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Indigo Bananas Review and Swatches – Mei Mei’s Signatures Exclusive Trio

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Hello my lovelies!  I am officially a college graduate!  It’s kind of a surreal feeling and also bittersweet as I happened to make a lot of good friends this semester.  Now that I’m done with school now, for awhile, I will have some more free time so you will see some more posts and reviews.  I’m also thinking up some other features and things that I might be able to incorporate, would ya’ll like to see a return of Wednesdays We Wear Pink?  Do ya’ll have anything else you’d like to see more of?  Tell me in the comments and I’ll definitely see what I’m capable of pulling off for you!

Today I have a beautiful trio of Indigo Bananas polishes to show you.  They are exclusive to Mei Mei’s Signatures, an international stockist that is based in Singapore.  Trust me they are worth a little international shipping!

First up we have Liang Shanbo is in Doubt!

Indigo Bananas - Liang Shanbo is in Doubt

Indigo Bananas – Liang Shanbo is in Doubt

Liang Shanbo is in Doubt is a beautiful golden champagne colored linear holographic polish that has some additional ice blue flakies and shimmer.  I’ve said before, and I’m sure you’ll hear me say it again, I like holographic polishes most when they have something else going on, a fun shimmer, some flakies, glitter, or anything like that.  This one fulfills that desire for me!  It’s a perfect neutral work-friendly shade that is not boring or dull in the least!

Indigo Bananas - Liang Shanbo is in Doubt

Indigo Bananas – Liang Shanbo is in Doubt

The formula on this polish was lucsious.  I had no troubles with dragging or streaking.  It also self-leveled beautifully and despite being a light color did not take a lot to build to opacity!  These pictures show two coats plus topcoat!

Polishes used:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Indigo Bananas – Liang Shanbo is in Doubt; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat

Next up is Zhu Yingtai is a Lady!

Indigo Bananas - Zhu Yingtai is a Lady

Indigo Bananas – Zhu Yingtai is a Lady

So little known fact about me…up until just recently I disliked the color purple with a passion that would fuel a thousand burning suns.  However, something has changed and I can’t.get.enough.purple!  I bought this trio mainly for this one polish and because I liked the other two as well but it was this one that made me look at it to start with.  This is a gorgeous medium purple linear holographic with a golden shimmer and gold flakies!  I just love it.  Love.love.love.  I also really like the way it looks on me as well.

Indigo Bananas - Zhu Yingtai is a Lady

Indigo Bananas – Zhu Yingtai is a Lady

Another fantastic formula here.  No issues to report.  Again the opacity is good as well as the self-leveling.  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat!

Polishes used:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Indigo Bananas – Zhu Yingtai is a Lady; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat

Last but not least is a fun glitter topper that works with either of the other two polishes in the trio.  Love Like Butterflies:

Indigo Bananas - Love Like Butterflies (over Zhu Yingtai is a Lady)

Indigo Bananas – Love Like Butterflies (over Zhu Yingtai is a Lady)

Indigo Bananas - Love Like Butterflies (over Liang Shanbo is in Doubt)

Indigo Bananas – Love Like Butterflies (over Liang Shanbo is in Doubt)

Love Like Butterflies is a clear-based glitter topper with a wide variety of satin pastel glitters.  In addition there is scattered holographic pigment, iridescent flakies, and some of the glitters are shaped like butterflies and flowers!  I love this because, while I’m not really the biggest fan of shaped glitter, butterflies are special to me.  Plus it’s so pretty and springy over the other two colors!

Indigo Bananas - Love Like Butterflies (over Liang Shanbo is in Doubt)

Indigo Bananas – Love Like Butterflies (over Liang Shanbo is in Doubt)

Indigo Bananas - Love Like Butterflies (over Zhu Yingtai is a Lady)

Indigo Bananas – Love Like Butterflies (over Zhu Yingtai is a Lady)

This one is a chunky glitter and you may find it to be a little topcoat-hungry.  Also, I found that dabbing this one on worked far better than attempting to apply via brushstrokes.  The glitter does tend to settle a bit because the larger shaped glitters naturally are a bit heavier.  I just flipped the bottle upside down for a bit and as you can see I got plenty of goodie glitters on my nails and I didn’t have to fish for them once it had redistributed through the base.  Pictures show one dabbed coat over undies and two coats of topcoat.

Polishes used:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Indigo Bananas – Liang Shanbo is in Doubt, Zhu Yingtai is a Lady, Love Like Butterflies; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat

As I mentioned before this trio is exclusively sold at Mei Mei’s Signatures.  I have to say they provide excellent customer service and while I was expecting a long shipping time because she was having a huge sale at the time I placed my order and because, well, she’s based in Singapore!  I actually got my shipment within 10 days.  Not bad at all.  Do expect however that it can take more time than that if you order.  You can get these and other Indigo Bananas polishes.  If you are looking for other non-exclusive Indigo Bananas polish you can visit the Indigo Bananas Webpage, Facebook, or Instagram!  Don’t forget to follow Mei Mei’s on Facebook and Instagram as well!

 

New to Me Brand! Indigo Bananas!

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Oh my dearest readers.  I cannot begin to express to you the amazingness that has happened over the weekend.  Perhaps you are not aware of my penchant for flakie polishes and if not then allow me to enlighten you…I get faint at the thought of beautiful flakie polishes!  They are by far and away one of my favorite things about nail polish and I like love just about everything about nail polish.  So when I saw Indigo Banana’s Summer Rains collection, I knew that some of them at the very least would find their way into my collection.  I told my family that when I put the first one on that it was like the heavens opened up and choirs of angels sang in exultation over the loveliness of the polish…too much?  I think not!

Now that your appetite for gorgeousness is whetted I’m going to show you two beautiful Indigo Bananas polishes that will likely send you running to their shop to order your own bottles of angel choir prompting beauty.  First up we have Reign:

Indigo Bananas - Reign

Indigo Bananas – Reign

Reign is a stunning royal burgundy jelly polish with definite purple undertones to the rich deep red.  Packed into that jelly is a golden microshimmer and color-shifting flakies.  It looks like buried flames within the depths of the squishy jelly polish!

Indigo Bananas - Reign

Indigo Bananas – Reign

Indigo Bananas - Reign (matte)

Indigo Bananas – Reign (matte)

The formula on this was perfection.  The jelly is sheer so it did take three thin coats to get this level of rich depth, but I don’t find that excessive and some people could definitely get away with 2 thin coats but the amount of free edge on my nails makes that difficult for jelly polishes particularly.  The flakies and shimmer are very evenly distributed throughout.  Now I’m no huge fan of matted nail polish…but flakies NEED to be matted for you to get an idea of the true beauty that they possess!  So I added a bonus matte shot for you all so that you can bask in the glorious flakiliciousness.

Products used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Indigo Bananas – Reign; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat; Julep – Matte Topcoat

Next up is the one that sent me racing to the Indigo Bananas site to make my first purchase…Acid Ocean:

Indigo Bananas - Acid Ocean

Indigo Bananas – Acid Ocean

Now do you see what I mean about the heavens opening up and choirs of angels singing?  Yeah.  This beauty is a deep blackened teal jelly base packed to the brim with a gold to bronze color shifting microshimmer and color shifting flakies!  Seriously beautiful.

Indigo Bananas - Acid Ocean

Indigo Bananas – Acid Ocean

Indigo Bananas - Acid Ocean (matte)

Indigo Bananas – Acid Ocean (matte)

Just look at that (excuse those little white dots, my matte topcoat is about to be replaced ASAP).  I haven’t said it in awhile but this polish is AH-mazing!  The formula is just like Reign – perfection.  In fact I found both of these to be insanely easy to work with and very controllable.  They also cleaned up nicely even though they are highly pigmented.

Products used:   Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Indigo Bananas – Acid Ocean; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat; Julep – Matte Topcoat

Now I’m sure that you’re saying “self where can I get some of THAT polish?!”  So here ya go!  You can find Indigo Bananas nail polish on their site right here.  If you want to keep up on all the news about Indigo Bananas you can find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.