KBShimmer Birthday Celebration, The Finale!

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Christy Rose, owner and creator of KBShimmer Bath and Body. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Christy, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!

The gorgeous colors I will share today to continue my celebration of KBShimmer's 5th Birthday are so bright you might wanna grab yo' shades!  I wasn't sure what to think of these two when I opened my review package from Christy Rose, creator of KBShimmer, but when I put them on I was super excited to show them off!

This first polish, Blinded by the Bright, is a super neon yellow crelly with a rainbow of different size and shape glitters!  I got sooooo many compliments on this one, you guys.  The more I stared at it the more I fell for it!  This is three thin coats to grab lots of glitter for layering. It also worked well with two but I couldn't help myself!  What do you think?

The yellow base seemed like it might overwhelm the glitter colors but it really wasn't too bad!  We all know Christy makes amazing polish so I dunno why I doubted.  LOL.  You will notice some of the glitters obviously have yellow polish over them, but it really adds to the depth and doesn't take away from the combo, in my opinion.

Next up is The Dancing Green!  I was really hoping to be blown away by this one because my favorite colors are purple and green.  While it isn't my favorite color by KBShimmer I have absolutely zero complaints about the formula, coverage, or amount of glitter in this crelly.  The green base is thinner than the yellow base and makes the glitters pop from every coat!  Christy says The Dancing Green "features fuchsia square glitters, chartreuse dots,  sapphire hex glitters and fuchsia dots.  A subtle micro shimmer completes this emerald colored polish."  Check it out!  This is three thin coats. 

These two colors are currently still available at www.kbshimmer.com.

My Birthday Nails

Hi, all!  So as ya may know my birthday was on the 25th and since I found out on my bday last year that I was preggers with E I was determined to go out this year!  I wanted to show you the fun nails that I made based off a design I found a long time ago by honeymunchkin.com.  I adore this mani and it was perfect with the gorgeous dress my sister bought me for my birthday outing!

I used Spoiled's Show Me Some Skin and Sally Hansen's Black Out to create my claw tape mani!  Isn't it fun?!

Here is the dress my sister bought for me:

I had always wanted something like this!!! Woo!

Also, here is my stunningly gorgeous sister A!  Hahaha she brought glow in the dark goodies and mustache finger tats for all the ladies who came.  Such fun ice breakers and pics came from this silly idea! Love you, A!!!

A Visit to the KBShimmer Circus!

Continuing with my Feature KBShimmer Month today!  I have an hour for lunch at my new job and of course, once again, I am sitting alllll alone!!!  I am not letting it get me down though because it's the ONLY time I am ever alone!  And it gives me time to blog!  ;)

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Christy Rose, owner and creator of KBShimmer Bath and Body. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Christy, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!

Today I have two lovely older colors from a collection by Christy that was inspired by the circus. These two colors are currently still available at www.kbshimmer.com but are going fast!

First up is a color that was on my good ol' wish list for a long time!  Elle is a sheer, pale grey crelly packed with glitter!  I was a little sad about how sheer it was, but when I put one coat over Revlon Stormy Night it turned out to be a perfect amount of glitter!  You could make this one fairly opaque with 2-3 coats alone, however, it gets a little clumpy that way due to the fantastic plethora of glitters.  There are several pink, white, and grey sparklies in here of different shapes and it's a crowd pleaser for sure!  Check out one medium coat of Elle below.  The application was as impressive as all KBShimmer colors and with one or two coats it is a pretty smooth finish. 

Speaking of fantastic glitter, the next color I want to show you is a glitter topper.  It's a clear base with about 100 different types of glitter in each varied batch!  Does that sound like the type of polish everyone should have in their collection or what?!  Funny thing: I never really wanted this one before because the name honestly just bugged me a little.  Now that I have it I am beyond glad! I wore it until it was growing out, then I matte top coated it for fun and wore that until it started to peel!  So. Gorgeous.  This phenomenal glitter topper is called Clown Puke, and it is loads more fun than the name implies!  Perfect application, obviously, this is one medium coat and a few extra dabs because I couldn't help myself over Sally Hansen Black Out. 

Look!  A big, teal holo round glitter!  Look!  A white, matte square!  Look!  A black, matte square!  LOL

Fun stuff!  I even got a star on this hand!  My husband also spotted a red heart in the bottle and I myself saw several sizes of black round glitters, fuchsia round holos, and a purple flower!  How exciting is that?!

I am sure just Clown Puke alone has overwhelmed you, so I am gonna put the store link here for you once more and leave you to your shopping!!! ;)

Go to www.kbshimmer.com right now!!!!  See ya next time!

KBShimmer Fall 2013 Colors Part Two

Yay! Time for part two!

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Christy Rose, owner and creator of KBShimmer Bath and Body. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Christy, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!

Continuing from my previous post, which you can see HERE, I am gonna show you the other two colors in the new KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection that were sent to me for review!

This perfectly fall color is called Turbulence and when I put it on all I did was stare at my nails! I sincerely think I will use this bottle up and that doesn't happen often! This gorgeous gray color dries to a matte finish and features flecks of glitter. I shook well, used two thin coats and appreciated the fact that it didn't take very long to dry! I adore matte finish polish! In the last pic below you can see what Turbulence looks like with a top coat. 

And last, but certainly not least, is You Autumn Know! If you have read my blog before or know me at all you know I have a serious addiction to white base polish with glitter! I was so happy to see this color when I opened the package from Christy!  This is two coats of You Autumn Know, which, as you can see, has a variety of glitters including two sizes of hex glitter in orange, yellow, and fuchsia, small circles in orange, yellow, and purple, and to accent those are short bar glitters in orange and fuchsia!

So far that's a duochrome, a jelly, a matte, and a crelly!  And that's not even all of the colors in the collection! I sincerely wish I had the others to swatch for you because they are also just stunning! Keep your eyes peeled for swatches of those from other lucky duck bloggers. 

I hear that this collection will be released on September 1 on www.kbshimmer.com! 

Don't forget to also drop by Facebook and leave KBShimmer happy birthday wishes and tell Christy how stunning these colors are at www.facebook.com/kbshimmerbathandbody.

KBShimmer Fall 2013 Colors Part One

Oh boy do I have some amazing colors to show you today!  Earlier this month I Christy Rose, the genius mind behind KBShimmer contacted me regarding the fifth birthday of KBShimmer! YAAAAY, KBShimmer, Happy Birthday!!!!! In celebration I am going to show you several colors from new and old collections by KBShimmer throughout August!

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Christy Rose, owner and creator of KBShimmer Bath and Body. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Christy, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!

I must warn you - this post is gonna be nice and picture heavy! Therefore, I am going to split it into two posts so I don't overwhelm you! Ack! I can't even decide which color to show first because they are all so amazing.....

This is Teal Another Tail! This soft duochrome color is sure to impress. Christy created this color based off what she believes a mermaid tail would look like, and for me I think she was spot on! My favorite thing about this teal-to-purple sparkling beauty is that it looks to me like the texture of a mermaid tail. This is two coats and it was perfect coverage. I didn't have any trouble whatsoever with the application. It dries to an almost smooth finish and a topcoat does not diminish the scaly texture look! Isn't it AMAZING?! I don't usually buy duochromes but this color had me in awe - I even put it on my toes!

Next up is Vicious Circles! This lovely red jelly is packed full of silver holographic round, hex, and micro slice glitter! There are so many sizes and so much that it is guaranteed you will have a brush full every time. For so much glitter the application was surprising easy and smooth. This is two coats. I don't think I did this one justice in layering it, but I really want to try it out over red undies and see if I like it more. 

I am so impressed with this collection because it has such a variety of colors and finishes while still managing to be unique and fall themed all at once! Autumn is for sure my favorite season and I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to be one of the first to show you a new collection from my favorite Indie brand! Now go look at Part Two and see more amazingness! ;)

I hear that this collection will be released on September 1 on www.kbshimmer.com! 

Don't forget to also drop by Facebook and leave KBShimmer happy birthday wishes and tell Christy how stunning these colors are at www.facebook.com/kbshimmerbathandbody

A Prickly Post

Hi everyone!  Have you had a chance to check out Pretty & Polished lately?  Chelsea is hard at work with gorgeous new polishes all the time.  In case you haven't read my blog before I would like to introduce you to Pretty & Polished: the very first Indie Polish brand I ever purchased!  Best.  Purchase.  Ever.  For obvious reasons!!!  Since that fateful day I have grown my collection to include many of her colors.  One that I am searching for is "King of C-C-Cool" *hint hint!*

Tonight I want to share with you a lime green jelly polish that is full of black and white glitter!  Cannot go wrong!  Most lime green polishes take a ridiculous amount of layering to create anything even remotely opaque.  The photos I'm going to show you of this beauty are TWO, yes TWO, coats of perfect formula.

Image Source
 

Hahaha, those guys really made me giggle!  I had to share.  Back on topic!


Here is Me, Myself, and Cacti!  It is a brilliant lime green, as I said before, and it has black and white hex glitter and black circle glitter.  I did not have any trouble at all pulling the glitters out of the bottle.  I usually let glitter polish sit upside down for a while before use, so that may help ya out.  Me, Myself, and Cacti was created as part of a Blogger Inspired collection and "this polish was inspired by Sarah from Chalkboardnails.com," says Chelsea's site.  She goes on to tell us that "Sarah lives in Arizona and has lived there all her life! Sarah likes lime green polishes and LOVES black and white glitters so this polish naturally has both!"

 

 

 

If you don't know Sarah from Chalkboard Nails let me just inform you that you are missing out on some of the GREATEST nail art you will EVER see.  She is my idol.  For real.

 

So!  Here is Me, Myself, and Cacti - the polish inspired by Sarah!  What do you think?

 

 

Chelsea has also gotten into creating other great beauty products and just started a sale on her bath bombs just a few minutes ago!  GO SEE HERE!

You can purchase Pretty & Polished HERE and check out Chelsea's Facebook Page!  Talk to you soon!

 





The Devil Does Holo!

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Tami Willis, owner and creator of The Devil Wears Polish. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Tami, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!



Hi everyone!  I have a very pretty holo from The Devil Wears Polish's new collection The Lust-Rous Linears to show you!

Suck My Peach is a pastel peach linear holo that I think is a perfect demure shade that you can wear to work all day but has a lovely, light holo effect that takes you from work to the evening out!  This color was very easy to apply and was opaque in two coats.


Suck My Peach shown outdoors

I kinda wish the holo had been as pronounced on my nail as it was in the bottle, but I wasn't disappointed with the polish because it really is a beautiful color! The light sparkle in it made me feel girly and fun and I think the nearly nude shade of peach worked well for my skin tone. Suck My Peach was a big hit when I wore it around!

Suck My Peach, indoors with flash



Look at the sparkle!!!

I truly cannot wait to own more lovely colors from The Devil Wears Polish because Tami really has an eye for unique color combinations and has done a spectacular job with the formula of her polishes!

To find this and other beautiful colors from Tami, go check out The Devil Wears Polish HERE.

Get Your Pop Rocks Off!

This polish was generously provided to me for review by Tami Willis, owner and creator of The Devil Wears Polish. The provided polish is graciously accepted and kept, and does not affect my opinions regarding the product.  This blog review post is my honest opinion for the owner's and any consumers' benefit.  Thank you, Tami, for the opportunity to review these awesome polishes!

Hi everyone! Happy Opening Day to my pal Tami whose shop you can find here: http://thedevilwearspolish.storenvy.com

Tami was so sweet to nominate me for a Leibster Award when I first began At Peace With Polish and has been a darling friend to me in the nail blogging community! I was thrilled to purchase one of her creations (which you can view in my previous post) and I was so touched when she included two incredible looking extra colors for me to review!

Get Your Pop Rocks Off is a gorgeous yellow crelly polish full of glitter. I think it's easily a companion polish to Girl Love to Blow... Bubbles but is different enough that you need both!!! I used yellow undies for this post but have worn this shade alone and it is buildable to your preference in two to three coats!

Prepare to feast your eyes on this glitter mix: large teal and pink holo circles, small blue, and lime green small circles, with neon pink and green micro glitter!!! I know it sounds like a lot but Tami has her formula mixed to perfection to disperse just the right amount for a funky, fresh look that is not overwhelming on your nails. I think any length and shape can sport this one!

Here is one coat over a pale yellow creme polish and topped with one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl:

And here is a lovely macro from Tami's new store envy shop!

Please go see all the new pretties you can purchase from The Devil Wears Polish! The store opened at 12:00 p.m. CST so it's going fast! ;)