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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Glam Polish: Selections from The Greatest Showman Collection (Limited Edition!)

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Hello!

I don't know about you, but right now I need pretty things in my life that make me smile...So let's take look at five beauties from Glam Polish's The Greatest Showman Collection. :)

Glam Polish Everyone's Got An Act

Glam Polish Everyone's Got An Act

Coverage: 2 coats
Formula and application: Smooth and easy!
Description: This is a dusty rose crelly with aurora shimmer and ultra holo glitter. It's the sort of polish I could wear every day for weeks and weeks and still love--flattering, silky, and with a touch of glamour. I absolutely love it.

Glam Polish Rewrite The Stars

Glam Polish Rewrite The Stars

Coverage: 2 coats
Formula and application: Smooth and easy!
Description: This one's a violet crelly with iridescent flakies and shades of purple glitter. This polish feels like a party in a bottle to me--it's bright and happy and fun, and definitely the kind of polish that will brighten your day.

Glam Polish Something Sensational

Glam Polish Something Sensational

Coverage: I'm wearing 3 coats
Formula and application: No muss no fuss!
Description: This is a gorgeous bright green crelly with a mix of neon pink and black glitters. The moment I saw this one, it was my favorite of the collection, and that's saying something for a collection that has a gorgeous red in it! This feels so spring-y and happy, I couldn't help but fall in love with it. I have a separate post with nail art just with this one coming up. :)

Glam Polish The Greatest Show

Glam Polish The Greatest Show

Coverage: 2 coats
Formula and application: Perfection.
Description: This cherry red crelly with gold flakies looks like it's lit from within. It feels sexy, but in a light, happy way. This energizes me!

Glam Polish Walking A Tightrope

Glam Polish Walking A Tightrope

Coverage: I'm wearing 3 coats; you may be fine with 2.
Formula and application: Perfect thickness, and easy application.
Description: This one is a cornflower blue crelly with aurora shimmer and ultra holo glitter--it's a magical snowfall in a magical frozen kingdom where everything is romantic ice-skating dates and cups of cocoa.

This collection goes on sale March 27th at 2pm EST USA in Glam Polish's store. For the first 72 hours, you can save 5% off all individual shades in-store with code GREATEST5, and 10% off all full collections in-store with the code GREATEST10. So set your clock and get over there, with your million dreams of all the gorgeous manicures these polishes are gonna make!

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Happy St. Patrick's Day, 2020 Style...

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Hello!

Well. Yeah.

I don't know how your St. Patrick's Day is going, but mine is definitely more home-centered than I thought it would be! But, the beauty of nail art is, the spirit of the day can live with you no matter where you find yourself. So, here's a little bit of elegant St. Patrick's day art--and here's hoping the luck of the Irish is will us all over the next few weeks!

Hit The Bottle Polish To Love or not to Love over Glam Polish Fires of Rebellion

Base Polish(es): Glam Polish Fires of Rebellion
Stamping Plate(s): Hit The Bottle To Love Or Not To Love
Stamping Polish(es): Hit The Bottle Polish Taupe-lessly Devoted

This isn't your normal St. Patrick's Day mani, but I love it! Flirty, vintage, and sophisticated, it'll still keep you from getting pinched. You know, if you happen to find yourself close enough to another person that that could actually happen...>.>

Big hugs and please stay safe and healthy!
M. xoxo

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Sunday, March 8, 2020

UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3

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Hello!

I'll tell you what...I want some corned beef, stat. No joke. The cravings are real.

In the meantime, let's take a look at UberChic Beauty's St. Patrick's Day 03 plate, perfect to get yourself all primped up for any of your festive Irish Celebrations...Here's a look at the video review I did for the plate:

And here's an up-and-close look at the plate:

This is another of UberChic's coolest new concept--plates that turn previous plates into layering plates! I love the versatility this gives you and I hope she keeps going with these. I also love that this one, while being a companion layering plate for her St. Patrick's Day 1 & 2 plates, there are several designs on this plate that are completely new. Particularly a layering argyle set that I adore!

Here are the swatches I did in the video--have mercy on me, I had some serious coordination isues that day for some reason, and multiple disasters happened--the struggle was real:

UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3

Okay, let's jump into the manicures! I already showed you one mani with this plate, and with St. Patrick's Day 2, here. For the next mani I did, I had to try out the argyle images (note how well the grid image works on its own for a background, and how you can use that in both a traditional argyle arrangement (below), or to outline your diamonds (above).

UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3 over Stella Chroma All Charged Up

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma All Charged Up
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Just Lucky and Mint To Be In A Fairytale, and Beauty Big Bang Gold

I ADORE how this mani came out! This is one of those manis I couldn't bear to take off, and kept on several days longer than I should have, lol. And I you can bet I'll be returning to this exact same mani with all the different colors--purple, red, blue, white-black-gray...the possibilities are endless! In my opinion this plate is worth having for the argyle alone.

For my final mani, I couldn't resist doing a little bit of a French-Irish look, hee hee...

UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3 over Zoya Leif

Base Polish(es): Zoya Leif
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty St. Patrick's Day 3
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Essential White and Just Lucky

This plate is on sale now, available in UberChic Beauty's store, or wherever else you buy your UberChic plates.

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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Sunday, March 1, 2020

PPU Alert! The Lady Varnishes The Only Constant is Change

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Hello!

It's that time of month again, time to pore over the PPU offerings and fall asleep dreaming about your wishlist! Or maybe that's just me...maybe I've said too much...

Anyway, today we're going to take a look at The Lady Varnishes The Only Constant is Change, her contribution to this month's ancient history theme:

The Lady Varnishes The Only Constant is Change

The Lady Varnishes The Only Constant is Change

Coverage: 2-3 coats depending on the density you want
Formula & application: Easy, breezy, beautiful, awesomesauce
Description: An espresso brown filled with coppery-gold flakies and gold circular glitters, inspired by ancient coins.

Get it? Inspired by coins...The Only Constant is CHANGE??? I'd buy this polish because of the pun alone. But, it's also such a gorgeous shade of brown, and I love how the glitters look like gold coins cascading down my fingers. :)

Because we're coming up on St. Patrick's day, those little coins made me think of a leprechaun's gold, so I decided to go for a Celtic sorta feel for my nail art: