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Hello lovelies,

After a very long time I started to participate in a challenge together with some other lovely bloggers. The challenge is called Deadly Sins Challenge and was put together by Alice from One Nail To Rule Them All and Nail Wish. I will do my best to do all the challenges (two per week) but it might happen that I'll do just one in given week. Here's the whole challenge:

Illustration by Dahlig (her DeviantArt is http://dahlig.deviantart.com/)

So what did I want to do so badly for some time? I wanted to try drawing on nails using Sharpie pen. Well it was a fail :D I think I've chosen the wrong type of Sharpie pen so it didn't give opaque colour. I actually think I can produce better results with a brush and acrylic paint! Never mind, at least I've tried :)

I've used Tip Top Oh La La as a base colour (reviewed here).

Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La

Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La
Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La

Have any of you tried a different Sharpie or any other pen? Which one do you recommend? I have normal gel pens too but the ink pools and slips on the nail polish :-/

Hello lovelies,

Hope you're still not fed up with indie brands because I've got here another one - Cadillacquer! Most of indie brands are from US so it's not that easy to get them for folks from UK and the rest of the Europe. Well Cadillacquer is from Switzerland and the person behind this brand is lovely Madeleine. Today I will review first four shades but I have many more coming!

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer nail polish

Have A Little Faith - mauve purple base with dark purple, silver and white glitter. Cute purple colour isn't it? It appears to be half-jelly base which gives nice effect of layered glitters. It applied well and I'm wearing two thicker coats. If I would be applying thin coats I would need three for full coverage. The polish dried fast enough and slightly gritty so I've applied topcoat.

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Have A Little Faith

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Have A Little Faith
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Have A Little Faith

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Have A Little Faith

Left Behind - grey base with green shimmer mixed with green and holographic glitter. I really like that the big green glitter is square-shaped, it makes it look unique to me. In certain angles the base shows the green shimmer very nicely otherwise the base looks grey. Formula on this one was slightly less pigmented so I've applied two thick coats to get the coverage in the pictures. It applied easily.

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Left Behind
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Left Behind
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Left Behind

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Left Behind


Now And Then - pale lavender base with purple and white glitter. There are like tiny shredded glitter particles in the mix which look really cool. They are more visible in the macro shot. This one has a very good pigmentation :) I'm wearing two regular coats which were enough for full coverage. It also dried fast but I still applied topcoat to smooth out the surface. Overall very pretty polish with good formula. 

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Now And Then
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Now And Then
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Now And Then

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Now And Then


Serendipity - light blue base with magenta and purple glitter. I find this to be quite unusual colour combination. It applied easily and the pigmentation is good too. I've applied two thicker coats which caused slightly longer drying time. When the polish dried the finish was slightly gritty so I needed a topcoat.

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Serendipity
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Serendipity
Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Serendipity

Lucy's Stash - Cadillacquer Serendipity



Overall, I'm happy with these polishes. I never expect much from indies and I'm mostly pleasantly surprised. I like the unusual colour combinations and that the polish is easy to apply and is mostly opaque in two coats. I'm really looking forward to trying more Cadillacquer polishes so I hope you'll check back in for more soon ;)

Each bottle of Cadillacquer has 15ml and black ridged cap that makes opening the polishes easy.

You can purchase Cadillacquer polishes in Madeleine's Etsy store and they will be available at Harlow & Co. soon. Each polish is currently priced at $12 and international shipping is available.Stay up to date at Cadillacquer Facebook page.

*These were provided for a review