Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Guest Post: Lori from Things I Heart, Part 1



     First off, I'd like to introduce myself!  I'm Lori C. from Things I Heart, a very new blog that I started to showcase all those... things I love!  When Jen asked me to do a guest post, I got very excited, then very nervous!  She is such a wonderful blogger and lady that I'm just a tad intimidated :-D  I had alot in mind at what I wanted to do and came up with the idea of a 3 part story!  So, here goes!

     There is this wonderful place.  A place where you can buy/sell/trade Lush products, MoonaLisa, Haunt, nail polish and many, many other things.  This is a place we call "The Blue".  I joined a couple years ago to offload the unwanted bath and body items and/or buy other HTF items.  I only really ventured into the "Swap" area in the beginning.  Then, one fateful day, I went into a different section and saw a link about nail polish.  I clicked on it, thinking it'd only be the polish I was used to seeing at salons.  Was I in for a surprise!!!  That was a year ago and I am still just as excited to stalk a sought after brand and get new nail mail!

   In my journey of learning about nail polish, I met some very awesome ladies and am still meeting awesome ladies!  These ladies have been so helpful to me, a girl that used to have someone else do my manis.  Jen was the first one to PM me and offer help.  I knew nothing!  Not only have we shared nail polish, but things in our own lives.  A little family of crazy polished lacquer heads!!

     I wanna show two blue polishes that I received as gifts from two ladies I met on "The Blue".  These polishes were frankened by the ladies and aren't for sale anywhere.

      The first polish was made by an awesome lady that is super talented, but makes polishes just for fun :-)  This is a polish she named "Love Bot Wife".  It's a gorgeous blue that has amazing micro shimmers in blue and silver.  The blue shimmers will turn a little bit darker blue to a light tealish green.  There are also silver hexes and silver squares in there.  I adore this polish!  It is the perfect amount of glitters.  I'm going to have to use the mini sparingly.  It was also a dream to apply.  This mani is a basecoat of Glisten and Glow Stuck on Blu!, two coats of Elevation Alphubel, one coat of Love Bot Wife, a coat of Gelous then a topcoat of Glisten and Glow HKG.




     Next up, is a gorgeous franken made by another lady on "The Blue"!  This polish, that is named "Fade to Winter", is a beautiful light blue, maybe periwinkle cream with the perfect mix of tealish green micro glitters, some silver glitters and some dark purple micro glitter.  I also layered this over two coats of Elevations Alphubel (better match as an undie with this polish), then two coats of Fade to Winter, a coat of Gelous then a coat of G&G HKG topcoat.  Application was perfection as well :-)



Thank you for letting me share my "The Blue" inspired post!

<3,

Lori~

Thank you so much for being a guest at my blog! I loved reminiscing while reading the story - it made me smile from ear to ear! It saddens me to see The Blue come to an end, but we'll definitely stay in touch!

Lori has a beautiful blog and recently reviewed one of the new RBL polishes!
Let's show her some love by visiting, shall we? -------------> Things I <3

Friday, May 3, 2013

Indie Polish

Products provided for review.

The Indie Polish shop opened in October, is based in Canada and ships worldwide. Tanya asked if I would choose some polishes to review so I chose two and she sent four! And they are all full sized! Now if that doesn't show she takes pride in her product, I don't know what does. The polishes arrived packed snugly in a cute box.
Let's have a look!

Tanya describes all of these really well, so I'm going to use her descriptions for each.

"I ADORE ORANGE and you just don't see it enough! This is Sun Kissed Peach
It's a beautiful blend of tangerine pop mica with tiny gold holo glitter! Perfect to brighten up a cold day or on your next world wide trip to the tropics!"


I wore three coats over Sinful Colors Cloud 9. The polish was easy to apply and there was plenty of the glitter on the nail with each swipe of the brush.


"Joni is a blend of Blue Mica and equally blue glitter....it's STUNNING"

I wore three coats on its own, and while I can see vnl in the photos, I didn't see it in person. Its a really beautifully sparkly polish!


"KAboom (named by my son) is a unique polish in that it looks totally different depending on the light....sometimes it looks more purple and sometimes more fuschia. It is a mix of fuschia and plum micro fine glitters in our clear suspending base. WE LOVE IT! and hope you will too!"

I've saved my two favorites for last, and this is one of them! Its jam packed with glitter and super sparkly! I wore this over Sinful Shine's Most Sinful and stamped the accent nail with plate vl001 from Vivid Lacquer.


I added Hard Candy matte top coat and its just as stunning this way!

In my haste, I grabbed the wrong bottle for this photo, but that leads us to the next polish!

"Adoptable is a neat sheerer wine red (yes I know it looks purple) it's a deep, regal merlot red...with AMAZING electric blue glitter. This polish can easily be worn over an existing polish or built up to an opaque polish."

I used several coats (more than five) to reach opacity, as I wanted to keep this polish true to how it looks in the bottle. Its a super glossy jelly with very sparkly glitter. And, there is one bottle left at the sale price right now as I write this post entry!


Each polish was smooth and easy to apply, has cute handwritten labels and are made with love and care. Tanya's son often helps her design and name the polishes too!

Their polish is made in very small hand mixed batches (1 or 2 bottles of each size per color) using a 3-free base that is cruelty-free. They use pigments, micas and glitters locally sourced thru reputable suppliers and other etsy shops.

What are you waiting for? Head on over to The Indie Polish shop or visit and like their facebook page to see what's new!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Spring Fling Giveaway!

Today we are launching an ENORMOUS giveaway from bloggers and indie makers alike.
This rafflecopter will run from today until Memorial Day, upon which time fourty-four winners will be chosen.

This is open to both US Residents and International, however not all prizes are available to international entries.    I will note each prize as such below.
Onto the Prizes!
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Enchanted Polish Djinn in a Bottle and OPI Rainbow Connection
US only
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