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!
Howdy, everyone! I hope this Monday evening finds you well. I received some pretty spectacular nail mail over the weekend and I'm expecting yet more this week. Oh, internet sales, you are a blessing and a curse (to my bank account)! Anyway, today I have 2 polishes to show you from Above the Curve Nail Polish. ATC is a brand I've had my eye on for awhile and they had a sale last week, so I decided it was high time to give them a shot. I must say, I'm very happy that I did! This post will be a little more picture heavy than most of mine because I just love these polishes so much, I had to show 'em off! Here we go!
**All products were purchased by myself and all views and opinions are my own**
Meet Achy Break-y, a stunning glitter bomb chock full of red holographic, red and purple hex glitters in a fuchsia jelly base. I could not stop staring at this beauty and was sad to have to take it off at all. Application was great, this is 3 thin coats and opacity was good. You could run this over a red or black base if you wanted to use less of AB, although I can't see why you would!
My camera didn't really want to capture this one very well and it's showing up a bit more red here than it actually is. AB has much more of a fuchsia color to it IRL.
You can see some of the holographic sparkle in the above photo. It was that exact sparkle that got me wondering how it would look mattified...so I did it:
As you can see, it looks pretty fantastic all matte-ed out. There is just something about matte glitter that makes my heart sing...*sigh*
Ok, as much as I hate to leave Achy Break-y, let's move on to the second lovely I got this weekend. I am a complete sucker for a white crelly with pretty much any sort of glitter in it...I mean, what's not to like?! That said, I give you Oh, the Places You'll Go!
**All products were purchased by myself and all views and opinions are my own**
As you can tell from the name, this is a Dr. Suess inspired polish. Just check out the book of same name and you'll see exactly where the color combo comes from.
OTPYG is a lovely white crelly (creme/jelly for those who don't know the term) with pastel blue, pink, yellow and purple hex glitter and purple micro glitter. It is the perfect polish for spring; soft, pretty and sweet!
The above photo shows the glitter a bit better. Application again was great, no dragging or balding and the glitter applied easily. I actually used 4-5 coats here because I love the depth you get with the layers of glitter. You could definitely apply this over an opaque white polish to use fewer coats.
And, because I can never leave well enough alone, here are a few shots of OTPYG with a matte top coat as well. I actually really like this version as well, it gives the polish a boost of sophistication.
So there you have it! You can find Above the Curve on Big Cartel and Etsy. The Big Cartel sale is still going on and most of their polishes are $6...which is a fantastic price! Additionally, $1 from each bottle sold goes to Shriners Hospitals for Children, so you're not just feeding your habit, you're supporting a good cause. I love it when those things combine lol
**All products were purchased by myself and all views and opinions are my own**
As always, thanks so much for reading!
