Shimmer Polish - Mary

Good morning! Happy Monday! Sorry for not posting in a few days, I've been fighting a bit of a bug. Everyone at work is sick with the flu and I woke up on Wednesday congested and with a sore throat, which is still hanging around but thankfully it never turned into anything more. Does anyone have any plans for New Years Eve? I have work today, but I'm hoping that they will close my office at least a *little* early. Other than that my boyfriend and I are just making dinner at his place and then probably coming back to my house to watch the ball drop with my parents. I'm off tomorrow and we may take a drive, since the weather here on Saturday kept us on the island. Enough rambling....

Today I have a super awesome polish for you, Mary by Shimmer Polish. Mary has a tinted base, which I would consider a raspberry red. There are different size glitters in a mix of red, purple, black and silver. There is an amazing purple glitter that looks blue at times, depending on the way the light hits it. The formula was easy to work with and not goopy in the least. I found the dry time to be quick and I rocked this mani for almost three days before I removed it. All of the glitter pieces laid flat and I topped this off with a coat of Seche Vite.

 

You can purchase Shimmer Polish on Etsy, here. You can also check out all of the polishes offered by Shimmer Polish on her website, www.ShimmyShimmer.com. They are full size bottles that retail for $12.00 each.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year. See you in 2013 ;)

The polish in this post was provided for my honest review.

Twinsie Tuesday - Indie Polish (The Hungry Asian - Sea Creature)

Good morning! It's Tuesday so of course my Tuesday wouldn't be complete without a Twinsie Tuesday post. This week's theme is an indie polish. For today's polish I chose Sea Creature by Kae at TheHungryAsian. This polish was a real stunner. It consisted of dark emerald green, medium blue and purple glitter in a clear base. The formula was fantastic and it practically applied itself (I didn't have to fish for glitter or give any additional effort to get it even on the nail). I layered two coats of Sea Creature over a dark blue (most likely China Glaze Calypso Blue, but I can't remember for sure - sorry!!)



This macro doesn't do it much justice....

Sunlight. Sorry for the dryness :0/

You can buy TheHungryAsian polishes here. At this time, Sea Creature is not in stock but these polishes don't disappoint!

I'm interested to see what everyone picked! Check my Twinsies out here:

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

Hare Rad Cloud

Today I have a Hare polish for you. I waited and waited for Llarowe to stock these, and when she listed her initial stock I stalked it like a mad woman. I wanted Rad Cloud since the second I saw swatches of it.

Rad Cloud has square green, square purple, hex purple, hex orange, hex magenta and micro purple glitter in a pink base. When I originally ordered this I didn't even notice the orange glitter, but I think the orange in the pink base may be my favorite. The photos below show two coats of Rad Cloud on its own topped with Seche Vite.

You can purchase Hare from Llarowe for $12 or wait for Nikole to restock her Etsy shop ($10).  I have three other Hares that I have to get to wearing ;)

Spam Post - The Last of my Lynnderellas (Boy Girl Party, Attitude Adjust-ment, Forget You Not, Heart Strings, Shape Shifter, Love Lace and Lilacs, Lovey Dovey, Mlle Violette de Bleu, Sweets to Sweet)

Good morning! I went through my swatch photo folder last night, and I've had some of these swatches since at least April. I wasn't 100% in love these swatches, but then all of the Lynn drama went down and I was unsure if I wanted to post these or not. Since things have seemed to calm down, I figured I would post these for those people who still enjoy Lynnderella polishes.

While Lynnderella creates pretty polishes, I am no longer a supporter or purchasing her polishes. With all of the drama that went down I would prefer to spend my money elsewhere. Plus, the price jump to $20 each and the fact you can't purchase them individually means you have to spend $300.00 if you want the new collection. I won't even go into what I think of the LE polishes that are going for $600, $800, $1000+. I only have 1 Lynnderella left in my stash, which I plan on letting go of shortly. I'll stop at that before this turns into a rant....lol

Lynnderella Boy Girl Party over China Glaze Fly

Lynnderella Attitude Adjust-ment over OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

Lynnderella Forget You Not over Essie Smooth Sailing

Lynnderella Heart Strings over Essie Jam n Jelly  (Just an FYI - this was borrowed from my best friend who received this as a gift, I never owned this one)

Lynnderella Shape Shifter over Zoya Wednesday

Lynnderella Love Lace Lilacs over Zoya Elodie (the Zoya is not color accurate!)

Lynnderella Lovey Dovey  (I can't remember the base, sorry!)

Lynnderella Mlle Violette de Bleu over Revlon Royal

Lynnderella Sweets to Sweet over Essie Turquoise and Caicos

The end.

Fly-Ceratops by Two Birds One Store

Good Morning and happy Monday. I hope that everyone had a good weekend. I haven't received nail mail in a few weeks, but I placed an order with Sarah from See Sarah Swatch for some franken minis from her Etsy shop, Two Birds One Store. When she premiered swatches of her Matte About Summer collection in one of her blog posts I knew I had to order. I got the package on Saturday and as soon as I opened the package I thought....OH EM GEE!

I ordered Fly-Ceratops and Summertime Girls from her new collection. I had a hard time deciding which to try first, but I closed my eyes and went with Fly-Ceratops. Fly-Ceratops is made up of three different color and size glitter pieces. We've got tiny yellow, larger blue and even larger black glitter in a clear base. It's made up of square glitter, which I really love. I used three coats, which I found easy to apply. I topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite and walked around with this awesomeness Sunday afternoon....

I'm really loving this. The cashier at Sally's even commented on my nails. I tried to explain it was an indie polish from Etsy and she looked at me like I had 10 heads. Come on Sally girls! lol

You can pick this up from Sarah's Etsy store, Two Birds One Store once she gets back. She's out of town until mid-August but is planning a large restock at that time. You can go to Etsy and sign up to be notified once she returns. I'm already trying to decide which I'm going to order next.

The Hungry Asian - Sneeze Breeze

Good Morning! I'm sure some of you noticed, but I completely changed my blog again. This is the 4th time in less than a year, but I realized that the background was pretty distracting. I went plain jane but I think it is easier to read. I get bored very easily - I must change the background on my phone at least once a week.

Today I have another indie for you. This one is from Kae at The Hungry Asian. I purchased two of her minis and they are both drop dead gorgeous. Before I get to the polish, can we check out the amazing packaging?

I was so impressed with the amount of time and effort spent on the packaging. I know it's a little thing, but the little things count. This alone made me feel like my purchase was appreciated.

 

Now, onto the polish. Her Etsy store describes Sneeze Breeze as matte black and blue glitter in a clear base. It does have a metallic look to it at times and the blue looks to be two different shades (upon removal, I noticed some of the glitter was silver). Application was easy, but I did let it dry completely during after each coat. I used three coats on it's own for the photos below and topped it off with Seche Vite.

 

I'm loving this polish! You can visit The Hungry Asian on Etsy, she does have a few left in stock. I'm impressed with her creations and her pricing is fair and affordable. The mini I purchased was $4.50, and the large size bottle is $9.25. Shipping was affordable and fast. Once I'm off my no-buy, I plan on picking up a few others.