My five favorite swatches of 2014!

Hi guys and gals! As promised, I'm going to show you some of my favorite posts from last year. Today I narrowed it down to my top five swatched polishes, which was pretty hard, believe me! Are we surprised that they're all purple or teal??

In no particular order (each title is linked to my original post):

1. Glam Polish Leapfrog

2. KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

3. Glitter Daze Poised

4. Zoya Neeka

5. Indigo Bananas We Are the Music Makers

Which of these is your favorite?

Tomorrow I'll be back with my favorite nail art from 2014!

Glitter Daze Luxury Hand Fizzy

The product in this post was purchased by me. All opinions are my own.

I mentioned yesterday that my hands are getting a little beat up lately because I've been testing a lot of polish. So I decided that today, instead of doing a new manicure, I'd pamper myself a bit by using my Glitter Daze Hand Fizzy! I got it as a freebie with my last order from Glitter Daze during their anniversary celebration.

Ingredients: sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, mango butter, milk, honey, coconut oil, avocado oil, vitamin E oil, witch hazel, rose petals, fragrance oil, FD&C color

Normally the hand fizzies are solid, but mine came as a loose powder. You drop it in warm water and soak your hands and cuticles. It's got a bunch of nice moisturizing ingredients and smells great too! (The scent isn't listed, but it reminds me of candy, like Sweet Tarts or Pixy Stix.)

I dropped half the powder in a bowl of water and it fizzed up! I love the added touch of the rose petals, which open up as they absorb water. So pretty!

The moisturizers gave the water a slippery feel that was very soothing. I kept my hands in for about five minutes and massaged my cuticles. Afterwards, my hands felt very soft and smooth and had a faint scent. I was dumb and forgot to take before-and-after pics of my cuticles, but they're looking good!

The Luxury Hand Fizzies are out of stock at Glitter Daze's site now, but they normally cost $1.50.

The product in this post was purchased by me. All opinions are my own.

Swatch: Glitter Daze Poised

The product in this post was purchased by me. All opinions are my own.

Happy Monday! Recently I placed an order at Glitter Daze, since they're celebrating their two-year anniversary (yay!). I got two polishes plus a free chocolate sucker and fizzy hand soak (which I'll review sometime in future). One of the polishes I grabbed is Poised, which I've had on my wishlist for a long time.

Poised is a dusty pale orchid with coppery, gold and some green flecks. It's shimmery and beautiful...check it out!

Glitter Daze Poised. Three coats with Out the Door topcoat.

I love this polish...it's so soft and romantic! Work-appropriate but still interesting to look at. As you can see, it's quite sheer--even at three coats there's still some visible nail line, although on shorter nails it would look opaque. I had no complaints about the formula or dry time.

Poised is available at Glitter Daze's shop ($11 for 15 ml), although it's currently out of stock. It looks like their special anniversary freebies are still going on, so you should definitely go grab some gorgeous polishes!

The product in this post was purchased by me. All opinions are my own.