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13 Apr 2014

KBShimmer Full Bloom Ahead and Stamping Decal

Its a white crelly. 
I instantly love it. 
I then matte it.
It reminds me of a speckled egg. 
I love it even more.
THE END!! 


Hahah said polish is Full Bloom Ahead by KBShimmer. Its a white crelly featuring loads of glitter of different colours and sizes. 







I needed three coats to make this opaque but you can still kind of see my smile line. I don't mind this though as its not like super noticeable. The glitter distribution is good too, no fishing.

I then made a stamping decal using some acrylic paint in green and Cheeky Plate CH33. I do mine actually on the stamper instead of on a sheet of plastic. I also do not use topcoat to make them as I find its too much faffing and messing around and I always mess it up. After I have made the decal on the stamper I leave it to dry then stamp it on nearly dry polish on the nail and Tada. 

After all that I matted it all using my new topcoat by Mentality. This top coat is bloody great. It drys so much faster than my Orly matte topcoat and theres none of that bloody streaking. I recommend this to anyone. 

I think this looks really good and its been a while since I have made a decal too. 
What do you think? 




12 Apr 2014

You Drive Me Katie and Leopard Print Nail Art

I received a BIG nail mail parcel today from the lovely Katie from Harlow & Co. You can see what I bought HERE 

My bank balance has fallen out of love with me since I found Harlow but man do they make me happy!! I now buy all my indies there (pretty much) and its free international shipping over 100 Canadian Dollars. They also usually get to me within 5 days!! 

Today I chose You Drive Me Katie by KBShimmer. Its a Harlow exclusive and its pink!! 
Anybody who knows me knows I am not a pink girl but recently I have really loved wearing pinks, on my nails mind you! 





This a beautiful crelly (cream jelly) and it a true bubblegum shade. It is jam packed with white, purple and blue glitters of all shapes and sizes!! 
This applies fantastically (just like every other KBShimmer I own) and I used 2 coats for the pics. As this is a polish is dense in glitter I used two coats of KBShimmer Clearly On Top to finish it off.

I of course had to add some nail art. On my little and index finger I used Essie Neo Whimsical and Lights to make a gradient and then hand painted a leopard print over the top! How bright and funky! 

This is screaming summer to me and I think this would look so fab on my tootsies!!

I did this nail art especially for a pink mad nail addict called Claire. She loves pink and I think she has now turned me onto pink too! 

What do you think? Are you a fan of bold nails !?

11 Apr 2014

My Harlow Haul 11/04/2014

Oh no..... 

I went on to Harlow & Co and something very strange happened...... 

12 new nail polishes just jumped into my cart and then in my confusion I must have payed for them! 
That's my story and I am sticking to it!!



 Belle Of The Mall, Lottie Dottie,Falling For Hue, You Drive Me Katie 


Make My Gray, Spring Training, Laugh Myself Lily, Chick Me Out, Full Bloom Ahead


I had to get the new KBShimmer Spring Collection on the restock as I missed them all the first time around. I also picked out a few others. Spring Training is even scented!




She Had A Lipstick Taser 

I had to have the Glam Polish as I haven't tried them before and they are discounted as the new bottle shape has been released (I have the old shape) 



Serendipity

I had to have the Cadillacquer because I bloody love Cadillacquers. I wanted another shade too called Easy As Pie but it was sold out :( 



Snow In Love 

I had to get the Serum no 5 as its a crelly and glows in the dark. I already have Atomic Peach and that glows so strongly I knew I had to give this one a try! 



I love it when I get nail mail. My eldest, who is three, was screaming NAIL MAIL and getting so excited! 

What do you think of my haul? Do you already own any of these? 

Which one should I use first? 




22 Mar 2014

Cadillacquer Masterpiece

I have been lusting after this polish for months and finally its mine! Masterpiece is finally MINE!




If you are not a polish enthusiast...thats what I have decided to call myself by the way an "enthusiast" ... It makes me sound all dignified like I collect stamps or something LOL! 
Anyway if you are not a polish enthusiast I cannot begin to describe how it feels when you finally get THAT polish. One you have watching, waiting and looking at swatches of for months and months... 

When it finally lands in your hands its such a good feeling! 
I always worry that when I then do get it and use it I wont love it as much and it'll be a bit disappointing. 




This is NOT one of those times. I actually dont ever want to take this polish off 
**runs and chucks all other polish out the window**

This to me is the right shade of green and the red... OH THE RED.... Cadillacquer describes it as hot orange glitter on the website but it is red to me. The glitter suspends so well in the jelly formula that the top layer of glitter looks 3D. I'm not shitting you it like stands out. I have never seen this in another polish. ITS LIKE WIZARDRY! 
I used three coats and one coat of topcoat in the pics. The formula is perfect I think as if you used less coats it wouldn't build up that lovely 3D effect.




I am a MASSIVE fan of Dexter. I mean look at Micheal C Hall. I have always loved him. Even when he was on Six Feet Under. 
In fact my son is even called Dexter LOL! #

This polish is very reminiscent of Dexter to me. The red glitter just looks so much like blood splatter. Blood splatter in a good way of course! 

Masterpiece is indeed a masterpiece to me. 


If you like this and want to see other Cadillacquer polishes then please click HERE. 
I also purchased Seek the Fire at the same time as this one so I hope to have time to try that one out soon and I STILL have some others from the Dexter Collection to show you, Man I am so far behind!


So what do you think?