Press Sample
Today I have a new to me indie brand to share with you! Above the Curve Nail Lacquer recently released their Harry Potter Inspired Collection and I couldn't be more excited to play with these! I love Harry Potter and have been a fan for a really long time. I was send Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Patronus Charm, and Wingardium Leviosa for review. There are others in the collection, and I suggest you take a look at their Etsy shop. I added a bit of nail art as well to be able to count this for the daily nail art challenge! Today's challenge is inspired by a book.
Gryffindor is a maroon, holographic polish with glints of gold! It has a strong holographic shift in the sunlight. I used three coats here. The first coat was really patchy, but it evened out really well after the next coat. Photos below are shown without top coat. You see a little bit of texture from the glitter, but it evens out with top coat.
Hufflepuff is a soft yellow creme with multi-size black glitter. I did have to fish out the larger black glitter, but it wasn't too difficult. I used three coats, it has a similar formula to Gryffindor in the sense that it takes a few coats and that the first coat is patchy.
Patronus Charm is a holographic silvery blue. It is very luminescent! I only needed two coats for this color. It applies really nice and isn't at all streaky.
Wingardium Leviosa is a nice purple hued pink holo. This one is also only two coats with no streakiness. It is a really girly color!
I created a little bit of nail art to go with each color, I just used acrylic paint for each. For the first one, I just painted the deathly hallows over Gryffindor.
For Hufflepuff, I painted a witch hat.
For Patronus Charm, I painted a stag. It was my first time, so don't judge too harshly!
For Wingardium Leviosa, I attempted to paint a broomstick.
I thought this collection was really great! I think my favorite is Gryffindor, not just because of Harry, but the glitter in it is stunning and the holo is amazing! I think they are all great quality and I am glad they did Harry Potter justice!
Above The Curve Nail Lacquer:
I will leave you with this nerdy photo:
Lovely collection! I think I like Gryffindor the best too :)
ReplyDeleteGRYFFINDOR!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection and although there are more of these collections out there, this one is completely different than the others and still totally appropriate! Impressive!
Gryffindor is so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to see an Above the Curve nail polish that I didn't like, and these are no exception. Sadly I still don't own any, I think I might have to change that and get
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Gryffindor is my favorite
ReplyDeleteI love HP! All of these colors are awesome but I really love Gryffindor!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful swatches!
ReplyDeleteThese look great and your nail art is perfect!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful swatches! I like the nail art you paired them with :)
ReplyDeleteI love all of these but Patronus Charm is amazing!!! Gorgeous swatches and I love the nail art!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful collection! Gorgeous swatches!
ReplyDeleteThese polishes all look great!! I love Harry Potter so much, pretty sure I need these haha!
ReplyDeleteYes! Wingardium Leviosa is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful collection!
ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of obsessed with HP and kind of want to read them all over again now!
ReplyDeleteIt is a really great one!
ReplyDeleteYou do! Not that I am enabling or anything, but yeah, go get them!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how much I liked Patronus Charm. I usually don't like ice-blues, but this is stunning!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenny!
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