KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! I hope your Thursday has been really great so far! Not much going on here, we caught a  bunny in the back yard! Just for a minute and we petted it, it was so sweet! Then we let it go, I tweeted a picture of it :)

Anywho! Today's post is the amazing KBShimmer 2013 Fall Collection!
I really love the variety in this collection, It is easily one of my favorite KBShimmer collections to date!

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Every Nook & Cranberry - Three thin coats.
Application was a absolute breeze! Easy, smooth and even!
The shimmer is so visible and gorgeous!

"A cranberry satin matte polish with a subtle pink and gold shimmer. 

This polish with its blue undertones is one that will work on many skin tones.  Best in two coats."

Every Nook & Cranberry + Topcoat.


Excuse Me, I Blurped - Three coats.
This polish is so freaking gorgeous! It applied great and has so much dimension!

"A shade not quite blue, not quite purple shade with glitters in many shades of blue, purple, with a hint of

 copper. Best in two coats."

Teal Another Tail - Three thin coats.
TAT applied really well, two coats had some VNL for me so I used a third but it wasn't necessary.
This is such a unique and freaking stunning polish, just buy it! Seriously #drool

"A dusty teal green polish with a strong pink almost duo-chrome shimmer.

A color I imagine would be on a mermaid’s tail.  Best in two coats."

Turbulence - Three thin coats.
Applies smoothly and evenly. A little sheer but builds up nicely.
I am a huge sucker for grey polish and the shimmer in this is to die for! One of my favorites!!

"A satin matte finish slate gray polish inspired by storm clouds. 

Silver flakes are surrounded by micro blue and fuchsia sparks inspired by lightning and rain. Best in two coats. "

Turbulence + Topcoat..


Vicious Circles - Three coats.
Jam packed full of glitter, requires a little patience and skill to apply but it's so worth it!
I love all the circle glitters!! It looks chunky but was completely smooth two two coats of topcoat.

"A blood red jelly loaded with silver holographic circles in two sizes, sliver holographic hex glitters

and holographic sliver micro slices.  Best in two or three coats."

You Autumn Know - Three coats.
Really glitter packed, apply slowly and make sure to let it dry in between coats!
This polish just screams fall doesn't it?? <3

"A white crelly polish loaded with fuchsia, gold, and orange glitters.  Micro bars accent the fall pallet of this polish.

Best in three coats, or two coats over white."

You Go Ghoul! - Three coats.
Just like You Autumn Know and Vicious Circles You Go Ghoul is packed full of glitter and requires a little more attention while applying, nothing too difficult, you just have to keep the glitters from bunching together.
So make sure to give these chunkier polishes proper time to dry in between coats to avoid dragging!

"This Halloween polish is one that you will wear year round.  

A black jelly sparkles with glitters in grape, berry and orange for a polish even a witch would love  

Best in two coats over black or three coats alone."

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This Collection is amazing! The End.

Okay, just kidding! Not about it being amazing just about this being the end. :)

Where should I start? Hmm I'll start with the Mattes!
The matte/satin polishes in this collection are two of my favorites! At first I thought the formula on Turbulence wasn't great but it turned out it was just applying weird over
my Nail Tek II - Weird! But I tried it again and it went on smooth and easy, So that is good to know!

This collection is so creative and just plain out awesome, I really love it.
I haven't been this excited for a collection in a while! 

This collection will be available for purchase on September 1st!
You can purchase these from http://www.kbshimmer.com/ and Harlow and Co.

Stay up to date with KBShimmer on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!



 Are you guys in love with this collection as much as me??
Which ones are you lemming or planning to purchase?

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Pahlish August Duo - Old Fires Were Burning - Swatches & Review!

Hi all! Today's post is featuring the Pahlish LE August Duo "The Old Fires Were Burning"

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Slow Like Honey - Three thin coats.

"a pale almond nude/putty cream with copper shimmer and green glassflecks"


Heavy With Mood - One coat + a little glitter placement.

"a clear based glitter topper with copper metallic glitters in several sizes, small moss green hex,
and medium midnight green squares accented by sparse gold shimmer"
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Slow Like Honey is an absolutely gorgeous almond cream color, a perfect neutral!
It applied a little streaky (as most cream colors do.)
If  you have Milani Almond Bliss it's MUCH easier to work with that that.
Two slightly thicker coats would probably work fine but I prefer to use three thin ones.

Heavy With Mood is awesome and can be used over so many colors, I want to pair it with orange!
It spreads well and has just the right amount of glitter. I love the copper glitter with the green!

I really love this duo, they go so well together but you can still use them with so many other polishes!
Slow Like Honey is a great staple color! 


You can purchase this duo HERE from the Pahlish Etsy Shop for $15.00!

It will only be available until August 31st so hurry and go grab it!!




What do you guys think of this Duo?
I'm loving seeing more indies doing creme polishes lately!

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Polished by KPT - Swatches and Review!

Hi guys! Today's post is a really exciting one for me! I have seven polishes from Polished by KPT to show you!
I've been lemming for this brand for quite some time now! Check out my thoughts below!

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Bachelorette Party - One coat over Zoya Mira.

"A beautiful shimmery purple/lilac glitter polish with matte white hex and iridescent glitter with a silvery micro glass finish."


Bleu Cruiser - Two coats.

Half of the Smardy Duo! A gorgeous vivid cobalt blue shimmer packed with micro flakies.


Color Therapy - Two coats over Illamasqua Smash.

"A fun bold neon pink and green glitter with tiny shifting opalescent and blue glitter topper in a clear base that also glow under UV and black light."


Topped with a coat of Butter London Matte Finish!



Daiquiri - Three coats.

"An orange (cold) to bright pink glass fleck (warm) thermal polish that transitioned effect by temperature."

Fireflies - One coat over Sinful Colors Sinful Shine Amazonian
and one coat over Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo

"Fireflies is jammed packed with micro silver holographic, micro holo bars, yellow holo bars, purple holo bars, and silver holo bars."


Glowing Smardy - Two coats over Bleu Cruiser.

The other half of the Smardy Duo, a Glow in the Dark glitter topper that represents hope in a dark place.



High Maintenance - One coat over China Glaze Urban Night.

"A mixture of girly matte pastel colors and iridescent glitters in a clear base."



Proof that Glowing Smardy glows! I'm not good at taking GITD pictures lol it took me quite some time
to go through the settings on my camera to find one that worked okay, then I took one with my
cellphone and that was much easier lol!
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I'll start off with Glowing Smardy, the glow on this polish was unparalleled to any other GITD polish I have tried or own. I don't own many but the others required much longer "charges" and it fade quicker.


Glowing Smardy glows when it's not even that dark!
I wore it for days with and it kept glowing night after night without a recharge - my daughter loved it!
If you want to really see this baby glow charge it with a LED nail light! That's what I did for the top picture, I didn't edit it it really was that bright! I could literally use my nails to see in the dark. Needless to say I lovee it! 

And I love that a portion of the money goes to a good cause, 50% of the proceeds from the Smardy Duo go to an adorable little boy named Nate's fund at the DCipher Group to be used for medical expenses, therapy equipment, and donations to SMARD research. To read more about the Smardy Duo or Nate's Journey check out http://smardypants.blogspot.com/
The Smardy Duo will be restocked the first week of September.

I'm very impressed with PBKPT and highly recommend their polishes!
All of the formula's were very good, I had no issues applying any of these polishes.
Fireflies is so beautiful and so sparkly in person it's insane.
I love the mixture of micro bar glitters mixed with the larger ones!

You can purchase Polished by KPT's amazing polishes HERE!

Make sure to follow Polished by KPT on Facebook and Instagram!



Who else is getting obsessed with thermal polishes? I want them all!
What do you guys think about these?

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Guest Post on Kellie Gonzo!

Hey guys! Today yours truly has a guest post on http://www.kelliegonzo.com/!

So head on over to her amazing blog to see what I used HERE!



Let me know what you think of it!!

Zoya Fall PixieDust Collection - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! Today's post is the Zoya Fall PixieDust Collection! Enjoy!

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Carter - Three coats.

"a royal purple in a matte, textured, sparkling metal finish."


Arabella - Three coats.

"a rich fuchsia pink in a matte, textured, sparkling finish."


Dhara - Two coats.

"a firey orange copper with a matte, textured, sparkling metal finish."


Tomoko - Three coats.

"a romantic champagne silver with a matte, textured, sparkling metal finish."


Chita - Two coats.

"a forest green in a matte, textured, sparkling finish."


Sunshine - Two coats.

"a "Van Gogh" navy blue in a matte, textured, sparkling finish."
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This collection is stunning, as per usual from Zoya's PixieDust polishes!
I really love all of them but my favorites are Carter, Sunshine and Chita!
These all have terrific formula's and went on easily! Make sure to let them dry fully between coats!
I'd say Sunshine and Chita were a tad thicker than the rest but still easy to apply.

*I wanted to not that the Zoya PixieDusts wear very well for me! I usually don't get any chips until day 6 or 7 and then it's still only 1-2 chips! I don't usually comment on longevity because I don't wear most polishes very long but I did get to text the Last Zoya Pixie Collection after my review and it wore incredibly well for me!*

You can purchase Zoya nail polish from http://www.zoya.com/ for $9.00 each
Or you can purchase the entire collection for $54.00

Follow Zoya on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram!


To give you guys an idea how these look with topcoat, I added one coat onto each color and left a nail next to it without topcoat! I'd suggest two coats though since mine still look a tiny bit bumpy!




What are your thoughts on this PixieDust Collection?
Zoya has made me fall for textures!

I much prefer the sparkly textures, what about you?

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Takko Lacquer - Swatches & Review!

Hi guys! Today's post is one that I am very excited for!
This is my first experience trying Takko Lacquer and I'm in love!
Scroll down to see six beauties! Three older Takkitos and three new ones!

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Heads Will Roll - Three coats. See a IG shift video here!)

"A thermal raspberry pink that changes from bright pink in the cool to silvery white in warmer temps.
It's loaded with blue shimmer and holographic shimmer that's always visible in any temp."

Nirvana - Two coats.

"This is a kind of majestic and luxurious looking polish.
A deep imperial turquoise full of golden bronze flakies floating thru out."

Look at those flakies! Gorgeous!

Mattified with Butter London Matte topcoat.

Nirvana stamped with A England Holy Grail and stamped with Cheeky Stamping plate Ch52 then mattified.

Kiss the Sky - Two coats.

"A deep blu-rple (hybrid purple-blue) jelly lacquer with orange and green duo chrome shimmer."

Schiaparelli - Two coats.

"Inspired by a designer who revolutionized fashion with her eclectic ways,
this is a neon shocking pink filled with a silvery limey green shimmer that shifts slightly to pink."

To Infinity & Beyond - 

"A smokey deep purple that morphs into a peacock green at the flick of your fingers.
Dancing thru the polish is a holographic shimmer like little stars scattered across the universe.
Such a outer worldly color, very hypnotizing and dark."

Wanderlust - Two coats.

"A smokey lilac jelly creme hybrid lacquer with vibrant teal shimmer."

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Where do I start? This is my first experience with Takko Lacquer and I have to say that I am blown away!

All of these shades are so stunning! All of these have fantastic formula's and go on pretty easy breezy.
I used a third coat for Heads Will Roll because when it shifted lighter there was a bit VNL but it's not necessary.

I had a hard time capturing the true beauty of Schiaparelli,
it has tons of lime green shimmer that the camera just couldn't pick up.

It's hard to even pick a favorite, I honestly can't! I can say that I LOVE Nirvana, it's incredibly stunning!

You can purchase Takko Lacquer from http://www.takkolacquer.com for $13.00

You can also purchase Takko Lacquer from the following sites.

 Llarowe 

 Mei Mei's Signatures

Make sure to follow Takko Lacquer on Twitter and Instagram!

 

 

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