OPIcon polish: Lincoln Park After Brunch

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Today, I am showing you a swatch of one polish I purchased from the OPI Spring 2026 collection: OPIcons. The collection is inspired by the iconic shades loved by customers. 

Holo Taco: Love at first swipe- swatch + review

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Today, I am showing you two polishes that I purchased from Holo Taco's new collection for Valentine's Day. The collection is called Love at first swipe. They consist of 5 magnetic polishes and 1 topper. They also introduced their horseshoe magnet called Super Magnet. I already own a horsehow magnet from ILNP so I used that for the photos. I apologize for not being able to capture the magnetic effect well. I am still trying to figure out how to take better photos for different finishes.

Lights Lacquer Core Collection

Lights Lacquer's first collection of 2026 is their Core Collection. This is meant to be colors that they feel you need. The collection consists of 5 new shades and 7 returning bestsellers. I purchased 8 shades, one of them being a backup, and another I thought I had before, but turned out I didn't. The last two are shades I already had (along with the backup bottle of a color). Please excuse my cuticles. I was having an allergic reaction to dish soap.

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Days 10-12

Last three days! For day 10 we have a multi chrome flake topper called Wreath Havoc Taco. I used 1 coat over a black.

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 8 & 9

 Sorry I completely forgot to post yesterday's advebt calendar item. 

For day 8 we got a travel size hand lotion in peppermint scent. Holo Taco does not sell the lotion in travel size so this is limited edition. I have tried their original when it first came out but was not in love with the greasy feeling I was left with. I am excited to try this though. Paired with the peppermint cuticle oil from Lights Lacquer, I am ready for the holidays. 

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 7

 Today's box brings us a clean up brush. The case is all silver. I wish it had snowflakes or something in it to show it being a holiday edition but I can always put some nail stickers on it. The weight is the same as the original one. 

I have not tried it yet but no doubt it works well. I don't think any brush would beat the e.l.f. concealer brush but this brush is designed to handle acetone and will last longer. 

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 6

 Day 6 for the Holo Taco Advent Calendar was on the back of the cover. It is 3 sheets of star stickers. I just took a photo of them because I wanted to try to come up with nail art using it later on.  I am honestly surprised we got 3 sheets. Usually brands give 1 sheet of stickers. The style of the stickers are nice for quick nail art. I would have loved to see some snowflake ones as well but again, I am just happy we got 3 sheets. 

I only show 1 sheet below because the other two are the same. 

Would you use these? I am thinking these are nice for a nativity scene nail art. 

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 5

 Oh today we have a blue frosted metal for day 5. This is called In A Flurry. This took 4 coats to be opaque. You can probably get away with 3 if you have short nails. For me, the formula was too thick and took very long to dry. I have this on my nails right now and even with a quick dry top coat, it took too long to dry where it does not dent. I tried to stay away from this type of formula because it is a pain to take off (i probably have 1 other polish with this formula). I will say, the shine is insanely beautiful. No top coat on these swatches.

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 4

 Day 4 is probably one of my favorites! This is Call Me Vixen. The brand describes it as a rich cranberry jelly with shimmer and scattered holo. It. Is. Beautiful! I was able to only need 2 coats for my swatches. 

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 3

 It is day 3! We have another polish but this time, it is a topper. This is a scattered holo topper called Gold Scatter Holo Taco. This was a long time coming but I believe I read somewhere that Cristine wanted to find the perfect gold scattered glitter for this polish. It is sad it is limited edition (maybe customers convince her to release it in full size). In the photos,  I applied one coat over Silent Night. No top coat.

 

Holo Taco Advent Calendar: Day 2

For day 2, we have a dark navy crelly named Silent Night. The bottle is 7ml which is more than half of the full size amount (photo of size comparison down below). I don't think it's a bad amount for an advent calender.

The formula of the polish was good. With it being a crelly, it can take up to 4 coats to be fully opaque. For shorter nails, you can probably go up to three coats. I show you the polish without top coat and against different skin tones. I used 3 coats for my nails and 4 coats for the fake nail.