Holo Hookup: The Thankful Box 2019

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The Holo Hookup brings us the Thankful Box with guest maker Turtle Tootsie! The box launches for pre-order October 21 at 8pm Central at The Holo Hookup and ends October 28 at 8pm Central.




Cupcake Thankful for Love
rich berry red linear holographic with a sprinkle of red and blue holo micro glitters. Two coats shown with topcoat.







Stamped with a whimsical heart design in copper metallic stamping polish.




Different Dimension Thankful for My Children
deep violet linear holographic with added UCC flakes, holo microglitter and holo mimcroflakies. Two coats shown with topcoat, although this one is quite opaque in one coat.







Stamped with a black holo and a light purple cream in a plaid design.




Glisten & Glow Thankful for Health
darkened midnight blue linear holo with added holo flakes, blue/teal, purple to pink, orange to red UCC flakes.
Shown in two coats with topcoat







Stamped with a gradient of fall creams in a leaf and acorn design.




Turtle Tootsie Thankful for Friends
deep emerald green holo with electric blue micro flakies and aqua shimmer
Shown in two coats with topcoat







Stamped with a gold metallic filigree design



The formulas for each of these is good and I enjoyed creating all the nail art looks. What will you create with your box?

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Bee's Knees and Different Dimension

Friend from Work from Bee's Knees is a pretty purple squishy jelly with a sprinkle of microglitters in it. I enjoyed wearing this at 2 coats, with topcoat.





Editing on 2/10 to add: It was brought to my attention by another customer of Bee's Knees that my swatch images don't look like their bottle at all. After a few days of working with her, a few other customers, Sarah and a couple of friends of mine, I have found that the shimmers and flakes sink to the bottom. I didn't shake the polish before application so only the jelly base and very few shimmers are shown in my photos. Today I have spent from almost six hours now shaking my bottle on my izenpro shaker and leaving it upside down. It has been shaken about once an hour on average - six times total. It is still not completely mixed, but I am seeing a difference in how much shimmer and flake is mixing with the base which also appears to be transforming the color of the base. I may swatch it again once everything appears to be dispersed better to see if it looks different from the swatches in this post.

After a day or so, I added one coat of Different Dimension's Cold As Ice on top of the Bee's Knees. I love this combo!





What is your favorite combo?

Different Dimension: Amore

I purchased the Mystery Doorbuster #3 from Different Dimension's holiday listings for 2017 and it's a beautiful purple shade!
Amore has tiny red glitters and has a linear holo that packs a punch! The formula was great, and I enjoy seeing the star in her logo. :)





Stamping with MDU polishes and a snowflake design pumps it up another notch!





Did you get any mystery polishes last year?

Different Dimension and Girly Bits Nail Art

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I just recently received a new Lina Plate, Lovely Leaves, and was immediately inspired to stamp my current mani of Different Dimension Lett's Not Mintion It.



To stamp, I began by applying dots of Stump Up the Jam and Walnuts About You to my plate over the tree design. I mixed them with the scraper on the plate to get a two-toned tree look. The Girly Bits fall collection is amazing for stamping, so glad I have them!



To create a cherry blossom tree, I dotted a variety of pinks from MDU over the dots design on the same plate.



I layered the pink dots over the stamped trees and topcoated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



After that, I decided to top it with Shift Happens, one of my favorite toppers from Girly Bits. I even ordered another bottle during her recent sale. :)





I really love how it looks with the topper! It adds a coppery and sometimes pink or golden looking shimmer to the overall look. I really enjoyed wearing cherry blossom trees on my nails, they make me happy! They also remind me of New York and the short time I got to visit. What is your favorite nail design to wear?

Different Dimension: Lett's Not Mintion It

I got to see my friend Connie Davis last weekend!! And guess what she brought me?!

This beauty!



It's a Collab with @lettslooks_ and is described as a light mint crème with pink shimmer.



It was opaque in 2 self leveling coats! Loved the formula and I've enjoyed wearing it this week. It's such a nice calming shade.



You can get your bottle at Different Dimension, it's available!

Moyou Stamping Plate 29 & Different Dimension

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Different Dimension's The Silence Of The Lambs makes a fantastic base color for jack-o-lantern stamping! Moyou 29 has heaps of designs that were perfect. What do you think?



Happy Halloween!!

Road to Polish Con: Cupcake Polish, Different Dimension, and Glisten & Glow

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The Road to Polish Con is back as a preview for the September 23 Polish Con event in Chicago. I am delighted to be involved again as both Director of the event and Official RTPC Blogger! If you missed the NYC Road to Polish Con, you can find photos and links here.

I and five other “official” Polish Con Bloggers and Swatchers are sharing each polish with you first! We'll adventure together down the Road to Polish Con every Thursday for a full eleven weeks.
The polishes release Sunday morning at 8am eastern, will be available to pre-order for one week, and then the shop is refreshed with different polishes for the next launch.



Glisten & Glow Spirit of Chicago
Indigo Purple linear holographic polish with violet and blue shimmers and silver microflakes.





Cupcake Mystic Blue
Azure blue super linear holo with heavy green to blue shifting shimmers.





Different Dimension Odyssey II
a bright magenta pink linear holographic polish with hints of copper shimmers





Each of these polishes have good formulas and easy application with little clean up. They're opaque in one coat except for the Cupcake which has more of a jellyish base. I used two coats of each of these for photos.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - snag yours this Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products and if you haven't already, join the Polish Con facebook group to stay informed.