Rain City Lacquer For Love Or Money, Part 3!

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Good morning everyone! Today I have my 3rd and final post on the Rain City Lacquer For Love Or Money collection. Just a reminder, this collection will be ready for pre-order tonight at 7 pm PST. 

I have saved my 2 favorites for last. I really liked all of the polishes in this collection, but these two I really LOVED. :) 

Up first is Smitten. (I'm super smitten with Smitten.)

Rica describes Smitten as A bright pastel violet cream with purple and red micro flakies. 

For this mani I did 2 coats of Smitten and added 1 coat of Glossy Glam. 

First I have to say that this color is much more vibrant in real life. You know how cameras hate to catch vibrancy, I just couldn't get this one. I love this polish though. It's almost a bright bubblegum pinkish purple, if that makes sense. I couldn't really see the micro flakies, to my eye it looked more like a micro shimmer... either way it adds a crazy amount of depth to it. 

I took this quick shot to post on Instagram, pre clean up, pre top coat... it actually shows the vibrant color a little better than the pics I took in my light box. It's not the best quality picture, but the color is better so I'm gonna share it. Hopefully you don't mind too much. :) 

Application of Smitten was great, smooth and easy. And as you can see above, it didn't really need top coat that much. It's pretty even and shiny on its own. 

Next, and last from this collection is Heart Warming. 

Rica describes Heart Warming as a rich reddish cranberry holo polish. 

For this mani I used 2 coats of Heart Warming and that's it. No topcoat, and look at that shine! Of course when you're going to wear a polish you should use topcoat, it will extend the wear. (textures are the exception here) But I wanted to show you all how shiny this one is all on its own. This girl Rica with Rain City has got some polish making skillz you guys. Keep an eye on her!

I would describe this as a scattered/semi linear holo. I don't have a lot of experience swatching holos, I actually don't own many. (5 or 6 Color Club Halo Hues) But what I can say is that I love it. It's beautiful. I love a strong linear holo in theory, but on my nails I like it when the rainbows scattered. It's more interesting and pretty to look at to my eye. 

Over all I really love this whole collection. I like that Rica didn't stick to one theme on the colors and finishes, she really mixed it up.

These polishes will be available for pre-order tonight at 7pm PST at www.raincitylacquer.com. 

Glossy Glam is available for purchase on Just Ricarda's Etsy shop here. 

I hope you all enjoyed all of these posts, and I hope you head over to Rain City Lacquers site to preorder these polishes. You won't be sorry! Follow Rica on Instagram for updates and more pictures!

Thanks for reading!

~casey

**The polishes in this post were provided to me in exchange for a fair and honest review. For more details please see my disclosure policy.**

Rain City Lacquer For Love Or Money Part 2

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Good morning everyone! Today I have 2 more lovely polishes from the Rain City Lacquer For Love Or Money Collection. 

Let's get right into it shall we? 

First up is Sending Flowers.

Rica describes Sending Flowers as a mix of matte purple, lavender, pink, holo silver, and white hexes and circles in a clear base. There are also some pretty little purple stars hiding in there too. I wasn't able to get any on the nail, but they're in there. :) 

For this mani I started with 2 coats of OPI Miss You-Niverse then added 2 coats of Sending Flowers and topped it with Glossy Glam. 

I love this glitter, I'm a sucker for purple and when you mix in some holo I'm sold. The application on this one was great. 

Quick tip for you, if you're using a glitter polish that has bigger pieces store it upside down for a little bit before you use it. It will bring those big glitters to the top so the brush will catch them easier. :) 

Next up, Cold Heart Cash.

Rica describes Cold Heart Cash as a pale blue crelly base with mint, dark blue, green, and silver holo glitters in various shapes and sizes. See that green holo circle in the macro! So pretty! 

This mani is 3 thin coats of Cold Heart Cash topped with Glossy Glam. In real life the base is a little bit bluer, but I just couldn't capture it. This was one of my instant favorites from the collection as soon as I opened it. I love me some jelly sandwiches in a bottle! The formula on this was great, the only placing I had to do was the placing I wanted to do... you know how I like to pick out big glitters and put them where I want them. 

The Love Or Money Collection will be available for preorder this Thursday 01/09/14 at 7 pm PST on Rica's website here. 

What do you all think of these polishes? I am loving this collection, so much variety all packed in to one! 

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for 2 more Rain City Lacquers tomorrow morning! 

~casey

**The Rain City Lacquers in this post were provided to me in exchange for a fair and honest review. For more details please see my disclosure policy.**

Rain City Lacquer For Love Or Money, Part 1

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Good morning friends! I hope you all had a good weekend. We are experiencing record cold here and had snow this weekend. I love cold and snow, but 2 degree high temp is a bit too cold even for me. Luckily we have a good furnace and I got a couple of pairs of warm fuzzy socks and a really warm fuzzy blanket for Christmas, so I'm all set. Saying a lot of prayers for those who aren't as fortunate as we are, hoping they find shelter through this intense cold. 

Last week I got my first set of Rain City Lacquers. I was really excited when Rica contacted me to see if I would like to swatch her upcoming For Love Or Money Collection. I've been following Rain City for a while and am happy to get my hands on some of these. 

This collection is very unique in that there are all different types of polish in it, I love that! The polish names all have a common theme, but there are a few different options going on in here for all tastes. 

Today I'm going to show you Precious Gems and Rose Gold & Diamonds.

First up, Precious Gems.

Rica describes Designer Gems as a rainbow of holo hexes and circles in a clear base.

For this mani I did 2 coats of Essie The More The Merrier, added 2 coats of Designer Gems and then sealed it in with 1 coat of Glossy Glam. 

This polish is really fun.There's a nice mix of colors and shapes in this one and it flowed nicely on the nail. I did do a little fishing and placement because I wanted specific glitters. The glitter layers nicely so you can see every layer. You know how I love to see that squish!

Next up is Rose Gold & Diamonds

Rica describes Rose Gold & Diamonds as holo hexes in pink and silver mixed with fine pink holo bar glitter in a clear base. 

For this mani I started with 2 coats of OPI Planks A Lot then added 2/3 coats of Rose Gold & Diamonds and topped it with Glossy Glam. 

I have to confess, I'm not much of a fan of bar glitter. These teeny hair sized bar glitters are a little better, but I'm just not a fan. It's purely my personal taste. As far as this polish goes, it's very pretty. It was a little on the watery side, and I had to do some placement to get the bigger glitters on the nail. But that can happen with this type of glitter polish, so I don't see it as a bad thing. And I love the color combo. The base looked a little cloudy in the bottle but on the nail it's clear as can be. 

So far I'm impressed with this collection Rica has put out. The packaging is really cute, Rica hand writes the polish names on cloud shaped tags and attaches them to each bottle. I love the thought that goes into this, but I worry about losing those little tags! I'm gonna store them carefully so that I don't. :) 

For Love Or Money will be available for pre-order this Thursday 01/09/14. 

Rain City Lacquer can be purchased through Rica's website here. Be sure to follow Rain City on Instagram for updates on the release!

Glossy Glam topcoat can be purchased through their Etsy store here. 

I hope you all enjoyed these polishes! I can't wait to show you the rest of the collection throughout the week!

Talk to you soon!

~casey

**The Rain City Lacquer's in this post were provided to me in exchange for a fair and honest review. Please see my disclosure policy for more details.**