Black Dahlia: Holo Metals

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Black Dahlia created the Holo Metals collection with the Holidays in mind. Each polish is holo and contain shifting shimmer.

Brass Tulip is a vibrant antique gold-leaning beige multichrome holo that shifts from red to orange and gold.





Iron Lotus is a medium gray multichrome holo that shifts from blue to violet to red and jade green.





Steel Magnolia is a darkened plum multichrome holo that shifts from blue to green and violet





Steel Magnolia has the most apparent shift, while the other two are more subtle, but definitely present. The formula is excellent for each. I used two coats for each photo; however the two darker shades would be one coaters when applied evenly. I really enjoyed wearing each of these, the way they shift is quite pleasing.

Have you ever ordered from Black Dahlia?
If not, you definitely should! These are available right now along with many other pretty polishes.

Polish Con 2017: Week 3

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Unable to attend Polish Con NYC 2017?
Never fear! The creators and vendors of the event got together and are creating polishes available for sale to everyone before the Con! How cool is that? The releases are done weekly on Sundays at 8am Central. This week's launch will feature week 3 polishes from Anchor & Heart and Ellagee.
Going forward, I will be reviewing every shade available each week.

Anchor & Heart

Taryn is the creator of Anchor & Heart and I've gotten to know her just by lurking in her group and friending her on facebook. She has the most precious kiddos, which she loves dearly. I often see her being kind to others in business and on her personal page. She's thoughtful of charities and encourages others to make donations too. She always has cheerful words to share and a fun, gentle sense of humor. All of these things come out in her products, packaging, customer service, and even in marketing - Anchor & Heart is an experience you won't want to miss!
To find out more about her brand, check out her Etsy store's about page.

Go Big or Stay Home has a sultry purple base, packed with shifting shimmer and sparkling flakes. The formula was buttery and applied evenly; I wore two coats and topcoat.

Ellagee

Laura of Ellagee describes herself as a sparkly unicorn and general do-it-all person at the business. She has been a nail polish collector and frankener since she was a teenager and then started making her own polish for as a hobby in 2012. Early in 2013, her dream of opening her own shop came to life on ellagee.com! Since then, she has crafted and shipped over 18,000 bottles of nail polish joy to happy nail polish lovers around the globe.
She enjoys bright colors and rainbows and by extension, unicorns! Her mascot, Percy the Unicorn, joined the shop in 2015. He is the essence of the colorful fun she strives to bring you in polish.

Wish You Were Here has a squishy grape jelly base packed with sparkling flakies of all sorts! I wore two coats with topcoat for that extra glassy squishy shine!





I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - grab yours Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products

Jolie Polish: Rose Gold

I recently purchased my first Jolie Polishes to use for stamping. She has beautiful metallic shades and a very nice holo.

I hadn't yet decided what design to use them for when, a reader, Kelley and I were chatting on facebook. She told me she was going to do festive nail art with Christmas trees and I loved that idea! So I told her I might do some too, and here they are!



I used the Rose Gold from Jolie and it was a great stamping experience. I just put one moderately loaded swipe across the top of the design, scraped and stamped. Each time I did this, the stamp lift and transfer were fantastic, no redos!



It's such a nice breath of fresh air to have a stamping session go so well. On top of that - I didn't notice any overly strong odor with these - in fact, I didn't really notice an odor at all. Color me happy with this purchase!

What are your favorite designs to stamp for Christmas?