Hello, Readers! If there are, indeed, any of you left. An explanation for my absence is warranted, I know. I don't really have a good one. Certainly, work has been busy but not so much that I haven't been painting my nails at all. I think that mostly I've just worn myself out. I love nail polish and I love blogging, but it's actually quite hard work. Many people may not believe that but it's true. Blogging is a time-consuming process and nail painting even more so. I've just gotten burned out lately. So I can't promise that I'll be back to posting as much as I was, but I'm working on it. Above all, this venture should be fun and it was getting to the point where it was just stressful. I've taken a little break and I'm hoping to get back in the groove, so don't count me out just yet!
Today I'm going to show you all a Christmas polish. Yes, I know. It's either a little late or a lot early, but it's my very first Ruby White Tips polish, a brand I regularly drool over on Facbook and Etsy, so I really had to show it off! I actually won this in a giveaway from RWT and although I received it long before Christmas, I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
Christmas Balls is a pink to gold shimmer base with cheery red and gold dot and square glitters, topped off with a holographic sparkle. After I put this on, I realized that despite the name, CB qualifies as a pretty Valentine's Day polish as well. The pink shimmer is much more pronounced in real life and with the red and gold...well, it practially screams cupid!
CB has a lovely formula with a smooth application. I'm wearing 3 coats here with a coat of Seche Vite on top and there is some visible nail line so I wouldn't expect complete opacity here. If you'd like a more opaque look, you can layer this over white or any other color that strikes your fancy. The glitter does settle a bit but turning the bottle upside down for a few moments before application will solve that issue. The one coat of SV was enough to smooth out any bumpiness from the glitter.
*RWT polish won in a giveaway. Unsolicited review. All other products purchased by me.*
RWT still has Christmas Balls available (and the rest of their holiday collection) in their Etsy store for $9.75 for a full size bottle. RWT is also 5-free and vegan, which more and more folks are looking for these days. You can follow RWT on Facebook to keep informed about new products, sales and other relevant deets.
Thanks so much for reading!
This is really absolutely beautiful, I'm bewitched!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it just lovely?! Thanks so much, Cristina!
DeleteI love that Shimmer in there...I'm liking shimmer more lately than holo. And don't worry so much about not being out here - real life takes precedence...even over polish!
ReplyDeleteI know I shouldn't worry about it, but I feel like I was on a roll with the blog for a bit and now things are slowing down again. It's so much work to keep up with it. Some days I just feel like painting my nails and not taking pictures of them lol Thanks, Liz!
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