Nail of the Day: Yellow and Grey Dotticure with Elevation Polish

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Today I have a manicure I did in support of a friend. She's got a big day today and several of her friends got together and decided to do yellow polish in support of her.

She HATES yellow polish. Probably more than I hate, say...broccoli? But she's got just the type personality to understand that all of her friends wearing the thing she hates most is the best way we can show our support. She's quirky like that. And I wouldn't have her any other way. If she thought we were approaching sappy in any way, she'd run!

Grey and Yellow Dotticure

I used Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux, the only yellow I've ever found that didn't hate me! The grey is Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest and it's overtaken Toubkal as my favorite Elevation Polish EVER,

Happy Thursday!!!

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Darling Diva Polish - RuPaulogize and Never Give Up

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It's the WEEKEND! Yay! And it's RAINING!!! Double Yay! so I thought I'd make it a trifecta of awesomeness and start posting polishes from Darling Diva Polish's RuPaul Inspired Collection - Never Give Up and RuPaulogize.

Over the next few days I'll be showing you 6 more from this collection AND I have some super secret NEW ones too!

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KBShimmer Quantum Leaf - Swatches and Review

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Tonight I have another KBShimmer Bath and Body polish for you - this time, because I'm SO anxious for autumn, it's a great fall color - Quantum Leaf.

Quantum Leaf is described by the maker as follows:

A rustic yellow gold color is the base of this polish.  Orange, copper, gold and red hexes mimic the warm colors of fall leaves. Extra  large red hexes complete this polish, almost as beautiful as a sugar maple red come autumn.

Type: Crelly

Glitter Load: Heavy

Glitter Size: Micro to Extra Large

I had no issues at all - everything came out of the bottle nicely and spread evenly on the nail. I used 3 coats and one coat of Poshe top coat for the photos.

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Foxy Paws Holo Dolly Collection - Put on Your Sunday Clothes and Happy Cuticles Treatment Oil

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I'm back with the remaining polish in the Foxy Paws Holo Dolly Collection, Put On Your Sunday Clothes, along with their Happy Cuticles Treatment Oil.

Foxy Paws and their sister brand Well Nails are Danish indie polish brands and are cruelty-free and 4-free.

This collection is called the Holo, Dolly! Collection and is made up of 7 linear holographic polishes inspired by the Broadway hit musical Hello, Dolly!

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Put On Your Sunday Clothes is a bright green-based yellow linear holographic polish. This had the same great formula as the rest in the collection. No issues at all to report. Two coats and no top coat for the photos.

As with the rest of the collection, no aqua base is needed and the holographic properties aren't affected by the top coat I did use after the photos to protect my mani - Poshe. I haven't tried it with other top coats.


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Ozotic 904 Sugar - Swatches and Review

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Good morning! Yeah, it's Monday, but we won't talk about that. Today I have another Ozotic polish by piCture pOlish to show you.

Ozotic 904 Sugar

Ozotic 904 is one of the Sugars and it's a yellow/gold glass fleck/flake foil polish. To be honest, I saved this one for last because, well, I figured I wouldn't like it. My skin is pale and it's not usually my best color. And I think it's turning out to be my favorite! It's unique in my collection and you can layer it over just anything! (Several options shown later in the post.)

I used Ozotic 904 layered over several things but ended up wearing it layered over a plain white creme as my full mani. Two light coats and no top coat for the photos. No issues at all with the formula or application.


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The Nail Junkie Banana Neon Shimmer Jelly

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Today is Day 3 of 4 of fun with The Nail Junkie's newest Neon Shimmer Jelly Collection leading up to the re-stock on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
If you haven't seen the Neon Shimmer Jellies yet, pull up a chair and get your wishlist out! *HINT: Stay through the end of the post to see how you can enter the giveaway to WIN two polishes of your choice from this collection! Open 'til May 31, 2013.

The Nail Junkie Neon Shimmer Jelly Collection

Last year, Aleta, creator of The Nail Junkie polishes, released a few of her shimmer jellies. One of which made my Best of 2012 list - Grape. You can see my post on that the others by clicking on individual pic in the photo below.

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And now...Banana!

Banana is "a jelly polish in the brightest neon yellow. It's loaded with holographic shimmer and can be worn as a build-able squishy jelly or you can layer it over glitters for a colorful "jelly sandwich". This shade is from last year's collection. No changes were made."

I used 3 light coats of this one alone and am showing you how it looks with and without top coat. No issues to report at all. The formula and application were perfect. I had a difficult time capturing the true color because it's really bright! The natural lighting photos are the most color accurate.

First, with no top coat...

The Nail Junkie Banana

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SoFlaJo Matte Love Collection - The Brights

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Are you ready for something a little different? I have SoFlaJo's Matte Love Collection - The Brights -  to show you!

SoFlaJo Matte Love Collection

The Blacks are coming soon to the blog so stay tuned for those as well! There are 7 polishes in the collection and I have the 4 Brights. The Blacks consist of 3 polishes. Meanwhile, these are The Brights I'll be showing you now...

SoFlaJo Matte Love Collection - The Brights

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The formula and application was the same for all four so I'll address that first. These are all matte polishes and the formula is fantastic. I had no issues at all with application of any of them. I used two coats on all four and took photos of both matte and with top coat. Perfection. The top coat I used was one coat of Poshe.

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First up, Involved. This one is a true purple matte full of gold shimmery goodness. Be sure and check out the close up - it's an amazing polish and probably my favorite of the four.

SoFlaJo Involved  - matte

SoFlaJo Involved  - matte

SoFlaJo Involved - natural light - matte

SoFlaJo Involved - natural light - matte

SoFlaJo Involved  - with top coat

SoFlaJo Involved  - with top coat

SoFlaJo Involved - with top coat

SoFlaJo Involved - matte

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Going Down? is a bold, shimmery yellow matte. Finally a yellow that's bold and bright enough not to give me "dirty hands!"

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte - natural light

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte - natural light

SoFlaJo Going Down? - with top coat

SoFlaJo Going Down? - with top coat

SoFlaJo Going Down? - with top coat

SoFlaJo Going Down? - matte

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White Sensation is a shimmery white matte - talk about a PERFECT wedding polish! And the depth - check out the macro. I love whites but they're not fond of my skin tone. I hope that doesn't distract you from the beauty of this one because it really is special.

SoFlaJo White Sensation - matte

SoFlaJo White Sensation - matte

SoFlaJo White Sensation - matte

SoFlaJo White Sensation - matte - natural light

SoFlaJo White Sensation - matte

SoFlaJo White Sensation - with top coat

SoFlaJo White Sensation - with top coat

SoFlaJo White Sensation - with top coat

SoFlaJo White Sensation - with top coat - natural light

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And finally Pink It Up - this one is a brilliant pink shimmer matte. Not quite neon but it really POPS! I'd say it's perfect for pink lovers AND non-pink lovers alike.

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - matte

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - matte

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - matte

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - matte - natural light

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - matte

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - with top coat

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - with top coat

SoFlaJo Pink It Up - with top coat

What do you think of The Brights part of this collection? Which is your favorite? It was hard for me to pick but I think Involved is my favorite.

This collection, as well as Watch Over Me and other SoFlaJo polishes, can be purchased on soflajo.com and in SoFlaJo's Etsy shop. Also be sure to "like" SoFlaJo on Facebook and follow on Twitter to stay up-to-date on what's happening!




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Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz - Swatches and Review

How about a Glitter Gal polish for my first review of the new year?  Something outside my "comfort zone" perhaps?  Let's Do It!

Lemon Fizz is from the Popping Candy Collection and being a child of the 60s I can certainly remember popping candy! Lemon Fizz is a soft yellow with a green iridescent shimmer that was hard to capture but it really sets this one apart from any other "yellow polish" I've ever tried! There is also a surprise color-shift in the iridescent shimmer to lavender - I've included one awkward photo of that as well. I layered this over a plain light creme color so there would be no visible nail line to distract. No issues with application at all. Two light coats over the creme base and no top coat.

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz

What do you think of this one? There are 4 polishes in the Popping Candy Collection from Glitter Gal and I'll be showing those to you over the next few days so stay tuned for Watermelon, Grape and Blueberry Soda!

Glitter Gal Lemon Fizz, as well as other Glitter Gal polishes, is available at Ninja Polish and it retails for $11.00 for a 10mL bottle. You can also follow Ninja Polish on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date on re-stock information, see swatches and participate in giveaways. Also check out Glitter Gal on Facebook and Twitter!



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