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?

Purchased

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet? Swatch And Review

Happy Sunday Funday!  We'll be at the park today celebrating LO's birthday with family and friends.  There will be lots of good food and bbq, libations, and games.  I hope everything turns out well!  This includes the turtle cupcake cake that we're making from scratch.  Eeks!

I have another Wet n' Wild Pop Art Craze polish for you, and that's Who Is Ultra Violet?  It's a very apt name for this polish because it's a bright violet crelly that applied fairly well for being a crelly and was fully opaque in three coats.  Violets never look that great on me because of the pink undertones, but this one wasn't too bad.  It dried shiny on its own so no topcoat necessary.

Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

I thought Who Is Ultra Violet might be a good base color for FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider, a gorgeous violet with silver blue shimmer that was released this past spring in the Wild About Spring Collection.  This color is really stunning and the shimmer is really strong.  The only downfall is that it's very sheer and takes at least four coats to become opaque.  Here, I used one layer of Itsy Bitsy Spider over Who Is Ultra Violet and I think I got the same effect.  No topcoat in these pics either.

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

The blue flash is much more apparent in low light.  Sorry for the blurry pic!

FingerPaints Itsy Bitsy Spider Over Wet n' Wild Who Is Ultra Violet?

Don't you love that shimmer?  I'm not sure if this color is still available, but if you can find it I highly recommend it!  I can never get enough of shimmers like this.  I haven't used Finger Paints that much before but after this swatch I'm interested in trying more!  Do you like Finger Paints, and if so, what's your favorite color?

If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter my giveaway for a chance to win OPI Spotted and three OPIs from the new fall San Francisco collection!

Hare Polish Medusa Luminosa from Illuminated Life Collection

Crap, I can't believe it's already a week before Thanksgiving!  Time really flies.  I still have to figure out what I'm going to make for a turkeyless Thanksgiving, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.  My in-laws are coming into town for the week and neither eat meat.  It figures they'd come on a holiday that's represented by a turkey.  I've already done vegetarian shephard's pie and veggie pot pie in the years before, and that's pretty much my entire cooking repertoire.   I might have to branch out and try a more exotic cuisine this year.  Vegetarian Vietnamese Thanksgiving anyone?

I've already posted Bury the Hatchetfish, and now I have another polish from the same collection, The Illuminated Life.  This is Medusa Luminosa, a gorgeous shade of violet with iridescent purple hex glitter and raspberry micro glitter.  I love the iridescent sparkle that makes this polish glow from within and really brighten up the violet jelly base that it's suspended in.  Of course it's impossible to capture the true color of the purple on camera without turning it bluer than it really is, but at least it doesn't hide that wonderful glow.  I believe the color is based on the beautiful coloring of a bioluminescent jellyfish known as the medusa luminosa.  Application good, a tiny bit thick but workable, and it took three coats for me to get full opacity.  I used gelous and poshe to get a glass like shine.

Hare Medusa Luminosa

Hare Medusa Luminosa

Hare Medusa Luminosa

Hare Medusa Luminosa

Hare Medusa Luminosa

Takes your breath away doesn't it?  I'm throwing the towel in now and have accepted the fact that I'll have to own the entire collection of the Illuminated Life.  So far everything I've tried has been stunning!