*Unsolicited review. Gothic Gala Lacquers Smooth Me Over provided for separate unbiased review. All other products purchased by me.*
Hey there! It's been a few weeks since I managed to get a Try It On Tuesday post done, but with all the polishes I snagged with the holiday sales, I better get back on the bandwagon cuz my untrieds bin is overflowing again! I'm loving the polish I picked for today's post...give a look!
Ametrine from LynBDesigns is part of her Gem Show collection inspired by semi-precious stones. If you're unfamiliar with the real life stone ametrine, it's a combination of amethyst and citrine. I'm not sure how it forms but it is a lovely stone with purple, amber, and yellow tones. Jenna has done a great job recreating the colors in this polish!
Ametrine is a squishy purple jelly base with bunches of large lavender holographic dots, gold hexes in three sizes, bright purple hexes, and small lavender hexes. The glitter mix is gorgeous and this baby is chock-full! And I had no issues getting the glitters out of the bottle. In fact, the large dots practically overwhelmed this mani, I got so many of them each time I dipped lol She's a stunner of a polish! I'm wearing 3 coats here with one coat of Gothic Gala Lacquers Smooth Me Over top coat and one coat of Seche Vite. You will want a smoothing top coat with Ametrine, she's a little bumpy but totally worth the extra work!
*Unsolicited review. Gothic Gala Lacquers Smooth Me Over
provided for separate unbiased review. All other products purchased by
me.*
Ametrine is currently available on LynBDesigns' Etsy shop and retails for $8.00 for a full size 15ml bottle. Jenna has some awesome fandom collections and her holos are gorgeous! Be sure to follow LBD on Facebook to keep up with new releases, updates, and she always has fantastic sales...you won't want to miss them! Thanks so much for reading!
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Friday, July 26, 2013
Emily de Molly's Oceanic Forces
Hi there! Is everyone as ready for the weekend as I am? It's been a long week and I'm so glad it's finally Friday. Plus, I got my Llarowe order yesterday. What was in that order, you ask? Only the 2 lemmings that complete my trifecta of lemmingness! Emily de Molly's Oceanic Forces AND Dark Forces (I already own Cosmic Forces and you can see my swatches of it here)! You really should have witnessed my victory jig when I got my confirmation email...it was awkward lol
I'm showing you Oceanic Forces today and Dark Forces will come in a few days. Ok guys, I'm really not gonna type a lot here, but let the photos speak for themselves...cuz they speak volumes of awesomeness!
If you're unfamiliar with Oceanic Forces, it's a deep teal jelly with large holographic teal dots and two sizes of holographic teal hexes. The formula here is damn near flawless, opaque in 2 coats although I'm wearing 3 here because I always want MORE DOTS! Said dots were easily fish-able after turning the bottle upside for a bit.
Gah! Seriously, I'm so thrilled to own this polish! The depth and the sparkle and the color...Oh. Em. Gee. the color! My advice to you is to never pass Oceanic Forces up if you see it anywhere. It retails for $13 on Llarowe's site and, if you live in Australia (or know someone who's willing to ship internationally from Down Under), you can purchase from Emily de Molly's Etsy store where full size bottles will run you between $5.69 to $10.44. EdM does not ship internationally at the moment, but maybe you've got a good Aussie hook up...if you do, I envy you!
Thanks so much for reading!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Glitter Guilty: In a Roundabout Way or OMG! Look at the dots!! Happy Birthday to Me!
Ok, folks, have I got some loveliness for you today! I'm so excited about this polish...it's so yummy! I found Glitter Guilty via facebook (I'm guessing from one of the many giveaways I enter weekly) and immediately fell in love with In a Roundabout Way. Take a quick peek and I think you'll see why.
In a Roundabout Way is a teal-ish blue jelly completely packed with fuschia, pink, purple, holographic silver, green and blue dots in 2 sizes and liberally sprinkled with fine holographic silver as well. If you don't own this polish, you should look into remedying that shortly. Trust me, you NEED this one!
I mean, LOOK AT IT!! It's squishy and sparkly and full of dots! Plus it's blue. That pretty much covers all my check list items. I used 5 coats here with no undies but, if you're not a crazy person like me, you could definitely layer this over many different colors. Even using that many coats, I had no application problems. The formula was perfect, dried quickly and I really did not have to fish for the larger glitters at all, probably because there are just so many of them in there!
Glitter Guilty is a new indie brand to me and I've got to say, if all her polishes apply like this one, she's climbing my list of favorites. It's always exciting to try something new that turns out to be so fabulous! At $8 for a full size bottle, they're not only fabulous but totally affordable as well. You can stay up to date on promotions and new products on Glitter Guilty's Facebook page.
Don't forget to enter my Birthdanniversary Giveaway...the last day is tomorrow (July 18th)! Today was actually my birthday and I had a pretty nice one. Lots of birthday love from my family, friends, and facebook lol I hope you all had a lovely Wednesday, even if it wasn't your birthday ;) Thanks so much for reading!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
KBShimmer's Totally Tubular
I'd like to extend a big "hello" to all my new readers (and a fond "howdy" to those of you who've been in it for the long haul!). I do hope you'll stick around for awhile! To that end, I do have a bit of bribery to lure you in. Because of the great response to my Birthdanniversary Giveaway , Over the Top Coat now has more than 100 followers on Blogger...this means I'll be doing another giveaway! I'm hoping to have it organized by the end of the month, so if you don't win a prize in my current giveaway (accepting entries through July 18th), stick around to see what goodies I'll throw your way in a couple of weeks!
Ok, ok, on to the polish! KBShimmer is a fantastic indie brand that I'm sure many of you are familiar with. I don't own too many of them (too many lovelies, too little budget), but I couldn't resist snagging a mini bottle of Totally Tubular when I saw it in the sale section of her website. I'm a sucker for a good deal...and dots. Always the dots!
Totally Tubular is a beautiful turquoise-y teal crelly base with fuschia, aqua, and royal blue dots and micro glitter. The color combination here is superb. I could not stop staring at my nails all day! The blue in this polish is so perfectly summer!
I actually layered 2 coats of Totally Tubular over 2 coats of China Glaze Sunday Funday for this manicure, mostly because I was too lazy to take off a previous mani and didn't want it to show through. I'm certain TT would build up nicely on its own; the crelly was a nice consistency, not too sheer and not too thick. Application overall was a dream...I'm a bit sad that I decided on the mini instead of the full size lol
Do you guys own any KBShimmer polishes? What do you think of them?
Thanks so much for reading!
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Different Dimension's Money
Hiya, folks! How's your day? It's been pretty good for me. It's amazing how a really good, hard work day can make you feel accomplished...especially when it means you get a 3-day weekend! Yep, today turned out to be my Friday, yay!
Anyway, I have a fun polish to show you! Different Dimension had a sale a couple of weeks ago to celebrate her impending (and, I'm positive, much deserved) vacation. I couldn't resist grabbing a few polishes, so here's a swatch of one of the ones I picked up!
Meet Money. Money is part of DD's Echoes collection, inspired by Pink Floyd songs. I pretty much love everything in the collection and once I saw Money's dots, I knew she would be mine! A white crelly chock full of holographic squares, gold and neon green hexes, small teal dots, and large teal, black AND holographic dots, this beauty made my heart go pitter-pat at first glance.
Look at all that dotty goodness! I love the color combination and the formula was flawless. Missi Barry, DD's maker, warns that the large dots might give some difficulty but I had no issues at all. I turned the bottle upside down between coats and those larger dots just jumped right to the brush and from there to my nails. I used 3-4 coats here, but you could definitely wear it over a white base for a faster payoff. I love the depth in these types of polishes, so I'm usually happy to work up the opacity.
If you get a chance, you should definitely give Different Dimension polishes a try. I've loved everything I've tried so far!
Thanks so much for reading!
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Emily de Molly's Cosmic Forces
Howdy, everyone! We're back around to Monday already, did everyone get some relaxation in this weekend? It was in short supply for me as we've come to festival season here in Chicago. My employer, Dana Reed Designs, does a few of the shows every summer and last weekend, I helped her work the booth both Saturday and Sunday. It's fun, but it sure wears me out!
Anyway, on to the important topic here, nail polish! I was lucky enough to snag a bottle of Emily de Molly's Cosmic Forces during last week's Llarowe restock. I missed it on the early restock, but managed to nab it in the evening one. I really wanted Oceanic Forces as well, but either she didn't do a restock on it or I just missed it both times. In any case, I got the bottle a couple of days ago and am just now getting my post up about it. Without further ado, on to the pictures!
CF is a dark purple jelly packed with lavender and fuchsia micro glitter, lavender hexes, fuchsia dots and large lavender holo dots. This polish definitely lives up to all the lip (blog post) service that I've read over the last few months. It's simply stunning!
I didn't have any trouble with application, this is 3 thin coats. I did have to fish a bit at first for the larger dots but, after the first coat, I turned the bottle upside down between coats and I had no issues after that. All the glitter laid flat on my nails and 2 coats of Seche Vite was enough to smooth out any bumpiness.
I wish I could have gotten a better shot of the depths of CF on my nails, but my camera just wouldn't cooperate. Above is a macro of the bottle so you can get an idea of the depth here. Cosmic Forces really is worth every penny...so, so pretty! Even my boyfriend said "Wow! That's got so much depth!" when I showed him my swatch.
Thanks so much for reading and stop back by for my next ABC Challenge post coming up (hopefully!) tomorrow!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Stay Behind, Catch A Wave from Elevation Polish
Howdy, everyone! I hope all of you in the Midwest are doing alright with the crazy weather we've been having lately. Seems like it's going to be a bumpy weekend, kind of a bummer given that I'm supposed to help my employer out with an outdoor show. Keep your well manicured fingers crossed that we don't get blown away tomorrow!
Anyway, on to the polish! As I mentioned in my last post, I went a little overboard on the polish shopping last weekend. Add to that the fact that I not only grabbed four Different Dimension polishes today (sale notice! Use coupon code DISNEYBOUND at checkout to save 20% on your whole order thru 5/31!), but I also managed to snag a little bottle of polish by Emily de Molly called Cosmic Forces (oh, yeah! I got one...cue happy dance!) and I shan't be buying anything new for awhile. Fortunately, I have a ton of new stuff to show you until my "no buy" wears off.
One of these new lovelies is a lemming of mine. I tried to get in on the 40% off Cirque sale last week, but I didn't have extra cash until Friday and by then, all the colors I wanted were long gone. To console myself, I decided to check out Elevation Polish's site to see if I could finally grab a bottle of Stay Behind, Catch A Wave. The Polish Gods must have felt bad about the lack of Cirque and so graced me with an available bottle of SBCAW and I have it to show you today!
I first saw this polish on The PolishAholic a few of months ago. The second I saw it, I knew it must be mine. In fact, SBCAW is solely responsible for my "dot" glitter obsession. I just have to have all the dots...ALL the dots! Ok, ok, back to this manicure.
What I've done here is pretty simple; I started with 3 coats of O.P.I.'s My Vampire is Buff (a fantastic polish in its own right) and topped it with 2 coats of SBCAW. SBCAW has tons of dots to satisfy my cravings! Large and small, five kinds to be exact, in teal, white, and blue. It also has iridescent hexes and holographic micro glitter in teal and green. Elevation's website says that all of this glittery goodness comes in a slightly blue tinted base, but my bottle's base polish looks pretty clear and I didn't notice any color change in my base polish on my mani, so I'm not sure about that bit. What I do know without a doubt is that this polish was worth every penny I paid for it! The formula is great, no dragging or digging for the larger glitters. I used 2 coats of Seche Vite to smooth things out, which worked well.
How do you feel about the dots? Any recommendations on circular glitter polishes? Thanks so much for reading!
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
ABC Challenge: N
Howdy, everyone! I am so excited about today's ABC Challenge post, I can hardly stand it! I've been waiting on some nail mail, I'd hoped it would show up yesterday because I like to my Challenge posts the night before if I can. USPS disappointed me (yet again) and it didn't show up until today, but lemme tell ya, I am so glad I waited! This week's letter is "N" and, as my name starts with that letter, I knew I had to do it up right. I also like to get a few letter-related themes going so let's try this one on for size:
This is my "N"ew "N"ail Pattern Boldness "N"ude jelly sandwich...how'd I do?? I am pleased as punch to have this beauty in my stash! I've been eying NPB polishes for awhile now and finally decided I had to have some for my "N" post. So, not only is it a new polish for me, it's a whole new brand for me and I'm in love!
Meet Sir Cumference And The Quadrilaterals. He's a lovely glitter bomb chock full of turquoise, pink and fuchsia dots in two sizes and white squares in two sizes as well. Sir sits in a lovely clear base which was a delight to apply, nothing gloppy or thick and the glitters went on super easy.
I decided to use Sir in a jelly sandwich with 2% Milk by Wet 'n' Wild. I started with 2 coats of 2%, followed by 2 coats of Sir and topped with another coat of 2%. I cannot stop looking at my nails, and you know you've got a great mani when ALL the photos you take of it just sing!
I mean, look at it! LOOK! AT! IT! The downside is that this is my first dot glitter and, much as I feared, I'm in love with those little circles and must now own all the circles. Any polish made with dot glitter must be mine, it's just a fact of life *sigh*
So, aside from the major hit to my wallet that is in my near future, Nail Pattern Boldness is fabulous and I will definitely be ordering more from Allison as soon as I've got the wiggle room in my budget to do so.
In other news, my Sinful Colors giveaway has ended and I'll throw a quick post announcing the winners up tonight, so be on the lookout to see if you've won!
Please take a minute to check out all the other lovely ladies participating in the ABC Challenge. They're all so talented and sweet! You can find them via the thumbnails below. Thanks so much for reading!
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