CrowsToes My Favorite Amazon

"Glitter Bombs" are one of my favorite types of polish. I usually prefer them to be toppers but who am I kidding...I love glitter in any form. Today, I have a glitter topper from CrowsToes, My Favorite Amazon. CrowsToes makes amazing glitter polishes. They're what caught my attention with CrowsToes in the first place. My obsession with CrowsToes happened when I discovered that they make amazing holos, duochromes, and shimmers too. 

My Favorite Amazon is a glitter topper that would look good with a lot of different base colors. I chose a gold polish, China Glaze Mingle with Kringle for mine. 

My Favorite Amazon has a clear base that is packed with glitter. There are white stars and red, white, blue, gold and silver hex glitters in various sizes.  

I love the formula of this polish. You get a ton of glitter every time you pull out the brush. You don't have to fish for anything either. I usually got a star out every time, I think I had to play Go Fish once. Love it!

I used two coats of My Favorite Amazon on each nail. I didn't use normal brush strokes, I dabbed the glitter on which is what I always do with glitters like this. I used two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast for my top coat to get a smooth surface. 

Here's a macro of the bottle. Isn't it pretty? I absolutely adore this polish. 

You can purchase CrowsToes at the following places:

Llarowe

Overall Beauty

Shop Eclecticco

Femme Fatale

Norway Nails

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KBShimmer The Grape Beyond and Would Jubilee It?

KBShimmer is an indie brand that I really love but have never blogged about. I didn't realize that until recently and I can't believe I've neglected them! What is wrong with me?!? I don't have a ton of their polish, let me count....I have nine. I bought three a year or so ago and they got lost in my untried pile. Again, what is wrong with me? I am going to fix that starting with this post. 

KBShimmer has been around for five years. To celebrate their fifth anniversary, they released the duo I'm showing you today (The Grape Beyond and Would Jubilee It?). 

These two polishes are meant to be worn together but you can of course mix and match as you please. 

KBShimmer The Grape Beyond

I absolutely love this polish. I'm obsessed with purple polish but this one is special. The Grape Beyond is a medium purple that leans to the blue side. It has a beautifully delicate blue micro shimmer and to top it off, it dries to a satiny matte finish. 

The formula is just right, I have zero complaints. It goes on smoothy and the finish is to die for. If you have a lot of ridges on your nail, you may want to use a ridge filler. Other than that, perfection! I used two coats and no top coat for the two pictures above.

This is what it looks like with top coat. Top coat brings out the shimmer and shimmer is always a good thing. Right? Right! When you add top coat, give your nails a little more time to dry. I didn't, and smudged my index finger. 

KBShimmer Would Jubilee It?

Can you be "in love" with a polish? Perhaps I need therapy because I'm obsessed with this glitter topper. I'm really into the circle glitter trend we've been seeing in the indie world lately and this one is a must have. I used one thick coat; the glitter pay off is amazing. I didn't use regular brush strokes, I dabbed it on. I used two thick coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast to smooth out my nail. Love it!

Big circles, little circles, hexagons, and tiny bar glitter...yes please! I love the vibrant mix of colors. They really do go perfectly with The Grape Beyond. This is a polish that you won't want to take off. 

You can purchase KBShimmer polishes, soap, bath bombs, and more on their website, here. 

Do you own any polishes from KBShimmer? Which ones are your must haves? Let me know in the comment section below!

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Lumina Lacquer - 1000 Julys

Today I have an amazing glitter bomb to show you, Lumnia Lacquer 1000 Julys. I can't get enough of polishes like this! In fact, I wore this baby for an entire week. I did not want to take it off but I have a lot of  swatching to do! 

Lumina Lacquer is an indie brand that makes gorgeous glitters. If you haven't checked them out, you are seriously missing out. Right now, she is making glitter bombs that have Mickey Mouse shaped glitters. You know, I've already snatched those up! 

1000 Julys is a blue based glitter polish with stars, circles, hexagons, micro glitters and more. They are different shades of blue and some are black. There are also holographic glitters in this beauty. The glitter pay off is killer, I used two coats on top of one coat of Zoya Ibiza (dark blue). Like any other glitter bomb, this needs a couple coats of a thick top coat. I used two thick coats of Seche Vite and could have used a third. I'm in love with this polish. Let's take a look! 

Lumina Lacquer 1000 Julys

Oh man, I can't get over how beautiful and sparkly this polish is. If I didn't have so much to swatch, I'd put this back on. I love it that much!!!!!

1000 Julys is currently sold out but Lumina Lacquer gets restocked fairly frequently. You can find them, here. To keep updated with Lumina Lacquer, I'd follow their Instagram account, here. 

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-Mira

Cadillacquer Where the Wild Things Are

I've been so lucky to try out a bunch of new brands lately. Cadillacquer is another new to me brand and I'm intrigued! First of all, I adore the name. As a first and second grade teacher, I often read Where the Wild Things Are (by Maurice Sendak) to my students. I also have fond memories of it from my childhood. It's such a cute story and the illustrations are absolutely charming. It's one of the books I saved when I stopped teaching. Now that I'm thinking of it, I should find it and send it to my nieces and nephew. It's not doing any good collecting dust is it!? The polish, I'll keep for myself. 

Where the Wild Things are by Cadillacquer is a very smoky greyed out green that seems to have some blue in it as well. I love this color. I need to paint a room in my house this color. As for the shimmer and glitter, there is a lot more going on than what immediately meets the eye. There is actually glitter, shimmer, and flakies in this polish. Oh my? Definitely. The shimmer looks like a light yellowy gold, the flakies are iridescent, and the glitter is iridescent and light silver. I probably got some of that wrong but that's what it looks like to me! 

The formula is a bit on the thick side. I wiped the excess off on my brush to make my coats pretty thin. If you apply it with a lot of polish on your brush, it will get a little goopy and hard to control. Once I put less on my brush, it went on just fine. I will probably add a little polish thinner to the bottle.

I used two thin coats and finished up with Seche Vite top coat. 

Here is a macro of the bottle. You can see the shimmer on the upper right side of the picture. It's kind of hard to see the flakies, but they are there. Have I mentioned how much I love the color? Yum.

If you don't mind adding some polish thinner or putting in a little extra effort for a beautiful polish, I can recommend this. I personally don't have a problem adjusting the amount I normally have on my brush as long as I love how it looks. This will be a keeper for me. 

You can get this polish from the fabulous, Llarowe for $13.00. 

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*The product in this post was provided for review. 

KKCenterHK - Silver Star Nail Art Studs

I was recently contacted by an online store called, KKCenterHK to review a couple of products. I snooped around on their site and agreed. The first thing I chose was a bag of silver star studs (say that fast three times). I love using studs for nail art because they are so easy to use and take very little effort to apply. Yet they can add so much to a manicure. Works for me!

For my mani, I used a new to me brand called Super Black Lacquer. The polish is called HBIC. I have no idea what that stands for but I love the polish! I will do a separate review on the polish soon. After that dried, I added a coat of Seche Vite and placed the studs on my nails. Then I applied another coat of top coat to make sure they stayed in place. I wore this mani for a few days and only lost one star on the last day. The stars don't lay down completely flat so I must have snagged it on something. The next time I use them, I will wear two coats of top coat over the stars to make sure they are completely sealed on my nail. 

The stars  I got are 4mm and come in a little bag like this (you get around 50). They cost $4.23 + shipping. You can find them, here.

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*Products in this post were provided for review.

Born Pretty - Plastic Bows

I had so much fun with my family last week, I forgot to blog! I'm going to babble about my life for a bit so skip down if you just want to just know about the nails. I won't take it personally I promise. =)

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My husband had a four day weekend which is very rare (he's a workaholic). We had fun hanging out at the house. He has been asking me to play an online game with him for a while and I finally caved. It's called Rift if you're into that sort of thing (it's free). I'm not a gamer but have played them in the past so I gave it a try. We have been playing together every night after dinner which is usually when I blog (while we watch tv). It's actually pretty fun and totally nerdy but I'm ok with that. I just need to blog earlier in the day now. 

As for family, we celebrated the 4th with his family on the 3rd and with my family on the 4th. It just happened that way so I got to hang out with everyone. I went to see World War Z with my hubby and I actually liked it. I'm not into zombie movies but I'm into Brad Pitt so I went and I was pleasantly surprised. Sitting through movies is really hard on my body and it usually takes a day to get back to my normal pain after I dare have any fun. Stupid body. 

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I thought I'd stop neglecting my blog and get a post in tonight. I've had this in my queue for a while now. So long in fact that I can't remember which Zoya I'm wearing and it's really really bothering me. I really think it's Zoya Mickey but it's hard to tell. What do you think it is? 

On top of the mystery Zoya is two thin coats of Lynnderella Connect the Dots and Seche Vite top coat. Then with a dot of nail glue, I added the adorable bow from Born Pretty Store which is what I'm going to review in this post! 

Let's talk about the cute bow shall we?

The bows are from Born Pretty Store, here. There are several different patterns that are attached to this item. If you just add it to your cart without picking which pattern you want, you will get something you may not want. I did that very thing with the next item I will be reviewing and I was bummed. 

In the product description, it say that these are stickers. They are not. At least this pattern isn't. They are made out of hard plastic and are not flexible. I like that they aren't stickers, they are a lot sturdier than I expected. I used nail glue to apply it and it didn't go anywhere. I'm slightly amused with how much I love these because I'm not a pink fan (I might be converting).

Now I know that these aren't practical and that's ok! I wore it for a day and then I popped it off and put it back in it's container. Reusable is good. If you snag it, it will most likely just pop off. If you lose one, there are more! 

You get nine bows for $2.69 which is a great deal in my humble opinion. Use my coupon code for an extra 10% off! Oh, and did I mention that shipping is free? Sweet.

So, I've gotta know...would you rock a big bow on your nails? 

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*Products in this post were provided for review. 

31 Day Challenge - Day 7 Black & White Nails

I was planning on doing some nail art for this challenge but I just wasn't up to it. I've been wanting to try this polish and hope it's ok that there is red in addition to black and white. =)

I have a thing for black and white polish. It started with Lynnderella's Connect the Dots. I couldn't get that for a while so I snagged Sticks and Stones and later CtD. Why? I don't know! They are virtually the same. I have problems. My favorite color combination is black, white, and red so I was on the look out for a glitter polish with those colors. When I saw Lush Lacquer's Midnight Affair, I had to have it. It's exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to put it on top of a dark grey but thought it best to use black for this challenge. Next time, I'll try grey. 

Midnight Affair has an amazing formula, just like the other glitters I've tried from Lush Lacquer. I applied it just like regular polish and it spread evenly on the nail. I love the proportions of the colors, it's just right. 

For this mani, I used two coats of a standard black creme, two coats of Midnight Affair, and two coats of Seche Vite. 

You can find Midnight Affair at Lush Lacquer's Etsy shop, here. 

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 I'll be back with metallic nails tomorrow....as soon as I decide what to do! =)

-Mira