Stardust Polish * Alice in Wonderland Collection

Deja vu?  NO!  Drema revamped her Alice in Wonderland collection.  She is a more experienced indie maker now, and is a true Alice lover, so why NOT do another collex?  There are six polishes in this collection, three have holo glitters, one is a subtle holo, and one is a thermal!  I literally cannot pick a favorite.  I was sad to take each one off after swatching.  I liked each one more than the last!  I hope y'all like them too!

*NOTE: There was another brush issue that I will discuss below.

First is Flowers Can't Talk, a light pink crelly base with SO many glitters.  There are yellow, pink, marigold, purple, orange, blue, white and green squares and hexes in all sizes.  Application was great, no lack of glitter in this baby!  I did two coats, no undies, sealed with OTD.  Dry time between coats was fast.

Stardust Polish Flowers Can't Talk

Next is Miss Alice, a light yellow crelly base with a mix of cornflower blue, sapphire and white hex glitters in various sizes.  I'm not normally the biggest fan of yellow polish, but I absolutely adore this one!  It's just flat out cute and is the perfect representation of Alice.  This is three coats, no undies, sealed with OTD.  Dry time was fast between coats as well.

Stardust Polish Miss Alice

This next beauty is Mr. Rabbit, a white crelly base with a mix of gold, orange, lilac and aqua holo glitters.  This polish is so gorgeous!  I did three coats, no undies, OTD to top.  My picture doesn't do the polish justice; in the right light this sparkles like you wouldn't believe!

Stardust Polish Mr. Rabbit

Up next is the thermal Simply Mad.  When warm it is clear, when cold it turns to a pretty fuchsia.  It has magenta and light pink hex glitters and holo squares.  I did three coats, no undies.  Next time, I want to put a nude base on so the VNL isn't there.  

Stardust Polish Simply Mad, transition

Stardust Polish Simply Mad, cold, warm & transition

Holy balls!  This MIGHT be my favorite...if I HAD to pick, but of course I can't lol Very Merry Unbirthday is a "kitchen sink" glitter topper.  The mix of glitters is redonk and so freakin awesome!  From Stardust Polish's description: "Very Merry Unbirthday is a glitter topper filled with red, pink, magenta, silver & iridescent glitter." but guise! there is SO much more in there! I want to put this on top of EVERYTHING!  I chose to put it over Spoiled Permission to Proceed because it reminded me of t the Mad Hatter lol This is two thin coats sealed with OTD.

Stardust Polish Very Merry Unbirthday

And lastly, Yes, Your Majesty.  This is a gorgeous bright red jelly holo.  Of course, I have no complaints.  Drema is the Holo Queen after all.  The name is fitting :)  The holo isn't as strong as Royalty.  It's not a "holo dusted", but its not a strong linear either.  I'd call it a weak linear, or "subtle holo" lol weak sounds bad.  Anywho, I used two coats sealed with SV.

Stardust Polish Yes, Your Majesty

Stardust Polish Yes Your Majesty

*Brush issue: a few of my brushes were curved again.  It was a little difficult to apply, but not impossible.  I swatched these polishes basically straight out of my mailbox.  After checking them again in the morning, they were straighter.  I live in South Florida, it's summer, its hot as Satan's buttcrack, especially in a mailbox all day.  I figure if you let your polish sit at room temp, the brushes will go back to almost normal.  

As always, if you have any concerns with your brushes, contact Drema with a picture of the brush and she will send you a replacement.  (stardust polish@gmail.com)

Alright lovelies! Until next time! Visit Stardust Polish and buy ALL the things!

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Julep Maven August 2013 Bombshell Box

Whee Julep!  Today I have swatches of Julep's August 2013 Bombshell Maven Box.  In the box this month was Bea, Lacey, Double Step Foot Treatment & Friction Stick, and some Forget Me Not seeds! It's Julep's two year Maven Box-iversary, so us Mavens got a cute little package.

I switched my style to Bombshell this month.  I'm usually Boho Glam, but I thought the colors were similar to some I already had.  First up is a swatch of Lacey.
I only needed one coat of Lacey for full coverage. Its a deep blue with a slight purple shimmer.  Dry time was incredibly fast!  Application was great.  Sometimes with shimmer polish I can see the the brus lines.  I didn't have that issue here.

Julep Lacey

I might have to do another comparison post soon!  This looks verrrry similar to Essie Dive Bar to me :]

Next is Julep Bea.  It's a gorgeous lemonade creme polish.  I was not so happy with this polish.  Application was alright.  It was sort of streaky with the first coat.  When I waited for it to dry to do the second coat, to my extreme disappointment, it was still tacky (probably 10 minutes later).  I did a second coat anyway and topped with Seche Vite to speed up the drying.  Of course, major shrinkage occurred very quickly (you may be able to see in my nail art).

Julep Bea

The goodie product in this month's box was the Double Step Foot Treatment & Friction Stick.  This product contains chili pepper oil to promote circulation and shea butter to moisturize and prevent blistering! I only use mine at night because I mostly wear flip flops, so I don't need "friction protection" lol.  I love it.  It smells great and there is a little tingly feeling from the chili oil.  

As you know, I recently ordered some Winstonia stamping plates.  I have just been itching to do stamps, so here ya go!

Moustache and Glitter Nails

I used Julep Bea as the base.  The stamp is from Winstonia plate W109 stamped with Julep Lacey with a glitter accent of Rainbow Honey Koi Pond.  

If you want to become a Julep Maven, click here to read more about it!  If you decide you want to join, please use my referral link HERE because sharing is caring :]

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"Kelly Sucks" Month-in-Review Post

LOL guys what the hell?! I can NEVER keep up with posting my nail art!! So, heres a shit ton:

First I tried another half-moon mani!
I started out with China Glaze Pool Party as the base...

I got bored and put it under a black light because, somewhat like Jenna Marbles' neighbor, maybe I enjoy one-girl raves in my apartment.

Then I wore it out with my schmexay baby octopus ring.

Then I actually got around to the nail art part:

By now, y'all know I'm super OCD with my nails, and this wasn't PERFECT, so I added holo to make it less terrible.

And then it was perfect.

I did a Nauti Neon Mani using Make It Stick decals:

[China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini over SH White On; accent SH Onyx]

I did a quick mani using Hard Candy Piece of Papaya.  A while back I saw The Lacquerologist post about the new HC polishes and I had to have some....

Gorgeous color.  HATED the cleanup.  There is SO much shimmer/flakies that it got all over my fingers/cuticles.  I'm really not a messy polish applier, seriously.  But I had shimmer up to my knuckles!! What in the world?! I like it, but I don't want to wear it again for that reason :[

I decided to give bar glitter another try...

and remembered why I loathe it so.

Rockstar Polish Punk Rock Barbie was my first ever indie glitter.  Oh when I was young and dumb.  I. HATE. BAR. GLITTER. PERIOD END OF STORY. FOR.EV.ER. 

HOWEVER: I really loved this color combo [Essie Boxer Shorts is the base], so I did this mani.  And immediately regretted it.  Bar glitter doesn't cooperate with me.  It doesn't lay flat on my nail then snags on everything and scratches me ;[ WITH two coats of Seche!!

After that mani, I realized I had large talons...

 So I filed them back to normal and slapped on some Julep Oxygen Treatment.

I rediscovered a gorgeous Zoya polish I had [Maura] and loved how it matched my geranium.

Still with me?! Almost done!

And finally a Mermaid-y Mani using Essie Naughty Nautical [HOW perfect?!], Orly Jealous, Much? and Sparkling Garbage with a MIS nail decal.

WHEW!! CLEARLY I suck at blogging now, so I suggest y'all follow me on instagram if you don't already!! [@nauti_mermaid] I always post there the minute I have a mani done.

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Different Dimension * You've Got A Friend in Me Set & Black Dahlia

A couple weeks ago I filled out a blogger survey for Different Dimension and prayed to the nail polish gods that I would be a lucky blogger that was chosen to review some of Missi's wonderful creations.  Looks like my polish voodoo worked!  haha I was sent the You've Got a Friend in Me set and Black Dahlia.

The You've Got a Friend in Me polish is obviously Toy Story inspired.  First I have a swatch of Reach For The Sky.  It has a yellow crelly base with small ruby hex and circle, medium yellow square, small and medium clear iridescent hex, and a ton of small clear iridescent shred glitters.  I layered two coats over one coat of Milani Yellow Whiz and sealed with Out The Door topcoat.

Different Dimension Reach for the Sky

Two coats Different Dimension Reach for the Sky
over one coat Milani Yellow Whiz

I'm not the biggest fan of yellow polish, but this one is definitely cute!  Great application.  There was tons of glitter on the brush each time.  I do wish there were a little more circle glitters.  I can't get enough of those!

Next is To Infinity and Beyond!  It's a clear based polish with TONS of glitters: white rectangle, medium purple and green holo hex, small green and purple holo hex, and large translucent neon green hex.  Oh yeah, and it glows!

Different Dimension To Infinity and Beyond!

Different Dimension To Infinity and Beyond!
over one coat SH White On

Different Dimension To Infinity and Beyond!
over one coat SH White On
under black light

Different Dimension To Infinity and Beyond!
glowing

Just OMG this polish is SO Buzz Lightyear lol I did two coats TI&B over one coat of Sally Hansen White On [which, as an aside, is my new favorite white polish!].  It would have been fine with just one coat; this polish is a complete glitter bomb.  I topped with OTD because it got a little gritty as it dried [I have found this is common with all glow polish].  Looks neat under a black light too, yenno, if you constantly have one-man raves at your house haha

And finally from the polish I was sent: Black Dahlia. I have to defer to the polsih listing to properly describe it: "a black leaning greyish purple scattered holographic polish with hints of different colors reflected in the light, it also has micro iridescent glitters in it. It looks amazing by itself or layered over other colors."

To steal my Nail Bestie Twin's word, this is a hologasm!!! It looks like a Color Club, the holo is THAT strong.  It's color-shifty between black and purple and charcoal grey.  The iridescent glitters change from green to purple to blue to yellow.  It's just pure ridiculousness in the best possible way!  Sorry for the flood of pictures, it just looks different in every light and angle.

Different Dimension Black Dahlia

Two coats Different Dimension Black Dahlia

Two coats Different Dimension Black Dahlia

Two coats Different Dimension Black Dahlia

Two coats Different Dimension Black Dahlia
blurred 

Two coats Different Dimension Black Dahlia
blurred 

I did two coats Black Dahlia, no undies, and topped with Seche Vite.  I really am speechless about this polish!  I originally thought I would have to layer it over black, but it was just perfect on its own.  Smooth formula; it took a while longer than I care to let it dry [Queen of Impatience], but SV fixed that problem.

Go check out Different Dimension online and get you some amazing indie polish!  Fun Fact: Social Suicide by DD kicked off my indie addiction!

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Femme Fatale Lacquer * Mermaids in the Midst

Hey loves!  I have been majorly lacking motivation for nail art lately, so heres a nice swatch of Femme Fatale Lacquer Mermaids in the Midst.

I decided to layer it over one coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI.

One coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI

One coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI

I really like this color!  Its a pretty grape purple with gold shimmers.  I was super surprised this only took one coat!

Femme Fatale Lacquer's Mermaids in the Midst is absolutely amazing!  Its a plum jelly base with medium holo teal, small holo copper and lavender hex glitters.  

One coat Femme Fatale Lacquer Mermaids in the Midst
over one coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI

One coat Femme Fatale Lacquer Mermaids in the Midst
over one coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI

One coat Femme Fatale Lacquer Mermaids in the Midst
over one coat O.P.I. Dutch Ya Just Love OPI

This had a great formula and application.  I didn't have to fish to get the glitters.  The only problem I ran in to was the smell.  I thought it smelled like hair dye or something.  I sealed with one coat of Seche Vite.  

Check out Femme Fatale Lacquer online where all polishes go for $8.00.

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Nail Art! Nauti[cal] Nails & Autism Awareness Mani

GUYS! I suck at consistently posting!  Sorry!  I just typed my little heart out reviewing all five of the Summer Cocktails polishes from Stardust Polish for tomorrow's post.

So, enjoy these because I can't type any more and I slacked on my Friday nail art post.
Nauti[cal] Nails
Colors used: Revlon Royal, dotted with Color Club Cherubic; Essie Good as Gold topped with Milani Jewel FX Gold; and China Glaze Hey Sailor, dotted with Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

Annnd my Autism Awareness mani...

Colors used: Stardust Polish Blue Lagoon topped with Different Dimension Light It Up Blue.

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Strawberry Cucumber Mojito and Polish Addict * Mojito

Hello loves!  I was lazy last night and slacked off with my blog post.  BUT!  Better late than never!  I did some shitty nail are that I couldn't stand [still debating posting a pic], so I decided I would swatch this amazing nail polish that was sent to me to swatch/review by Laura over at Polish Addict Nail Color :]

But first, after this redonkulous day, we need a drank!  
I didn't have anything planned so I stalked my Pinterest board for a good one.  I found this and tweaked it to make it a mojito!

You'll Need:
Bacardi Dragin Berry Rum
Agave Syrup [or plain sugar]
Lime Juice
Fresh Strawberries
Sliced Cucumber
Fresh Mint Leaves
Seltzer Water [I would use Sprite cuz I love my mojitos extra sweet]
Ice

Make It!
Cup.  Muddle strawberries, cucumber, mint, lime juice and sugar.  Add a couple glugs of rum, ice then Sprite.  I haven't tried this, but I'm about to walk over to Publix and get the ingredients because it sounds really good!!  My brain has good ideas...sometimes. ;P

Polish Addict * Mojito
Well, it's perfectly fitting that I was sent this polish!  Mojito is a gorgeous mint crelly base filled with so.much.glitterrrr!  There are neon green hex, turquoise hex & square, orange hex, pink and turquoise stars, matte pink bar, and I'm probably leaving so much out!

I did three coats of Mojito, no undies.  It has a great smooth formula.  With all that glitter, I expected it to be a little gritty looking, but no!  It's perfect!  I did not use a topcoat with these swatches.

Three coats Polish Addict Nail Color Mojito,
no undies

Three coats Polish Addict Nail Color Mojito,
no undies

Head over to Polish Addict's online shop, like on Facebook, and follow on IG [@polish_addict_34]!

This awesome polish is on sale for $5.85 - full size!  Its a great color for spring and summer!  Get yours like nowwww!  :]

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Swatch Tuesday! Stardust Polish * Alice in Wonderland Collection

Well hello Lovelies!  Happy Tuesday!  Did everyone enjoy St. Patrick’s Day?  Hope you weren’t hurting too bad on Monday.  This week I have swatches of Stardust Polish’s complete Alice in Wonderland Collection for you!  The lovely Drema was so nice to send me the line to swatch and review :] 

The line includes five pearl based polishes, one holo, and one thermal. So.Great!!  All swatches of the pearl based polish are shown with one to two coats of Out The Door topcoat.  This is needed to tame the glitter.

First up is Painting the Roses Red.  This is a slivery white pearl based polish with small ruby red holo glitters and medium matte black hex glitters. I did two coats Painting the Roses Red over one coat of Sinful Colors Snow Me White.  Easy application, there was a good amount of glitter on the brush each time. 

Two coats Stardust Polish Painting the Roses Red
over one coat Sinful Colors Snow Me White

This is the first ever pearl polish I have used, so it took me a little bit to get the hang of it.  I figured the thicker you apply it, the better it looks and the more it builds.  Normal dry time. 

Next is Who Are You?, a blue pearl based polish with large blue hex glitters and medium yellow hex glitters.  This blue OMG!!  It reminds me of the metallic look of Essie Aruba Blue but with the added bonus of glitter!  This is three coats of Who Are You? with no undies.  Very buildable polish.  It would have been okay with two coats, but I had a few bald spots [I was still getting the hang of the application].  Normal dry time also.

Three coats Stardust Polish Who Are You?

Next is Un-Birthday Party.  It’s a green pearl based polish with all sorts of glitter! You’ve got medium and small purple, blue, orange, red, gold and green hex and square glitters.  I really loved the idea of this polish, but I think the glitter got lost once it was on.  When I first swatched it, I put it over a green base [some O.P.I. – I forget] and only did one coat.  The glitter stood out much more then.  This is three coats, no undies.  I still like it a lot! [This was my second favorite of the pearl based polish] 

Three coats Stardust Polish Un-Birthday Party

Everyone’s Mad Here is a pink pearl based polish with small magenta holo hex glitters and medium matte purple square glitters.  This is three coats, no undies.  I feel like the glitter is lost in this one also.  I will definitely need to try it over a pink base, because he glitter combo is very pretty.  I’ll be sure to post when I do!

Three  coats Stardust Polish Everyone's Mad Here

The last pearl based [and definitely my favorite of them] is Down the Rabbit Hole. It’s a purple pearl based polish that kind of has a blue/purple color shift.  There’s small charcoal and silver holo hex glitters throughout. Yummies!  Again, three coats, no undies. 

Three coats Stardust Polish Down the Rabbit Hole

I think these pearl polishes are unique because it looks like the glitter is popping out at you.  In reality, if you don’t put a generous amount of topcoat on, it is popping out and it will be bumpy.  But once you smooth with a topcoat, it has a really cool effect.

Now the holooooo polsihhhh of the collection!  I really need to stop saying I don’t like certain kinds of polish, because I always have to eat my words [besides crackle – I will forever dislike that stuff!].  I said before I didn’t really like gold polish because it looks tacky.  Welllllllll I changed my mind! Golden Afternoon is a gold polish with fine holo dust.  It’s not a bam-crazy-look at-this-linear holo like any of the Color Club Halo Hues.  There’s just the most subtle hint of shimmer in the right light.  I liked it so much I wore it for a few days.  I did two coats Golden Afternoon, no undies.  Dry time was quick.  It wore well - no chippage :]

Two coats Stardust Polish Golden Afternoon
[light box lighting]

Two coats Stardust Polish Golden Afternoon
[normal indoor lighting]

Two coats Stardust Polish Golden Afternoon
[direct sun]

Two coats Stardust Polish Golden Afternoon
[direct sun - blurred]

Two coats Stardust Polish Golden Afternoon
[direct sun - blurred]

Ready for this???  A thermal polish!  I’ve been mesmerized by thermals for so long now and I’ve been meaning to order some.  I’m glad Eat Me! was my first one.  It goes from a dusty mauve-ish when cold  to a light violet red when warm.  Oh.  And the nice mini silver holo hex glitters aren’t horrible to look at either ;]   I have swatched with and without undies. 

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!
[no undies, normal temperature]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!
[no undies, dipped in ice water]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!
[no undies, ran under hot water]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!
[no undies, pointer & middle cold; ring & pinky warm]

I wanted to be entertained by the color changes and see the effect while going about my normal days, so I used this polish over Zoya Jolene.  This polish wears well also.  No chipping or tip wear after three days [that’s an ooolllld mani around these parts! lol].

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!over Zoya Jolene
 [cold]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!over Zoya Jolene
 [normal temperature] 

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!over Zoya Jolene
 [normal temperature]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!over Zoya Jolene
 [normal temperature - blurred]

Two coats Stardust Polish Eat Me!over Zoya Jolene
 [normal/cold contrast - I was cutting up cold tomatoes lol]

Well, I hope you enjoyed the swatch fest!!  Now, go check out Stardust Polish on storenvy!  Prices range from $6.25 to $8.25 for the Alice in Wonderland polish.  I popped over to the shop to post the link and saw a sweeeeet red linear holo [Miss Temptation] along with some other nice lookin polish. :] Follow on IG @stardustpolish

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