Crystal's Crazy Combos

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Girly Bits Street Magic over Zoya Caitlin

Hello Hello!! Today I have a gorgeous polish that I have been drooling over for a while!! I was so excited when it arrived on Monday, that I had to swatch it right away!! Girly Bits Street Magic is a gorgeous color changing polish. It shifts from gold to green, and I saw some reddish in there too. I swear today it was even blue, but it could have just been reflecting off of Zoya Caitlin's bluish tone. The best part is those stunning little shimmers that catch the light so perfectly. It just glows!

Pam's blog is HERE, which has info about her polish. To see which colors are available, click HERE. She is not currenlty taking orders, but she will hopefully be opening the end of April. Street Magic sells for $7.00 for a 5ml bottle and $11.50 for a 15ml bottle.

Leah Ann (Llarowe we often call her) also sells these on her site, HERE. Street Magic is listed at $13.00 for a 15ml bottle. Unfortunately, it is sold out. I know this might make you sad, but I too waited for this polish, and I must say - it is worth the wait! I try to post on Facebook if I see shops open, so make sure to follow me there ;-) Here are a couple bottles shots with Shift Happens (that will be coming soon!).

I used Zoya Caitlin as my base. It is a greyish blue. The pictures are 2 coats, no top coat. Had I worn this separately, I would have used a top coat, but I knew I was going to layer it!

In the pictures below, I used 1 coat of Street Magic over Caitlin with 1 coat of Wicked Fast top coat. Some pictures are blurred to show the shimmer. I wasn't able to catch the sun, but I guarantee you, it would have been even better!!!

Coda wanted to be in the photo shoot too. He's a total model for the camera ;-)

Hope you enjoyed this combo!! Mr. CC even said what a good pick for the base - LOL!! I'm glad he liked it and I hope you guys do too!

Much Love,
Crystal

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Daring Digits - Master Shake

No surprise here, another Etsy Indie Brand!!!! hahah Yay!!! :-) Ok, but this one I not only love, but it is based on a show I used to watch!! ATHF - Aqua Teen Hunger Force!!! I actually haven't watched it in a while, but just saw they changed them name of the show, so weird! Anyway, here is the characters below - L to R, Master Shake, Meatwad, and Frylock. There is also their weird neighbor, Carl, not pictured. It was on Adult Swim of the Cartoon Network late at night. It probably is still on actually, but I'm not 100% sure ;-) It was kind of an odd show, but Mr. CC and I loved it.

This picture is from Adult Swim's site. You can see more pictures/video clips here!

So you can see where the glitters come from - Master Shakes straw and gloves. Even if you don't know who he is or anything about the show, this color fits right in with my latest craving of white with glitter or white glitters in other colors. How gorgeous is this!? It is a shimmery white base with the fun fuchsia and gold/yellow glitter!! I used 3 coats for the pictures, with the third a tad thicker. I then used 1 coat of Wicked Fast top coat. Right now, Ashley is having a sale on her polishes, so you can get full size or minis for 20% off! Full size Master Shake - HERE for $6.00 or mini Master Shake - HERE for $2.80. More pictures!!

sunlight

I zoomed in to show some of that shimmer! Gorgeous!

Shade

Sun was setting, but you can see how glossy it is (TC Wicked Fast by Cult Nails)

I hope you liked learning about Master Shake - both the polish and character!! ;-) Ashley of Daring Digits has great customer service at her shop, so if you don't happen to see a full size or a mini available, send her a message and she will work with you for a custom order - even with the discount!

Have a great day!!! :-D Is it wrong I kind of want a shake now? LOL

Much Love,

Crystal

Monday, April 2, 2012

Pretty and Polished Pool Party and a Party on my Yacht combo!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! I had a girlfriend over Saturday night and we painted nails!! ;-) I showed her how I do my tape mani, which there are pictures below of my mani! Her nails will be on a post soon too! I love girl time, especially with a glass of wine and manis!! ;-)

Today I want to show you Pool Party!!! This was a special polish that Chelsea listed on her shop Pretty & Polished. I'm not sure if she'll have more, but hopefully if the demand is there, she can still get the supplies to make it! I think if you love glitter, love blue, and love jelly polish - you need this! Honestly, even if you don't, you probably need this color! ;-) Pool Party applied perfectly! The glitter just went in place and is layered perfectly through the blue base! I used 3 coats for the pictures. It dried very well though, so it was quick to paint on! I used no top coat in the pictures! The glitter is in bars, squares, different size hexagons - it really is a party! And the blue is perfecly pool like. Stunning polish! So glad I could pick this one up!

Keep an eye out on Wednesday, April 4 for her shop to be restocked!! You can find that HERE! Because of the base shortage, so does write a note about not being able to stock as much as she normally does. I sincerely hope all the Indie Brands can find a way to keep their shops open by another supplier!

sunlight - look at that bottle!!!

And below is the tape mani I did. Party on my Yacht was a favorite of my friend, Dolly, so I knew I had to show her it! I went through looking t see what to pair it with. I almost did a blue (which probably would have been extremely pretty too), but ended up seeing Orly Ancient Jade at the last second! I couldn't have picked better! I absolutely love how this turned out! It is just so - Spring-like! I used 2 coats of Orly Ancient Jade, then used Poshe to dry, and did 1 coat over of Party on my Yacht!! Finished up with some Wicked Fast Top Coat by Cult Nails.