Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter! With KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest

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I've been itching to wear this gorgeous purple shimmer ever since I did some nail art with it, and I'm so glad I finally got around to wearing it.  This is Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter!, a perfect lavender with tons of sparkling pink shimmer.  The formula was smooth and excellent and applied with no streaks.  Two coats may have sufficed for shorter nails but I used three here for good measure.  This is without topcoat.

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

Essence Color & Go Oh My Glitter

I was inspired by the pink shimmer to add a pink glitter topcoat.  The closest I could find in my collection was KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest.  I wish there was a bit more pink, but then again, this glitter topcoat is pretty amazing with all the fabulous circle glitters in pink, silver, and gold.  I finished this with a layer of topcoat.

KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toastess With The Mostest

What a perfect spring combination!  I love how the silver and gold circle glitters highlight the pastel pink and purple.  If a mani could be effervescent, this would be it!  I guess that's why Toastess With The Mostest is such a fitting name for a circle glitter topcoat.  Are you a fan of spring pastels or do you run the other direction? 

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Happy New Years! Wet N Wild Blackmail With KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

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Happy New Years my dears!!  Kick 2013 to the curb and let's bring in 2014 with a glittery bang! 

I started with an oldie to represent the past - Wet N Wild Blackmail.  Yeah, I'm bringing it back old school.  Look at the New! sticker on that cap.  I wanted a black base with some microglitter, preferably gold, but couldn't find one and settled on this which has multicolored microglitter.  I used two fairly easy coats, no small feat considering the layer of dust on this bottle!  This is finished with topcoat(tip shrinkage, what!).

Wet N Wild Blackmail

Wet N Wild Blackmail

Wet N Wild Blackmail

Wet N Wild Blackmail

Next, to obliterate the old(yeah, I'm looking at you 2013), I used a New Year's worthy glitter topper by KBShimmer, Toast-ess With The Mostest.  This gorgeous glitter topper is jammed with circles of all sizes in pink, holographic silver, and gold.  Yum yum yum.  One coat was enough to cover the nail with a sufficient amount of glitter but I artfully placed a couple extra circles to balance it out.  This is finished with a layer of Gelous and topcoat(no skimping here!).

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

KBShimmer Toast-ess With The Mostest

 I can never get enough circle glitter, and this particular beauty hits that out of the park.  I toyed with the idea of layering over a sheer black jelly to make a sandwich, but I decided against it to maintain that sparkle.   Toast-ess is a really versatile glitter and I definitely plan on getting more use out of this in the future.  In the meantime, I plan on taking a hint and making sure that I do some toasting when the clock hits midnight!  Are you ready to bring in the new year?  What plans or resolutions have you made?

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KBShimmer The Dancing Green Swatch And Review

Happy Sunday Funday!  My brothers have both left me from their holiday visit and I know I'll miss them both terribly.  They're both so vibrant and fun, and incredibly thoughtful.  It makes me wish that we all lived closer to each other, especially now that I have a daughter.  I'm sure she'd love to spend more time with her entertaining uncles!  It's times like this that really makes me enjoy holidays, because spending time with family is priceless.

To help closeout the Christmas spirit, I have a bright almost neon green KBShimmer for you called The Dancing Green.  The base is a near jelly electric green packed with dazzling variety of glitter from gold and fuchsia circles, gold microglitter, purple and fuchsia hexes, and a smattering of fuchsia squares.  I used three coats here, and the surprisingly liquid formula was not difficult to apply.  There was no pooling or significant stacking of glitters, and minimal glitter drag.  The glitter ratio to base was good, in that the polish application itself and final mani weren't overwhelmed with glitter.  It dried quickly to a matte finish and called for a good layer of topcoat to add luster and shine.

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

KBShimmer The Dancing Green

I thought this would be a good transition out of Christmas polish because it has the bright Christmas green feel to it but instead of red, there was a generous amount of purple and fuchsia glitters.  The colors make it a non holiday polish that's perfect to wear year round.  The bright colors are a great pick me up from the vampy polishes of winter and fall, and help me anticipate the beginning of a new year.  Are you sad to see 2013 on its way out, or are you ready for a new start? 

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie Swatch And Review

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Happy Humpday!  Are you enjoying your week so far? I've been slammed at work(again) but at least with the holidays, my company has been providing holiday lunches and taking us for nice dinners so I guess I can't complain.  I was suppose to have today off from work, but instead I'm going in for a few hours because I'm too OCD to leave work for a day.  Afterwards, I'm going to enjoy a couple hours to myself before picking LO up from daycare.  I don't think I've had two hours to myself in over a year!

To help bring in the holidays, I have KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie for you today.  I believe it may be a core polish because it was released last year and it's still available on their website.  I picked this up in a round robin swap hosted by the lovely ladies on TPF and finally found an opportunity to wear it.  It's a dusty plum sheer mostly jelly base, with an assortment of mulitcolored pastel and holographic glitters.  The website says to wear two coats over a basecoat or three coats alone - here I used four coats to achieve opacity and yet it still seems very sheer.  That being the case, it's probably better worn over a base color but I prefer the jelly semi-transparent look so I used it alone.  From afar it looks opaque but on camera under the lights you can see VNL clearly.  I used a layer of Essence Gel Look topcoat to finish.

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie

I love the combination of glitter colors, from the matte purple, pink, and green glitters to the sparkling holographic glitters.  Even though the base is sheer, it helps let the glitters sparkle because it's not covering them up.  If it was more pigmented those glitters would probably get lost.  I like that they're the star of the show and unhindered by the basecolor.  And although the name of the polish is holiday themed, the polish itself can be worn year round and works for spring and summer. Are you slowly getting into the holiday spirit like I am or are you already full swing into the season?

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KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies And Pretty In Punk Swatch And Review

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Hooray for Monday!  Ok, I normally would never say that but I have today off so I'm ecstatic. No work for me today!  I'm hanging out with LO and hopefully we'll have a lot of fun. We'll probably go to the park and meet DH for lunch and if I'm slightly lucky, I might be able to get a shopping excursion in there somewhere.  Speaking of shopping... are you saving up for the black Friday sales?  I know there's going to be a ton of discounts to be had, so maybe I should save up instead!

The other day I posted one of the KBShimmer multichrome holos, Myth You Lots, and today I have the other two multichrome holos that were released in the same collection.  Both had similar formulas as Myth You Lots, and that is a bit sheer but buildable to opacity in three coats.  The holo in both was easily visible even in low light, but I had a some difficulty coaxing out all the multichrome shades on camera.  No topcoat in any of these pics.

Rollin' With The Homies is a gorgeous purple to blue to reddish brown multichrome.  The reddish brown was visible at odd angles and hard to capture on camera.  Mostly the blue and purple were easiest to see.  Great holo flare with this.

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies in light tent

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

KBShimmer Rollin' With The Chromies

Last I have Pretty In Punk, a green multichrome tha shifts from a rust to kelly green.  It's not crazy multichromatic but the holo in this is pretty satisfying.  I can never resist a green holo!  Unfortunately the direct light photos wash out the green a little so it's not as vibrant as it is in real life.  The light tent photos show a truer green shade.

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk in light tent

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

KBShimmer Pretty In Punk

Of all them, I think Rollin' With The Chromies may be my favorite only because I'm a sucker for blue to purple shifting polishes.  The other two are pretty awesome as well, and at $8.50, they're worth every penny.  I'm crossing my fingers that KBShimmer runs a black Friday special because if they do, I'm definitely snatching up more polishes from their latest collection.  Are you scoping out any polishes for the black Friday sales?

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KBShimmer Myth You Lots Swatch And Review

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Fall tv is in full effect, and I'm catching up and discovering a couple shows in my very little spare time.  I always have to watch my Top Chef competition, and of course Vampire Diaries and now The Originals.  I've also been watching some Dracula and Reign.  What shows have you been watching?

In one of my binges hauls, I may have let some of the new KBShimmers into my shopping cart.  The ones that interested me most were the holographic multichromes as these types of polishes always seemed to elude me with other brands.   Myth You Lots is a brown to silver and violet multichrome with a linear holo that applied with a nice fluid formula.  It did run a bit sheer though, and needed three coats to build up coverage.  I had no patchiness or streaking during application, and it dried to a nice shine on its own.  No topcoat in these pics, with the first one in the light tent, the rest under direct light.  And warning - lots of pics and weird hand poses!

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

It's not as multichrome as I was hoping, but it's definitely got some great duochrome color play.  The violet is the most prominent, with the brown peeking out at odd angles.  The linear holo is a sweet bonus, and makes this polish great eye candy throughout the day.  The price point in comparison to other similar polishes is amazing too, an affordable $8.50 versus $12 and up amongst other brands.  Overall, I'm very pleased with this polish and I'm looking forward to trying the others that I snagged.  What colors do you know of that have a similar finish?

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