Holo-y goodness!

I recently entered a giveaway on Ellagee's Fanpage and I don't usually win anything.. but hey, you never WILL win anything unless you enter giveaways, right? So here was to hoping! :)
(she does a weekly giveaway, starting every monday!)

AND IT HAPPENED!
And I got to pick out any full-size bottle of nail polish from her store! WHAT?!
I was SO excited.

I found this pretty grayish holographic polish.. and thought, hey, I only have like 2 holo's, maybe 3.. let's go for that.

DUDE! You don't even NEED the sunlight for THIS holo to be amazing!!
WARNING.. PIC HEAVY!

I love how it's not too thick.. it's a fantastic neutral holo.. that you can see the rainbowy goodness from any light.. it's such a smooootth formula, and it's so choc full the glitters, you don't have to worry about not having enough coverage.
I did a dark Zoya blue on my ring finger, and the rest got a nice Orly purple. And after I put on the holo, my inital response was "oh shoot.. it looks too thick, it's not gonna show the color at all". NOT SO.

It ACCENTED the color from underneath.. and the under color made it look like the holo itself had a base color. (I hope you followed that).

I know I wasn't sent this polish to DO a review, but I just had to share. Enjoy the following photos!
and make sure you grab one at www.ellagee.com

indoor lighting

in the one below, you can see the blue and the purple

 and this is what happens with just the flash on the camera going off. that's not even sunlight!

 THIS is sunlight! (3 pics)

 inside photo with my webcam.. a beautiful gray with nail art :)

 just the light from the flash on my camera again.. unbelievable!

Kawaii: Green Goblin

The other glitter that Kawaii sent me is called Green Goblin.
It's a mix of green hex's with "white" shapes in between. I'm not quite sure what the white shapes are.. they're different. They give another dimension to the polish.. they're really quite cool. :)

I used this polish 3 different ways.. by itself (3 coats, and not opaque) and two different top coats.. 1 over light color, 1 over dark.

Using it as a top coat, I think, worked really well. :) It was a nice accent to the lighter color (Mary Kay Signature Pink).. and on the darker color (Sinful Colors Green) it just added a touch of glam, since it was about the same color.
I really enjoyed it by itself as well! My original thought was to use as many layers as possible to get it opaque.. but after 3 coats, it was still pretty sheer. I think it would probably take like 6 layers to make it opaque, IF it does. :P SOO this is a good fun glitter to ad to a mani.. not use by itself. :)

Which is great! It ads just enough fun.. it's an easy application polish. I recommend putting a top coat over it, just because the glitter is a BIT chunky.

Head over to Facebook to join in the fun on her fanpage, or to her store on Etsy to do some shopping. :)

Kawaii: Electric Connection

This was a fun review to do. :)
Kawaii sent me some great glitter polishes to try out and show you all!

The first one I used for my mani was Electric Connection. This is fun combination of milk and glitter!
The base is a nice milky color, with blue, green and yellow hex's.. a mix of mini's and mediums.

It's great by itself OR, to brighten it up, you can use a white base coat and use less of it. :) I used it over green (as seen in photos on my pinky) and it looks streaky. So using it over colors, i would discourage. I also did 2 thin coats of it on my right thumb (also in a photo) and that looks nice too. It takes 4 coats to be fully opaque. But I do like the depth that it creates.

The glitters lay nice and flat, no "taco" look which is great!
To me these looked like little pieces of cyberspace floating around on my fingers. :) And it almost doesn't need a top coat on it, it's quite smooth!

All in all, i would give this one 2 thumbs up. :)
Head on over to www.facebook.com/kawaiinaillaquer to check it all out, or the Etsy shop to purchase!

Indie Polish- Ruby White Tips #3

THE LAST POST FOR RUBY WHITE TIPS!
This mini "series" has come to an end :) I wanted to show you the whole fabulous package she sent me.

And it was fun to play with ideas for the nail polish pendant.. ended up going with the Kim Custom Collection.. which is the polish i'm reviewing for you today, as well!!

A lovely rose tinted NUDE holo!!

A fantastic neutral, fun to use as a detail color as well!
This color is opaque in two coats.. VERY easy to apply, no top coat needed! (which is good, because i've heard that top-coating a holo takes away some of the effect.)

Such a beautiful shade.. GREAT for wear, too! I put this on (thinking back..) wow, last Friday. And it's now the following Wednesday. No chipping.. which i've never seen with any other polish of mine after 5 days!!
And I made sure I did this review last because I knew i'd want to wear it for a while. LOL. Didn't know that this polish would have to make it through easter egg stuffing at church, vigorous dish washing and laundry, and 2 days of being sick. SO happy with this!

HEAD ON OVER TO www.facebook.com/rubywhitetips and ask how to order your own!
Direct link to her Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RubyWhiteTips and look for the polish named "Kim"

Indie Polish- Ruby White Tips #2

The next polish that was in the package from Ruby White Tips is a purple called Gracelyn.

This polish was actually thought up by Laura's 9 year old daughter! :)
I LOVE the colors in this.. mostly purple.. BUT when the sunlight hits it right it's got green and blue in it as well!
Not quite holographic, but still gorgeous!

Now with this glitter, i put on 3 layers and it wasn't quite opaque yet. So i put on a 4th layer on my pinky. That makes it mostly opaque, but you can still see through it when you move it around up to the light.

This made a FANTASTIC top coat on my accent nail! I put one layer over a golden yellow polish, and it set it off just right!

It's a pretty stinky polish.. so for those of you who are sensitive to smells, I wouldn't recommend it. I'm still hoping she stocks it in the store for the rest of you. :)

Head over to www.rubywhitetips.com to contact her, or her etsy store to purchase more amazing polishes!
Also, if you're on Facebook, follow her at www.facebook.com/rubywhitetips

Indie Polish- Ruby White Tips #1

I was on the lookout for some more Independent polish makers, so I could shed some light on this amazing homemade product.. and Ruby White Tips was referred to me.
She definitely let me "shed some light" on it!

I purchased a mystery box.. and she sent me 3 beautiful colors AND threw in a pendant, so I could make my own polish jewelry! HOW COOL! (that will be in the 3rd review post).
Since these polishes are all so gorgeous, I've decided to give each polish a review of it's own!

First off.. I fell in love with this beautiful light blue, almost periwinkle shade, glitter polish.
Now, what I DIDN'T know about this polish came as a fun surprise! It's a holo! Holo meaning holographic.. there are special micro-glitters added to it that cause an amazing rainbow effect.. ESPECIALLY when the sun hits it.

This polish is nice a creamy.. not thick, not runny, just the right consistency.. I didn't even have to do any cleanup with it. It stayed right on the nail, and the tiny bit that I accidentally got on my skin just wiped right off while wet.
It almost has a gradient effect.. which might be because of the holo, or just because of they way I applied it. Now, you could honestly just leave this at 1 coat.. it's a beautiful "not quite sheer" color, which could also be used ALMOST as a top coat! But I ended up with 2 coats on, and I think that's the perfect coverage for this! You could ad one more for full opacity, if you prefer.

The glitter is very dense, but it's so tiny it's a VERY easy application, and not gritty at all, though without top coat, it looks like it gives the nail some texture!

Now the way I figured out it was a holo.. I was taking some pics in the sun, and i kept seeing these little rainbows jumping out at me.. I was like "what the heck? did i accidentally leave on some of my other polish?" Taking a closer look, there were little rainbows all over in it! OMGOSH it's a holo!
{ACTION! Grab camera, take a million pics (literally 137) and start giggling} Yes, I know, totally nerdy of me.. but it's my first holo, and it made me all giddy.. living up to it's name "TWENTYONE".. made me feel super young again. :)

If I were you, I would head over to www.rubywhitetips.com or ever her Facebook page, and see if you can grab one of these!

Personal Indie Polish- part 3

The last posting of my personal Independant (homemade- not by me) polish collection!

Today we're featuring a glow in the dark polish by Kawaii, and a glitter by Liquid Lacquer.. both of which I have in mini's.. but they do come in full size bottles.

Kawaii's polish, Light up The Night, is a pretty light blue glitter. They are small glitters, and a bit "grainy", texture wise. Density wise, it's also good coverage and easy to take off. I know some glitters can be crazy dense, and a pain in the patootie to get off because there's just so much of it. It doesn't take much with Light up The Night to get it just right.  It's VERY easy application, you don't need a lot of it. It's fun to use as a top coat as well! (wearing 1 coat in these photos)
.. and after you leave it on for a bit to soak up some sun.. it glows a pretty blue in the dark!!

 Unfortunately I wasn't able to capture it in the dark very well. But all you have to do is contact her to purchase your own and you'll see for yourself! :)

The other one by Liquid Lacquer is called Speed Stick. The pieces in this polish aren't really "glitter".. they are more like black flakies, combined with colorful circles!! I like this one because it's not "over the top", it's not a crazy glitter, nor is it "pretty". It's just fun to use. :) And it's very smooth! The pieces don't stick out, the lay perfectly on your nail, and they're not overwhelming or dense. (wearing 2 coats in these photos)

Here's are the links to shop these store, and fan them on Facebook! :)

Kawaii- Fanpage and Etsy store

Liquid Lacquer- Fanpage and Bigcartel store

I hope you enjoyed seeing some homemade polishes! I have some MORE fabulous Indie polishes on the way from another fantastic WAHM! :) I'm so excited to show you what's coming! :)
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