2013 Favorites: Indie Beauty Products

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2013 was a year of many new makeup purchases, and a year in which I discovered new favorites. I love indie makeup so very much and I wanted to dedicate an entire post to my favorite indie products of this year. I tried to pick the least amount of products as I could, so don't think that these were the only indie products I loved during 2013. These are not only my favorites, but also the products I used the most during the year. Enjoy :)

Lac Attack 'Hogwarts'

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I feel like September is the official month for Harry Potter, so let us have more magical things inspired by the wizarding world! This nail polish shade is from the Lac Attack Magical Musings collection and it is called 'Hogwarts'. And if you are anything like me, you probably wish Hogwarts was real so you could have gone to school there!

Hogwarts has a clear base with lots and lots of silver, red, green, and blue  glitters. The glitter in this is quite small, and one coat covers most of the nail. I used one coat over Sinful Colors 'Ruby Ruby' polish, but you can use Hogwarts on its own if you want to. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the glitter colors represent the four Hogwarts houses (except that maybe Hufflepuff gets silver?) I don't know, but either way this is stunning! The pictures really do not do it any justice. In person, the glitter is so reflective and it makes your nails look magical! Really lovely glitter. 10 points for Lac Attack!

Lac Attack 'Beauxbatons Academy'

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For all of those of you who are not aware, I attended Anime Expo 2013 this past weekend (which is why I have not posted anything in days!) I had so much fun and had such an amazing experience! I will post some pictures tomorrow to show you some of the things I saw at AX 2013. 

But now I am back home and ready to blog about some awesome polishes. I shared this swatch on my Facebook page, but I want to share it here as well. This is Lac Attack 'Beauxbatons Academy', a polish inspired by the amazing world of Harry Potter.

Beauxbatons Academy is a semi-sheer blue-toned white with bright blue, white, black, and yellow glitters. Because it is a white base, it is not the most pigmented nail polish. You will need 3 coats for full opacity. Two coats will give you a pretty but slightly sheer look. What makes this polish stand out is the mixture of blue and yellow glitter. The blue and yellow flecks look amazing against the off-white base. This polish does not look amazing on my skin tone, but I really do love the mixture of colors in this! As a Harry Potter fanatic, I am particularly digging this polish xD

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Until next time!

Lac Attack 'Holidays in Hogsmeade'

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As I mentioned in an previous haul, I have been really excited about finally owning the Lac Attack Magical Musings collection (Harry Potter inspired nail polishes). I wanted to play around with them and see how I like them. The first color I reached for was 'Holidays in Hogsmeade'. This fun glitter has been calling my name so I just applied one coat over Covergirl's 'Orange Oasis' Outlast Glosstini.

Holidays in Hogsmeade is a transparent base with small-medium sized emerald green glitter, medium sized glitter, and large white glitter.  This glitter is very bright, fun, and definitely reminiscent of the holidays. Even though one coat has sparse glitter, the glitter stands out really nicely. The glitter dries very quickly and was not difficult to apply at all. You would be able to easily apply 2-3 coats for a more opaque coverage.

My first impression of Lac Attack is definitely a good one! Of course, I am being a bit biased because it is a nail polish inspired by Harry Potter! Can you blame me? The name is just so cute!

Indie Nail Polish Haul: HARE, Lac Attack, Glitter Daze, Pahlish, and More

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For the past month, I have been buying quite a few different indie nails polishes. I have been a little obsessed to be honest! Indie polishes are just so awesome!!!

1. Lac Attack Magical Musings Collection
Harry Potter inspired nail polishes! Enough said xD
I have been wanting since they came out, and I finally had the chance to wishlist it and get the entire collection~! Aren't they gorgeous?!