Tara's Talons Changes

Tara's Talons Changes over Butter London Fiver 

This is one of Tara's new year themed polishes, 'Changes'. It really appeals to me not only because of the colours but the irregular shapes of some of the glitters. I've developed a bit of a fascination with shard glitter recently. And I've always had an obsession with matte glitters - so this one is an all round winner for me! Here it is in the bottle:

Tara's Talons Changes 

I just love those big green shards! Look at the one on my index finger............

Tara's Talons Changes over Butter London Fiver 

I used Butter London Fiver as the base for this mani. Fiver has a good application for a mint green - this mani is three coats and there was no streakiness. I wore Fiver on its own for a day or so before I added the glitter (two thin coats of Tara's Talons Changes with a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food to smooth the glitter out and a coat of Seche Vite quick drying topcoat to finish of the mani with a high shine. Here's a macro to show the full complexity of Tara's Talons Changes.

Tara's Talons Changes over Butter London Fiver 

I bought Tara's Talons Changes direct from Tara's Etsy Shop, and Butter London Fiver from my local Boots.

Tara's Talons Patchwork Quilt & Strawberry Shortcake

Tara's Talon Strawberry Shortcake and Patchwork Quilt

I've two gorgeously girly polishes from Tara's Talons to share! Firstly, here is Strawberry Shortcake, a rich, hot pink with a slight shimmer

Tara's Talons Strawberry Shortcake

 What a super pink! I love bright pinks - this is a warm, rosy toned one with just a hint of shimmer that makes it seem to glow from within, somehow. Application was perfect, the consistency is quite thin but highly pigmented, which makes it super-easy to apply. I hardly needed to do any clean up with this mani at all. I've noticed some non-glitter indies have a tendency to gloppiness but Tara has got the formula perfect here.  I used two coats here, with Seche Vite to finish off.

These macros really show off the shimmery glow!

The other polish Tara sent me was Patchwork Quilt; this is an icy shimmer of a base with multicoloured glitter of all sizes and shapes. 

Tara's Talons Patchwork Quilt

I layered Patchwork Quilt over Zoya Julie, a pretty grey-lavender pastel shimmer. This is two coats of Patchwork Quilt, as I wanted to get a layer of the shimmery base over some of the glitters to create more depth. I'm sure Patchwork Quilt would look great over white (or even several coats on its own) but I wanted a pale coloured mani today, hence my choice of Zoya Julie. I used a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food to smooth the glitter out before adding a coat of Seche Vite quick drying topcoat. I was really happy with how this turned out!

Tara's Talons Patchwork Quilt over Zoya Julie

Again, the formula and application were flawless. Tara's Talons was one of the first UK Indie brands to launch, and I'm somewhat embarrassed to say these are the first of her polishes that I've tried. I'm highly impressed, and I'll be sure to be buying more colours soon :)

Tara's Talons Strawberry Shortcake and Patchwork Quilt were sent for review. You can buy Tara's Talons polishes either from Tara's Etsy or her Website. Readers can use the code SAVE10 on either site to get 10% off Tara's polishes!