Red Dog Designs: Berry Friends Collection Swatches and Review!

Hello, readers! I have a super adorable new nail polish collection to share with you by Red Dog Designs. It is inspired by the original Strawberry Shortcake characters and it is called the Berry Friends Collection.

 There are 5 colors:

Left to right: Purple Pieman, Strawberry Shortcake, Raspberry Tart, Lemon Meringue, and Blueberry Muffin.

Let's start out with the most well-known berry friend, Strawberry Shortcake! It is a pink base with pink shimmer, and a mix of red, hot pink, green, white, and black in hex and square glitters. I'm showing 2 coats below with top coat, it applied easily with no issues!

The shimmer in these polishes is amazing!

Next, we have Lemon Meringue. It is a yellow base with gold shimmer, and a mix of yellow, gold, white, copper and green in hex and circle glitter. I'm not a huge yellow fan but I really like this polish! I only needed two coats for full coverage and that's what I am showing below with top coat.

Blueberry Muffin is a favorite of mine from this collection! It is a blue base with a turquoise shimmer, and a mix of various hues of blue, periwinkle, white and purple in hex and square glitters. This is the only polish that I used 3 coats on but it is gorgeous! I love the shimmer! Shown with top coat.

Raspberry Tart is next! It is a lavender base with a violet shimmer, and a mix of various hues of purple, berry, fuchsia, white and green in hexes, squares, micro slices, and circle glitters. I'm showing 2 coats below with top coat. No issues to report!

Lastly, we have Purple Pieman. It is the only jelly based polish of the collection. It has a purple jelly base with a blue shimmer, and a mix of microfine holo, berry, blue, and a rainbow of colors in hex and square glitters. I'm showing two coats with top coat but could have done three if I wanted a deeper base color. No issues to report!

Tell me your thoughts on the Red Dog Designs Berry Friends Collection? Favorites? Any specific one you HAVE to have? 

These will be in stock at the link below tomorrow, April 26th at 5:00pm EDT.

They retail for $8.75 for full sized bottles.

Red Dog Designs Shop: http://reddogdesigns.bigcartel.com

Red Dog Designs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedDogDesigns.US?fref=ts

Thanks for reading!

*The polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Lime Crime Zodiac Glitter Review!

Good morning, readers! I have something a little bit different to show you today. It's loose glitter from Lime Crime! You have probably heard of them for their nail polish line of dessert-inspired pastel colors. Here is my post on that collection. Well, they have also released a Zodiac inspired line of loose glitters to use on nails or in any other beauty application you need. I have 6 of the 13 to show you today.

Let's take a look!


They come in these super adorable boxes:

The inside of the boxes are detailed as well!

The caps are adorned with zodiac symbols around the edge and I just love the detail put into the packaging. I've noticed that with all of the Lime Crime makeup.

Here is the stack of 6 so you can see the gorgeous colors!

 Some color shifting, holographic, and multicolored glitters!

This is what you see when you unscrew the cap. You have to peel off the protective sticker to let the glitter shake out.

I decided to do a mani with all 6 so you could get a good look for all of the colors. This is how I did it:

1) Paint one coat of white and allow to dry completely.

2) Using non-fast dry clear top coat, I did an uneven line 1/3 of my nail from the cuticle toward the tip. 

3) While the clear was still wet, I shook the color I wanted to stick to the clear all over it. 

   NOTE: this will be a little messy. I suggest doing this over a piece of paper so you can save the    excess or just for easier cleanup.

4) Once that has set for a minute or two, I gently pressed down all over the glitter with my finger to make sure it was adhering to the clear.

5) I repeated these steps for the other 2 sections on each nail. I was going for a gradient look but it turned out more like stripes instead.

6) Once all of the glitter had been applied and clear was allowed to dry completely, I used a soft makeup brush(like for blush or for velvet flocking powder nails if you have a kit like I do) and brushed around the nail and cuticles to get rid of the excess glitter. I also gently brushed across the nail to get any extras off. 

I'm not sure how long these would last like this, so if you wanted, you could seal the glitter in with a thick top coat. I think this could be similar to the "rockstar nails" I've seen before. I love that you can apply wet polish in any pattern and the glitter will stick. There are a lot of possibilities! 

I've labeled the names for you on the macro shots:

Virgo: Pure like virgin snow. Transluscent white at first glance, this glitter turns violet-blue on application! 

Pisces: Periwinkle-blue with green/copper shift.

Aquarius: Deep midnight blue with a marvelous purple/turquoise shift.

Ophiuchus: Multi-colored holographic. Think disco ball in a jar. Named after a hoax that suggested Ophiucus to be a missing sign in the zodiac.

Capricorn: Forest green that shifts from blue-green to green-gold depending on the angle. Reminiscent of a june bug.

Cancer: Rich turquoise, blue/green shift.

What do you think of these Zodiac Glitters from Lime Crime? Would you get some? Which are your favorites? There are 7 more colors so go check them out at the link below!

Lime Crime glitters can be purchased for $12.99 each (4g/0.14oz)

http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/categories/Zodiac-Glitter/

Don't forget to "like" the Lime Crime Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/limecrime

Thanks for reading!

*The products in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Milani Textured Creams Swatches and Review!

Good morning, readers! We went out of town for the weekend for a little family vacation so I am just now getting back into the groove around here and had time to write up this post for you! These are the Limited Edition Milani Textured Creams Collection. Bright, vibrant cremes with a textured finish!

Textured polishes are the new craze and I am loving them! These are different from the OPI Sands, Julie G Gumdrops, and Zoya Pixie Dusts because they are cremes and not glittery shades and I love that they stand apart from the rest! I liked these much more on that I thought I would and the colors are gorgeous!

I'll say a few things about the collection as a whole so I'm not repeating myself throughout the post. All of the polishes needed 2 coats for full coverage and full texture. More coats and it starts to loose the look and one coat just isn't enough. You have to let the first coat dry completely to the textured look before applying the second or you risk it not drying all the way and messing it up. All had really easy application with no issues to report there!

One of my top favorites of the collection is Shady Gray. It's a deep gray and the texture reminds me of wet cement! 

Next, we have Purple Streak. It is a deep purple and the darkest look out of the collection.

Aqua Splash is my other favorite. I love this color! 

Tainted In Red is an orange toned red and is a great summer color. 

The brightest of the bunch is Yellow Mark. I was especially glad about the coverage with this yellow. Yellows seem to be the problem child when it comes to polish opaqueness and there were no issues here.

Lastly, my third favorite color, Spoiled In Fuchsia! I'm holding the bottle by my screen and it looks a tad more purple than my photos are showing. 

Tell me your thoughts on the Milani Texture Creams! You can find these for a limited time at Meijer, Walgreens, HEB, and Fred Meyer. 

You can also purchase from the Milani Cosmetics website below for $4.99 each:

http://milanicosmetics.com/p-161-texture-creams.aspx

Don't forget to check out the Milani Cosmetics Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/Milani?ref=ts&fref=ts

Thanks so much for reading! 

*The products in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion. 

GlitterDaze Spring Collections Sampler!

Hello, readers! GlitterDaze is releasing 3(!!) new spring collections early next week! There are 15 polishes total, and I have 6 to show you as a sampling! I love how different all 3 collections are from each other.

Here is what Sana told me about the three collections:
Spring Serenity collection:

6 polishes: A Peace of Heaven, Calming Waterfalls, Dewy Meadows, Fluffy Clouds, Soft Petals, Warm Sunshine.

Opaque in 3 coats. Layering  over a contrasting base coat gives them a cool look.

Easter Explosion:

4 Glitter topcoats: Bombtastic Bunny, Chicky Chicky Boom Boom, Dynamite Duckling, Eggsplosive.

Layer 1-1 ½ coats over a base color.

Sweet Dreams:

5 Shimmery Cream polishes: Cotton Candy Coma, Mint Summer Night, Peaches & Dreams, Strawberry Slumber, Very Berry Fantasy. 

Apply 3 even coats for full opacity 

I have 2 from each collection to show you today! 

GlitterDaze got new mini bottles!! They are tall and skinny, with long wide brushes! They are so much easier to use than the old short and fat bottles. It made application so much easier. Plus, they are SO cute. I want a ton more for my drawer LOL.

Let's start out with the two polishes from the Spring Serenity Collection: Warm Sunshine and Soft Petals.

Warm Sunshine is a clear base packed with micro hexes that remind me of the color of egg yolks. I'm showing three good coats with top coat. It dries textured so you will definitely want a thicker top coat for the glossy finished look. 

Soft Petals is the pink version of Warm Sunshine. Same application of 3 good coats and a thick top coat. These could be layered over a base color as well, but I wanted to show you how they built up on their own.

Now, I'll show you the two polishes from the Sweet Dreams Collection: Cotton Candy Coma and Mint Summer Night.

Cotton Candy Coma (I just love all of these names!) is a pastel blue creme with pink, purple, and blue shimmer. The shimmer is gorgeously intense when the light hits your nails and I love it! I used three coats below to even out any light patches and a regular quick dry top coat. 

Mint Summer Night is a gorgeous mint green creme with gold and blue shimmer. It is just as intense as the shimmer in Cotton Candy Coma and another winner! It was a little on the thicker side compared to it, though, so be careful with application. Showing three coats with a normal quick dry top coat.

The final 2 polishes are from the Easter Explosion Collection: Eggsplosive and Bombtastic Bunny.

Eggsplosive is a clear base filled with different shaped, sized, and colored glitters. I see satin, matte, and iridescent glitters in pastels: pink, purple, blue, white, yellow, and green.  There are shards, hexes, flowers, stars, and hearts. Such a fun, springy glitter and it applied very easily. I'm showing 1 1/2 coats below with a thick top coat to help with the big chunky glitters over Cotton Candy Coma.

The last polish is another glitter topper: Bombtastic Bunny. It is a clear base filled with holo silver glitters (in various shapes and sizes), pink hexes and circles, and aqua hexes, shards, and circles. Same application as Eggsplosive-- 1 1/2 coats over Mint Summer Dream and a thick top coat to seal it all in. 

I have one more thing to show you from GlitterDaze: A Luxury Hand Fizzy! Similar to bath fizzies except that it's for your hands and nails and you put it in a large bowl or sink instead of your bath tub. It smells like rose petals to me and is in a cute heart shaped form.

Here is what Sana from GlitterDaze wrote to me about the Luxury Hand Fizzy:

Instructions: fill a large bowl or sink with warm water. Place fizzy in the water. Soak your hands and arms for a few minutes. Massage your cuticles for moisture. The fizzy is very moisturizing and your arms will come out super soft!

Ingredients: sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, mango butter, coconut oil, avocado oil, milk, honey, vitamin E oil, red 33, rose fragrance. 

My daughter Hailey, almost 5, decided to be my helper in this demonstration of the hand fizzy! 

We got out our biggest mixing bowl so we could both share in the hand soaking.

You can see how big the fizzy is when Hailey is holding it.

Loving the fizz!

Fizzing Away!

Enjoying the soak!

We soaked our hands together for 5-10 minutes and it smelled really nice! My hands did feel like they were soft when I would rub them together in the water. 

It was nice to not have my hands feel dry and tight after they soaked compared to a normal hand washing. It certainly doesn't replace the step of hand lotion, but it's a nice pampering step for every once in a while! It's also really fun for kids!

The Luxury Hand Fizzies will be available for $1.50 each.

Tell me your thoughts on the spring collection polishes I was able to share with you! Which collection is more your style? Would you try a Luxury Hand Fizzy?

Everything will be available for purchase on www.GlitterDazeNP.com early next week. Make sure you check the Facebook page for exact relaunch of the site!

*You earn loyalty reward points on each purchase, which can be used for discounts on future purchases. 

*Several new polishes will released at that time as well as Nourishing Nail Polish Remover and Luxury Hand Fizzy.

*Polishes are also available on the GlitterDaze blog: www.glitterdazenp.blogspot.com via googledoc

More GlitterDaze Links:

www.facebook.com/glitterdaze

www.twitter.com/glitterdazenp

www.instagram.com/glitterdaze

www.pinterest.com/glitterdaze/glitterdaze    

Thanks for reading!

*The products in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Deborah Lippmann Mermaids Skittle Nails!

Hello, readers! If you saw the post I did last night of the new Deborah Lippmann Mermaids, you may remember me saying that I would be wearing all 5 colors in a skittle nail design today. The colors look too pretty together and I decided to add a delicate "mermaid tail" stamp over them. I love how it turned out! It was barely visible in the photos on Mermaid's Dream (pinky) but it was supposed to be subtle and not take away from the gorgeous polishes so I'm okay with that!

I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

2 coats of each Deborah Lippmann:

-Thumb: Mermaid's Eyes

-Index: Mermaid's Kiss

-Middle: Do The Mermaid

-Ring: Million Dollar Mermaid

-Pinky: Mermaid's Dream

China Glaze Devotion and Bundle Monster stamp plate BM209

Cult Nails Wicked Fast Top Coat

What do you think? I really like how these turned out together and plan to wear it for a few days! Have a great day, thanks for reading!