Category: Shimmer

Delush Polish – It Takes Two To Mango

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It’s time for another lovely Delushie from the Bombastic Summer Love Collection. This is It Takes Two To Mango, a delicious mango shade polish that is packed with shimmer. This is a very summer-y and feminine shade.

This is three thin coats of It Takes Two To Mango with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

It Takes Two To Mango applies perfectly and dries fast. You can see some brushstrokes on the photos but they are barely visible IRL. This is perfect to wear alone or layer over a darker color. I myself layered an awesome bright glitter polish over this but that is a story for another post.

You can find Delush Polish website here and you can also follow in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***All products used in this manicure were purchased by me.

Try it on Tuesday – OPI You Only Live Twice

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Hello again! Here’s, as promised, my second post of the day. The awesome Gini from Sassypaints has come up with an idea of  “Try it on Tuesday”.

 

Here’s how it works:

“If you have a blog and you want to create a post do it, if you can’t that week but still want to participate that’s ok too! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A BLOG! Post it on your Facebook fan page, IG account, Tumblr, Twitter, or personal Facebook, anywhere you wish! EVERYONE is welcome to join in! I want to interact with my followers, not only with my fellow bloggers but with ALL of my fellow polish lovers!

Once you have posted your manicure, of an untried polish from your stash, email me a photo with the name and brand of the polish you chose and the link to where ever you posted (if available). My email is sassypaints2012@gmail.com 

Then I will post all of the photos that were emailed to me that day, along with their links, in this photo album on my Facebook page! 

You can’t post one week? Don’t worry! This is a low pressure “challenge”. I just want to get around to using some of my untried polishes and I know there are lots of my fellow nail junkies who would like to do so as well!”

This is right down my alley so I joined right away :D If we do this once a week I’m set at least for a year, probably two LOL

So my first untried is OPI You Only Live Twice. This is three thin coats with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

I can’t believe this stunning red was sitting in my drawer untried. So pretty and sparkly! Application was good and my long nails needed three thin coats for an opaque result. Shorter nails can get away with two.

Delush Polish – Finding Mr. Bright

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It’s Mondaaaayyyyyy! I hope everyone gets a great start to their week :) Today I have a gorgeous Delush Polish pretty for you. This is Finding Mr. Bright from the new Bombastic Summer Love collection. This is very shimmery bright light green polish. I adore this shade and it’s just meant to be worn on a hot summer day!

This is three thin coats of Finding Mr. Bright and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Finding Mr. Bright applies really smoothly. Two coats was already opaque and the third coat created a perfect finish. I totally love this polish and can’t wait to try out the other Delushies I got from this same collection.

You can find Delush Polish website here and you can also follow in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***All products used in this manicure were purchased by me.

ABC Challenge – Y is for yellow

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Only one day late this time :D Hopefully I get the last ABC post up in time next week. Wow, I just can’t believe we are almost done with this challenge. I’d be super upset if we didn’t have another really cool one waiting for us in a near future. Our group is so much fun and I’ve got to know some amazing ladies along these few months :)

This Y week kinda sneaked up on me. I have been under an impression that I have plenty of Y polishes and I’m covered for that. Now that the week is finally hear none of my Y polishes really called my name. Not even the untried ones. Bleh! So I decided to go with an oldie but goodie. Color Club Volt Of Light is the only well behaving yellow I own. It is very sheer though and requires at least three coats. But I don’t see that as a huge problem since it also applies really thin. This is a neon shade and dries semi-matte.

This is three coats of Color Club Volt Of Light with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Volt Of Light has a lot of fine green shimmer and it kinda reminds me of those neon yellow markers that you use to highlight parts of text in your school books. IRL this is screaming bright neon and really glows! This would also make a great base for some nail art. I’m just so busy with all the house stuff that I left it be and just enjoyed the super bright neon yellow on it’s own.

 

ABC Challenge – X is for Xixabangma

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My X post is late but better late than never :P The letter X seemed to be a problem for many. I already got one polish for this week quite a while ago and right after ordering that one I ran into this polish on Elevation Polish webstore. I mean it’s green, it has beautiful subtle shimmer and the name was really awesome so I just had to get it right away :D

This is two coats of Elevation Polish Xixabangma with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Xixabangma has a thick-ish formula that applies really well and is opaque in two coats. This might even be a one coater for shorter nails. Dry time was quick. I just love Elevation Polish. Gorgeous colors with really unique names. I need to get more of these in my life :)
Elevations Polish beauties can be bought from their webstore.

Delush Polish – Glamazon

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A little while ago I received my first order from Delush Polish indie brand. I got two polishes in that order. I have already shown you the gorgeous Opalesque and today I have Glamazon for you. This is very bright rasberry pink crelly with a lot of small glitter and beautiful shimmer. This color is quite sexy and glamorous! The last photo shows the beautiful multicolor/holographic shimmer this has.

This is two coats of Glamazon and two coats of G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Glamazon has a bit thick almost gel like formula. Application was smooth and easy though and two coats was enough for opaque results. This is a bit of a top coat eater so you might want to use a product like Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food or two generous coats of your favorite top coat to make sure you end up with a smooth result.
Delush Polish has an Etsy store and they ship internationally. You can also follow Delush Polish on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

Jindie Nails – Fantastical

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I just received the Jindie Nails Spring Chic collection and I’m so excited to show you guys these pretties! Here’s the first one of the six polishes in this collection, Fantastical. There’s so much going on glitter wise that I just use Jen’s own description of this polish: “Bright, pastel coral crelly (cream/jelly) with a mix of satin matte aqua hex and regular sized stars, metallic and holographic teal smaller sized stars, squares, hex and large dots, turquoise, green/gold iridescent hex, plus beautiful color shifting teal shimmer”.

 

This is truly unlike anything in my collection and the color combination is quite interesting. In the bottle this looks a little dull but on the nails, just wow! The crelly base color is so fresh and summer-y looking. This is a little bit on a thin side for a glitter bomb and application was just flawless. No need to fish for the glitter, even the stars came out easy. I did turn the bottle upside down for a bit before starting to use it. This was three coats but it was almost opaque already on two. Based on the bottle pics I didn’t expect to like this as much as I do. It’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised :) This is a perfect shade for my skin tone and will look awesome when my hands are a little tanned during summer.

For this mani I used: three thin coats of Fantastical, coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat.

I also have good news for those of you who don’t like the star shaped glitter in your polish. This will be available without the stars in a near future along with some other Jindie Nails shades.

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.



***This was sent for review

Enchanted Polish – Flamingo Freckles (Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive)

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Today I have another Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive polish for you, Enchanted Polish Flamingo Freckles. This one is so pretty, feminine and unique! I love it! On Mei Mei’s this is described as “A gorgeous hot pink jelly with scattered holo, iridescent flakes and glitters in hot orange, bubblegum pink, and tiny white color”. It just screams summer to me. Perfection in a bottle!

Flamingo Freckles applies nice and smooth. This is quite sheer so if you want 100% opaque result I suggest layering this on an opaque base color. I myself love squishy jellies so for me this is perfect on it’s own. On the photos I have two coats of Flamingo Freckles and a coat of HK Girl fast drying top coat.

This can be bought only from Mei Mei’s Signatures. Her store will be closed from 25th of April to 7th of May due to moving house and inventory check. For more information you should follow her FB page.

 

 

 

Essence – Top Of The Ice-stream

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I got my hands on the whole Essence Snow Jam collection earlier this year, thanks to lovely The Swatchaholic. This is actually the first polish out of the four I have taken swatch photos of. Top Of The Ice-stream is a sheer shimmery white with a hint of icy blue in it. I love this polish! I don’t think I can find another bottle so I’m almost afraid to use this in a fear of running out. It’s only a 8 ml bottle :/

Application was excellent and dry time was fast. This is a bit on the sheer side but I only used two coats on the photos below plus HK Girl top coat. So very pretty!

 

 

 

ABC Challenge – N is for No Way Jose

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Wow! It’s Wednesday again and already time for the letter N. Time just flies past so fast it blows my mind! For this week I chose another oldie but goodie, China Glaze No Way Jose. This is a very shimmery light purple shade. Very beautiful and just perfect for this time of the year. This one might be HTF nowadays but at least a while ago you could still find it from eBay.

On the photos I have three coats of No Way Jose and a coat of HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

Don’t forget to visit all the other lovely ladies on this challenge :)