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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

XOXO Nails - Coffee Date


Hi Everyone!!  Today I have a gorgeous polish to show you!!  This is Coffee Date by XOXO Nails.  Elektra, the owner, is such a sweetheart!  We met through Instagram and it has been awesome to see her grow!  She had some amazing combinations of polish that she has created!  She also is great at manicures too!  Love her nail art!  Make sure you check her out on Instagram - @xoxo_nails.  She is also on Facebook and Twitter - @xoxo_nails.  Her shop on Etsy, XOXO Nails, has full size bottles for $9.00, but she does have a few sets at discounted prices!  Here is Coffee Date!

Coffee date is a light nude/beige color that is sheer and creamy.  There are brown glitter hexagons, medium and very tiny, that reflect bronze color!  I love the way this polish looks!  I used 3 coats for the pictures, no top coat.




I love her labeling on her bottles too!  And the bottles themselves!  They are so unique!  These are the first I've ever had like this and I like change in shape!





Here is a bottle shot so you can see what I'm talking about for the glitters reflecting!

 

Oh! And here is the cute packaging!! I LOVE it!!  If you go to Elektra's shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/XOXONAILS, you will see here theme of the zebra background there too! 


I hope you enjoyed this look at XOXO Nails!  This was my first time trying this brand and I'm loving this color!! I have more beauties to review for you, so make sure to be on the look out for them!

Hope you have an awesome day!!

Much Love,
Crystal



*This product has been sent to me for review. All thoughts and opinions are that of my own.*

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Frankenstine Polish - Creature From The Black Lagoon

 
Today I have a very special Frankenstine Polish to show you!  This is a very limited, hard to find color.  I am SO glad I was able to try this, as it is absolutely amazing!  It's almost like instant galaxy nails!!  At least that's what it reminds me of!  If you are lucky enough to have a chance to snag this beauty, I would highly recommend it!  I think it will look great layered over lots of colors!
 
I chose to layer this over Cult Nails Awakening.  This is two coats.  EEK! I just went to http://www.cultnails.com/ and just found that Awakening is retired.  So if you have it, you are lucky to have this beauty too!  Sorry if you don't :-(


 
I then took 1 coat of Creature From The Black Lagoon with 1 coat of Seche Vite.  Oh my, do I love this glitter!! It has so much mixed it!! I see white, black, green, blue, gold, and bar glitters in a teal jelly base.  Most of the glitters are iridescent too, sparkling in the light.

 



Normally you can order by e-mailing Christine, the owner, at Frankenstinepolishes@earthlink.net.  However, since this is limited, I'm not sure if she will have these available.  You can check out her Facebook page for swatches of other colors! She is also on Instagram as @christineambrosia and has swatches there as well!! She has some beautiful polishes!!  You can see my previous post of I Invented Post Its and I will have another one on Friday!  Again, I apologize that this is HTF, but maybe you will get lucky like I did!



These pictures show some of that amazing glitter!  It reflects beautifully and looks so bright in the shade!  Like it is glowing!!





 
I hope you enjoyed this look at another Frankenstine Polish!!  Have a great day!!
 
Much Love,
Crystal
 
 
 
 
*This product has been sent to me for review. All thoughts and opinions are that of my own.*


Monday, September 24, 2012

QT Nails - Fuchsia Garden


Hello Everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend!! The wedding was beautiful on Saturday! SO happy for our friends, Mikey & Jamie!  Jamie made a stunning bride!!

Today I have a gorgeous color to show you from QT Nails!! This is Fuchsia Garden!  This is my first time using this brand, and I have to say I'm very impressed!  I used 2 coats plus Seche Vite top coat.  It applied extremely well and I love the base color!  It reminds me a lot of China Glaze Four Leaf Clover.   I noticed indoors the color looked more green, but outdoors it was giving off more of a teal color!  I love when polishes sort of "change" like that depending on the lighting!  Hopefully you'll notice that in the pictures, of how just the slight change of light gives it a different look. My favorite part is the fuchsia glitters in this that give such a beautiful contrast! 


You can find Fuchsia Garden on Etsy at QT Nails shop for $8.50.  You can also follow  QT Nails Facebook to get information on colors and updates!  Newsha, the owner, is so sweet!  She is also very creative so make sure to check out her other colors!!



I think the picture below is my favorite!  You can see  how the fuchsia glitters reflect and the base looks so good here!




Here is Coda!  He wanted to say hi!  He always watches me take pictures!! :-D


Here is a picture from indoors.  It actually looked even more green than this in some lights!! So pretty!


I hope you enjoyed this look at QT Nails!  I have 2 more to show you soon!  If they are anything like this, I'm sure I will love them too! ;-) Make sure you check out  QT Nails shop and her Facebook!

Hope you all have a great day!!

Much Love,
Crystal



*This product has been sent to me for review. All thoughts and opinions are that of my own.*