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February 12, 2018 By Cassie 21 Comments

KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI

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KathleenLights just released the KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI, her brand’s now yearly polish release to celebrate her birthday. For swatches of KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI and to see if you should pick it up or skip it, click through!

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January 29, 2018 By Cassie 14 Comments

KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection

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I’m a bit late but I’m swatching and reviewing the KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection, which was the Fall 2017 polish collection from Kathleen Lights. If you want to know if you should pick up the polishes from the KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection click on through!

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July 12, 2017 By Cassie 18 Comments

KL Polish Summer Collection

KL Polish Summer Collection Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #beautyguru #klpolished

Size: 0.41 oz. each Claims: Summer Nail Polish Colors | Polishes are Miami Themed | Designed by KathleenLights | Cruelty-Free | 5-Free | Price: $8.50 each | $45.00 complete summer collection Purchase: KL Polish Recently KathleenLights released the KL Polish Summer Collection and since I’d covered the Spring, read that here, and Winter, read that here, you know I HAD to cover the Summer Collection

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April 28, 2017 By Cassie 20 Comments

KL Polish Spring Collection

KL Polish Spring Collection Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #klpolished

Size: 0.4 oz. Claims: Free of 5 Harsh Chemicals | 6 Spring Inspired Shades | Cruelty Free | Made In U.S.A | 5 Creme Shades and 1 Pearlescent Shade Price: $8.50 / polish | $45.00 / collection Purchase: KL Polish You’re probably looking at this post thinking, what is KL Polish?! I don’t blame you as KL Polish is not something you’ll find currently at

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January 30, 2017 By Cassie 16 Comments

KL Polish Review + Swatches

KL Polish Review + Swatches Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #klpolished #nails

When Kathleen Lights announced that she was putting out a nail polish collection I knew I had to get at least one of them. I was super excited when I was actually able to pick up ALL six of them when KL Polish launched. If you want to know my full thoughts on the KL Polish launch, with swatches, then check out the video below!

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December 21, 2016 By Cassie 28 Comments

Pacifica Nail Polish | Wonderland, London Tomboy, and Luxe Interior

Pacifica Nail Polish Review Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #pacifica #ulta #nails

  Size: 0.45 oz. / each Shades: Wonderland (Pearled Pink) | Luxe Interior (Onyx Sparkle) | London Tomboy (Jaguar Green) Claims: Formulated without parabens, phthalates (dibutyl phthalate), toluene, xylene, camphor, formaldehyde, and resin | 100% Vegan & cruelty free | Vibrant colors | Long lasting | Wide brush Price: $9.00 Purchase: Ulta Not to long ago I was sent a trio of Pacifica Nail Polish

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September 19, 2016 By Cassie 19 Comments

Formula X Delete All Nail Polish Remover

Formula X Delete All 5 Finger Nail Polish Remover Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #formulax #systemaddict #influenster

  Size: 5 oz. Price: $15.00 Features: Removes all types of polishes | Remove polish off of 5 fingers at one time | ~ 15 second removal Purchase: Sephora As mentioned over the last two weeks, I received a box from Influenster containing different Formula X products. The first two products were the Formula X The System XCEL, read that review here, and the Formula

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September 12, 2016 By Cassie 21 Comments

Formula X TGIF Nail Polish

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  Size: 0.4 oz. Price: $10.50 (Free when purchased with the Formula X The System XCEL) Features: Enriched with ShineXcel | Three Free Formula | Specially Designed Brush | 85 Current Shade Options at Sephora Purchase: Sephora If you missed last Monday’s post, I talked about the Formula X The System XCEL, read that review here, that I received free from Influenster to review (as

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September 5, 2016 By Cassie Leave a Comment

Formula X The System XCEL

Formula X The System XCEL Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #formulax #systemaddict

  Size: 0.4 oz. each plus full-size polish of choice Price: $32.00 Features: Gel-like manicure at home | 10 Day Flawless Color | Easily Foldable Storage Purchase: Sephora A few weeks ago I received an email telling me that I had been chosen for the Formula X Influenster Box. I was excited to be getting another Influenster box but a little apprehensive because I’m usually

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April 11, 2016 By Cassie 13 Comments

Pacifica Nail Color Trio

  Size: 0.45 oz. Price: $20.00/trio $9.00/each Available Colors: 3 Trios; 29 individual I recently received a Pacifica Nail Color trio to review. I want to mention this ahead of time because as of the time of writing this the specific trio that I was sent isn’t available at Ulta. Don’t be dismayed though because if you like these shades they can be purchased individually

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