It's called Dopple-Glamour

It's a beauty! Deep yet vibrant blue-purple (blurple anyone?) with that rainbow-y goodness that gives a holo it's unique and stunning edge. When bottles of Dopple-Glamour were offered up I was hesitant. Would I have buyer's regret? *ulp* With only two bottles left for grabs I took the plunge.

There.is.so.much.blurple.rainbow.yes. When I pulled it out of the package, very carefully and lovingly wrapped I might add, I knew I was in love and there was no regret.

I'm really hoping she decides to make and sell more. The formula is gorgeous and dries relatively quickly. I can tell she put a lot of time and dedication into getting the color right and bringing out the holographic nature.

The only sad part is I don't have a bottle of OPI DS Glamour to compare it against, but, to the eye, it looks pretty close. LOVE IT!

Just a little nail art...

I posted a photo on my Instagram account a few days ago showing some generous nail mail a friend sent me <3. In the package she included Skin Food Nail Vita BL615. It's amazing and has definitely made me want more of this brand!

After painting it's nearly neon turquoise brightness onto my nails I realized I was craving a little nail art:

Mixing nail art types is super trendy right now and makes it so you don't have to commit to a single, complicated technique type. Like the ring finger there that I did with nail tape.

Little bit of nail stamping with plates from Bundle Monster sets one and two to enhance the geometric nature of this manicure.

Colors use in this manicure: Skin Food Nail Vita BL615, Zoya Charisma, Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow, Glitter Guilty Party Hardy, and Born Pretty Sweet Candy in number 32. Enjoy!

Born Pretty Store Review: Feathers!

I have another Born Pretty Store review for you today. Feathers!!! I have so wanted to try out a feather manicure so I JUMPED at the chance to try them out. I felt super intimidated by them at first, but this actually turned out to be an incredibly simple nail art technique to use on my nails.

First off these cute baggies of feathers contain 5 pieces each and cost 1.35/bag. I went with the neutral color in #8 but they have 12 colors available which you specify when you go to add to cart. Use code EBL91 for 10% off and they always have free shipping.

Onto the goods:

First off I LOVE that by using a color underneath is kind of "colored" the feather to match. I was hoping for this effect. The color underneath is Zoya Neeley. I let it dry and then used a french color on top to adhere the feather to. To see my fumbling with application check out my video:


I used nail clippers to trim the excess once I put them on. Little tip though. GENTLY press the feather on. By pressing it on too much the polish underneath, which is tacky, will squish up into the feather and get gunky and gooey. Not a pretty look. Also you can get TWO nails worth from each feather. So there's a full manicure's worth in each bag. Or lots of accent nails.

These are really fun and I'll be ordering more sets of them. The look is fun. They seal in perfectly (fun texture too). I feel they are easy to transform from funky to classy to sweet.

How do you feel about feathers?

Are they dupes? Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed vs. Love & Beauty Emerald

First of all HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I didn't do an honorary manicure because this mama has been busy being a mama and doing volunteer events. Plus it's kind of my day too so I will post what I want to! Ha ha! Ok anyhow...

So my girlie over at Constantly Redone grabbed a couple of Love & Beauty polishes for me while she was in Washington a few weeks ago, and as soon as I saw one of them I wondered if it wasn't a dupe or close dupe to Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed (click the link to see my post about it).

Since I had to sell my precious bottle of Toxic Seaweed earlier this year to make ends meet I put out and ISO and a very sweet friend very generously sent me a decant of hers AND my first Skin Food (that'll be up later). Thank you so very much doll!!! Here's the bottle shots:

You can see nearly instantly that the flakes are smaller and a bit more prominent in the Cult Nails, but the base and micro glitters are identical.

The above is labeled according to which finger is which. There is two differences. Cult Nails has a nicer formula and the flecks in Cult Nails are smaller so there's more of them. The flecks are identical in coloring though.

Here's a closer look at the single layer of each. There's no topcoat on any of these swatches:

Here's a closer look at the two coat swatches. Again no topcoat:

In conclusion Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed is nicer in the two differences, but that's what you get when comparing a two dollar nail polish to a ten dollar nail polish. If you have a serious lemming start hitting the bins at Forever 21 for a bottle of Emerald, but make sure it's the one with flecks since they don't really have original names for their polishes and it's very easy to buy one based on name only to find it's a totally different polish then you wanted. It should help satiate the desire for Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed. 

It's really too bad neither of these are easy to find, but you will probably have a far easier time getting your hands on a Love & Beauty over the Cult Nails version.

Until next time have a fantastic time!

May Glitter Guilty Pleasures box review: It's party time!

*Please note that I bought this with my money and have no agreement with the company for a review. If you subscribe be a doll and use Candice Buchanan as your referral pretty please. Additionally this is both text and photo heavy. You have been warned.*

It's Glitter Guilty Pleasures Box time!!!!!!

So Jessica over at Glitter Guilty announced that this month marked her birthday and that she'd be going with the party theme in the May box. *throws confetti in the air and dances in it* True to her word this month's package of awesome arrived with this:

So the Glitter Guilty Pleasures Box (in case you didn't see April's post) is a monthly indie subscription box in which she sends subscribers the monthly mini and a special full-sized polish hand picked from a pool of polishes based on your likes and dislikes. You get to specify these in the sign-up process. I changed mine to see how the polish would be different. Here's what I went with this month (check April's review to see what my selections were then):

Colors you love: Teal, turquoise, green, blue, orange, BRIGHT, matte, round glitter, gold, silver, copper

Colors you hate: Yellow, pink, shards

Oh and a artisan goody each month. Yeah I know - it got me too. At 15.99 which includes shipping it's WELL worth it. For another review and to see what my bestie over at Constantly Redone got click here. Her full sized is deep and totally amazing.

So here's the full-size I received:

In for a closer look:

My full size is called In A Roundabout Way and the monthly mini is called Party Hearty. Love them both!

 It took three coats to get In A Roundabout Way up but WOW is it pretty! It reminds me of the story Rainbow Fish. Dries quickly especially for a jelly and I didn't have to fish for glitters.

 I decided on a mixed manicure with both solid color undies and gradient undies. Ooh La La Polish did a neon on nude and I feel so in love with it that when I saw this neon glitter mix I knew instantly what I was going to do.

Lets go in for a close up shall we:

 Dots, squares, neons, brights, glitters, and just so much I totally adore. This month also had a chocolate called Chuao Potato Crisp. LOVED IT! Loved it more then last month's chocolate. It says all natural on the package and I love that she's searching for unique artisan selections for her boxes.

Next month is non-chocolate due to heat (this month's melted but the freezer fixed that) so I'm intrigued to see what that is....until next time!

If you signed up tell me in the comments what you got or, better yet, leave a link to your box photo!

May Julep Box: Getting Glammed up with the 1920's! (PHOTO HEAVY)

I'm the girl that wears neon all year around. December? Fuschia baby! October? Bring on the lime green. All year is bright. But, for some odd reason, the last two months more of the muted colors have been capturing my heart. So when the preview for the Julep May box went up I KNEW I needed it. Plus an upgrade. Or three. I am that girl!

I stuck with IT Girl although I really wanted to do a total upgrade this month. Those were gone almost instantly. I got Coco (an ox-blood red creme), Paris (a multi-dimensional glitter with gold, pale pink and holo glints), and Clara (a toned down peach). Also in this month's box was a freebie set of vintage style rose hair clips. Love.these.so.hard! People were actually complaining. About the freebies. It's a freebie. 'Nuff said.

I didn't stop there though. I had enough Jules (their reward system points) to score the lip sugar scrub FOR FREE! I also was totally in love with these two other colors so I did all three upgrades this month:

Millie (a smokey indigo blue), Zelda (champagne pink foil), and the sugar scrub for lips. This is my first non-nail related product by Julep.

First off every single one of these colors is a mega win. The foil is a little streaky but it totally works for it. The glitter spreads perfectly and the cremes are all gorgeous, one coaters. Love it ALL! Say what? You want to seeeeeee them?

The color combination is sublime and the glitter pairs perfectly. Also it's such a unique glitter. So shiny and holo-reflective in both sunlight and shade.

Swatch overload! Aren't they so GORGEOUS? I did not want to take these manicures off. Ok so I'm STILL sporting the last one there. Such happiness on my nails.

Ok now for the sugar scrub. For starters I have never exfoliated my lips. I know, I know gasps of horror and all that. I'm just learning to be a girl here so cut me a little slack. ;)

"Pamper you pout" it commands. Ok if you say so! ;)

Ok I had a super hard time not licking it all off my lips. It smells and tastes heavenly. It says to rub in firm circles on the lips and then blot off with tissue. My lips were soooo soft! I have to resist the urge to do it everyday. On that topic how often are you supposed to do this? The result of the exfoliation feels so incredible I just want to do it all the time. I don't wear lipsticks or anything and this made me realize how little attention I give my poor lips. I love this product so far and can see it becoming a beauty must-have for me.

This is my first Julep box since last September and I love it so much. I'm still a little irked with how shady September went down, but this box made me so happy that I can look past it. For now. Have a great day gals and guys!

Glam Polish SPAM!

As promised my Glam Polish Spam Post! Ok so the majority of these were never/will never be released. I did her label/look/and continue to work with her on promotional materials. In return she's paid me but also sent me packages of pure awesome (one package had TONS of glitters - I just need more bottles for playing with!).

I debated on whether or not to show these. But I just can't hide all this amazing. This will just be a ton of photos in no particular order. It's just glitter porn essentially (*gasp* can I say that??)

 That's my whole Glam Polish collection of amazing. I've swatched out three of those minis in the front so onto the onslaught of the rest. This post is VERY photo heavy. But it's my blog and I'll do what I wanna!!

 These two are the same polish but the second one is in a jelly sandwich. So yummy! Ok onwards we goooo....

The last two above are called Lucy and are available in Australia from her Big Cartel store. It's so pretty and the flash on the diamonds is holo. *drool*

As I said most of these are unnamed and were just one of kinds sent to me to thank me. I feel sooo thanked and I just LOVE these. They get pulled out all the time and I have friends constantly asking if they will EVER be able to order from her. Hopefully one day her pretty polishes will be here in the states.

Want to drool over her Rainbow Brite inspired collection? Or get sneak peeks at her upcoming Storybook inspired collection? Give her a follow on Instagram by looking for user @glampolish_ oh and while you are there check out @mommydoeshernails *shameless look*