Nail Art with DRK

I'm feeling like Super Poop today, so I'm gonna make this short and sweet :)  I decided to create a mani using several products from recent purchases that were too awesome to leave sitting on my shelf of nail art paraphernalia.  Here is the result!

Base Coat: "Joyful" by Parrot Polish (desk clear, not available in the shop)
Stamping Polish: "Sangria" by DRK

Stamper: Jelly Jumbo Stamper by DRK
Stamping Plate: Moyra 03 - "Ornaments"

Holographic Accent Polish: "Rainbow Spill" by Polish Your Dreams

Glitter Accent Polish: "Wish" by Cupcake Polish

I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out :)  Honestly had no idea what I was going to do, just kind of went along with it as it happened.  What do you think of this mani?

M Polish Winter 2015 Collection - Part 1

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A week and a half later, and I think we're all done sharing the sickness travelling around my house.  Finally, I have time and energy for blogging again!!  You know, just in time for me to have a baby in a month...

Alright, so, M Polish just released an absolutely stunning set of 6 stamping polishes for her Winter 2015 collection!  

I'm going to split them up into two posts so you're not overwhelmed with pictures, and to give your eyes a break, or you will likely go blind from the beauty ;)

We'll start today with the metallic polishes! 

Please note that in all the swatch photos coming up I used a base coat of OPI's Nail Envy and a topcoat of Ain't Nobody Got Time For That by Digital Nails.

First up:  Carol

Carol is a lovely holographic polish containing bronze microflakies.  I am wearing it here over Zoya's "Cynthia" with images from the "Absolutely Nautical" plate from Winstonia.

Next up: Frost

Frost is a gorgeous holographic polish containing platinum microflakies.  I am wearing it over Zoya's "Racquel" using images from MoYou Nails plate 229.  The ring finger is watermarbled using OPI's Nail Envy and Racquel.

Last up: Bells

Bells is a gorgeous holographic polish with gold microflakies.  I am wearing it over Zoya's "Mira" using images from Marianne plate 85.  I watermarbled Bells with OPI's Nail Envy on my pointer and pinky fingers.  While these metallics do watermarble, I will say it was not as "smooth" as the other stampers, but is still possible.

They all stamped very easily, as M Polishes have always done for me.  Even though these are metallic flakies, they transferred nicely!

You can find these three at the M Polish Shop site, and while some are currently sold out, they will be restocked for her Black Friday sale!!  Here are some links for you:

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Instagram

What do you think of these polishes?  Did you pick any of them up at the launch last week?  Let me know in the comments!!

 

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Polishes were sent to me by the maker for photography purposes.  All experience with the polish is unique to me and disclosed with 100% honesty.

M Polish Cayuga and Pekin

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Late to the game today - busy busy morning!  Finally able to sit down and write about the perfect white and black stamping polishes "Pekin" and "Cayuga" by M Polish!

I decided to veer away from the Duck theme for this mani since these two colors are more universal - and not everybody like ducks :P  Don't wanna overkill!!  So here is the mani I created using Pekin and Cayuga:

I put on one coat of White Jelly and Black Jelly polish by Jior Couture and stamped Pekin and Cayuga over using one of my lace designs from my Sugar Bubbles plate #018.  I love this look - I have wanted to do this type of design for a while- it's great to be able to finally do it using such spectacular polish!  I decided not to topcoat this mani because I loved the contrast of the shiny jelly with the matte finish of the stamping polish.  And as always, the polish was super easy to work with!  Parts of the white did not transfer onto my middle nail, but that was my fault in taking to long to transfer the image - and I was too lazy to re-do the nail :P

Pekin and Cayuga are available for purchase in the M Polish shop at $9.50 for the 15ml full size, and $3.25 for the 5ml mini size.  You can also follow the brand's Facebook Page, Fan Group, and Instagram for updates on new collections and release dates.

What do you think of this design?  Will you be picking up either (or both!) of the new M Polishes?

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Polishes were sent to me by the maker for art and a review.  Opinions and experience with the polish are my own and remain 100% honest.

KBShimmer Spring Polishes

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Happy Tuesday, all!  I hope you're starting to maybe see a glimmer of Spring wherever you are, especially if you've been dealing with snow!

Today I've got three polishes from the Spring Collection by KBShimmer to share with you - you know, in case you haven't already picked up some of these beauties ^_^

First up is Meow Or Never:

Meow Or Never is a lovely light gray crelly packed with various sized matte and shiny purple, grey, periwinkle, blue, and white glitters.  This polish was based on Pantone's spring color "Glacier Gray."  Meow Or Never applied very smoothly and evenly and was opaque in three thin coats.  It dried to a shiny finish in under 5 minutes, though I added a coat of HK Girl Glisten & Glow to help even it out a bit.

Next up is a polish that I'd seen mixed reviews on - mostly negative, and one blogger even calling it "milky glitter puke" :P  I'll let you decide for yourself what you think, but I gotta say, I was (surprisingly) pleasantly taken with this polish - "To Peach His Own:"

To Peach His Own is described as a pale peach crelly with holographic glitters in lime green, gold, violet, and magenta colors.  This polish had great application as well, with a nice even spreading of glitters.  Opaque in 3 thin coats, it also dried in under five minutes to a shiny finish (again, one topcoat in the pictures).  I personally kind of love this color - it's very antique, and reminds me of tea cups I used to have as a little girl :)  It's very Springy to me - a nice neutral peach tone with all those various colored glitters reminds me of flowers.  The name of the polish is very fitting for its character :)

Last but not least is my favorite of the three (and I'm sure you're not surprised at all by it!) - "Thistle Be The Day:"

Here are some outdoor shots to really show off that holo goodness:

Thistle Be The Day is described as a pale pinkish purple linear holographic polish.  Opaque in 2 coats, it applied smooth as butter and dried in record timing - under 3 minutes.  An added topcoat really made that holo pop!  This polish has one of the best holographic formulas I've come across yet - I definitely recommend it for all you fellow holo lovers!

I decided to stamp a nice Spring pattern over Thistle Be The Day using the oh-so-perfect stamping polish color "Snowberry" by M Polish and a flower pattern from plate 124 by MoYou Nails.

You can find the Spring collection at KBShimmer's online store here.  You can also follow the brand's Facebook Page, Instagram Account, and Twitter Page for updates on new products and sales.

So what do you think of these polishes?  Did you pick up any of the Spring collection when it first launched?

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Polishes sent by the company for review purposes.  My opinion remains 100% honest.