#xmasnorules - CHRISTMAS TREE

Today's theme is Christmas Tree for #xmasnorules!  I haven't really been doing much nail art, but I'm loving the Christmas glitter...big or small!!  This is sELFie from KB Shimmer!  It is a holographic glitter topper, but I applied 3 coats for a full coverage textured look. 

KB Shimmer's sELFie

KB Shimmer's sELFie

KB Shimmer's sELFie

KB Shimmer's Sand In My Stocking

This beauty is from KB Shimmer's Winter 2014 collection and it is cutely named Sand In My Stocking.  It is a clear based glitter with small white, gold, tan, grey and brown glitter, larger gold hex and circle glitter, orange hex glitter, aqua blue circle glitter and gold holographic star glitter.  I layered it over KB Shimmer's In Yacht Water.

KB Shimmer's Sand In My Stocking

KB Shimmer's Sand In My Stocking

KB Shimmer's Sand In My Stocking

I pick up all my KB Shimmer over at Harlow and Co.

KB Shimmer's Dark & Twisty

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!  This polish is from KB Shimmer's Fall 2015 collection.  Dark & Twisty is a black jelly based polish with metallic glitters in a rainbow of colours.  I used 3 coats for full opacity and decided on a matte top coat.

What a great Halloween polish!

KB Shimmer's Dark & Twisty

KB Shimmer's Dark & Twisty

KB Shimmer's Dark & Twisty

I get all my KB Shimmer polish from Harlow and Co.

KB Shimmer's Partners in Lime

Yep, another green!  This is Partners in Lime from KB Shimmer.  It is from the Early Summer 2014 collection.  It is a very dense textured lime polish with gold, green and aqua glitter.  I achieved opacity with 2 coats.  It is so colourful!

KB Shimmer's Partners in Lime

KB Shimmer's Partners in Lime

Orly's Lemonade & OPI's In True Stefani Fashion

I love yellow, but I have a hard time finding one that looks half decent with my skin tone.  This is Orly's Lemonade with OPI's In True Stefani Fashion as a topper.  Lemonade is from the 2010 Spring Sweet collection and has a great formula, being opaque with 3 coats.  In True Stefani Fashion is from the January 2014 collection and is a clear based glitter with both tiny and large silver glitter.

Orly's Lemonade & OPI's In True Stefani Fashion

Orly's Lemonade & OPI's In True Stefani Fashion

Orly's Lemonade & OPI's In True Stefani Fashion

 If you don't have this beautiful pastel yellow creme it is still available for purchase.

#30DaysofColourChallenge - GLITTER

This is a month long swatch challenge for April.  A different manicure every day!

Day 15 is Glitter and I always seem to gravitate to this Deborah Lippmann polish.  It is Let's Go Crazy.  It is is a dark purple-based jelly polish with red, green, blue, gold, light purple and fuchsia glitter of round and hexagon shapes. Coverage is good for a glitter polish, as it is very thick. The glitter actually sits below the surface so it gives the ‘jelly sandwich manicure’ look.

Deborah Lippmann's Let's Go Crazy

Deborah Lippmann's Let's Go Crazy

Deborah Lippmann's Let's Go Crazy

If you are interested in participating in the challenge, here is the list!

#summernorules - ICE CREAM

While ice cream is good, I much prefer sherbet.  My favourite is Blue Rasberry Sherbet from Baskin-Robbins.

Blue Skies is a creamy pastel blue crelly-based polish with blue, grey and white multi-sized glitter.  What a fun Spring/Summer polish and somewhat similar to my fav sherbert!!

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 Next up is Fav Neon.  If you want to join in, here is the schedule!

First Day of Summer
National Pink Day
Strawberries
Favourite Summer Glitter
Canada Day
Independence Day
National Chocolate Day
Flip Flops

Ka-Pow from FInger Paints

Ka-Pow is a clear based glitter consisting of  black, white, dark pink and light pink hex glitter.  Another fun glitter that I put over Essie's Bikini So Teeny.

A little placement was necessary, but worth it!!

Three's a Party from Finger Paints

Three's a Party is part of the 2014 Pop Movement Summer collection. It is a clear based glitter consisting of dark peach, red, 2 different coloured blues, yellow and pink hex glitters.  I applied it over OPI's Where Did Suzi's Man-go?

Love this glitter, such a unique colour combo...but it somehow works ;)

Loaded Lacquer's Fluffy Macaroons

I just can't seem to get enough glitter polish these days, especially Loaded Lacquer!!!

Fluffy Macaroons is a clear based glitter consisting of plum, periwinkle, yellow, marigold, cotton candy pink, purple & white hex and squares with holographic sparkle.  It is a fabulous glitter polish and applies effortlessly!!  I applied it over L'Oreal's Royally Yours.

If you are looking for some unique and high quality polish that is easy to work with, I would recommend taking a look at Loaded Lacquer.  They can be found here.

Beyond the Nail's Chew On This

Chew on This is a pale pink pastel crelly-based glitter with white bar glitter and grey, purple & pink hex glitter. I laid a foundation of OPI's Mod About You to brighten it up so it would look a bit better on me.  Great application!

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Loaded Lacquer's Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Innocent Until Proven Guilty is a clear based glitter consisting of matte pink skulls, squares and bars, holographic silver skulls and stars, matte lavender large hex, dots and stars, multi sized holographic turquoise hexagons and multi-sized silver holographic hex.

I used the polish over OPI's Amazon...Amazoff on my small, middle and index fingers.  Zoya's Vega is on my ring finger.

 

If you are looking for some unique and high quality glitter that is easy to work with, I would recommend taking a look at Loaded Lacquer.  They can be found here.

Loaded Lacquer's Mintallica

Mintallica is a clear based glitter consisting of multi-sized matte mint hexagons and dots, metallic gunmetal hexagons and holographic gunmetal hexagons.

I thought I would go for a jelly sandwich with Mintallica.  I used China Glaze's Keepin' it Teal as the jelly!  Not a bad combo.

If you are looking for some unique and high quality glitter that is easy to work with, I would recommend taking a look at Loaded Lacquer.  They can be found here.