Sonoma Nail Art - Here Lies Robert

Hello!  Today I have a new to me Indie brand!!  I've seen Sonoma Nail Art around and have loved swatches, but am just now getting around to trying these beauties!!  Today I have Here Lies Robert that was a Halloween polish.  I have to apologize, as this is no longer available.  However, you can check out Etsy at Sonoma Nail Art to see some of her other gorgeous creations.  She usually will give a bit of warning for upcoming shop openings.  You can also find  Sonoma on Facebook to stay up to date on shop openings and new colors.

 

Here Lies Robert features the amazing labels that were made for the Halloween collection.  I remember seeing them and cannot believe I almost missed out on this.  I always appreciate a brand that will go that extra step to create not only amazing polish, but to dress it up as well!  It shows how much thought Michelle, the owner, puts into her product.

 

Here is the back of the bottle!  Look at this combo of glitters! 

 

Michelle wrote a little bit of background on her brand on Etsy: 

"Sonoma Nail Art Custom Nail Polishes are inspired by the beauty of Sonoma County, California. Just an hour north of San Francisco, Sonoma County is a paradise for wine and food lovers, and blessed with great natural habitats from rolling hills covered with oak trees, to the vast Pacific Ocean. Sonoma County is also home to many great artists and thinkers."

And the background on the polish I'm showing today:

"Here Lies Robert is part of my Halloween collection. Here Lies Robert is inspired by Sonoma County native Robert Ripley. Ripley was born in Santa Rosa and grew to fame with his very popular Believe It Or Not comic which was published in many newspapers. His fascination with the odd and strange ties in well with the spookiness of Halloween. Ripley is buried in the Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery in his hometown of Santa Rosa. Here Lies Robert is a glitter polish with black, moss, grey, and gold colored glitters. This polish is packed with color and works best as a top coat over other polishes."
 

 

I have used 2 coats of OPI Mermaid Tears as a base and applied 1 coat of Here Lies Robert, finishing with Seche Vite.  Applying this polish, I couldn't even believe what was in here!  The black diamonds, shards, and hexagons, with the green and teal glitter squares, tiny hexagons, and bar glitters, and also some silver and gold sprinkled through, all in a clear base!  I am in love with the diamond glitter - it just looks so awesome!  I bet this would look great over a bunch of different colors!

I sometimes receive compliments on a manicure, but not always.  This polish captured the interest of a ton of people when I wore it the other day to work.  Almost everyone I came in contact with said how much they loved this.  I was quite shocked, as some of those complimenting don't even realize I paint my nails a lot or blog!  So it just goes to show, that's how much people loved this.  Again, I apologize that this isn't available to purchase, but I would keep eyes open for blog sales in the future!  Otherwise, look forward to Michelle's other creations and hopefully more surprises next Halloween too! 

 

 

The reflective silver, greens, and gold glitters are beautiful, mixed with the black really do give a nail art feel, as in the name of the brand.  I look forward to trying many more of Sonoma Nail Art polishes, as I've been blown away by this!!

 

Here are a couple pics with OPI Mermaid Tears.

 

And a delicious close up! 

 

I hope you enjoyed this look at Sonoma Nail Art!!  Again, you can check these beauties out on Etsy  at Sonoma Nail Art.

 

Hope you all had a great weekend!  If you follow me on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook, I did post pictures of my new Alex from Ikea!! I am still going through and organizing! LOL!  So I will have a blog post of everything soon ;-)  Until then, here is my entire collection that I posted on Instagram...

 

Talk about polish overload!  (Mr. CC was playing Halo after he so kindly built my Alex for me!!!!)  I had most of my polish together my brand, but even still it took me forever to figure out how I wanted everything.  Next is going to be arranging it back by color!  But I still have 2 Alex drawers empty (thank goodness), and my 6 racks are almost filled, but some room to grow there! 
 

Hope you enjoy the day!

 

Much Love,
Crystal

Girly Bits - Roger That

Hello!! Today I have a very, very special polish to show you!  This is Roger That by Girly Bits.  This is a Memorial Tribute Polish dedicated to Brady Rogers. 

Included with the polish was a beautiful note that said:

July 21st, 2012 our community was shocked, and deeply saddened by the sudden deaht of a local teen, Brady Rogers.  Brady and his closest friends and family were at his come celebrating his high school graduation when Brady collapsed and died of an asthma attack.

In his 6'4 red haired, blue eyed frame, Brady was larger than life in spirit and personality.  He was one of those kids who left an impression on everyone who's path he crossed, and he loved his friends and family deeply and wasn't afraid to show it.  My daughter came to me and asked if I could create a polish, in Brady's memory, and donate the proceeds to the Brady Rogers Memorial Bursary Fund at Kingsville District High School, from which he graduated from just weeks before.  Her and her friends came up with 2 colour inspirations, a sparkly blue, just like Brady's eyes, and a beautiful orange, just like his ginger red hair.  The names?  "Roger That" & "Gentle Ginger".

$5.00 from every bottle sold goes to the Brady Rogers Memorial Bursary Fund at Kingsville High School.

So incredibly sad that such a young life could be taken so quickly from loved ones.   What a wonderful way to honor and remember Brady.  Even though I don't know those mourning personally, my heart goes out to them, as I'm sure he is greatly missed.  I'm sure he looks down from above and smiles at this wonderful way in which he is touching the lives of so many through these beautiful polishes.

Roger That is a blue linear holo.  I used 2 coats and it applied perfectly.  This first picture shows how it would look in the shade (using my lightbox).

Still using the lightbox, I was able to get some of the holo to peek out!

I love this shot!  This polish is stunning :-)

Here are some pictures using my bedroom/kitchen lighting to draw more of the holo out.  I have to say, I'm really missing the sun during these winter months!

You can purchase Girly Bits from http://girlybits.bigcartel.com/, Llarowe - Girly Bits, and Harlow & Co. - Girly Bits. Prices vary from $10 to $13 depending on the item (some are higher due to materials) and the shop. And Harlow & Co. offers free shipping over $50 to anywhere! And Girly Bits website is free shipping over $60. Another shop is Overall Beauty and I had my first order the other day!  Great customer service and quick shipping!  Also, I haven't had the pleasure of ordering from Mei Mei Signatures, but I hear great things about them!  Gotta love all the options to get your Girly Bits!! ;-) Each site has different polishes in stock right now, but they are worth checking out!

A great way to stay up to date on Girly Bits is through Facebook! Pam, the owner, updates restocks and includes swatches of colors! Another great way to see upcoming collections is by following Pam's Blog! Here are the other shop's Facebooks: Harlow & Co. - Facebook, Llarowe - Facebook, Overall Beauty - Facebook, Mei Mei Signatures -  Facebook.

A couple close ups!  This is the light box!

This is the kitchen lighting!

I hope you enjoyed this look at Roger That!  I love when polish is for a good cause.  I can't imagine what his parents, family, friends, and community must be feeling.  I can guess though, he will always be missed, but never forgotten :-)

Enjoy the weekend!  Anyone want to do my Christmas shopping for me?? hehehe

Much Love,
Crystal

Nostalgic - Karma Chameleon

Hello Everyone!!! I'm excited to show you this gorgeous white with glitter from Nostalgic Nail Lacquer called Karma Chameleon!!  This is from the new collection, New Wave Winter!  I'm a HUGE fan of these colors, because she created 3 white with glitters!  And if you know me, those are my absolute favorite!! So I've been drooling over these since Erin, the owner, released pictures!  Plus the others in this collection are fantastic too, the pink and grey, plus the gorgeous glitter! 

 

 

I just love the colors in this one! It has lime green, yellow, pink, blue, orange, and purple, all in different sizes! I used 2 coats and topped with Wicked Fast top coat. 

 

 

Nostalgic Lacquer is sold at http://nostalgicnaillacquer.bigcartel.com/ for $9.75. She also sometimes adds stock to her shop on Etsy, Nostalgic Lacquer. You can also find polishes at Overall Beauty - Nostalgic for $10 each. Kim, the owner of Overall Beauty, is very nice and has great customer service!

Stay up to date on Nostalgic by following http://nostalgicnaillacquer.com/, Facebook or Erin's Blog. 

 

 

I was able to snag one picture outside before the sun set completely!

 

Here is a yummy close up!!  Aren't the glitters beautiful in the milky white jelly base!?

 

I hope you enjoyed this look at Nostalgic!!   I have two more from this collection that I will show you soon!  This is a great white with glitters to add to my collection!  I just love the pastel look of the glitters!

 

Hope you have a great day!!

Much Love,

Crystal

 

 

 

 

*This polish was sent to me for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are that of my own.*