glitter topper. Plus they are also scented! I have a really sensitive nose (no joke, I could literally work at the airport finding drugs...) so I wasn't too sure about the scented part as I didn't want to be smelling them all night while I slept. I found one coat of my top coat did nothing to hide the smell but when I added a couple it almost masked. I could still smell it slightly but only when I lifted my nail to my nose and sniffed it. If you don't do this all day, you should be fine ;)
Seal It With A Kiss is a
warm peach pink creme with a ‘strawberry’ scent. It is definitely my favourite colour
from the collection. I am a sucker for all things peachy pink and the scent is
amazing. It is more an artificial strawberry smell, in the way that it doesn’t
smell like the actual fruit, but more like strawberry lollies/candy. I
literally could not sniffing my nails when this was on and didn’t want to mute
it with top coat at all. The formula was nice and opaque in two coats (I
applied three to even it out totally) and very creamy. I used three coats and a
top coat in the photo below.
Tall, Dark & Handsome is a dark grey creme with a ‘cologne’
scent. After the 50 Shades collection by OPI I am obsessed with grey polish. Hurry
up winter (we’re only just going into autumn/fall here in Australia)! The scent
was more of a ‘girly’ cologne, definitely not the most manly smell I have ever
smelt, but it wasn’t too strong and tolerable on my nose. The formula was
amazing and opaque. As long as you gave the bottle a good mix before using it (otherwise
it can be quite watery when not mixed at the top) it is almost opaque in one
coat. I used two coats and a top coat in the photo below.
On Cloud Nine is a white creme with a ‘white chocolate’
scent. I love white polish all year round so I was excited to see the opacity
and formula of this one. It’s scent was nothing like white chocolate in my
opinion, because it is better! It was sweet but not floral and overpowering.
More like sugar. I loved the scent of this polish. The formula was a little
sheer for my liking but totally opaque without any sheer spots in three coats.
Below is three coats and top coat in the photos.
50 Shades of Love is a white and red heart glitter topper
with a ‘candy’ scent. I need to start this off by saying I really dislike
glitter toppers 99% of the time. I find them bulky and usually hard to work
with because you have to fish the glitter out and it’s a waste of time in my
opinion. Plus the glitter never sits well on my curved nail plates. This polish
wasn’t an exception. I really don’t like having to fish out the hearts to dab
them onto my nail where I wanted them. However, the red hearts seems to be
shedding specks of the red foil covering them, and while some people are hating
this, I LOVE IT! I will be using this polish as a red speckle top coat and
removing any hearts that come out on my brush. If you want the hearts on your
nail, it’s best to store this polish upside down as the glitter hearts are
quite heavy and sink lower in the bottle. The scent is true to candy and very
sweet. It’s my second favourite scent of this collection. Shown below is one ‘dabby’
coat over On Cloud Nine with two
coats of top coat to attempt to smooth out the glitter.
A shot of the bottle with some of the glitter flaking shown.
Red-Handed is a medium to dark red creme with a ‘cinnamon’
scent. Red polish is great all year round and for any occasion in my opinion
but you need to be careful around your cuticles because, like most red polish,
it will stain during clean up if you flood your cuticles with it. The formula
was amazing and totally opaque in two coats for me. The scent was very
overpowering and strong when I first applied it. At first I did not like it at
all, but after 5 minutes I actually grew to really like it and it seemed less overpowering!
It’s such a classic and pretty red. Below is two coats with a top coat.
Jitters is a pink medium to full coverage holographic
microglitter with a ‘bubbly’ scent. I loved the glitter and colour in this but
the scent was really irritating to me which is a real shame. It smelled like soap
to me and I really didn’t like how strong it was. Adding two coats of top coat
it did mute it slightly but it was still irritating. I have spoken to other
nailies who have this polish and it hasn’t irritated them at all, so it’s obviously
a personal dislike or my nose is super sensitive to soap smells. I absolutely
love this polish though. It was totally opaque for me in three coats and I left
it un-topcoated for the photos to show how it almost looks like a textured
polish but super sparkly and holographic and pretty. I went out into the sun
and this polish exploded to life with all its colours and sparkle. I forgot to
get a photo with top coat though unfortunately.
(with flash to try to capture the holographic glitters)
And finally, Sweet Getaway is
a super bright neon pink creme with a ‘pink rose’ scent. The scent was perfect
to represent pink rose in my opinion. It was also not too overwhelming which
was great for me. And the polish is SO neon. I had seen photos of this and was
not expecting such a bright colour but I LOVE it. Its formula is amazing and is
opaque in two coats and super bright even without a white base to make it pop.
I can’t imagine this polish with a white base coat. It would be perfect for
summer. My camera had a little trouble picking up the neon-ness but it’s a
beautiful neon. Not raver neon at all. Below is two coats without top coat (I
was too distracted by all the brightness).
Overall, a fantastic collection! The colours are so beautiful and
complimentary, the formulas were nice and opaque and the scents are really
lovely.
These shades are available from HB
Beauty Bar for only $4.95 US each, and if you use the code NAILSBYJEMA at
checkout, you can get 15% off your entire order!
Yay for discount codes!
Which colour do you like the most or which scent sounds the most interesting to you?
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