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Monday, November 16, 2015

KBShimmer Winter 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Hey heeeyy KBShimmer! I have the Winter 2015 collection from them to share with you today. There are 14 polishes in this bunch and they are all great, as usual haha. So let's take a look! I hope you like them as much as I do! :)

Claws And Effect is a midnight blue holographic polish with color shifting blue to pink glass fleck shimmer bits. The shimmer is front and center in lower lights, while the holographic comes out more in bright light. This was a little thin, but not difficult to control. Two coats was all I needed for full opacity.
KBShimmer Claws And Effect

For Fox Sake is a dusty, red leaning orange crème with the greatest name of any polish ever. This had the typical KBShimmer crème formula, amazing application and opaque in two coats. Almost a one coater though!
KBShimmer For Fox Sake

Brrr-tiful Dreamer has a creamy greyed out purple base with aqua, silver, purple, and fuchsia glitters. The base on this guy is pretty opaque so I only needed two coats. You'll always want a glossy top coat for these types of polishes to make the finish nice and level.
KBShimmer Brrr-tiful Dreamer

Owl Miss You is a soft beigey neutral tan filled with shifty gold and green metallic flakes and some warm metallic shimmer. This was thin and a little sheer on the first coat. Not runny though, so it was easy to apply and build up. I used three coats.
KBShimmer Owl Miss You

Chilly Pepper is another awesome crème, a bright red that's perfect for the holiday season. I had no issues with the application, opaque in two coats.
KBShimmer Chilly Pepper

Smoke Signal is a dusty light grey crelly polish with different sizes of orange, red, and aqua holographic glitters. I absolutely love grey polishes, so I am head over heels with this one. The base was a bit light on this one so I used three coats, but you might only need two.
KBShimmer Smoke Signal

Kind Of A Big Dill is a deep spruce green jelly loaded with small and mini silver holographic glitters. It was kinda sheer, due to the jelly-ness, and wasn't quite as opaque as I wanted on two coats, so I layered on a third. This is one of my favorite types of polishes KBShimmer comes out with. We saw an awesome blue version from them in the Fall collection, so I hope she keeps adding to this family!
KBShimmer Kind Of A Big Dill

Coal In One is a charcoal grey linear holographic polish. This has a very strong holo rainbow effect, really vibrant. Excellent formula and opaque in two coats.
KBShimmer Coal In One

How Corn-y is inspired by Indian corn. It's a muted warm yellow crelly with burgundy, gold, red, and orange glitters. This guy has a ton of glitter in it, so you will have to manipulate it a little to cover your nail the way you want. I had some bunching of glitters, but it wasn't difficult to fix. This is three coats.
KBShimmer How Corn-y

Fleece Navidad is soft, silvery light grey polish with holographic sparkle and color shifting blue to purple micro shimmer flakes. I already told you how much I love a good grey, so this is another winner for me. This is easy to apply, no issues. I used three coats for full opacity. Dries slightly dull so use a top coat for shine. Be careful when removing this one as the shimmer migrates and can get all over your skin.
KBShimmer Fleece Navidad

sELFie is a holiday mix of holographic green, red, and silver glitter in a clear base. I layered one coat of this over Kind Of A Big Dill. I was really happy to see how much glitter I was able to get out on one coat with no effort, so you can probably build this up to opacity in three coats. I LOVE this combination! So blingy!
KBShimmer sELFie

Oh Holo Night is a blingy holographic glitter topper featuring silver and blue holographic hexes and mini stars. I wore one coat of this over Coal In One and I love the result. This is easy to work with and spreads easily with great payoff. The glitter can sink in the bottle so I left mine upside down for a few minutes before I put it on.
KBShimmer Oh Holo Night

Yule Worthy has a warm burgundy purple leaning brown base filled to the brim with metallic microflakes. The glitter in this can shift to looking either silver or gold depending on what lighting you're in, but I'm pretty sure it's silver. Great formula that is very simple to apply. Two coats. This is another one you'll have to be careful in removing because the shimmer migrates.
KBShimmer Yule Worthy

Toying Around is KBShimmer's 4th annual edition charity polish; $4 from each bottle will be donated to Toys for Tots! So obviously this is inspired by toys, it has a pale rainbow of matte glitters in squares, circles, triangles and hexes in a clear base with a bit of holographic micro glimmer. This is one coat over Chilly Pepper. I had to manipulate and place the glitter pieces a bit because you get a ton on your brush. So cute!
KBShimmer Toying Around

These are all available now on the KBShimmer website for customers in the US. The crèmes are $7.50 and the glitters and holos are $8.75. International customers are able to order from the Harlow & Co. website, based in Canada. Tell me what you think of this collection! My favorites are Yule Worthy, Kind of a Big Dill, sELFie and Claws and Effect. Let me know your picks and we'll see you again soon!

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Cirque Colors The Metropolis Collection November 2015 Swatches & Review

Happy Saturday dear friend! I hope you are having a lovely day. :) I have two new polishes to add to the Cirque Colors Metropolis collection today! This is a collection of crème shades, with a new one or two being added monthly. Check out all my posts on the collection here if you're interested. This month we have two shades in the brown family, let's take a look!

Topless In Times Square is a pale beige nude. This needed three coats for full opacity on my nails, because it has more of a crelly formula. This is quite feminine but with a modern touch, I love it!
Cirque Colors Topless In Times Square

Glitterati is a medium greyed brown. Not too dark or light, but just in that sweet spot. Excellent formula, practically paints itself on your nails! Also more of a crelly, this is two coats but you may need three.
Cirque Colors Glitterati

Both colors are available now for $13 on the Cirque Colors website. What do you think of these rich, chic crèmes? I adore brown nail polish, I always feel classy and hip at the same time when I wear it. Do you have a shade that gives you that feeling?

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Nine Zero Lacquer Holiday Collection Swatches & Review

I'm back again to show off the new Holiday collection from indie brand Nine Zero Lacquer! This is a set of six holiday shades, with a special duo of holographic glitter toppers thrown in! These will all go on sale tomorrow, so let's take a look at them today! :)

Twinkle Lights is a silver linear holographic with multisized semi-transparent multicolored glitters that pop against the bright base. This is a super unique polish, I don't think I've seen anything like this before. It was a little sheer on the first coat, but you might be able to get away with two as it build up nicely. I used three coats for full opacity on my nails. The holo was nice and strong on this, pictures don't do it justice.
Nine Zero Lacquer Twinkle Lights

Santa Suit is a lovely bright red jelly filled with teensy tiny holographic microglitters. Very seasonal and adorable! I had no trouble with this, great formula. It was opaque in two coats.
Nine Zero Lacquer Santa Suit

Cat In The Christmas Tree is a pine green jelly with holographic gold microglitter. The glitter in this is a little bigger than in Santa Suit, it's a little more in your face. I love greens in general, and when you add gold to it, you've got me head over heels! This was effortless to apply and was opaque in two coats.
Nine Zero Lacquer Cat In The Christmas Tree

Star On Top is a holographic gold microglitter in a clear base. This can be worn on its own or layered over another color. I used three coats to make it opaque by itself. It builds up well, making multiple coats easy. And it dries quickly which is nice. Gold has always been my preference over silver and this glitter is making me swoon!
Nine Zero Lacquer Star On Top

A Peculiar Star has a deep blue jelly base with holographic navy blue microglitter. The glitters pop out in turquoise and green at certain angles, making it look very multidimensional. It's a little thicker than the other glitters, maybe due to the slightly larger glitters. This was opaque in two coats for me.
Nine Zero Lacquer A Peculiar Star

Stocking Stuffer has a clear base filled with different sizes and shapes of red, matte white, green, gold, silver and iridescent glitters. This is a perfect holiday glitter, all the traditional colors in one! I layered one coat over Santa Suit. There was tons of glitter pay off with this and it only required a little bit of manipulation to place the glitters where I wanted them.
Nine Zero Lacquer Stocking Stuffer

Here is Sparkle All The Things (Gold) and Sparkle All The Things, their two new layering glitters. These are micro-mini holographic glitters in a clear base. The base is not super heavy so they are lovely to use. Sparkle All The Things (Gold) is gold...obvs, and Sparkle All The Things is silver.
Nine Zero Lacquer Sparkle All The Things!! duo

I used two coats of each over a black crème. The silver is on my pointer and ring fingernails, so the gold is on the middle and pinky nails. They are both fabulous. If you are familiar with China Glaze Fairy Dust, these are very similar. They're super blingy in person!
Nine Zero Lacquer Sparkle All The Things!! duo

All of these shades and the Thanksgiving Trio I showed the other day will be available tomorrow, November 13th on the Nine Zero Lacquer website at 11 am EST. The Sparkle toppers will be $8 each and the Holiday polishes are all $9.50, except for Stocking Stuffer which is $9. Sound off in the comments about this collection! Do you love it? How 'bout them holo glitters??

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.
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