Big changes have been happening over at Alanna Renee. 

Alanna Renee is an Australian indie nail polish brand which opened in January 2013 with 10 handmade shades. Since then the brand released a total of 37 shades including some one of a kind charity shades and subscription box shades.  Like most indie brands, the business is run solely by one person, and after hand mixing nail polish for 12 months Alanna started considering having the nail polishes manufactured to save on production time.

Crystal Mystery - a full coverage glitter jelly with a blackened blue jelly base, aqua blue glitters in various sizes and purple square glitter.  This one was just flawless on me.  Application was smooth and thin, but full coverage was achieved at just two coats. This one didn't dry as textured as Cosmic Sunset, so I only needed one layer of top coat. So much sparkle and depth. My lighting for this swatch shows this a touch more teal looking that it does in real life.

Checking out the new bottles, I can't help but notice the similarity between other manufactured Aussie indie brands such as Kester Black and Pretty Serious.  The quality on those brands is fantastic, so you can expect to see the same quality in these polishes.

These new shades are due to be released this Saturday 28th June.  I'm not sure what time, but recommend you check the Alanna Renee Facebook site for updates.

Polishes provided for consideration.

Yesterday I discovered there is a 'spam' category in Blogger comments that I have never in fact clicked on to see what what in it.  I clicked it last night and low and behold there was a whole stack of comments that I had never even seen before, and when I say a whole stack, I mean nearly 100!  Out of those 100 comments, only three were actual spam.  I'm so sorry if you ever commented on a post and wondered why I never published or responded to it.  I'll make sure I check there more often.  And other bloggers, I suggest you check there too.

Today I have the last four polishes from the Alanna Renee Magical World collection.

Chocolate Frog - with a name like this I thought the polish would be some sort of chocolate brown colour, but it turns out the inspiration for this polish is the packaging for the Chocolate Frogs in the Harry Potter movies. Chocolate Frog has a mix of gold and brown glitters in a blue jelly base. This is two coats with Seche Vite.  I love how the jelly base sits on top of the large gold hexes and makes them look a teal colour.

Drink of Despair - if your a lover of green polish like me, then your going to need this one!  Drink of Despair has a mix of emerald green glitters in a green jelly base. I used two coats in this swatch with two coats of Seche Vite.

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Fawkes - a mix of red and gold holo glitters in a red jelly base. This is three coats with two coats of Seche Vite.  My photos fail the capture the holoness of the gold hexes - they really sparkled.  This polish is inspired by Dumbledore's phoenix and if you happen to google image search either pheonix or fawkes you're going to see the perfect inspiration match.

Horcrux - has a black jelly base with a combination of blue/green flakes and sterling silver flakes.  The overall tone is a blackened blue glass fleck polish.  Horcrux is a of a dark and mysterious polish, which makes it the perfect match for it's name.

The Alanna Renee Magical World collection went on sale Monday from her store at www.alannarenee.com for sale to Australian customers only. Polishes are $7.99 AUD.  Alanna Renee polishes are also available from Shoppe Electicco in Singapore and Color4nails in the USA, although this new collection will not be in stock until the distributors re stock.

Polishes provided for review.

Here is part two of the the Magical World Collection polishes released yesterday by Alanna Renee.

Draught of Peace - a light blue creamy jelly with a silver shimmer and silver glitter.  The Draught of Peace in the Harry Potter books is a potion that relieves anxiety and agitation, so a calming light blue seems the perfect choice.  This was three coats with Seche Vite top coat.

Patronus - the magical charm of positive energy that defends against Dementors.  This is a white polish with micro fine blue flakes and a fine silver shimmer. This was three coats with Seche Vite top coat.

Dementor - well there can't be a Patronus polish without it's matching Dementor polish, can there?.  Dementor has a mix of silver and grey glitters in a black base  This was two coats with Seche Vite.

Golden Snitch - no surprises here about which polish from this collection is my favorite.  The gold polish lover in me just can't go past this one.  Golden Snitch is a cool toned gold polish with a fine silver and gold shimmery base. The highlight is the gold circle glitters, which are the perfect representation of the winged gold ball the polish is named after.  This was the last polish I swatched out of the entire collection cause I planned to continue wearing it.  I still have it on.

 

The Alanna Renee Magical World collection went on sale today from her store at www.alannarenee.com for sale to Australian customers only. Polishes are $7.99 AUD - Fantastic value!  Alanna Renee polishes are also available from Shoppe Electicco in Singapore and Color4nails in the USA, although this new collection will not be in stock until the distributors re stock.

Polishes provided for review.