Igor Says: This Is Halloween

Hello hello! Today I have my first Halloween mani of 2014 to share with you! I started out with a base of Different Dimension This Is Halloween, a dusty dark purple linear holo from the October 2014 Llarowe A Box, Indied. I then layered on Enchanted Polish Igor, a festive mix of green, purple, orange, black and white glitter.

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 Love this mani! The two polishes go great together. A great one to kick off Halloween 2014!🎃

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You can find more out about Different Dimension at their Facebook or website~
You can find more out about Enchanted Polish at their Facebook or website~

Have a wonderful day!💗

Influenster Keurig 2.0 VoxBox Review

Hello friends! It's been a few months seen I had an Influester VoxBox to share with you, but today I've got an especially cool one! Recently I was sent the brand new Keurig 2.0 to try out and review! I am sure most of you are already at least aware of what Keurigs are, but basically they are coffee brewers in which you use single-serving K-cups to brew all sorts of different types of coffee easily. You can also brew other sorts of hot drinks (with the right K-cup, of course): hot chocolate, apple cider, tea, and probably more! I already had a Keurig before this actually (and was totally obsessed with it, lol) - so let's see what makes the 2.0 so new and different!

The main difference from the original Keurig to the 2.0 is of course that it now can brew K-carafes instead of just K-cups! The machine comes with a carafe (see in the bottom right of pic above) that you just stick under the brewer like a coffee cup, use a K-carafe pod, and it will make a pot of coffee with 3-5 cups! (You select on the super cool touchscreen how much you want to make).

size difference of K-carafe vs. K-cup

Unfortunately, there is another main difference that bothered me quite a bit when I first discovered it. The Keurig 2.0 uses DRM technology in the labels. This is so that the machine can read the label to match the best brewing settings for each individual drink. HOWEVER, it also means that any coffee pod that does not have that DRM tech in the label won't work with the machine at all - it won't brew it (this includes both unofficial, non-Keurig pods, as well as old, pre-2.0 K-cups). Since I already had a Keurig (and with it, a LOT of official K-cups) I ended up with a bunch of pods that became unusable to me in my new machine :\ I ended up giving my old machine to my sister (and with it all the old pods) but it still was kind of annoying when I realized this.

K-carafe, new K-cup, old K-cup (must have "Keurig Brewed"
ring around cup to work in 2.0)

Anyway, other than those, here are a few observations I have about the new 2.0:

Pros
- Quite a few K-cups and K-carafes are included with the machine! (see below pic)
- The water tank lights up! You can pick blue, red, or green, I believe. A little silly but exciting :)
- You can brew plain hot water by just opening and closing the pod-holder without inserting a pod.
- The touch screen is pretty cool :)

all the K-cups/carafes included with the machine - it's a lot!

Cons
- Again, the DRM preventing use of old K-cups. Kind of a bummer.
- The water purifier that goes in the water tank was difficult to assemble. I had to get help, lol.
- I can't seem to make the hot water function work - it says it makes 6oz, but I usually can only get 2-3oz out (typically has old coffee grounds in it too, no matter how many 'cleaning cycles' I do).

Anyway, overall it is a pretty cool machine. Someone new to Keurig would not be bothered about not being able to use old K-cups obviously - and I have gotten over it at this point (helps that I had something to do with them besides just tossing them - I guess I could have just kept both machines on my counter til I used them up, but it's not like I have an abundance of counter space) but I thought it was very important to share this observation here, since it was not something I had initially realized myself.

If you are interested in learning more about the Keurig 2.0, check out their website or Facebook for more info!

Have a lovely day! ♥
 

~These product(s) were provided for an honest review by me from Influenster~

Lynnderella Happy Birthstar! aka Happy Birthday to me!

Hello all! Quick post today - just wanted to share with you guys my birthday mani, because my birthday was yesterday!! It has been tradition for me the past few years to do a birthday-themed polish for my birthday mani, and this year was no exception :) I first started out with 3 coats of Bear Pawlish See You Next Tuesday, a purple-y fuschia holo, and then added on Lynnderella Happy Birthstar!, a lovely mix of pink/red/silver holo glitters with a shimmery purplish base. Take a look!

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So pretty! I loved this mani :) it was a perfect pretty pink for this pink lover's birthday! And already excited for next year's birthday mani!

If you'd like to check out Bear Pawlish visit their Facebook and website~
If you'd like to check out Lynnderella visit their blog, Storenvy, and store~

Have a lovely day! ♥

I'm Obsessed With Doctor Who Polish

Hello friends! No point in wasting anyone's time with a paragraph on how long it has been since I last posted (but of course it has been a ridiculously long time). So instead let's just get on to the pretties!

left to right, up to down: Digital Nails Fantastic!/Allons-y+Pahlish The Clock Strikes
Twelve; Smitten Polish Her Name Was Rose+Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer Is That a
Technical Term, Jiggery Pokery?; Spellbound Nails Leave The Brakes On

All of which, as you may have guessed from the title) are polishes inspired by Doctor Who, which is the greatest thing in the world, of course (no room for discussion there, it just is). Since season 8 started a couple weeks ago, I have been in even more of a Whovian groove than usual -- rewatching the new series properly all the way through (even though I am always watching episodes here and there) and actually using some of the dozens of Doctor-inspired polish that I obsessively hoard. Yay for using untrieds!

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First up is a gradient mani using a base of 2 coats of Digital Nails Fantastic!, a dark slate gray creme with bits of graphite mixed in (cool!) which is of course to represent the equally cool Ninth Doctor. I then sponged Digital Nails Allons-y! (Ten♥) a charcoal holo with gold shimmer, on the tips. I finally dabbed a little Pahlish The Clock Is Striking Twelve, a gray and black holo glitter, on the middle of the nail. That is three polishes, three doctors, 1 mani! If only I could have worked a Matt Smith (
♥♥♥) polish in there... (like Digital Nails Geronimo! -- will save that for another post)

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Next up is a mani I wore this weekend actually, while I was rewatching season 2 - specifically the last episodes of season 2 ;__; We'll call this my "Tribute to Rose Tyler" mani, since both polishes used were inspired by her. I started out with two coats of Smitten Polish Her Name Was Rose, a rosy (duh) pink holo microglitter. I then used Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer Is that a Technical Term, Jiggery Pokery? a mix of pink and silver glitters in a sheer pink jelly base.

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Lastly is the polish I wore to celebrate the start of Season 8 two weeks ago. Instead of being inspired by one of the Doctor's regenerations or companions, it is inspired by none other than the TARDIS herself! Spellbound Nails Leave The Brakes On is a delightfully vibrant bright TARDIS blue holo - I think I used two coats here. 

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I found an excellent GIF of River telling the Doctor he shouldn't
leave the brakes on, but it was a bit *spoilery* so have
a wink instead ;) just steer clear of her hallucinogenic lipstick!

Anyway, this was the most fun I've had writing about polish in forever, what with all the GIFs, so don't be surprised if you find another post full of Doctor Who pretties soon! Til next time~

...who is cutting onions in here? ;____________;

You can find Digital Nails at Etsy or on their Facebook~
You can find Spellbound Nails at their website or on their Facebook~
You can find Pahlish at their website or Facebook~
You can find Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer at their website or Facebook~
You can find Smitten Polish at their website or Facebook~

Because there was a disturbing lack of Eleven in this post.
I'm done now, I promise.

Have a FANTASTIC day!♥♥

Colors by Llarowe Melon Wine, Holo-fied

Hello friends! It is absurdly late right now so I will make this post quick and get down to the point: Colors by Llarowe Melon Wine is the definitive, be-all-end-all summer polish. It is is a neon coral shimmah with major pink flash. It goes on flawlessly in 2 coats, and screams beach+fluffy tropical cocktails+fun in the sun (fitting, since I wore it for it for the majority of my vacation in Hawaii earlier this summer, in which I enjoyed all of those three things in abundance). As if its fantastic punch of color wasn't enough, layering on a coat of Enchanted Polish Djinn in a Bottle to give it a little holo shine kicks it into high gear. Seriously, take a look.

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Omg, it's magic, isn't it? I have probably near 2000 polishes (guesstimate, haven't counted since 1200 and frankly a bit afraid to) but I could legit be happy wearing this combo only for the rest of forever. I kinda need to go put it on, like, five minutes ago, after looking at my pics again...

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You can find Enchanted Polish at their website and Facebook~
To check out Colors by Llarowe check out the site and Facebook~
Neither of these babies is in stock right now, but try Storenvy/Facebook sale groups -- or just throw any holo topcoat on top of a neon (neon shimmer is a bonus!) - I promise you won't be able to keep yourself from staring at it! All. day. long.

Have a super day! ♥