Polish TBH Fantasy Collection: Circus

Hello fellow lacquerheads! I've been swamped with the kiddos the past couple of days and haven't had much swatch time. I'm working on getting as much done as I can during the week, but my normal swatch days are Sundays. Please be patient, I'll be posting daily still but one polish at a time until I can catch up on Sunday. I have a ton of Indie polish to share with you all! They're worth the wait, but I'm antsy to share them! I have more Twenty Seven Polish, Polish TBH, Glitzology, and A England as well as some newer brands coming your way over the next 2 weeks.

Today I have a fabulous polish from an awesome Indie brand, Polish TBH.  I received 5 polishes from the Fantasy Collection yesterday and let me tell you...I am in love! Today's polish is Circus, a beautiful mix of Red Hex glitter and gold microglitter suspended in a sky blue jelly base. This combination is so gorgeous! I love the combination of Red and gold with the sky blue jelly - a great alternative to the sheer white with glitter that has been so popular lately.

Being a light blue jelly, Circus is fairly sheer so I chose to layer it over a polish with the exact same blue - Hard Candy Sky. In these photos I'm wearing 2 coats of Circus over 2 coats of Sky, topped with Seche Vite. Please excuse my weird skin tone - the polish is color accurate but my lighting does weird things with my skin tone! :)

*mega swoon*! This polish is soooo beautiful! Look at that shimmer! LOVE!! I adore this shade of blue, and combined with the red and gold glitter? Magic!

Formula:
Although Indie polish tends to be fairly thick, Circus wasn't as thick as I had expected. This works to its benefit though since it is a jelly. No thickening during use, no glopping or gooping, and no clumps of glitter.

Application:
Circus was a dream to apply. This girl flowed smoothly onto the nail with just the right mount of color and glitter. No need to fish for glitter, although my bottle did settle a bit during shipping. I just tipped it over for a bit, gave it a little shake and it was good to go. The glitter also lays flat on the nail, and doesn't clump a the free edge. Keep in mind this is not meant to be anywhere near a heavy glitter, so it's normal to only pick up a few pieces on the brush. Dry time was impressive as well, even without a coat of SV this was nearly dry to the touch after about 5-8 minutes. Overall, this polish has some of the nicest application out there.

I am so impressed with Polish TBH and I cannot wait to show you the other 4 pretties.  The entire collection is unique, with Circus being the brightest and happiest color of all. This is certainly a stand-out polish and money well spent. You can bet your hiney I'll be wearing this baby whenever I can. In fact, I do believe I hear a backup bottle calling my name!

Polish TBH is 3 Free and is available on Etsy here, or by visiting http//www.etsy.com/shop/polishtbh. Full size bottles retail for $8.00, minis $4.00, and duos $15.00. Keep an eye out for a new collection coming soon!

I cannot rave about Polish TBH enough. For me, its right up there with my faves, Twenty Seven Polish and A-England. The Fantasy Collection is breathtaking, and from what I have seen of the upcoming collection, unique and stunning polish will certainly be standard here.

What do you think of Circus? Are you a fan of sheer, jelly bases? (I am!)

Thanks for stopping by and Happy (Indie) Polishing!
-Kimber