KBShimmer Spring 2014 Collection: The Glitters Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! Today I have the glitter part of the KBShimmer Spring 2014 collection to share with you. As always, it's amazing! Take a look...

Prism Break is the perfect silver holographic top coat. You could use this on any color to create a holographic polish. The effect seems subtle here, but it truly comes to life in bright sunlight. This is one coat over KBShimmer A Touch of Glass.

Quick and Flirty is a rich, royal purple holographic polish. This is two coats and as you can see, the holographic effect is fabulous.

Rush Hour Flower is a glitter top coat in a clear base. It consists of blue, yellow, green, and pink glitter and teeny tiny micro glitters. This is two coats over KBShimmer Sky Jinks.

Laugh Myself Lily is another one of my favorites, a jade base with pastel glitter and micro glitter for depth. Beautiful, beautiful polish. This is three coats.

Make My Gray is an awesome pale gray base with turquoise, coral, and black glitter. This is two coats.

Belle of the Mall is a squishy crelly coral with silver glitter. This is three coats because I wanted as much opacity as possible, but two was okay if you don't mind a little bit of visible nail line.

Full Bloom Ahead is a white-based polish with a multi-colored mix of glitter. This is two coats and as you can see, it has great coverage.

Daisy About You is a pale green polish with translucent green and flower shaped glitter. This is two coats.

These have fantastic formulas, but of course, that shouldn't surprise you by now. These glitters are available now on the KBShimmer website, along with the creams that I shared on Wednesday. And again, give their Facebook page a like if you want to stay updated!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Different Dimension Happy Holly Days Collection Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! I have some very pretty polishes from Different Dimension to share with you today. This is the Happy Holly Days collection. There are a lot of fantastic polishes here with a great mix of finishes, so check them out! :)

Mistle-Toad is a pine green linear holographic polish. There is also some shimmer mixed into this one that gives it a beautiful almost duochrome effect. This is two coats.

Can We Carol On is a gorgeous silvery lavender holographic with shimmer. This is so perfect and wintery! I used two coats here.

Load of Baubles is a baby pink shade with tons of blue shimmer that dries to a matte finish. This is three coats without top coat.

This is three coats of Load of Baubles with one coat of top coat.

Why Am I Such a Misfit? is a great mix of neon glitter in a white jelly base. I don't really dig the jelly finish, so I layered two coats over Zoya Kennedy. I did have a bit of an issue getting the bigger glitters out of the bottle.

This is Not Fir is a green jelly polish with green and silver glitter. I chose to layer two coats of this over Zoya Hunter. I had issue getting the larger glitter out of this one too.

I Only Have Ice for You is a stunning silver top coat packed with silver glitter and a holographic finish. This is one coat over Zoya Monica. Absolute perfection!

You're Not Making Any Frankincense is a mix of gold and silver glitter in a clear base. This is two coats over China Glaze Red-y and Willing.

Christmahanakwanzika is a mix of colors from the three most popular winter holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. There are red, green, yellow, blue, and black glitters in this clear base. This is two coats over Zoya Neely.

Don't Be the Santa of Everything is a mix of green, gold, and red glitter in a clear base. This is two coats over OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. I love these Christmassy glitter top coats!

That's Snow Joke is a mix of blue, white, and silver glitter in a shimmery base. I layered two coats here over OPI My Vampire's Buff. I love how frosty this looks!

Tinselitis is a mix of silver round glitter and shimmer in a clear base. This is one coat over Zoya Sailor.

This collection is available right now for purchase on Different Dimension's Etsy page. My top three picks are Mistle-Toad, Can We Carol On, and I Only Have Ice for You. Which ones catch your eye?

Products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Serum No. 5 Review/Swatches

Good morning! I have swatches of some random Serum No. 5 shades for you all today.

Lei Down the Law is a beautiful mixture of blue, lime, pink, white, and black matte glitter in a clear base. This is two coats over Seche Happy, As Is.

As a Matte'a Fact is a shimmery silver top coat that dries to a satin matte finish. This is two coats over Seche Intuition.

Burning Orchid is a gorgeous shimmery purple top coat. This is one coat over Seche Clever and Confident. 

Twilight Sparks is a super shimmery green with bits of gold. This is two coats.

Eternal Sunshine is a shimmery golden yellow that needed three coats for opacity. 

Serum No. 5 polishes can be purchased from their online store. You can also keep up with them on Facebook!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

KBShimmer Blogger Collection 2013 Review/Swatches & GIVEAWAY!!

You guys have no idea how excited I am to be sharing these polishes with you right now! KBShimmer hand-picked eleven nail bloggers and gave us the opportunity to create a unique nail polish for part of their winter collection. I think you all know how much I love KBShimmer, but let me just reiterate for you if you don't... four words: best indie brand ever. So should we get to the polish or what??

Christmas Now comes from Crystal at Crystal's Crazy Combos and is literally Christmas in a bottle. This green jelly polish contains gold stars and multi-colored hex and round glitter. This is three coats.

Green Hex and Glam is from Kayla at Nails by Kayla Shavonne and is a deep forest green jelly polish with holographic glitter. This is three coats.

I'd Rather Be With Blue was thought up by Lisa at Cosmetic Sanctuary. This light blue matte polish has iridescent shimmer in it that's meant to mimic glistening snow. This is two easy, perfect coats.

Snow Much Fun comes from Victoria at The Manicurator and (I know you guys are going to be excited about this...) it has snowflake glitter!! There are also holographic and white glitters mixed in this light blue base. This is three coats. The snowflakes were surprisingly easy to get out of the bottle too!

Merry Pinkmas is from Cristina at Let Them Have Polish (my first nail blog crush!). This light pink base has a mix of red, green, and neon glitter in it. This is three coats.

Plum Tuckered Out was thought up by Sheila at Pointless Café and is a stunning shade of plum with blue shimmer. This is three coats.

Toast-ess With the Mostest comes from Valesha at Peachy Polish and is a champagne-inspired glitter topper consisting of gold, pink, and silver hex and round glitters in a clear base. This is one coat over Plum Tuckered Out. Absolutely stunning!

I Only Have Ice For You is the brainchild of Sarah at Chalkboard Nails. This beautiful glitter topper is made up of shimmery white flakes and holo glitter. This polish will look great over any color, but I layered one coat here over China Glaze Red Satin. This is so delicate and would look fabulous over any of the shades from Zoya's Feel collection of winter neutrals.

Strung Out is from Jackie at Candy Coated Tips and is a black jelly polish with silver, gold, red, green, and blue round glitter. If you hadn't guessed it, this one was inspired by a string of lights! This is two coats over one coat of plain black polish. 

Sand In My Stocking was thought up by Jen at The PolishAholic and is a fabulous departure from the typical holiday glitter! This gold polish has orange, aqua, and holographic star glitter. This is one coat over I'd Rather Be With Blue.

And finally, Will Yule Marry Me? is my shade! I went in-depth with my inspiration behind this beauty in a separate blog post, but the down and dirty is that it was inspired by my Christmas Eve engagement last year! The navy blue base represents the "eve" and the round and holographic glitters represent my super sparkly engagement ring! This is two coats.

Every single one of these polishes has a perfect formula and I had no issues to report with any of them. Each of these photos shows the polishes with one coat of KBShimmer's top coat, Clearly on Top (except I'd Rather Be With Blue).  This collection is available for purchase today at www.kbshimmer.com!

Now for the best part! How would you like to win this entire collection? I have one full set to give away, plus one bottle of Will Yule Marry Me? as well! There will be two winners total. You can enter in the Rafflecopter widget below for your chance to win! Please read the terms and conditions in the widget. Good luck! :)

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The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Black Cat Lacquer Spring 2013 Collection Swatches/Review

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post... I've got a lot of stuff on my plate at the moment and I'm starting to feel very overwhelmed, so posts might be sporadic for a little while. I hate to do that but it seems very necessary at this point! I have some awesome Black Cat Lacquer polishes to show you guys today though, get ready!

Lucky Star is a gorgeous and girly mix of lavender, pink, yellow, and pale blue glitter with some shimmer and stars! This is two coats over Essie Under Where.

Dark Side of the Moon is a really awesome shade and my favorite of the collection. It's made up of a milky off-white base with gold and black glitter of different sizes and shapes, as well as large round glitter (be still my heart!!!), stars, and diamonds. This is three coats by itself.

Cacao is the only one of the bunch that I had issues with. This is three coats of it alone and I had a really hard time keeping it from getting globby. This one would probably do best as one coat layered over a base shade of brown.

She's In Parties actually might be tied as my favorite. This is one cheerful polish! It has a milky white base with a rainbow of glitter mixed in. This is three coats alone.

Sweet Dreams is a pastel sage green jelly with shards of pink, green, and purple glitter mixed throughout. This is three coats by itself.

These shades are available to purchase from Black Cat Lacquer's store. Make sure you also follow BCL on Facebook to keep up with new shades and info! What's your favorite shade out of the five? I'm so in love with Dark Side of the Moon and She's In Parties!

These products were provided by Black Cat Lacquer for my honest review.