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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01

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Hello!

Well...my next two posts are gonna be a little bit ironic, lol! Today we're going to take a look at a recent release from UberChic Beauty, their Business Chic plate. So it's a little ironic since many of us are working at home right now...but if you're still going in to work you definitely want to look cute, and if you're working from home, this plate will still allow you to flash cute fingers over Zoom!

As always, I did a video discussing the plate and showing some sample looks:

And here's a still look at the plate:

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01

I love the variety of patterns on this plate, all classy, all versatile, and so much mix-and-match potential. Use the for backgrounds, single pass, reversed stamp--all the things!

On to the manis! For y first one I wanted to do a simple single-pass with it:

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01 over Zoya Aurora

Base Polish(es): Zoya Aurora
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01
Stamping Polish(es): Moyra Silver

For the second mani, I wanted to play around with a little mix-and-match magic:

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01 over Zoya Leif

Base Polish(es): Zoya Leif
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Just Lucky

And finally, I wanted to show how easily you can make a bold statement with a little reversed stamping:

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01 over Zoya Tanya

Base Polish(es): Zoya Tanya
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Pure Black and Girly Bits Saffron, Saffroff

UberChic Beauty Business Chic 01 is on sale now in the UberChic store, and other places where UberChic is sold. :)

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Glam Polish: Selections from the Myths And Legends Collection

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Hello!

How ya doing? I've strangely been far more busy the last month and a half than I normally am, and I will hopefully have a happy announcement for you soon!

Today we're going to take a look at five beauties from Glam Polish's Myths And Legends collection, a limited edition collection inspired by legendary characters, creatures, and lands. And--spoiler alert--there's about to be a lot of gorgeous flakies right here!

Glam Polish Myths And Legends Collection

Glam Polish Gandalf

Glam Polish Gandalf

Coverage: 2-3 coats. I had a little visible nail line with 2 coats that you could see on camera, so I'm wearing three here.
Formula & Application: Easy, breezy, beautiful! I don't think I've every had a Glam Polish that wasn't.
Description: Gray crelly with multichrome flakies, aurora shimmer, and ultra holo glitter. This is my favorite of the collection--I think it's the one what shows off the full range of the multichrome flakies, and looks like fiery fall leaves set in a cold, stormy fall day. Very appropriate for Gandalf the Gray!

Glam Polish Pegasus

Glam Polish Pegasus

Glam Polish Sea Siren

Glam Polish Sea Siren

Glam Polish Seven Kingdoms

Glam Polish Seven Kingdoms

Glam Polish Zelda

Glam Polish Zelda

Coverage: 2-3 coats. I had a little visible nail line with 2 coats that you could see on camera, so I'm wearing three here.
Formula & Application: Easy, breezy, beautiful! I don't think I've every had a Glam Polish that wasn't.
Description: Light orchid crelly with multichrome flakies, aurora shimmer, and ultra holo glitter. This one is soft and feminine and just plain pretty.

Glam Polish's Myths And Legends collection goes on sale tomorrow, May 1st at 2pm EST in the USA. For the first 72 hours you can save 5% off all individual shades in-store with code MYTH5, and 10% off all full collections in-store with code MYTH10. If you're a flakie lover, this collection is definitely for you.

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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And the 2nd Det. Jo Fournier book, Taken to the Grave, here!
And the 3rd Det. Jo Fournier book, Her Daughter's Cry, here!

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Two Spring Manis!

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Hello!

I hope your spring is off to a wonderful start in our current crazy times...Going outside (safely and briefly!) and watching beauty transform the earth has been really cleansing for me right now. And in line with that, I've done a couple of bright, fun spring manis to share with you...

First up, a celebration of cherry blossoms, which always make me so happy:

UberChic Beauty Welcome Spring over Glam Polish Something Sensational

Base Polish(es): Glam Polish Something Sensational
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Welcome Spring
Stamping Polish(es): Kaleidoscope White, Hit The Bottle Polish Everyday I'm Truffling, A Rose By Any Other Name

For the second, I wanted to celebrate a bolder version of spring flowers:

UberChic Beauty Welcome Spring over Glam Polish Something Sensational

Base Polish(es): Glam Polish Something Sensational
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Welcome Spring
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Once Upon A Time and Moonlit Stroll

Happy spring! Stay safe and healthy,
M. xoxo

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And the 3rd Det. Jo Fournier book, Her Daughter's Cry, here!

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

PPU Alert: Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular

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Hello!

This month's Polish Pickup theme is Aquatic Wonder, and Stella Chroma's contribution this month is based on a pet I always wanted to have--the turtle! Okay, I guess I actually wanted a tortoise, 'cause they're the ones that are on land, right? I can't ever keep those straight...Anyway, let's take a look:

Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular

Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular

Coverage: I'm wearing 2 coats
Formula and application: Easy, breezy, beautiful
Description: This polish was inspired by the Honu of Hawaii, floating in the crystal blue waters of the North Shore. It's a sandy nude glitter crelly with sapphire blue and emerald green holographic glitter, with a few matte turquoise glitters thrown in, and a little bright green shimmer for good measure!

This polish looks like a beautiful day at the beach to me, like foamy waves washing back out to the sea, in that moment when the blue and the green dance on the sand...Since I can't go to the beach anytime soon, this polish is going to get me through until I can. I have a feeling you'll be seeing it reappear on the blog with some beach nail art...

Stella Chroma also has a sugar scrub as part of the sale this month, called Cool Reef:

Stella Chroma Cool Reef Sugar Scrub

I don't know about you, but I'm washing my hands about a hundred times a day right now, and when I finish off the end of the day with a little of this, it leaves my skin soft and hydrated rather than dry and cracked. I love the minty-eucalyptus scent to this (I love hanging out in eucalyptus groves), and the hit of citrus makes it bright and happy.

On to the nail art! First, something a little fancy:

Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular stamped with Hit The Bottle Polish To Love or not to Love

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular
Stamping Plate(s): Hit The Bottle Polish To Love or not to Love
Stamping Polish(es): Hit The Bottle Polish Everyday I'm Truffling

I wanted to play up the beige base of this, so I accented it with a brown. And I love these two patterns together--they have sort of a Victorian wrought-iron fence look to me.

For my next one I went light and fun to play up the beach look:

Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular stamped with Creative Shop 93

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma Turtle-y Tubular
Stamping Plate(s): Creative Shop 93
Stamping Polish(es): It Girl Nail Art Sapphire

This one is obviously meant to look like clouds, but when I look down at my nails, the curves also look like waves washing over the beach.

Both Turtle-y Tubular and Cool Reef will be on sale during April's Polish Pickup, from April 3rd through 6th. It'll sell for $12 for a 15mL bottle, with no cap. In the meantime, check out Stella Chroma's other beauties, here. :)

Stay safe and healthy,
M. xoxo

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Check out The Dancing Girls, my debut novel, here!
And the 2nd Det. Jo Fournier book, Taken to the Grave, here!
And the 3rd Det. Jo Fournier book, Her Daughter's Cry, here!