KBShimmer Every Nook & Cranberry and Teal Another Tail

I know everyone is talking about KBShimmer new winter collections now, but I haven't still shown you my swatches of the fall collection polishes. I ended up picking just two polishes from this collection as I'm trying hard not to get every single glitter out there... So I went with two polishes that looked pretty cool and unique: Every Nook & Cranberry and Teal Another Tail.

Every Nook & Cranberry has, like the name suggests, cranberry red base with pink/violet and gold shimmer. This dries satin matte finish, but as I always wear polishes with top coat, I have top coat over it in these pictures too. It applies really nicely, I used two coats and the formula was great. 

The shimmer in this polish is really gorgeous, but somehow I didn't like the polish as much as I thought. I honestly think it's really pretty polish and it's a great alternative for those warmer toned reds out there with its strong blue undertones. For some reason it just didn't suit me, maybe it was just because of those undertones, I don't know. Anyhow, it's great quality and really suitable color for fall.



Teal Another Tail was, however, an instant favourite of mine! It's really a complex color with greenish teal base and heavy pink shimmer. The polish is really versatile and it looks different depending on lighting and angle. I have two coats here and again, the quality and formula was really great.

This dries to similar satin matte finish too, but again, I have top coat in these pictures.

The shimmer is really gorgeous in this one too, it looks almost like it has a duochrome effect in it. This polish is really an unique one to me and it's totally awesome! I have nothing even close like this. So yeah, it's safe to say that this is one of my favourite polishes of 2013! If you don't already have this, get it before it's too late!
 

Did you guys pick up any polishes from KBShimmer fall collection? Or are you planning on getting any from those two winter collections?

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Tässä on viime päivät puhuttu aikas lailla lähinnä KBShimmerin talvi kokoelmien lakoista, mutta minulla on vielä esittelemättä omat valintani syyskokoelmasta, joten tässäpä ne tulevat: Every Nook & Cranberry ja Teal Another Tail. Valitsin kokoelmasta ainoastaan nämä kaksi, koska yritän kovasti vältellä kaikkien maailman glittereiden ostamista... Tosin ehkä vähän huonolla menestyksellä. 

Evey Nook & Cranberry on nimensä mukaisesti kaunis karpalonpunainen lakka nätillä shimmerillä. Jostain kumman syystä en tykännyt tästä ihan niin paljon kuin ajattelin, vaikka kyseessä onkin ehdottoman nätti lakka ja täydellinen syyssävy. Peittää nätisti kahdella kerroksella ja koostumuskin on varsin mukava. Tämä sekä Teal Another Tail kuivuvat molemmat semimattaisiksi, mutta minulla on kuvissa lakkojen päällä kerros pikakuivattajaa.

Teal Another Tailista puolestaan tuli heti suosikkini. Sävy on aivan upea ja uniikki, minulla ei ainakaan ole kokoelmissa mitään vastaavaa. Lakan koostumuskin oli mainio, lakka peitti kahdella kerroksella eikä levittämisen kanssa ollut mitään ongelmia. Aivan upea tapaus siis ja ehdottomasti yksi tämän vuoden lakkasuosikeistani!

pekal

Indy's Indies - Baubles, and Snow is Falling!

 Hi everyone, and welcome to Friday : )  Today, I have some more UK Indies for you to feast your eyes upon, and these 2 are from Indy's Indies Christmas collection. I actually bought 4, so will be showing you the other 2 sometime later in the week.   I love Christmas, I'm definitely a 'creature comforts' kind of girl, and love cuddling up in front of the telly, drinking tea, and hiding from the weather in cosy pyjamas with the OH.  Plus, everything becomes sparkly and pretty at Christmas; what glitter addict wouldn't love it? : )



 First up is Baubles, which is a mix of metallic/ holographic dots in blue, silver, pink, purple, red, black and green.  This is just circle heaven, I knew I would buy this polish the second Danielle posted a picture on Facebook, it just makes me so happy!  Now as you would expect, you do need to do a little placement due to the size of the glitters, but this is definitely a good thing in my opinion.  You don't want them to bunch up too much, so it's much easier to get a good even coverage that way.  It was super easy to get them onto the brush, they came off the brush easily, and laid flat without any encouragement.
This was 1 coat over a plain black cream, with a few placed here and there to fill in any little gaps.  Danielle also has a polish called Oh Christmas Tree which is a mix of green shards and slices, and makes a fabulous base for this topper.  They really do look like baubles hanging off of a tree.  I will probably end up buying that one too, so may be able to show you a swatch in the future : )




 The second polish I have to show you today is Snow is Falling, which is a chilly mix of white snowflakes, hexes, shards, and dots; winter white hexes and squares, and iridescent rainbow fine glitter.  I've layered 1 coat here over w7 - Blue Mirror.  I only had to fish for a snowflake once with this polish, the rest of them were already on the brush, and it was quite easy to spread the glitters out.  I am quite fussy with glitter polish, I don't like it if they clump together, but the formula on this was very forgiving, and gave me no bother while I shuffled the larger bits around where I wanted them : )

 I really like this polish, the snowflakes are just so cute, and the little holographic glitters really twinkle in the light, making it look really icy.  I think the base I used for this polish was a great choice too, it compliments the icy look so well!
Overall, I'm really impressed with the whole Christmas Collection from Indy's Indies, and I had a really hard time limiting myself to only 4 when I ordered these.  If you haven't already, I strongly advise you to have a look at her Etsy shop, just make sure you leave me a back-up bottle of Baubles : P
What do you guys think of these winter beauty's then?

pekal

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