Rainbow Honey Mystery Bag - June 2014

It's my favorite time of the month again!  I found myself getting anxious for the month of May to be over with so I could get my June Rainbow Honey Mystery Bag.  I eagerly anticipate ripping open the bubble mailer to see what amazing scent is going to greet me each month and June was the best one yet. As usual there were 3 polishes and some other goodies.

This month's extras were some mini cuticle sticks, some white and lime green pearls, perfume in the scent Nucifera, an exfoliating sugar scrub in the scent Tea Biscuit and a cuticle balm in Tea Biscuit.  Nucifera is a pleasant fragrance described as being on a beach.  I like it.  Tea Biscuit is a nutty vanilla scent that literally smells like a cookie.  The note that came with the package says "Please do not eat"!  It's that good. 
Those type of scents are my favorites.

This is my first experience with a cuticle balm outside of Burt Bees and I am in love.  It absorbed right away leaving my cuticles looking and feeling fantastic not to mention smelling incredible.  There was no residue, it was not sticky.  I didn't have to reapply until the next day and even then my cuticles were not in desperate need.  I usually use California Mango cuticle oil which I swear by but I do have to reapply often.  I am so pleased with this, it is my favorite item out of the entire bag this month!

Now onto the polishes.  Upon first glance my thought was "oh pink".  I wasn't quite sure how I felt about them but after really looking at them, I was very pleased.  Each is completely unique to my collection.

Ichigo, Rose Macaron & Pikake

Rose Macaron is a soft pink crelly with pink and gold micro glitters as well as purple, pink, yellow and gold glitters.  It's a very feminine and pretty polish. 

Indoors with indirect lighting

3 thin coats with 1 coat Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash

Pikake is the glitter topper in the group.  I used it for the swatches over another Rainbow Honey Cameo 18 from the April Mystery Bag.  I will be trying this over other colors as well but I was in a neon mood.  I photographed it under several different lighting conditions because of the difficulty capturing the true color of the neon pink.

Outdoors direct sunlight.  1 coat of Pikake over Cameo 18

Indoors in shade.  Most accurate color to how bright Cameo 18 really is.  I love how different all the glitters are on and how the purple and white pop on this pink

Last is my favorite of the three and that is Ichigo.  Ichigo is a fuchsia jelly with purple and blue iridescent
flakies.  In the bottle I thought it was maroon and didn't seem like the most exciting of colors.  It almost appeared like a vial of blood.  Sorry for that image but I wanted to give and honest reaction!  When I swatched it I instantly changed my mind!  It's really pretty.  My only complaint would be that the formula was a bit thick and with the flakies in the jelly application was tough.  It was very thick.  I ended up having to use a lot of polish just for this swatch and with it being a mini you can tell from the first photo on this page how much is gone already from just one hand!  That being said, it's worth the effort.

See what I mean about in the bottle??

Look at the jelly swishy goodness!!! This is outdoors in direct sunlight.  3 coats with one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash

Here is my video review of this bag as well.  I don't have anything to dupes any of these so I have nothing to compare them to.  I am very pleased overall with my third consecutive Rainbow Honey bag. 


You can purchase Rainbow Honey products here.

Rainbow Honey Mystery Bag - May 2014

It never ceases to amaze me at how many talented indie polish makers there are out there.  As a fan of them, I get to choose between some of the most phenomenal polishes on the planet.  It makes it a bit hard though with so many to pick from, deciding on brands to patronize can be an overwhelming experience.  I keep a notebook specifically for polishes.  When I come across something I like, I jot it down.  One brand that I had noticed was on there several times was Rainbow Honey.  I had it in the back of my mind as one I wanted to try for quite some time but never ordered from them.  Recently I signed up for an Ipsy subscription and while on the wait list I saw in the April 2014 bag there was a Rainbow Honey polish.  I was so jealous I missed out on it but I did get the Ipsy code giving me a 25% discount.  I decided at the time to try the mystery bag of the month.  It is for sale for $10 or free with any purchase over $65. Starting in May, Rainbow Honey decided to offer a monthly subscription. 

The price is still the $10.00 + shipping.  It was billed on the 30th of April and I got my shipping notice late Sunday evening.  My bag showed up on Tuesday the 6th.  I was pleased with the speed in which the package came.  Immediately upon opening the bubble mailer I could smell the goodies inside.  This month's package included a perfume and soap in the scent Summer Juice, a lip balm in Enter Lime, and then an envelope containing 5 mini orange sticks and 2 sponge cosmetic applicators.  I realized I didn't have a decent photo of them so I will snap one tomorrow and update the blog.

Everything is sealed tight and packed so perfectly.

The polishes are nothing short of pure summer happiness in a bag.  I was so impressed by the selection of shades and I loved every single one of them.

First up I have Waves.  This is going to be part of the upcoming summer collection.  It's described as glass-flecked shimmer sparkles in turquoise and gold.  It's stunning.  I love how this one looks on.  It's gorgeous.  My photos look a bit more blue than it actually is.

Next is a fantastic summer glitter called Neon Blossom. It contains hot pink heart glitters and yellow flower glitters.  It's my first ever flower glitter.  It's also got some small neon green square glitter and some white glitter throughout.  I adore this.  I have layered it here over Sally Hansen Insta-Dri shades In a Splash, Pink Blink, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Chartreuse Chase. I did have to fish a bit for some of the glitters.  Shown without top coat.

I saved my favorite for last.  It's no secret I love a good crelly glitter polish and this is no exception.  From what the card inside the bag says this is going to be part of a "collection of confections".  I can't wait.  Here is Petit Four.  This is 2 coats with one coat of KB Shimmer Clearly On Top.  I think next time I will do 3 thin coats instead.  I can't say enough about how much I love this.  It's a yellow with pink and aqua glitters. (actually looking at the macro shot below there is way more going on there than I first realized!) It's so perfect for summer.

And of course here is a macro shot of all three of these amazing polishes together.

Here is my video review which shows a bit more of the other items as well.   Subscriptions are available and will start with June 2014 (or the next avail month depending on when you find this) and the May bag is available for single purchase in the month of May 2014.  There is a full size bag also available for $25.00.