Swatches | May Monthly Awareness Polish Box | National Stroke Association

By SloppySwatches in monthly awareness polish box, Swatches on April 25, 2017April 25, 2017

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Hey guys! Today I have a swatch and review of the upcoming May Monthly Awareness Polish Box in honor of stroke awareness. 10% of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to the National Stroke Association, the entire box will retail for $52 plus shipping or each polish is available individually for $11 plus shipping. I did purchase this box with a blogger’s discount and I’ll get right into the swatches.

APieceBottle — Pick Up The Pieces shown at 2 coats under artificial lighting.

APiecesBottom — Picking Up The Pieces at an angle under artificial lighting.

First up is “Picking Up The Pieces” by Nevermind Polish. This polish is described as a “hot pink with a touch of shimmer and blue/purple/red chameleon flakies.” Two coats made for super easy complete coverage, those flakes will dry down a bit textured but your favorite topcoat will help smooth them out!

APiecesAngle — Picking Up The Pieces at an angle under artificial lighting.

APiecesMacro — Picking Up The Pieces macro.

APiecesSun — Picking Up The Pieces at an angle in direct sunlight.

AFastBottle - Copy — Act F.A.S.T. shown at 2 coats under artificial lighting.

AFastBottom - Copy — Act F.A.S.T. at an angle under artificial lighting.

Next up is “Act F.A.S.T.” by O My Jewels. This polish is described as a “creamy smooth red with a dash of matte white multi size flakies to shake things up.” I did have some pretty major settling of the matte white glitters here but a quick shake or even holding it upside down helped spread those glitters right out! I do recommend nice thin coats with this polish, it has amazing opacity and I love how the white glitters look like white blood cells in that super fiery red base!

AFastAngle - Copy — Act F.A.S.T. at an angle under artificial lighting.

AFastSun — Act F.A.S.T. at an angle in direct sunlight.

ARewardsBottle — Small Steps Big Rewards shown at 2 coats under artificial lighting.

ARewardsBottom — Small Steps Big Rewards at an angle under artificial lighting.

Next up is “Small Steps Big Rewards” by Alter Ego Body Care Products. This polish is described as a “olive green with micro bronze flakies.” This polish struck me as a deep bronzey molten gold and I love the effect of the scattered flakies! One coat made for awesome coverage but the second coat does deepen up the finish and mellows out the brushstrokes a bit.

ARewadsAngle — Small Steps Big Rewards at an angle under artificial lighting.

ARewardsMacro — Small Steps Big Rewards macro.

ARewardsSun — Small Steps Big Rewards at an angle in direct sunlight.

AFightingBottle — Fighting Back shown at 2 coats under artificial lighting.

AFightingBottom — Fighting Back at an angle under artificial lighting.

Next up is “Fighting Back’ by Pretty Beautiful Unlimited which is described as a “peacock turquoise green with silver holo micro glitters, teal to blue iridescent shifting glitter, blue micro shreds and flakies and blue to aqua to violet UCC flakies.” This polish went on super smooth and had perfect coverage in 2 easy coats!

AFightingAngle — Fighting Back at an angle under artificial lighting.

AFightingSun — Fighting Back at an angle in direct sunlight.

ASignsBottle — Know The Signs shown at 2 coats under artificial lighting.

ASignsBottom — Know The Signs at an angle under artificial lighting.

Next up is “Know The Signs” by Sassy Pants Polish which is described as a “royal/navy blue scattered holographic polish with various sized black holographic and opal iridescent glitters and microglitters as well as gold shimmers.” This polish has a jelly base that built up nicely in 2 thicker coats for me but would also be beautiful at 3 thinner coats as well!

ASignsAngle — Know The Signs at an angle under artificial lighting.

ASignsSun — Know The Signs at an angle in direct sunlight.

ASurvivorBottle — Survivor shown at 3 coats under artificial lighting.

ASurvivorBottom — Survivor at an angle under artificial lighting.

Lastly today I have “Survivor” by PoSHlish which is described as a “shimmery lilac pearl with sea-foam green undertone.” This polish starts out very sheer but built up perfectly for me in 3 thicker coats, I cannot get enough of this finish under direct natural lighting.