PolishTBH Diagon Alley Collection Part 2 Swatches & Nail Art

Hey lacqueristas,

I really wanted to bombard you guys with Easter nail art like I did for St. Patrick's Day, but honestly, I have been working all weekend on top of having a horrible cold. In short I have been fairly miserable and dead tired.  Lol not the stuff of holiday making.  However the good news is I have some swatches that I have been working on from the upcoming PolishTBH Diagon Alley 2Collection.  You may recall the Harry Potter themed nail art I did for her 1st Diagon Alley Collection.  Well Chrissy is at it again releasing another Harry Potter inspired collection.  And of course I had to create nail art to fit the theme.  So let's get right to it!
 

Stamping plates: Konad Charming Nails Plate, Apipila P.10 Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2 & #30 and Konad SP in Red and Yellow

 King's Cross is a pale pale blue crelly polish.  It's chocked full of red and green flakies as well as white, blue and irridescent holo glitter.  In short is lovely!  King's Cross is the train station where Harry gets his first exposure to magic meets muggle, and where he catches the Howart Express to school on platform 9 3/4.  Apparently this is a polish Chrissy had been envisioning for quite some time when she created the first collection and so here it is at last for all of us to enjoy. 

I had a hard time with this polish initially because as always I have the patience of a toddler.  If you don't want your coats to drag you have to wait a bit before applying the next layer.  It took me 4 coats to reach opacity, but as the layers stacked up the effect was brilliant.  I chose to keep my nail art fairly simple with these swatches so I didn't overwhelm the base.  And I think you'll find the art cute and somewhat instantly recognizable ;)  

Next up is Fainting Fancies.  A melon yellow and pink glitter topper packed into a gold shimmer base.  If you know your Harry Potter lore well you will recalled these treats were sold by George and Fred Weasley the twin trouble makers.  Essentially these were treats designed to make you pass out and then you could skip class.  It sounds like a horrible idea to me because with my luck I would strike my head on a piece of furniture on the way down, but the polish itself is glorious!  It took me by surprise out of the bottle swatching beautifully over a variety of colors.  Because of the shimmer this topper is highly transforming over any color.

Stamping plate: Lily Anna Plate 07, Stamping Polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Ultimately I chose to pair it with Sinful Colors Baby Blues (which ironically is lavender).  The accent nail was done using Orly Colorblast Tennis Ball Neon which matches the yellow matte glitter in Fainting Fancies perfectly.  This glitter is so perfect for spring.  I kept spinning the bottle to look at all the glitters dancing in the base.  Love this one!

 I hope you enjoyed this little peak into the Diagon Alley 2 Collection from PolishTBH.  Do you have a favorite of the two?  Personally, Fainting Fancies stole my heart!  The preorder for this collection started Friday.  I'm not entirely certain if the code is still active, but if you use birthday you will receive an additional 10% off your order.  Isn't Chrissy so awesome!  You can find PolishTBH polishes here on Big Cartel.  I also have some pretty exciting news coming up later in the week that will feature a little PolishTBH as well!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...