Laugh, Love, Contour: Polish Con

Greetings, dear readers! I hd hoped to get this post up last week once I got back from Polish Con, but the return home shockingly took a lot out of me. While later than expected, I'm still eager to share photos I took at the event with you. This way, those that couldn't be there can still experience some of the event, and those that were present can relive some of their favorite moments.

Ready? Let's check in at the door and do this!

Polish Con New Orleans was put together and run by Miranda of Ever After Polish.

Beads could be found at every table and were handed out to customers with each purchase. Some people kept them in their bags while others proudly displayed them as they walker the floor.

Resorting the polish display at The Great Lakes Lacquer booth!

A stop at the Necessary Evil booth!

Those looking for nail art supplies could shop with Whats Up Nails for stamping plates, vinyl stencils and more!

I'm not sure if I was more excited by the King Cake Scrub or the sparkled skull at the Don Deeva booth!

Pepper Pot Polish has a lovely rainbow of colours on display at their booth.

Many brands had exclusives for the event.

Many displays were influenced by New Orleans, and masks could be found at several, including those at Sassy Sauce Polish.

New Orleans based Kathleen & Co was one of the brands on site.

Tonic Nail Polish fans could pick up shirts and lip paint in addition to polish!

Bottles couldn't be opened at the convention, so many had swatch wheel at their tables, like these from Ethereal Lacquer.

Some brands, like Girly Bits Cosmetics, has extra bottles of their VIP polishes available for purchase at their booths.

Bright nail polishes and crawfish could be found at the Leesha's Lacquer booth.

While it's easy to buy nail polish online, you just don't quite get the interactions as you do at Polish Con!

Blush Lacquers was present to keep everyone pastel-ready for spring.

Bowl of assorted shades by Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish

Quixotic Polish and all brands present put so much thought into how they wanted to display their goods!

The squeeze tubes of Ever After Polish's Cuticle Crelly makes the product even more portable!

I spied Adrienne of Fair Maiden Polish at the booth. I love seeing all the personalities at the show!

Alter Ego Nail Enamels were on site with both regular sized bottles and smaller bottles for those wanted to maximize their budgets and try out more shades.

Aurora Nail Lacquer went with a peacock colour scheme at their booth.

Turtle Tootsie Polishes brought a large assortment of lip balms in addition to their polishes!

The Polish Pickup had a booth where they sold excess bottles of previously released shades. All proceeds from purchases made at the event were donated to the New Orleans Women and Children's Center.

New brand but not new maker Rogue Lacquer came with event exclusives, regular collections and grab bags featuring a mystery shade and a grab bag exclusive shade.

While Bee's Knees Lacquer couldn't be present with the full brand lineup, there was a table with the exclusives that were created for the event could be purchased.

JReine is another Louisiana based brand, and just about everything had a touch of NoLa to it.

While it may be called Thigh Gap, this Ever After product can be used anywhere you can experience chaffing, from thighs to inner arms and even to help protect feet from your sandals.

Girly Bits Cosmetics brought their new spring collection.

Lina Nail Art Supplies brought a large selection of stamping plates, including their new Queen of the Carnival plate. I've already got another trip to New Orleans in the back of my mind so it will be getting a lot of love. I also like the etched Polish Con design so I can sport it on all my future Polish Con adventures!

I hope you have enjoyed this little stop at Polish Con New Orleans!

For those interested in attending a future Polish Con, be sure to keep an eye on the website and join the Facebook group! While the date hasn't been announced yet, the next Polish Con is currently slated to be in New York City in September 2019. If you are able to make it, I definitely encourage the trip!

Until next time, dear readers, have a wonderful day!
XO!

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Greetings, dear readers! It feels like it has been forever since I've sat down and written for my blog, but it's only been two weeks! I hope you can pardon my sudden absence. After keeping the blog running at my normal pace with packing up for a move, the move itself, and starting to settle in at my new house, it just became way too much for me. As much as I had tried to avoid taking any time off, I was in desperate need of a breather. I took advantage of my time by starting to get my office set up and box after box of polish unpacked. My office is quite a disaster at the moment, but I can still work around it and can see the light at the end of the tunnel finally. Now let's jump in on this evening's blog post!

My new office was set up last week, in time for the latest KBShimmer nail polish shade to land at my house. This spring, The Polish Convention will be held in New Orleans, and Christy has created an inspired shade for the Road to Polish Con shopping event. Let's get a closer look at Beignet Done That.

Beignet Done That was inspired by the traditional green, purple and gold of Mardi Gras. This multichrome polish shifts between hues of green and purple all while golden flakes and holographic micro flakes strut their stuff among the changing background.

There is no doubt that this polish deserves a spot on Bourbon Street, decorating one's nails while they hold a Hurricane or one of a plethora of daiquiri flavors while chatting with friends, both old and new.

While this polish is loaded to the gills with flakes, I am happy to report that application was a breeze. The formula was a great consistency, not too thick or thin for my liking, and the flakes glide off the brush without any clumping or dragging of the base polish.

The pigmentation of this beauty is nice, and I only needed two coats for full opacity on the nails. The flakes do leave a semi textures appearance, but a good layer of top coat smoothed my nails out nicely for me.

Beignet Done That is exclusive to the Road to Polish Con and can be purchased on the website here. Each bottle retails for $10; there is no cap or limit on the number of bottles made available. Please note that this has been listed with the first group of Road of Polish Con polishes (Group A), and it will only be available for purchase until February 3rd.

After having to miss out on the past couple of Polish Cons, I am thrilled to share that I will be attending this spring! KBShimmer found such a great way to capture the location, and if you're a fan of multichromes and flakes, you're going to want to add this to your polish collection!