New Online Shop, Live Love Polish - UNT Swatches & Review

Hello everyone!

The new online shop Live Love Polish kindly sent over a few polishes for me to review.  They carry some amazing nail polish brands including China Glaze, Color Club, and NCLA to name a few, and they offer great shipping options (and very fast!) for both US and international shoppers.

Live Love Polish sent me two polishes by the brand UNT, which is a popular brand in France and Japan, and Live Love Polish is the first store to carry the brand for the US & Canada.

Clingy Sofie, is a gorgeous magenta filled with silver and multicoloured shimmer/glitter.  It has such a great formula (fully opaque in two coats), and the shimmer really stands out against the base color.  It appears almost holographic and very sparkly in person.  Clingy Sofie also has a wide, round brush which usually I am not a fan of, but I found it really easy to use when applying the polish.  I'm wearing two coats with top coat in the photos.

Breakup Blues, is a beautiful pale blue filled with gold and multicolored flakes.  The formula is slightly more sheer so it needs a few coats to be fully opaque, and can be a bit streaky if you're not careful.  The gold flakes are stunning in person and really pop against the blue, which I was very happy about.  My camera had trouble picking them up in most of the photos, but they are very visible in person.  The brush is a bit different on this one, it's wide, but flat at the end.  I'm wearing three thin coats with top coat in the photos.

I also created some "half moon" inspired nail art for day 18 of the 31 Day Challenge, using Breakup Blues as my base.  I arranged some gold foils at my cuticles in the shape of half moons, and added a few gold studs for an accent nail.  I love the gold and the pale blue together.

Live Love Polish has also created a special discount code for all of my lovely readers, so feel free to use the code "LOVEKRISTIN" at checkout for 10% off your orders.  I must say, I was so impressed by how fast the polishes got to me, and the shipping options are really reasonable.  They offer free shipping for US orders over $20, and for a limited time, free shipping worldwide for orders over $50!


Thank you for reading! :)

Kristin

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Glam Polish Cast a Spell Part II: The Magic Is Back! Collection - Swatches & Review

Hello everyone!

I know I've totally stopped posting about the 31 Day Challenge here on the blog, but if you would like to catch up on all of those posts, you can view them on my Instagram or Facebook pages (if you haven't already seen them).

For today, I've got part of an amazing new fall collection (Cast a Spell Part II: The Magic Is Back!) by Glam Polish to show you all.  The collection consists of nine magical holographic glitter polishes (seriously, they are magical), and I've got five of them to show you.  They all dry to a slightly textured finish because of the amount of glitter in them, but I highly recommend applying a good glossy top coat because the holographic glitter really comes to life.  Each one has a fantastic formula, and the colors are just stunning.

Banished, is a crimson red holographic polish packed with bright red holographic glitter.  I love this kind of deep red, especially for fall, and the bright red glitter really glows from the base.  The combination is perfect together.  I'm wearing two coats in the photos.

 

Cauldron, is a teal holographic polish, packed with teal holographic glitter.  It leans a bit more green in person than my camera captured.  The holographic glitter looks like it's floating in the base, and the holographic effect is strong.  It's just so pretty.  I'm wearing two coats in the photos.

 

Pentacle, is a charcoal holographic polish, packed with some crazy holographic glitter.  This is the sparkliest one of the five I was sent, and definitely my favorite.  I don't know if any camera could do this one justice, since it's totally insane in person!  I'm wearing two coats in the photos.

 

Sorceress, is a berry pink holographic polish, packed with bright pink holographic glitter.  This one looks much brighter in the sun when the holographic effect is the strongest.  It's slightly more of a jelly than the others, but also has a perfect formula.  I'm wearing two coats in the photos.

 

Wicca, is a deep purple holographic polish, packed with purple holographic glitter.  This is another favorite for me.  It's the most gorgeous shade of purple, and the purple holographic glitter is so beautiful.  It had the best formula out of them all too, I would say.  I'm wearing two coats in the photos.

 

The Cast a Spell Part II Collection is available for pre-order now from www.glampolish.com.au for Australia & US customers, and the official release date is September 24th.  

For Canadian customers, the collection will be available through Harlow & Co.

Glam Polish is also available at the following retailers:

Singapore - http://meimeisignatures.com/

UK - http://rainbow-connection.co.uk/

Europe - http://hypnoticpolish.com/

http://polishinail.com/en

http://norwaynails.com

You can also follow Glam Polish on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for all updates and information.

I hope you all enjoyed the swatches.  Thank you for reading! :)

Kristin

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31 Day Challenge 2014 - Day 2: Orange

Hi everyone!

For the orange theme yesterday, I decided to wear Chanel Mirabella.  It's one of the prettiest orange polishes I have, I would say!

Mirabella was part of the Summer 2014 collection, but it's warm and quite muted compared to others, so I feel like it would be just as nice for fall too.  That said, I am a huge orange fan all year anyways.  I could've easily gotten away with one coat, but I'm wearing two for the photos just incase.

I added a floral accent nail, using white (Cult Cosmetics El Porto), neon pink (Coco & Lulu Ma Belle), Julep Hayden, Ramona, and Parker, and a bit of purple purple (Nails Inc. Westminster).

Thank you for reading!  My yellow nails for day 3 will be up very soon. :)


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31 Day Challenge 2014 - Day 1: Red

Hello everyone!

I have decided to try to attempt the 31 Day Challenge again this year (and try to actually complete it this time).  I'm hoping that it will keep me posting more on my blog, since I've been really slacking for a while now.  I think that it helps to have a theme for some inspiration as well.  Today was the first day, so I created some gradient rose nails for the red theme.  I created a quick photo tutorial as well, which you can view down below!

I won't go into too much detail since you can read the steps below, but I was definitely inspired by all of the Rouge Louboutin inspired mani's I've seen lately, with the gorgeous black and red gradient mimicking the bottle.  For my version, I decided it needed a bit of holo of course, so I went with piCture pOlish O'hara as my base.  I really love the simplicity and gothic quality about them.

Marc Jacobs Jezebel, Essie Trombone, Julep Hayden, piCture pOlish O'hara, a-England Lancelot, and Winstonia Store #00 brush

Here's the tutorial if you would like to recreate them:

1.  Apply one coat of red nail polish, or one with holographic shimmer as I have shown.

2.  Grab a sponge and paint a few layers of black, a deep burgundy red, and your base color directly onto the sponge.

3.  Sponge lightly onto the nail.  I had to do this a few times to deepen the black.

4.  Using a peach nail polish, begin the rose near the cuticle of the nail.  I like to start with a centre dot and a half circle sticking out from the side.  Make sure you leave some black area peeking through to give some depth to the rose.

5.  Paint similar petal shapes around the centre.  I like to make some squiggly and pointy edges to create a more realistic shape.

6.  Keep creating petals until the rose is the size you like.  If it helps, you can also see me create the same rose shape in a previous video I made here: Negative Space Rose Nails

7.  Using a red polish (similar to your base color), and a nail art brush, paint directly on top of the peach lines leaving a tiny space at the outer edge of each petal.

8.  Once you have all of the red filled in, wait a few minutes, then add your top coat.   Have fun!


Thank you all for reading!  If you're also doing the challenge, let me know, as I would love to follow along with your posts as well! :)


Kristin

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