Friday, April 19, 2013

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.pinterest.com/glitterdaze/glitterdaze    

Thanks for reading!

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













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Thursday, April 18, 2013

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!



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Deborah Lippmann Mermaids SWATCHES!

Hello, readers! I have a super exciting post to share with you before bed. I couldn't wait to swatch the new Deborah Lippmann Mermaids when they arrived today and I just had to post it right away. They are gorgeous! Mermaid's Dream was my favorite Deborah Lippmann polish so when I heard there was an entire mermaid-inspired collection coming out, I had to get them all! They look awesome paired with Mermaid's Dream, so I'm showing that one in this post as well even though it's not "new."

A little bit of info about all of them: I've done two coats of each with Cult Nails Wicked Fast. They tend to dry gritty (with the exception of Million Dollar Mermaid) and once my Wicked Fast was hardened, there was still a bit of texture. I'd recommend a thick top coat if you want a glossy finish. They all applied wonderfully and I have no issues to report. Just stunning!

One of the prettiest collages I've ever made!

Look at the bottle colors together! I'm definitely wearing DL Mermaid skittle nails tomorrow!



Let's start out with my favorite of the new set, Mermaid's Kiss. A gorgeous light pink base, packed with light and dark pink mini hexes and TONS of gold fleck shimmer. The gold is so intense, it's my favorite part about it!






Next up, we have Million Dollar Mermaid. A pale orange base with orange mini and micro hexes and gold shimmer. The gold shimmer is smaller and less intense than that in Mermaid's Kiss but I think it works better this way for this base color and keeps it from looking too yellow.







Do The Mermaid is the purple of the bunch and was the most textured when dry without top coat. The pastel purple base is full of purple mini  and micro hexes and what appears to be silver shimmer. It's the only polish in the set without gold added in.







The last new polish is Mermaid's Eyes. It is an opaque blue base with blue mini hexes and gold micro glitter. There is less glitter and the base is much more opaque than the others-- I could have only worn one coat. The second coat covered up the glitters, though, and the blue mini hexes are almost lost in the blue base. I just adore this shade of blue!







Now we've come to the original mermaid-- Mermaid's Dream. As I said before, this was my favorite Deborah Lippmann polish and it may still be. Such a beautiful mix of seafoam base with gold shimmer and blue hexes.  I just love it!






I am dying to hear what you think of the new Deborah Lippmann Mermaids! Tell me your favorites, must haves, least favorites, etc! 

I purchased these from the Deborah Lippmann Website for $19 each:

Thanks so much for reading!


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Monday, April 15, 2013

DARE Colors Neon Nail Art Tutorials!

Hello readers! I have some fun announcements today! I've been working with DARE Colors the past few months on nail art tutorials using their Party Animal set of 4 neon colors found exclusively at Walmart! I'm showing you one of the tutorials in this blog post, and would love for you to go to their Facebook Page to see the other 3!

Very soon, the new summer neon set, called Hit the Beach, will be at your local Walmart and 4 NEW beach themed tutorials will be on the DARE Colors Facebook Page as well! I'm having a wonderful time working with DARE Colors and hope you will go out and grab your own set at Walmart and try out some of my tutorials! (If you try them out, would you please share on the DARE Colors Facebook Page?)

The Party Animal set is the one at your Walmart right now:

Here is one of the 4 Party Animal Tutorials we've put together:


There are instructions for each step on the DARE Colors Facebook Page!

So that's all you get as a preview. Please go check out the rest of the tutorials, like the page, and tell them Adventures In Acetone sent you!!

Do any of you already have the DARE Colors Party Animal Collection? 

**I have an exciting announcement for you at the end of the week so make sure you tune in!**

DARE Colors Links:




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