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Mentality ~ The Inspired Shimmer Collection

Mentality Inspired Shimmer

Hey dolls! Today I have the first installment of several Mentality collections that I received a little over a week ago. When I opened the box and saw that it contained 21 polishes, I was shocked! I’ve never opened that many bottles of polishes at one time. You can see the photo of all of them here. I’m starting with the Inspired Shimmer collection which features five polishes that each represent the awareness ribbon of various organizations. Profits from these polishes will be donated to those organizations.

The formula was the same throughout the collection. The colors were well pigmented and flowed easily onto the nail without running. Two coats were used for all of the polishes and they dry to a satin finish. They are pictured below with top coat.

Vigilance, a turquoise shimmer, represents post traumatic stress disorder awareness. This one is super pretty in person and has just the right amount of green undertones. I’d recommend using a great base coat with Vigilance because I experienced some staining.

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Vigilance

Triumph, a hot pink shimmer with red undertones, represents breast cancer awareness. You all know how important this cause is to me, so Triumph is an automatic favorite.

Triumph

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Patience, a bright orange shimmer, represents ADHD awareness. I love the way this one looks on my complexion.

Patience

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Innocence, a bright blue shimmer, represents child abuse awareness. This shade of blue is stunning in person! Once again, base coat is a must as I did experience staining. Bubble White to the rescue!

Innocence

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Respect, a deep purple shimmer with blue undertones, represents domestic violence awareness. I’m actually still wearing this one right now. The shimmer has so much depth!

Respect

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Overall, I think this is a nice set of shimmers. I love that the collection has such a great cause behind it. The names are simple, yet powerful, and represent each cause well. Mentality polishes can be purchased here for $8 each (includes shipping). They have a very active facebook page, so make sure you head over to keep up with them!

*Products used in this post were provided by the company for review purposes.*

  • cindioverstreet

    Loving Vigilance and Triumph! Actually they are all pretty and I would love to own any of those. How exciting is it as a polish addict to open a box filled with 21 polishes?! Nirvana, girl.

    • http://www.refinedandpolished.com KayJay at Refined & Polished

      Thanks love! I wish I could’ve taken a picture of my face when I realized how many polishes were in the box! Pure bliss girl.

  • http://twitter.com/kinkycurlyliebe KinksCurlsandLOVE

    I’m lovig all of them! They’re very pretty and seem pretty bright on the nails especially Innocence. I have a question for you Lakeisha, how do you take care of your nails before and after you polish. I mean, I would guess you apply cuticule oil but I meant cleaning up the polish around the nails. Your nails look so perfect and not a stain in sight! Did you blog on it before if so please link me. :D

    • http://www.refinedandpolished.com KayJay at Refined & Polished

      Thanks doll! They are all really bright and saturated shimmers, which I really like. I don’t do much special to my nails. I only use cuticle oil if I’m swatching a bunch of polishes at a time. In that case, I apply cuticle oil in between each polish.

      On a regular day, I use some sort of exfoliating scrub after removing polish. I then moisturize the nail and cuticle with Barielle Strengthening Cream (I have a few posts on that) before applying base coat. Then I polish. When I need to clean up, which is usually pretty minimal I use a pointed q-tip or a clean up pen from sallys. I tried using an angle brush dipped in remover like a lot of others, but it takes a little practice.

      • http://twitter.com/kinkycurlyliebe KinksCurlsandLOVE

        Thanks for the info!! Have to jot all of this down. <3

  • Frei Blog

    Beautiful! I love these colors. They all look great on your complexion.

    • http://www.refinedandpolished.com KayJay at Refined & Polished

      Thanks so much!

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