Happy 4th of July Nail Art

After finishing up the 500 nail art designs for the book, I can't believe that I still had the desire to do my nails for the 4th of July, but I did! Things should be getting back to normal around here very soon and I hope you're as happy as I am about that!

So anyway, I was originally planning on doing a totally different design on each nail, but decided that I wanted them to be a bit more unified. I decided on stars and stripes for the ring and middle nails and a glitter gradient for the pinky and index nails. The white is Milani White on the Spot, red is Zoya Sooki (which photographed more orange than it looks in real life), and blue is China Glaze First Mate. The glitter for the gradient is Shimmer Nichole.

For my thumbs, I decided to do a red, white, and blue gradient with Shimmer Alice on top. The white got overwhelmed by the red and blue, but I still think it turned out pretty good.

I'll be spending my 4th of July with my family on my grandparents' property, enjoying delicious food, sun bathing, and watching our own personal fireworks show! Do you have any exciting plans for the day? 

Shimmer Polish Swatches/Review: Part Three (& Super Exciting Announcement!)

Hello everybody! I have the last part of my Shimmer swatches to show you today, but first I have some really exciting personal news: I'm engaged!! Joe asked on Christmas Eve and it couldn't have been any more perfect. I included some ring photos in case anyone is interested! ;P

Okay so back to your regularly scheduled programming... Alessandra is a gorgeous red glitter mix which I layered over Zoya Rekha.

Taylor is a cosmic looking mixture of teal, green, pink, and blue glitter. I layered it here over a regular plain black polish.

Erica is a combination of gold and green glitter, very very lovely. It's layered here over Zoya Evvie. 

Brooklyn is a light blue/aqua and gold mix layered here over China Glaze Hanging in the Balance.

Tammy is a magenta pink glitter mix. I layered it over Sephora by OPI Just a Little Dangerous.

Vicki is a pretty pale pink glitter mix. It has a very slightly tinted pink base, as you can see since I layered it over white.

You can purchase Shimmer shades through Etsy. You can also give them a like on Facebook to stay updated on all the Shimmer polish news or follow the Shimmer blog. I hope you enjoyed the Shimmer spam! Which ones do you want?

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Shimmer Polish Swatches/Review: Part Two

Hello again! If you celebrated Christmas yesterday, how was it? Is anyone going shopping today? I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! :) My gift to you is more Shimmer swatches today! :P

Nichole is a mix of red and blue glitter. I layered this one over white because it reminded me of a Fourth of July shade!

 Kelly is a mix of green with larger gold glitter pieces. This is one coat over China Glaze Jolly Holly.

Cristina is a gorgeous teal green mix with some random colors thrown in. I layered one coat over Rescue Beauty Coral. LOVE this combo!

Mary is a beautiful mixture of black, red, silver, and purple glitter. I love this layered over Zoya Anja.

Julia is kind of similar to Strength from my first swatch post, but chunkier and with no hearts. This is one coat over Cult Nails Time Traveler.

Elsa is a really pretty random mix of glitter. I see mostly a magenta/red, blue, and gold. I layered it over Zoya Noot.

You can purchase Shimmer shades through Etsy. You can also give them a like on Facebook to stay updated on all the Shimmer polish news or follow the Shimmer blog. Come back for the final part of swatches on Friday!

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Shimmer Polish Swatches/Review: Part One

Hello everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and happy Christmas Eve to those who are celebrating! Today I have the first of three parts of Shimmer polish swatches for you to gaze upon.

Eva is a gorgeous burgundy glitter mix in a deep red colored base. This was three coats of it with no base color.

Leslie is a happy mixture of mostly blue, purple, and pink glitter in a clear base. I have one coat of it layered here over SquareHue Champagne Toast.

Amy is a mixture of red, gold, and blue glitter. This is one coat over SquareHue Sugar Plum.

Carol is a really unique mix of gold and royal blue glitter. This is one coat over SquareHue Holly Berry.

Strength is a turquoise blue micro glitter with what I believe are also holographic particles. There are also some random silver hearts in this one, but I wasn't able to get any out of the bottle. One coat layered over China Glaze First Mate.

Sonia is a girly mix of pink, coppery, and purple glitter. This is one coat over Zoya Kennedy.

Tiffany is a mixture of light pink, blue, and silver micro glitter in a clear base. I wore one coat over Zoya Petra.

You can purchase Shimmer shades through Etsy. You can also give them a like on Facebook to stay updated on all the Shimmer polish news or follow the Shimmer blog. Stay tuned for Part Two on Wednesday!!

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Shimmer Polish Sophie, Alice, Karina, Carmen, Caroline & Liana

I just love Shimmer so much... I can't wait for you guys to see these! Let's begin with Sophie, a girly mix of pink and purple glitter. I layered Sophie here over Sation Weed Out the Wimps.

This is Alice over Sation Blue Sky's the Limit. Not only does Alice has a great mix of silver glitter, but it also has silver shimmer in it, which totally adds another dimension.

Karina is a gorgeous mix of deep red, black, and pink glitter. I layered two coats over Sation Ring Around the Horsie.

Carmen, like Alice, has shimmer in its base. This time, however, it's a coppery gold mix instead of silver. It's layered here over Sation Sun Worship-her.

This is Caroline layered over Sation Prairie Fairy. Caroline is a fantastic mixture of purple glitter.

Liana is my favorite of this set, an absolutely stunning mix of midnight blue, silver, black and medium blue glitter. I layered Liana over Sation Rock-a-guy Blue.

The formula on all of these polishes was superb. I used two coats over a base color for all of these swatches. You could easily get more coverage with more layers if you desired. Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. Thanks for checking these out! What one is your favorite?  

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Shimmer Tracy, Cassandra, and Vanessa

Good morning everyone! Today is the last day of my Shimmer swatch spam. :( We are certainly going out with a bang though!

This is Tracy over Zoya Wednesday. LOVE LOVE LOVE this combination!  Turquoise and gold is a really awesome combination and Tracy is a lovely, multidimensional gold glitter polish.

This is Cassandra, a pretty, iridescent polish that really reminds me of fresh glittering snow. I layered Cassandra over China Glaze Pink Plumeria (a neon, that's why my skin looks funky in this photo, I had to make the pic slightly darker to get a more realistic tone for PP).

And lastly we have Vanessa, a gorgeous mix of charcoal, black, red, and holographic silver glitter. This is another really unique mix and I love that it kind of looks like sparkly asphalt.

Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. Thanks for checking them out and I hope you enjoyed all this yummy spam!  

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Shimmer Trisha, Airriann, and Cindy

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I'm back today with three more gorgeous shades from Shimmer! Please enjoy :)

First today is Trisha, a stunning mixture of burnt orange, copper, yellow, purple, and blue glitter. I have layered Trisha over Zoya Arizona here. 

Next up is a total stunner, Airriann. This one is made of multiple shades of pink, gold, and some black glitter, as well as shimmer in the base! If you can zoom in on this photo, you can see the shimmer really well near the tip of my ring nail. Airriann is layered over Essie Sand Tropez.

And bringing up the rear today is Cindy, a beautiful mixture of red glitter. I layered Cindy over OPI The Color of Minnie. I don't wear red very often (usually only around the winter holidays) but I could see myself wearing this one a lot!

Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. Please stay tuned for the last set of swatches tomorrow morning!  

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Shimmer Tammy, Karen, and Gerry

Good morning readers! I have three more Shimmer colors for you today: Tammy, Karen, and Gerry. Shall we?

This is one coat of Tammy over Zoya Kennedy. Tammy is such a cool and unique mixture of purple, gold, and black glitter in a clear base. I'm so amazed at the uniqueness of all these polishes!

Next up is Karen over China Glaze First Mate. Karen is mostly made up of pink glitter with some silver and purple mixed in as well. I took a chance with it over blue and really ended up loving it.

Gerry is a gorgeous color as well. For this one, I decided to try layering over a dark color, Zoya Raven. It really made Gerry pop! Gerry is made up of bright purple, pink, and red glitter and tiny little purple glitter.

Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. More on Monday! :) 

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Shimmer Jenny, Linna, and Melissa

Good morning everyone! I have more Shimmer swatches for you today, so let's get right into it shall we?

First up today is Jenny, a mix of mainly cool-toned glitters. I can spot a cyan color, purple, gold, and red, among other shades. I have one coat of Jenny layered over Essie Nice is Nice.

This is one coat of Linna over Milani Mint Candy. Linna seems very similar to Jasmine from the first post I made, but more green where Jasmine is more aqua blue. 

And this is one coat of Melissa over Zoya Reagan. I really love this combo; Melissa is made up mostly of pink, purple, red and is so pretty and unique.

Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. Stay tuned on Thursday for more swatches from me!

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Shimmer Jennifer, Jasmine, and Stephanie

I got the kindest message a while ago from a sweet woman named Cindy, the creator of Shimmer nail polish, who was wondering if I was interested in reviewing some of her polishes for her. Since I've obviously been seriously into glitter polish lately, I of course said that I would love to. Imagine my glee when 15 (!!!) bottles of gorgeous shimmery polish landed on my doorstep a week or so later. It was literally like Christmas morning unwrapping all these beauties. It took me a while to swatch them, but I finally have some that I can share with you! Enjoy!

First up is Jennifer, one coat over Zoya Kristen. Jennifer is a mish mash of mainly light blue and purple glitter, as well as some light gold, pink, and green particles. I only used one coat for these swatches, but the coverage is fantastic with just that one coat.

Up next is Jasmine, a beautiful mix of aqua glitter with some shades of blue and red mixed in. This is one coat over Zoya Zuza. I love this one because it really reminds me of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Not sure if that was the intention, but it's perfect!

Lastly (for today) is Stephanie, layered here over Zoya Tallulah. Stephanie is a stunning mixture of electric blue and purple and all shades in between. I love how it works with the slight shimmer in Tallulah.

Shimmer polish purchasing information can be found here, as well as product availability and more swatches. Stay tuned on Thursday for more swatches from me!

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*