GMU Friday & The Great Australian Polish Challenge Day 5: BYS - Voodoo Violet

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BYS - Voodoo Violet

4 coats

Voodoo Violet has small irregular shaped glitter and large holo hex glitter in a purple jelly base. The formula was thick. I find most BYS polishes are thick. I used four coats, I didn't wait for this one to dry because I was just swatching but I imagine it would take a long time.

BYS polishes are available from Kmart for $4.00, also Gloss, Go-Lo and  The Reject Shop. You can purchase them online from FashionAddict.com.au (they do not ship internationally).

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I've been finding it hard to keep up every week so I've decided this will be my last Glitter Me Up Friday Post. I'll still be posting glitter swatches but not every Friday. 

Visit these blogs for MOAR GLITTAH!

Shaina - SG Nails

Rebecca - Polished Peripherals

Kelly - Kelly's Kolors

Kaz - Parisian Blue Sky

Mam Glam  - GlamOnTheCheap

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GMU Friday: BYS - Adventures of Alice

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BYS - Adventures of Alice

3 coats

Adventures of Alice is from the Wonderland collection. It has small purple, gold, green and silver hex glitter with gold and silver micro glitter in a sheer green base. The formula is thick and takes a long time to dry. I would have used four coats but it was starting to push all the polish to the tips rather than spreading out evenly. I gave up waiting for this to dry and used my O.P.I Drip Dry Drops then Seche Vite. This also has a strong smell.

Visit these blogs for MOAR GLITTAH!

Shaina - SG Nails

Rebecca - Polished Peripherals

Kelly - Kelly's Kolors

Kaz - Parisian Blue Sky

Mam Glam  - GlamOnTheCheap

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BYS - Deep Purple

BYS - Deep Purple

3 coats

Deep Purple is a purple to pink colour change polish. On my short nails it's all pink but if you had long nails you would get a nice purple gradient at the tips. I've been meaning to try this polish for a long time but my nails just never grew to grow long enough. If I ever manage to grow long nails I'll try this polish again, along with all the Bundle Monster tip stamps that just look ridiculous on me.

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BYS - Phantom

BYS - Phantom

3 coats

Phantom is a magenta jelly polish with pink and blue shimmer and square silver glitter. This had a really nice formula. It applied smoothly. Most of the other BYS polishes I've tried have been thick so I was a little surprised. 

I actually picked this up by accident. It was in on of those plastic boxes for the Wonderland collection and I didn't realise I had the wrong one until I got home. I didn't like how this on looked in the bottle and it sat in my untried pile for ages. When I swatched it I realised I liked it on the nail much more than in the bottle. I wasn't planning on wearing it as a full mani but that's what ended up happening.

Have you been pleasantly surprised by an ugly bottle of polish?

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BYS - GI Jane

BYS - GI Jane

2 Coats

Top Coat: Amour

GI Jane is a light brown creme. The formula was thick so it needs some nail polish thinner. I've noticed that a couple of my BYS creme nail polishes are thick so maybe their creme formula is just thicker in general.

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BYS - In Grape Shape

BYS - In Grape Shape

2 Coats

Top Coat: Amour

In Grape Shape is frosty metallic pink. You have to use neat brush strokes because they will still be visible after drying. The formula in my bottle was thick and sticky and would benefit from some nail polish thinner. I usually don't like frost finishes but this one is ok. 

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BYS - Rebel Red

BYS - Rebel Red

3 Coats

Top Coat - Amour

Rebel Red is a bright red jelly colour. I was expecting this to be more of a creme than a jelly. I bought this from Gloss for $3.75. Basic colours are $3.75 all other finishes are $4.50 - $4.95 so I buy the other finishes from Kmart as everything is $4.00.

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BYS - Baby Pink

BYS - Baby Pink

3 Coats

As the name suggests this is a baby pink creme. BYS nail polishes are available in K-Mart for $4.

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