Glam Spam time: A Trio of Magic

Glam Polish is making quite a wonderful ruckus lately. How could she not?? With gorgeous mixtures, beautiful application, fab labels (if I do say so myself), and great formulas she's top notch.

Today I have the A Trio of Magic collection (you've seen Maleficent on avacado green hands already), but here's the whole collection on normal colored hands.

First up is Evanora. I have a couple of friends plotting my demise over this glittering, holo sparking, green pretty.

Two coats, no top coat, not a water shot, and direct sunlight.

This last one is indirect sunlight so you can see how glowy and gorgeous this sucker is without sun. Swoon right!

Next up is Maleficent. A deep and rich purple with holo sparkle and tons of glitter action.

These were both direct sunlight, two coats, no top coat, and all pure glittery goodness.

Somehow I skipped on an indirect sunlight photo.

This last one is Crysta. I filed my nails back down since her personality is sweet. Points didn't really seem to suit her.

This is actually the most popular of the three in my collection. It's already a third of the way gone.

The holo isn't as prominent in this one, but the circles in it steal the heart.

This set is so incredibly well thought out and executed with grace and skill. The magic is so apparent in these and they are definitely the stars of my collection right now. You know. Until her next amazing collection.

She's now shipping direct to the US! She has additional shipping options on her site. Be sure to check out Glam Polish!!!

Glitter Guilty October 2013 REVIEW

Glitter Guilty October box had AMAZING presentation. Trust me. It did. But, in a rather spectacular lack of forward thinking I deleted every image on my card BEFORE saving my preview images out. I did this while eating the nom in the box. Can I get a facepalm please!

So we'll have to jump right in to the polishes since the chocolate coated graham cracker and oreo with fall sprinkles in the shape of leaves by DCS Chocolates are long since misplaced. In my mouth. And they were delicious and I have no regrets.

Next month (order by the 31st to get in on November and use Candice Buchanan as your referral) promises an extra goodie. So if you've been hemming and hawing NOW is the time to get in! Each month features a monthly mini (Wicked this month) and a monthly me, picked from a selection of polishes she makes each month, based off of YOUR preferences for 15.99 shipped.  Plus an extra.

My monthly me is Avant Garde which simply means innovative or experimental. I am a font fanatic so it instantly brings to mind the font itself. For many it's the musical talent. For some it's an art style. This polish, I feel, is fitting of all of those!

It's a squishy black base that builds up in two coats and is swimming with muted gold glitters in various sizes and micro holographic glitters. Just looking at it is making me want to wear it again. On the accent nail there is two coats of Wicked. Murky purple base with microshimmer, circle and hex green glitters and a smattering of purple glitters.

I went ahead and layered Wicked over China Glaze Grape Pop to make the color stronger.

That concludes the October 2013 edition of Glitter Guilty. November's box should be here in a few short days *YES!* I just love my box of goodies each month. <3

Happy fall AND Happy Halloween SOON!!!

Pretty and Polished review part II

See the roman numeral there? That means it's official. You know me. I'm all about official.

Anyhow onto the second portion of the package I received from Pretty & Polished: the skin care products. I received a sugar scrub in the scent of coffee junkies (WOO HOO!!! I love sugar scrubs and I love coffee) so we'll start with this one:

(Photo credit: Pretty & Polished)

Opening up the container I am met with a warm, slightly sweet and very creamy coffee scent. Imagine the tendrils of mocha steam wrapping themselves around you with comfort. I just wanted to lick it out of the jar. Lick coffee....hrmmm. Yes I am that coffee junkie. Moving on:

I had Hubby and my sweet little girl give it a try with me. They both loved it. Hubby agreed that it left his hands nice and soft and was surprised by the light, coffee scent that was left behind. (Only picture him saying that in a manly way of course). The scrub is an incredibly pleasant experience. 

Next up is the wino grapefruit? body balm. This stuff is THICK and greasy. My first reaction was that it wasn't for me. As a mom having greasy hands is a hard thing to work around so I nearly kicked this one out before it had a chance.

But then I realized I had been looking for a good moisturizing lotion for overnight slathering. Before bed that night I slathered up my hands and feet then drifted off to dreamland. The next morning it had all soaked into my skin leaving soft, smooth, happy hands and feet. So.in.love. Season changes are murder to my cuticles and my heels, but this has kept my flip-flop addicted feet from cracking, and my hands from chaffing. For six bucks this is now my go to for the moisture I need. Over a week later I'm still slathering it on (isn't slather an awesome word??).

Now the scent. I was expecting a heavy citrus scent. But the title is clear: wino grapefruit. It has a very sweet smell that lightly hints at grapefruit. So if you are into sweeter scents like vanillas and cupcakes and candies then this is for you! 

I loved both of these and look forward to ordering more body products from her store. I feel that skin care is extremely important especially since I use things like acetone on my nails on a near daily basis. Moisture is essential to keeping youthful and beautiful skin and both of these products deliver.

Pretty and Polished Review pt 1

Good morning all - this is going to be a photo heavy post, BUT it's an indie review (product sent for my review. Click here to see my disclosure) with nail art. Part two will have the product portion of the package.

The two I received are So Jazzed! and Popples from her Summer in the City collection.

First up is So Jazzed! This was my favorite of the two and is described as: "A gorgeous neon purple shade (almost magenta) with a mixture of neon blue glitters in it. This polish really POPS!" Very quick dry time and a very nice dispersal of glitters that spread easily.

 Direct sunlight. Two thin coats with no top coat.

Indirect sunlight. Two thin coats and no top coat.

Next up is Popples with is described as: "It has the perfect white base and is packed with the most amazing neon glitters. This shade will really pop any time you wear it and it even glows nicely in the Black Light!" I found the dry time slightly slower with this one, but not much. Glitters came right out of the bottle and applied beautifully.

Direct sunlight. Two thin coats with no top coat.

Indirect sunlight. Two thin coats with no top coat.

Now for a little twist! First off I was curious as to what a french tip would be like with Popples. Basically AWESOME!

I just used Essence french tip stickers, did a slightly thicker coat of Popples, and topped off with top coat for a very fast and super fantastic summer time french tip.

Wait there's more! We need So Jazzed! too right?

Working off of the french tip I placed more tip stickers and painted from the nail base up with the second color leaving the unpainted line in the center. Couple of studs (not sent by Pretty and Polished but she does have a nail art section).

This was a super fun package to receive and I got colors I genuinely love and will be rocking this summer. Which did you like more? Do you like seeing nail art done with indie polishes?

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!