KBShimmer Hella Holo Customs Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have some special polishes to show you: KBShimmer's contribution to this months Hella Holo Customs!  For those that don't know, Hella Holo Customs is a Facebook group that was started to have some of our favorite indie makers create custom holo polishes for the holo lover in all of us.  Each month one or more makers are featured and create a polish based on photos voted on by the group and or photos of their choice.  In order to buy, you must be a member of Hella Holo Customs.

This month one of the featured brands is KBShimmer!  Christy created 4 gorgeous polishes that are available now until March 1st 11:59 HST (or March 2nd 4:59 EST).  Please join Hella Holo Customs for more purchasing information and for both US and international orders!

Let's get to the swatches!

Polish Con - Turtle Tootsie Polishes Polish Con Blues

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Hey everyone!  Yesterday I showed you Leesha's Lacquer's contribution to The Road to Polish Con series and today I have Turtle Tootsie Polishes Polish Con Blues.  You can get these from PolishConvention.com through February 18th!

Let's take a look!

Polish Con: Cupcake Polish Hello Brooklyn

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The Road to Polish Con continues, this time with a beautiful Cupcake Polish!  For week 5 Cupcake Polish and Glisten & Glow collaborated and created a duo of hip hop themed polish.  These will be available until January 14th 11:59pm EST from www.PolishConvention.com

Top Shelf Lacquer Holiday Flake Out Collection Swatches and Review

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Hey everyone!  Things have been crazy over here lately and I'm playing catch up, but I have some awesome things to show you!

Today I have Top Shelf Lacquer's Holiday Flake Out Collection.  It's a 12 piece collection with each one filled to the brim with flake.  After seeing these, it's clear Top Shelf has the flake game on lock!  All of these are available now from TopShelfLacquer.com.

Let's take a look.

Top Shelf Lacquer Liquor Treat Collection Swatches and Review

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Hello again!  I've got Top Shelf Lacquer's Liquor Treat Collection to show you.  It's a 5 piece Halloween inspired collection and as always, named after drinks that I seriously want to try.  The collection is already available from TopShelfLacquer.com!

Let's check them out!

The Magic 8 Box May 2016 Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  I hope you're doing well.  The last few days have been trying, but things are looking up!

Today I'll be showing you the May 2016 Magic 8 Box and this time the theme is Musical Movies.  The Magic 8 Box is released monthly with four permanent makers (Philly Loves Lacquer, Rica, Smokey Mountain Lacquers, and My Indie Polish) and four guest makers.  This month's guests are Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer, Paint Box Polish, Seventy Seven Nail Lacquer, and Top Shelf Lacquer.

The Magic 8 Box will be available for pre-order at PhillyLovesLacquer.com April 8th 8am EST through April 16th and will cost $59 + shipping  There will only be 50 boxes, so make sure to get your order in ASAP!  You don't want to miss out on these!

Twinsie Tuesday - Mix and Match

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Hi everyone!  It's been a while since I've been able to participate in Twinsie Tuesday, but things have calmed down, and I'm getting back on track.  I love Twinsie Tuesday because it often pushes me out of my comfort zone with nail art.

That said, today is all about mixing and matching.  I decided to use some nail vinyls that I have.  It was my first time and I think it came out pretty well!

For this look I used:
-A black polish
-Dreamland Lacquer (formerly Smitten Polish) I Made a Promise **
-Whats Up Nails Vinyls
-OPI I Snow You Love Me
-Quick Dry Top Coat

**I Made a Promise was sent by Dreamland Lacquer for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Be sure to check out the other Twinsies!!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

14 Days of Valentines - Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance

Hi everyone!  It's February 1st and just 14 days until Valentine's Day. I teamed up with some bloggers to post 14 days of Valentine's Day inspired manis.

Before there were indies, there were brands like Deborah Lippmann always coming out with innovative glitters and combos we hadn't seen before.  Bad Romance was one of these.  While not as unique now, it's still gorgeous!

Inspired by Lady Gaga's song of the same name, Bad Romance is has a black jelly base with different sizes of metallic magenta glitters.  It's a little anti-Valentine's Day, but I think it still works for the theme!

This is one coat over black.

Don't forget to check out the blogs below!

An InLinkz Link-up

KBShimmer Birthstone Collections Swatches and Review (partial)

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Hi everyone!  This post has been a long time coming and I apologize for not getting it out sooner!

The Birthstone Collection is a set of polishes inspired by birthstones that represent each month.  They all have platinum flakes in a colored base with holo micro glitter.  It's such a pretty finish and I really enjoyed these.  The formula is easy to work with and they aren't impossible to remove like regular glitter (though you will find a few stray flecks here and there).

All photos are 2 coats!

This collection is available now from KBShimmer.com.  If you're international be sure to check their stockists so you can get your hands on these too!

Let's get on to the pictures!

Girly Bits Holiday Magic Collection Swatches and Review

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Twinsie Tuesday - Ruffian Manicure

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Hi everyone!  Welcome to another edition of Twinsie Tuesday!  Today is all about the Ruffian Manicure.  This style was originally created by CND for the Ruffian show during the 2010 New York Fashion week and from there it kind of took off.

So since it's Halloween, I decided to do a Ruffian with Halloween colors.  I used LOOK Nail Colors Black and Orange.

**Products in this post were sent by LOOK Nail Color for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.


Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sarah at Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Claire at Kerruticles

​ ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Elevation Polish Yeti is a Scaredy Cat and Yeti's Huangshan for the 4th Annual Charity Event!

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Hi everyone! Today I have a couple of very special Elevation Polishes to show you!  For the past three years, Lulu from Elevation Polish has been orchestrating an amazing charity event.  During the event she both auctions and sells polish and a few other things with all proceeds going to charity.  This year is no different!  She has created some amazing polish as well as enlisted some fellow indie polish creators to create something special as well.

The following 2 polishes are to be apart of the selling part of the event and will be available October 12th at 9am and 9pm central along with others.  The auction portion will last from October 12th - October 17th.  Check out Lulu's blog here and here for more info on the where, sneak peaks and more!

Elevation Polish Yeti is a Scaredy Cat.  This polish definitely invokes the Halloween spirit with it's black glitter in various shapes and sizes (including hearts and mini stars), as well as a sprinkling of purple and orange glitter all in a clear base.  I decided to layer this over a green, LOOK Nail Colors Pistachio.

Elevation Polish Yeti's Huangshan. Another awesome glitter topper, this time with varying sizes and shapes of neon yellow glitter and hints of flakes that shift from orange to green all in a clear base. I layered this over a black creme.











All proceeds from the sale of these polishes and auction polishes will go to Chrestomathy, Inc. Again, for more details, please be sure to check out Lulu's blog and also, don't forget to connect with Elevation Polish at the following spots!

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**Products in this post were provided by Elevation Polish and LOOK Nail Color for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Smitten Polish What A Punny Autumn Collection + 2 Charity Limited Editions Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Smitten Polish's fall collection What a Punny Autumn as well as their charity limited editions benefiting the Black Mamba Poaching Unit.  As always, Noelie brought her A-game with these stunningly awesome holos, so let's check them out!

Lemming Lacquer The Vagantem Damnatorum Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have swatches of Lemming Lacquer's Halloween Collection: The Vagantem Damnatorum, which is Latin for the wandering damned.  This collection takes it's inspiration from many things such as American Horror Story: Freak Show and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.  Each polish represents a character and each character has it's own story and when you order, you get a character card telling you all about the creepy inspiration behind the polish.  It's so much fun!

Delush Polish Dames of Thrones Swatches and Review

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All you Game of Thrones fans gather round!  Delush Polish is releasing a fall collection inspired by the women of Games of Thrones called Dames of Thrones!  The collection consists of 7 glittery polishes and will be release September 25th 12pm EST.

*Just a general note on application before the review.  Because these are all glitters and quite a few have larger glitters, be sure to wait a bit between coats to avoid dragging the glitter!  Also, I did not do any glitter placement techniques when swatching these.  I gave them a good shake and applied straight out of the bottle.  All swatches are topped with top coat.

On to the swatches!

KBShimmer Fall 2015 Collection - Partial

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Hey everyone!  Yesterday I said I have a ton of fall collections to show you, so lets continue the party with awesome indie brand KBShimmer!  The collection consists of 6 glitters, 4 creams, a holo, and a shimmer and they're all lovely!  These will be available from KBShimmer.com as well as Amazon starting September 15th.

On to the swatches!

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Claw Polish

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Hi everyone!  I totally had this post ready for Wednesday and it disappeared on me!  So lets try this again. Today I have 6 Claw Polishes to show you from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab!  This is an indie brand that's well known for their intoxicating perfumes and ethereal gothic aesthetic.  They were one of the first indie perfume brands I purchased from.

These polishes are some BPAL's most famous scents reincarnated in polish form.  They are currently being sold at the Black Phoenix Trading Post and retail for $9.75 each.  Be sure to check out Ida Nails It and Lavish Layerings for swatches of polishes not included in this post!

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by a Flag

Hi everyone!  Twinsie Tuesday is back and today we're doing manicures inspired by flags.  In the past I've done a few red white and blue manicures to represent the American flag so today I decided to do something a little different and do one based on the Pan African flag (also known as the Afro American flag, UNIA flag, or the Black Liberation flag).

The Pan African flag was created around 1920 as a response to a popular song "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon" and has the colors red, black and green.  Red is for the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry as well as the blood shed by our ancestors.  Black is for the black people.  Green is for the copious of natural wealth in Africa.  You'll also see these colors represented in the celebration of Kwanza.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-African_flag

For this manicure I used OPI Big Apple Red, BB Couture Poison Ivy and Wet n Wild Black.

Be sure to check out the other Twinsie's interpretations!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

LOOK Nail Color Fall 2015

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Hi everyone!  If you're following me on Instagram you may have seen these already last week, but today I have LOOK Nail Color's Fall 2015 collection.  It consists of 4 cremes and already available for purchase from their website!

Pahlish Bespoke Batch Spam

Hi everyone!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  Tonight I decided to show you a few Bespoke Batch Palishes I've bought over the past few months.  Almost every week Pahlish releases one or two bespoke batches.  These are generally limited edition because of the cost or shortage of ingredients.  And with that I have to apologize because none of these are available, but check out Facebook sales groups and the Pahlish fan group and you may be able to snatch one up!

Pahlish Oh Philomena.  This is a grayish purple taupe with lavender holo glitter and shimmer.  Definitely one of my favorites!  I'll definitely be wearing this even more now that fall is coming.

This is 3 coats.

Pahlish Squeaky Swings & Tall Grass.  This is a bright green with gold shimmer and ultra chrome flakes.

This is 3 coats.

Pahlish Star Upon Your Shoulder.  Creamy Turquoise with mirror like silver shards and faint violet shimmer.

This is 3 coats.

Pahlish Sailing the Night Sky.  Black jelly base with gold, pink and a few green glitters as well as bronze gold shimmer.

This is 3 coats.

Pahlish Ophelia.  This is a lovely light blue (leaning a little periwinkle) with blue and yellow glitters.  Very pretty!

This is 3 coats.

Do you own any of Pahlish's Bespoke Batches?  Be sure to check out Pahlish at these places and see what new Bespokes Shannon has come up with!

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