Merry Christmas Eve! Lots of Holiday Manis

 Merry Christmas Eve! I have been very busy the past few weeks (first with finals, then with family and festivities and such) so I haven't gotten a chance to post all my Christmas manis - so here are some now!

First up is Chaos & Crocodiles There's Magic in the Air, a bright blue holo with a silvery sheen, from the December Sweet Addictions box. I layered Elevation Polish SBP Peteroa, a mix of various blue and silver glitters, over it. These two went together perfectly - so pretty! I am in love with this C&C.

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Next up is Different Dimension Why Am I Such A Misfit?, a white crelly packed with various pink, blue, yellow and purple glitters. Very cute! I am a sucker for white crellies with rainbow-y glitter, so I loved this one.

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 Next up is KB Shimmer Sugar Plum Faerie, a warm purple base with various purple, pink, and green glitters. Very pretty!

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 Next is Lynnderella Sugar and Ice, a mix of various red, white, green, and a few pink glitters in a sheer white crelly base. I layered it over Essie Marshmallow to help with opacity. Love this one, so Christmassy!

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 Last up is Pahlish Ruby Red Wrapping, a bright pink-leaning ruby red holo. I layered Lynnderella One Nutty Fruitcake, a mix of rainbow and black square glitters, over it. Love this combo!

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You can find Chaos & Crocodiles at their website and Facebook~
You can find Different Dimension at their Facebook or website~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find KB Shimmer at their store or Facebook~
You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~
You can find Pahlish at their website or Facebook~

Have a wonderful day! ♥ 

Penguin Nails!

Hello! Today I have an adorable nail art mani to share with you :) I started out with a base of 3 coats of Ellagee The Only Water in The Forest, a pale turqouise-y blue with pink shimmer. I then used Elevation Polish Wagagai, a creamy vanilla with multicolor shimmer for the dots and the penguin's body. Finally, I used KB Shimmer Turbulence, a dark slate gray with pink and blue shimmery flakes for the eyes, and Orly Cheeky, an orange-y peach shimmer, for the feet and beak.

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yes, I will find a gif for every Doctor Who polish I blog!

I wore this mani for my nephew's 1st birthday party - I thought it fit the theme of baby boy birthday party perfectly :) So so cute! And ridiculously easy too - I will be doing penguin manis again!

You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find Ellagee at their Facebook or website~

Have the bestest day ever! ♥

Yay Christmas! Lynnderella, Chaos & Crocodiles, & Girly Bits

Hello friends! Today I have a few Christmas manis to share with you! I have so. many. Christmas polishes to show this year, so look forward to more :)

left to right, up to down: Chaos & Crocodiles, Lynnderella Diamonds in Her
Stocking, Lynnderella Rad Red Party Dress

First up is Chaos & Crocodiles Oblizzerated, a mix of blue and silver glitters. I layered it over Girly Bits A Twinkle in Time, a silvery holo with blue glitter accents, from the December Box Indied. So pretty and wintry!

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Next up is Lynnderella Diamonds in Her Stocking, a mix of various colors of diamond glitters and silver holo microglitter. I layered it over Elevation Polish Purple Queen Anthias, a shimmery magenta. So pretty! This glitter reminds me of a super girly argyle Christmas sweater.

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Last is Lynnderella Rad Red Party Dress, a red microglitter with red glitter accents in various shapes. I layered it over a Different Dimension Walking in a Winter Indieland, a red holo, but I think it might be able to get opaque on its own - none of the base color shows through the glitter. So festive!

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You can find Chaos & Crocodiles at their website and Facebook~
You can find Different Dimension at their Facebook or website~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find Girly Bits at their website and Facebook~
You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~

Have a fantabulous day! ♥

NOTD: Smitten Himalayan Blue Poppy + Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch A Wave

Hello! Today I have a lovely Smitten Polish to share with you. Himalayan Blue Poppy is a magical electric aqua blue holo. I love this polish so much! Great formula! I used three coats here. To add a little extra sparkle,  I used Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch A Wave, a mix of various blue and silver dots, on the tips. Check it out!

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You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find Smitten Polish at their website or Facebook~ 

Have a fantabulous day!♥

Happy November 1st~ Last Halloween Hurrah!

Hello friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween yesterday :) I didn't get around to my last Halloween post last night, so I will share with you today!

First up is KB Shimmer Kiss & Spell, a fun mix of orange, black, neon yellow, and purple glitters in a clear base. I layered it over OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm and Elevation Polish Mt. McKinley. Love this combo!
 

Next up is Lynnderella Do Not Drink, a magical fragical fuschia microglitter, with Lynnderella Vampink layered on top. So sparkly!

 Last up is Dollish Polish Zombies Eat Brains... You're Safe, a black base with gold/copper glitter and shimmer. I layered it over a black creme. Love the name of this one, lol.

You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~
You can find Dollish Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find KB Shimmer at their store or Facebook~

Have a wonderful day! ♥ 

Hurray for Halloween! Part Two

Hello hello! So it should be pretty obvious by this point that I am totally obsessed with Halloween polish. So, today I will share even more with you :)

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First up is Pahlish Caramel Apple Orchard, a lovely candle apple red holo, with Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire, a mix of red, black and burgundy glitters, layered on top. I love this mani! Always fun to get to reuse a polish in a totally different way :)

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 Next up is Dollish Polish The Witching Hour, a magical blackened green holo, with Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz, a mix of orange, black and green glitters, layered on top. I am seriously in love with TWH - so deep and dark and sparkly, yum!

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 Last up is Dollish Polish The Curse Of Michael Myers, a mix of orange and yellow glitters, layered over Elevation Polish Aconcagua, an orange jelly holo, and Colors by Llarowe Black Gold, Texas Tea, the original jelly true black holo version. Very Halloween-y!

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You can find more out about Enchanted Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find Pahlish at their website or Facebook~
You can find Colors by Llarowe at the site and Facebook~
You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~
You can find Dollish Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~

Have a magical day! ♥

Elevation Polish SBP Luoxia Valley

Hello friends! I have lots of swatches in the works for you, but I am beat tonight so just a quick post will have to do. I recently participated in my first restock trying for the limited edition SBPs (small batch prototypes) over at Elevation Polish, and I was lucky enough to snag a couple (!!) one of which I will be sharing with you tonight. Luoxia Valley is a fuschia linear holograhic packed with multicolor microglitter. It looks pinkish in the bottle but leaned super purple on me -- which is fine, because pinky purple just so happens to be one of my favorite shades! Take a look.

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So pretty! I just love how the microglitter pops in the shade! Formula was fantastic, but I would expect no less from Lulu -- I used 3 coats + 1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top for my pictures, though I did add another topcoat a day later because of the added texture from the microglitter. Overall I am thrilled with my first SBP and definitely can't wait to try my hand at the next round ( gotta love the rush of those high-demand restocks, lol).

To check out Elevation Polish be sure to visit their website~

Have a wonderful day! ♥

Happy (6th..) of July!

Hello friends! I hope all my American readers had a lovely holiday weekend. I have been so busy with family, fun, and festivities that I didn't get a chance to post my manis -- but better late than never!

At the beginning of the week, when I was first feeling in a 4th-y mood, I did a skittles mani with 2 coats each of Elevation Polish Bohai Sea, a deep sky blue creme holo, Enchanted Polish Stay Classy, San Diego, a pinkish red creme holo, and Lilypad Lacquer In the Milkyway, a whitish creme holo. I then topped it all off with Lumina Lacquer Young Americans 2.0, a red, white and blue glitter bomb! This was super fun - a great way to kick off July!

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For the actual day, I wanted to try some fancy firework nail art. I started with Aly's Dream Polish Patriotic Blue, a blue scatter holo with glitter, Colors by Llarowe Bea Stings, a pinky red glittery holo, and China Glaze Glistening Snow, a silver holo microglitter. I then used Bea Stings and Patriotic Blue to paint on a firework design (I used my dotting tool like I do for all nail art, because nail art brushes and I don't really get along very well) and put tiny star rhinestones in the center of each firework. I finally topped everything off with Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond, a silver holo microglitter topcoat.

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I really liked both of these manis! The glitter for the first one was the absolute perfect 4th of July glitter, and blended really well with all base colors without clashing or blending in to any of them too much. And I love trying new nail art designs, so the fireworks were really fun, even if they didn't turn out as great as I was hoping they would, lol. But I got lots of compliments on both and I definitely felt patriotic, so mission accomplished!

If you'd like to check out Aly's Dream Polish, be sure to visit their Facebook and website~
If you'd like to check out Elevation Polish, be sure to visit their website~
If you'd like to check out Enchanted Polish, be sure to visit their Facebook and website~
If you'd like to check out Colors by Llarowe, be sure to visit their Facebook and website~
If you'd like to check out Lilypad Lacquer, be sure to visit their Facebook and website~
If you'd like to check out Lumina Lacquer, be sure to visit their Facebook and website~

Have a fantastic day! ♥

Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch a Wave + Layla Softouch Effect 09 Aqua Zen

Hello hello! I have a combo for you today that I really adored while I wore it. A couple weeks before spring semester was over I had to give a big scary presentation for my Consumer Behavior class, suit and all. At the time, I didn't have a suit, so I had to scramble to find something online, shirt and shoes and all. I was a bit accessory-less and feeling a little drab (especially since everything ended up far too big on me, the joys of online shopping) until I realized I had the best accessories of all right at my fingertips :) I decided to match a pretty mani to the turquoise leopard print top I got. I started out with Layla Softouch Effect 09 Aqua Zen, a lovely aqua creme that dries with a satiny finish. I topped it off with Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch a Wave, a slightly blue-tinted base full of aqua small and big dots and silvery-gold small dots and microglitter. I then matte-ified with China Glaze Matte Magic to restore the mani to Aqua Zen's original finish.  Take a look:

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
2 coats Layla Softouch Effects 09 Aqua Zen
1 coat Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch a Wave
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly on Top

I love love loved this mani, wore it for almost 4 days! Such a vibrant, pretty color, and I just love the effect matte topcoats has on shiny glitters and how they subtly shine through it, so lovely :) And it ended up looking perfect with my otherwise total-miss outfit, so hurray for that!

You can find Elevation Polish at their Etsy, Bigcartel, and be sure to check the blog for updates~

Have a wonderful day! ♥