Essence Colour And Go Ft. GlitterDaze Love And Affection

Take this as a token of my love for all my readers! Despite the terrible vision and corneal cross linking surgery I had on Monday, I can't sit idle any more and am trying to upload this post. I was taking pictures and hoping the entire time that they wouldn't be too blurry! I think everything turned out okay, all things considered. My eyes are tired of squinting though so I'm going to sleep promptly afterwards. Play the song and read on!!

The Essence nail polishes are from my




GREY-T TO BE HERE

Grey-t To Be Here is a sheer but buildable grey polish with pretty purple shimmer dispersed throughout. At first glance, Cult Nails Disciplined comes to mine, but I think on the nail, the two are different - Disciplined is more sheer.than Grey-t. Itt dries to a gorgeous hi-gloss finish, almost like jelly finish. In fact, it's squishy enough that I could probably layer some glitter in between for a jelly sandwich. Future experiments will reveal all truths.

For the swatches above, I used: 1 Coat Nail Tek Foundation II, 2 coats Grey-t To Be Here, and 1 coat Revlon Quickdry Topcoat. 

CAFE OLE

Cafe Ole is a "nude Glam" nail polish. It's pretty but not quite my cup of tea. Or coffee. Harharhar, get it? Cafe Ole was just a little streaky and difficult to work with, but mayb if I was more patient betwen coats (And could see properly), swatching it wouldn't have been such a nightmare. I'm not a fan of this shade on me but it's not a bad nude. I only wish that 1 coat wasn't streaky because it would have made a great french manicure base otherwise. 

Cafe Ole is like a cross between OPI Samoan Sands and OPI Tickle My France-y in my opinion. I've got both, but SS is more sheer than Cafe Ole, and TMF is less sheer. If this had a touch more peach and didn't give my hands such a ghastly cast, I'd like it more.

Nail polishes used for the above swatches: Nail Tek II Basecoat, Cafe Ole (3 coats), Revlon Quickdry Topcoat

OH MY GLITTER!

Oh My Glitter! is prettyyyy! Unexpectedly sheer though, but built up with no problems. My camera hates purples and blues SO this color in reality is a LOT more true purple, not as blue-leaning as the pictures make you believe. Perhaps when I can see a tad better and do more fine-tuned Photoshop work, I'll make color-crrecting adjustments to the photos but for now, just take my word that it's more purple!

I used 2 coats and everything dried to a high-glossed finish. It's got a really pretty shimmer in it that's reminescent of Cult Nails, Doppelganger (The shimmery topcoat that allows you to recreate the signature Cult Nails sparkle in whatever nail polish you want). The shimmer doesn't translate that well onto your nail and I was hoping it would have been stronger. It's a very dainty purple polish and will make a great base for different glitters!

Polishes used for the above swatches: Nail Tek II Basecoat, Essence Oh My Glitter!, 2 coats, and Revlon Quickdry Topcoat

GORGEOUS BLING BLING

Gorgeous Bling Bling is a terracotta colored nail polish with chunky gold glitter/shimmer in it. I think it's shimmer but there are some bigger pieces too. Unfortunately when I took pictures, the chunky gold glitter just photographed a bit weird...rather than add "bling", I thik the overall effect is rough and choppy and blah. I hoped to like it more than I did. I'm also not explaining myself very well. Even though in reality, this manicure was glossy and smooth, it didn't photograph as such. 

WHAT I DID TO FIX THIS - I just topped it all with glitter. I've been waiting for a chance to use my GlitterDaze, Love & Affection nail polish purchased during a clearance sale. I think I paid like $5 plus shipping for it? Something like that. For that price, I've got no complaints.

GlitterDaze, Love & Affection

Love & Affection is named after a Rihanna & Future song and for that reason alone, I love it! I love that song because Future is like my trashy guilty pleasure and I can play that song on repeat and wail along with him for hours. Legit. HOURS.

Love & Affection is a GLITTERBOMB. It features a dark chocolate base packed with light pink, fuchsia, and silvery-white hex glitters in varying sizes. There is also some microglitter to finish it off. I used 1 coat dabbed on over Essence Gorgeous Bling Bling and was more than satisfied with the result, although the base is colored enough that next time, I will probably ust wear 2-3 layers on its own.

I had some issues with the formula at first, but despite my hesitations, was able to get a great application. The bottle is packed with glitter and in my opinion, the glitter-to-base ratio could do with some adjusting. When I put it on my nails, so so so many glitters come out that you can't make out what it's made of or appreciate its nuances anymore. It's like pretty sparkly glitter vomit on your nails. The fact that the base is so dark and opaque on its own also made it hard for the glitter to shine through, it just gets lost in the murky brown depths. 

I still like what it looks like, don't get me wrong, but I just think it had the potential to be more sophisticated than it is. My favorite part of the polish is the punch bold fuchsia glitters but sadly, a lot of them are buried underneath everything else and oly 1-2 really sparkle and shine the way they could. 

WELL THEN, I'M DONE RANTING. Go replay that song, you know you want to ;)

NOTD: Essie DJ Play That Song + Cult Nails Seduction

Work this week has been crazy and I haven't had the energy/time to edit photos once I get home. AT THE SAME TIME, I hate not posting so ~~

You can click the smaller pix to view them full-sized :) Someday I'll figure out how to add a nice media gallery in Blogger but for now, this will do. I wasn't able to watermark these images taken on my phone because the 'edit' feature wasn't working on my instant uploads for some reason but I do want to post them. They're good pictures and since they are phone pix, I don't care terribly about watermarks!

This manicure is still on my nails today - I put it on 2 days ago and it's going strong with only the most minimal of tipwear!! The polishes used in this manicure were:

- Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel Basecoat

- Essie DJ Play That Song - 2 coats [Warm red-leaning purple jelly]
- Cult Nails, Seduction - 1 coat [LE Flakie polish in a blue leaning purple base]

- Revlon Quickdry Topcoat

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Essie, DJ Play That Song - 

• This shade is the 'title shade' from Essie's DJ Play That Song Summer 2013 Neons collection. It is a JELLY FINISH. Now from what I was led to believe, a jelly-finish nail varnish is meant to give you that squishy, semi-sheer (Translucent) high gloss finish that cameras just love.I don't understand why people criticize this formula for being too sheer. DUH, THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT.
• 2 coats on its own were good enough for me because I was going to add glitter on top. 3 coats would be ideal if I was wearing it alone. Perhaps 2 coats over white?
• The formula is on the thinner side so take care not to overload your brush and flood your cuticles. Apply carefully and patiently. 2-3 thin coats should do it depending on how much you want to build it up. 3 coats felt best for the ideal translucency and color. 

Note: It will never be as opaque as a creme finish on its own. Don't be stupid and expect a jelly formula to perform like an opaque creme and you'll be fine :)

Cult Nails, Seduction

• Seduction is a sheer purple (blurple) base packed with tons of multicolored flakies in varying sizesThey flash different colors prettily in the light but are predominantly in a purple or orange state. There are some great flashes of green or a more pink shade in there too.
• In the sunlight, my nails photographed as IF they were matte, but no matte finish was used. It shows off the flakies beautifully and clearly though, so enjoy the detailed view!
• There was no issue with this formula. Just the right density and viscosity - 1 coat brushed on, not even dabbed, was enough for the above effect. 
• You could wear it alone (2-4 coats depending on intensity of base color you desire and thickness of coat) but it is another JELLY FINISH formula, so quit your complainin' if you can't get it opaque on its own. It looks great layered over blues, purples, dark vampy colors, and black :)

Enjoiiii :) Cult Nails is available at shop.cultnails.com and each polish retails for $12. 

Cult Nails Manicure Party

I've got a pretty impressive stash of nail polish by a small indie brand Cult Nails. The family business is run by the wonderful Maria, and her husband and children often pitch in to help. She has certainly taken the Indie world by storm and does not hand-mix her own polish like most Indie brands. The fact that polishes are mixed in a lab though, just makes them all the better in terms of formulation.

Cult Nails retails for $12 a bottle (A slight price hike from the previous $10 price tag), but I am too stingy and usually stock up when there are sales!

I have more now, this picture is slightly outdated haha

I own a nice plethora of nail polish but also have a Cult Nails glass file (Which is the ONLY thing I use to file my nails now) and some rhinestones & studs I received in a goodie bag with one of the purchases (It was like a grab bag deal/sale she held a while back)

A good friend of mine came over for a sleepover and being deprived Indian children, we decided to do some mehndi designs on my arms. She wanted to practice and said she was getting rusty. Of course, in return for her hand art expertise, I offered her a manicure and whipped out all my Cult Nails collection. Secretly in the back of my mind, I did this so I could type up a Cult Nails themed manicure post in the future LOL. 

We tested out various combinations and in the end, she went with a simple (but gorgeous) manicure using Cult Nails, Manipulative. 

Cult Nails Charlatan over Nevermore (1-coat Black Creme)

Left: Bad Devious Nature + Charlatan   Middle: Flushed     Right: Flushed + Charlatan?

I loved this on her but she felt like it was too dark.
Cult Nails Flushed on its own (Left) and over a purple or a black (Right)

This is just 1 coat each of Scandalous (Left) and Manipulative (Right)
Color builds up so don't mind the sheerness!

And we have a winner! Pleas eignore my crappy yellow bare nails xD

Her manicure + the henna art on my hands!!

BONUS PICTURE OF MY HENNA! (Click to view full-sized)

Victorian Disco Cosmetics - Zombie Flesh Nail Polish Swatches And Review

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Oh gosh my blog post titles get massively large. Maybe I'll shorten the brand posts down by acronym. Like using VDC instead of the full Victorian Disco Cosmetics. Oh well, doesn't matter too much until I have a larger following of active followers!

THE GOOD NEWS: I HAVE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 6 INSTALLED! I took the opportunity to upgrade from 5.5 to 6 after the computer crash. They've really changed the GUI between the 5.5 and 6 update so it'll take me a couple days to get up to speed haha. I'm sure there are tons of new features to explore too!

VDC's Zombie Flesh was a limited edition release. A minimal quantity of trial-size nail polishes were sold for $4 each with the promise of a full-sized bottle upon review. I was going to review the polish anyway but a full-sized bottle of this beauty will be great! It performed wonderfully and I am excited to have more. The color is beautiful.

DETAILED SWATCHES AND REVIEW BELOW THE JUMP - 

NOTD: Windestine Secret Garden ft. A England Galahad

Hi there! The title of the post just gives it all away, doesn't it? I wore this LOVELY combination for....a day and a half before the urge to pick at the heart glitter overtook me and I peeled the whole manicure off. I used a peel-off basecoat, so this isn't as terrible as it sounds. 

These pre-cleanup pictures are though  :( But since all I've got is the content from ma phone, try your best not to cringe! Just focus on the pretty color combination instead, alright? :) I'll post them small here though haha. Just to minimize how bad the pre cleanup shots are.

Worn here are: 

• Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel Basecoat, 1 coat
• A England Galahad, 2 coats
• Windestine Secret Garden, 2 coats (1 brushed on, 2nd coat dabbed)

A England Galahad is a gorgeous dusty blue polish that covered perfectly in 1 coat. I just added the 2nd coat because of my poor application skills and not getting it nice and into the edges. Formula glides like butterrrr and it is seriously an easy polish to put on. The reason this is done messily is because I wasn't wearing contact lenses (Because Kerataconus, but I ranted about that earlier already) and my vision is impaired enough that getting edges perfect is difficult lately. 

Windestine Secret Garden is a gorgeous purple & pale, almost lime, green glitter polish with iridescent heart glitter dispersed throughout. There's also a smattering of smaller glitter bits. It does offer good coverage but some fishing and dabbing is required if you want the bigger glitter bits!

I have seen a lot of people layer this over pinks and purples so I thought that Galahad was a great alternative! I loved the combination :D

Nerd Lacquer - Quantum Bluniverse

This is a quickie post! What happened is that I put this manicure on over Nail Pattern Boldnes's Glitter A Peel, which I have been testing the last week or so, and did not have any success with the mani's longevity. Moreover, I managed to ruin the state of my nails enough to cut them down really short. SO UNHAPPY!

But I cut them, buffed them, and braved the Glitter A Peel once more for NerdLacquer, Quantum Bluniverse.

NerdLacquer - Quantum Bluniverse is a gorgeous polish. I cannot get tired of praising NL polishes, honestly. Sadly, I've only got one polish left to review for you guys as I was only able to purchase 5 polishes from her shop. I had originally hoped for 10! BOOHOO

This is a cobalt blue base loaded with color-shifting shimmer. On top of that, it's got beautiful square blue glitter and varying sizes of golden/bronzed glitter as well. It is opaque in two coats - I did not need to layer anything underneath for my swatches. It is packed with glitter so some dabbing is required to move glitter around to where you want it and I found myself actually trying to take OFF some glitter because my nails would get overloaded with it.

The formula, unfortunately, is not as perfect as I hoped. It's a fairly opaque base color loaded with glitter, and falls sort of thick and harder to work with than other NerdLacquers that I own. Further, the larger gold hexes do sink to the bottom so some shaking or storing upside down prior to application would be helpful. It looks amazing once it's on though!! Just be warned that everything's not smooth sailing though I wished it had been.

If you like, you can buy Nerd Lacquer polishes for $10.00 each at Nerdlacquer.com. Good luck though, she sells out FAST. Like 1000 bottles in 2.5 minutes 

fast. 

Follow Nerdlacquer on Google+ for updates on restock times!

Nerd Lacquer - Exterminate Swatches and Review

I've already swatched my faaavorite polish from my order, Cyance Friction. Exterminate was something I bought on a whim - my boyfriend saw me browsing through swatches and he really liked the color combo, so I went with it. I'm not disappointed at all!

NerdLacquer, Exterminate - This polish was unexpectedly pretty! I was unsure about how well the glitters would show over the brown base but the formula did not disappoint. Exterminate is a bronzed brown base packed (And I mean PACKED) primarily with blue and gold/bronze glitters. If you look closely at the swatch, there are also some black glitters sprinkled throughout, but I didn't notice them on my nail and only picked up on them when I was looking at swatch pictures.

For my swatches, I wore:

• Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A Peel Basecoat - Detailed review coming soon
• China Glaze, Call of the Wild (Dark brown creme) - 1 Coat
• NerdLacquer, Exterminate - 2 Coats
• Cult Nails Wicked Fast Topcoat

This is an 'indirect sunlight' picture. You can see that the glitters ost definitely did not get lost! I did use 2 coats of topcoat - one in the night and one in the morning - so the finish was fully smooth to the touch as well.

This picture was taken indoors, so artificial lighting. Aaaagh this looks so beautiful in its bottle shots too :) I did have to fish a little bit for the larger glitters because a lot of them sink to the bottom or are stuck to the sides. How annoying! But a little tiny bit of extra fishing and placing effort ensured that my OCD self had nice glitter distribution and some layering going on.

And now, a bonus sunlight shot to show you how gorgeous it looks when it's sparkling in the sun!!!! I mean c'mon, you can't deny. IT IS GORGEOUS.

My review/thoughts:

This polish is very thick from how densely packed with glitter it is. It did not make application too hard, but it did require a little bit of manipulation to make sure my nails weren't being flooded with glitters (Too much glitter in one layer = clumpy and bumpy finish). Other than that issue, the formula spread and layered like a dream. I could probably have done 2-3 coats and built it up to opacity but there was just so much glitter packed in the formula that I chose to use a basecoat and avoid layering the glitter so thickly. The first coat of Exterminate was dabbed on, and then a second coat was used to fill in around the edges and uneven glitter gaps. As I said, be prepared to manipulate the polish around a little. It's not that hard or time-consuming, but just something you should know!

Unfortunately, my basecoat here is the reason you see all the unfortunate chips and 'tipwear.' Let's just say that Glitter A Peel did not live up to my longevity expectations. These swatches were taken the morning after I put on my manicure. No shower in between (I showered in the evening before putting this manicure on) and I spent most of the time sleeping. Glitter A Peel is a great glue-type basecoat when you want an easy to remove glitter manicure, but don't expect it to last longer than the evening you need it for :(

If you like, you can buy NerdLacquer polishes for $10.00 each at Nerdlacquer.com. Follow Nerdlacquer on Google+ for updates on restock times!

F4 Polish - Christmas in NYC 2012 Swatches and Review

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I purchased these six limited edition shades last year. They are not being sold on the Etsy shop any more but I'm sure if you shop around FB nail polish sale/swap groups or blog sales, you might find the ones you like!

I am SO delayed in posting these swatches, there is really no excuse for my laziness. But I figure if anybody ever wants to see swatches of the collection, better late than never :)

Base Colors (Top, L to R) are • OPI Jade is the New Black • Milani White • OPI Greenwich Village •
• Cult Nails Evil Queen • Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe • China Glaze Passion •

Collection polishes (Bottom, L to R) are • NYC Christmas Tree • Rockettes • Miracle on 34th Street •
• Sexy in the City • Times Square Holiday • Rockefeller •

Individual swatches and review (picture heavy) below!

Indie Nail Polish Black Friday DEALS & STEALS

Hi guys!

A lot of amazing Indie nail polish brands are having sales going on throughout the weekend. Many of these begin at midnight, so let me compile a bunch of different sales here that we can all enjoy! And jump on as soon as they're activated. THAT WAY they won't sell out on us if there's something we want :)

If you know of another brand, please leave a comment and I'll add it in + credit you! Muchas graciassss.

365 Days of Color - Free balm, cuticle oils, and polishes galore
Etsy

• Spend $25, get a free balm or cuticle oil of choice. Spend $50, get balm/oil + free polish of choice
• Leave a note at checkout specifying what balm, oil, polish you want
• Collections are also on sale! My favorites - Hocus Pocus collection. Do want!

AbsolutLacquer - BOGO entire store
Etsy

• Shipping is for both polishes, but entire stock is buy one, get one free. Applies to FS and mini
• There aren't many left, but I really love Falling Leaves :)

CagedBird Lacquer
Etsy

• Currently, take 15% off your order with code GOBBLE
• Black Friday deals will vary throughout the day (including 50% off, free shipping, etc) and can be stalked via their FB page here
• I love pretty much everything here! Beautiful bottles with bows on them, amazing colors and names..just everything <3

Candy Lacquer - All polishes are $7 until Friday @ midnight
Shop here | Etsy

• I know some people swear by her polishes! I have a friend who has an entire Helmer drawer full of just Candy Lacquer. I don't own any just yet but I'll browse through em :)

Chick Nail Polish - All polishes are $5!
Shop here

• I loooove All A Twitter (Light robin's egg ish looking blue. 2 coats. NO STREAKS. Do need) and also Gr8 Grey Owl
• The brand is vegan, and the bottles are all so purtyyy. If you're unfamiliar with the brand, check out some swatches here, here and here.

Chirality Nail Polish - Use code GLITTERFRIDAY to get FS bottles for $5 (That includes holos. O.o)
BigCartel

• Sale will last for 4 days and you can shop through her BigCartel store; link above
• Dude. HOLOS. For $5. Just shuddup and go place an order already, I want em allll

Darling Diva Polish - Use code BLACKFIDAY20 for 20% off store :)

Etsy

• Runs now through noon on Saturday
• My favorite - Channeling Coco

Different Dimension - Various codes throughout the day :)
Etsy

• 12AM3AMEST - 40% OFF [ACTIVE NOW]
• 3AM3PMEST - 30% OFF
• 3PM6PMEST - surprise discount!
• 6PM10PMEST - 40% OFF
• 10PM8AMEST - 30% OFF
• My favorite - Bazinga! makes me soft and fuzzy inside <3 Also Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty.

Elixir Lacquer - Polishes are all 20% off
Shop here

• There are also holiday trios coming out and if you purchase 7 polishes (Or elixirs), you get a free FS bottle of Stinger, a SPECIAL UNRELEASED SECRET SHADE (Makes you wanna go shopping, huh?)
• My faves - Forever Home and also Spotted and Splotched (Both polishes are made in part to donate to Atlanta Bully Rescue, an NGO I believe)

F4 Polish - All polishes are $5 ($3 off)

Etsy

• I just placed a large order from here last week. I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF, SHOULD HAVE WAITED
• Buy 4, get 1 free mystery mini polish
• Sale ends Saturday at midnight
• I love - I own like 10 or so of their polishes, and love them all. Love the Xmas in NYC collection, the Magical Mouse collection, and Piper. oman. they're so good

Glitzology - Use code SUPPORTSMALL50 for 50% off EVERYTHING
Etsy

• Oh wow, that is an amaazing sale. It's live now! Full size polishes for $4.25? You can't really go wrong.

Hit Polish - Everything is 30% off! 

Etsy

• Minis are now $2.80, full-sized polishes are $5.60. 
• I don't own any but am tempted to google up swatches and place an order! 
• These swatches have me drooling for Mr. Bubbles and Precious Metal

I Love Nail Polish - Use code ILNPFRIDAY40 for 40% off order
Etsy

• Full sized bottles will be $6 before shipping (No minis) and the sets will be cheaper per bottle still 
• My faves are - Once Upon A Starry Night and Ginger Spice Latte - My lemming of A Neutral Party has me loving all kinds of brown/gold/copper glitter mixes

Jindie Nails - Use code BLACKFRIDAY25 for 25% off order

Etsy

• From 6PM Central to 6AM Central (7pm-am est)
• She's got a lot of white-based glitters which aren't my cup of tea, but I do like Candy Land and also Swoon

Kawaii Nail Polish - FS bottles are $6 each
Etsy

• I've only got a few words about this brand: HARRY POTTER COLLECTION

Lush Lacquer - Use code THANKLUSH20 for 20% off all LL products on Harlow and Co

Buy from Harlow & Co here

LynBDesigns - 40% off all orders with code GIVETHANKS

Etsy

• Sale applies to everything in her store! Minis, full-sized, etc
• My favoite - The Doctor Is In Collection 

Makeup Your Face I know, not all nail polish, but still an excellent sale
Etsy

• 50% off entire store on Friday, 11/23 from 12pm-5pm. No code, prices are already reduced.
• Lauren just told me that she will be selling nail polishes too! FS bottles for $3.75 *drool*
• My favorite - the eyeshadow sets are amaaazing. Regular price is $10 so for $5, they will be a STEAL. So want.

Mentality Nail Polish - 11/23/12, starting at midnight PST (3am est) - For one full week

BigCartel | Etsy

• Free shipping on all full-sized bottles
• No limit, no minimum, no code
• My favorite - the Holo Topcoat for $6. You can turn anything 'holo' by putting one coat on top of it (AND IT'S LINEAR! Hillary confirmed <3)

Nails by Laura - Use code BLACKOUT now through Monday to receive 35% off order
Etsy

• I've got her entire Horoscope collection, and I love it :) I own Dani-Mite, which was a special LE polish made to contribute to a charity dear to one of Laura's friends (Danielle; I also know her). She's a great PERSON who makes great POLISH, what more do you want?

Pahlish - Core colors are $6 each + discounted holiday trios

Etsy

• Core colors are all marked down to $6 each, starting midnight and through Monday

Rainbow Lacquer - Use code TAKE20 for 20% off order
Etsy

• My faves are the sweet ones - Taffy and Cupcake - and also Merry Mistletoe :)

Sassy Lacquer - Opportunities for free shipping, discounts, and free polishes throughout the day

Etsy | Facebook

• Follow Sassy Lacquer on Facebook to participate and obtain discounts
• Every hour, the first person to post on a new status update gets free shipping.
• Other discounts released through the day will offer percentages off, free polishes, etc

Sea Lore - Use code YAYTURKEY for 15% off order

Shop here

• Sale is now through Monday, 11/26
• Earrings and rings are also on sale

SoFlaJo Nails - Free shipping with $20 minimum

Shop here

• I like her Year of the Dragon topcoats
• Sale is only through her website, not her Etsy shop

PolishTBH - Lowered prices, code BLACKFRIDAYSHIP for free shipping

Etsy

• Polishes are all $6 instead of $8 + there's free shipping! (There are some duo's for $10, so $5/each)
• My favorite - Reindeer Vomit, mostly for its name. Also Stackz and Midnight :) And Circus.

Vivid Lacquer - Use code MOREWINE112230 for 30% off entire store

Etsy

• Very excited for her stamping plates! They have amazing reviews and I sort of want to buy one

Polish for a Cause!

Hi guys! Before I show you manicure pictures, I want to talk to you about something. About a CAUSE.

Nails by Laura worked in conjunction with a friend of ours to create a custom glitter nail polish blend. She released 100 bottles of that final color, called Dani-Mite, and announced that 1/2 the proceeds from this nail polish would go to a charity of Danielle's choice.

Currently, she still has EIGHT BOTTLES of Dani-Mite left! Please help me help her sell the remaining polishes!! It's a beautiful polish but it's for an even more beautiful cause.

I'm going to copy/paste below Laura's description and explanation of Dani-Mite :)

"I was recently approached by a member of a group I'm in to help her create a polish that we could sell to benefit the charity of her choice, The National Brain Tumor Society. Danielle herself has had a double diagnosis of a brain tumor, and as it is, this is a Cause close to me for personal (and probably obvious) reasons. So when Danielle approached our group with this request, I had to jump on it. 

"Dani-mite" is named for Danielle, who brought this all to be in the first place. It's made up of satin turquoise, satin lime, and regular shiny orange hexes in a fine, holographic glitter base. As you can see from the swatch, it CAN be opaque with about 3-4 coats, but I do personally encourage it as a top coat, if only for easier application.

THERE WILL ONLY BE 100 MADE EVER. They will be labeled as such (1/100, 2/100, 3/100,etc). I WILL NOT make any more after that. You will not see this become part of my regular line. When the 100 sell, they're gone. So grab 'em for a good cause! "

Let me tell you, satin glitter is the shit. There was this beautiful pale lime green glitter in this mix and that just made my day. My nails looked SO gorgeous that I wore this manicure for a straight seven days. I haven't done that since last year!!!

This is ONE coat over OPI DS Sapphire. My ring finger has an
additional gold glitter polish on it, so please ignore that! It's a random
glitter I was going to wear before I decided to wear Dani-Mite instead.

It really GLOWED in the sunlight! I took this in the morning and my
camera was freaking out by the glitters. See how nearly translucent
 the green glitters look? They looked AMAZING against the bright blue glitter. 

This picture really showcases how holographic
OPI DS Sapphire is underneath! It was an amazing combination.
One that I'm pushing on my non-obsessed friends for sure!

The sparkle. I can't even.

Thank you so much Laura, for creating this polish and contributing to a cause that means a lot to Danielle and yourself, as well as everybody else who has been impacted by this illness. I know I took a while before I posted this, but it is an amazing nail polish and I'm so thankful that you allowed 100 other people to contribute in such a unique way!!

Expect swatches of Laura's Horoscope Collection soon! I purchased the entire set as minis but haven't gotten any time to post some lovely pictures!! I've already swatched a few shades randomly as I wore them but I'll definitely go through and swatch them in the proper order asap. 

The nail polish's application was flawless. The glitter has a great consistency!! It's not that sparse...as you can see, I found one non-fussy coat more than enough to complete my manicure. The glitter is not thick, goopy, etc. It lays flat. It glows and sparkles. There's no fishing. No dabbing required. Overall, this nail polish is worth your money even without the charity affiliation!!!! I had no problems with applications or removal and after one coat of my Revlon Quickdry Top Coat, the manicure was good to go! And boyyy did it last. Seven days. I'm still astonished.

If you haven't had enough link spam already, here you go again <3

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