Favorites of 2012 - Part 2 - Indies

Happy New Year's Eve! I have another favorites post for you - this time for my favorite indies of the year! The indie industry has exploded this year and it was so hard to narrow down this list. I attempted to keep it at 12 but that was impossible. I am actually not sure how many I ended up with. LOL! Let's just drool over the lovely pics.

*While I have worn all of my favorites, I haven't had time to post all of them here. Because of this, I have borrowed some photos from the lovely Sheila at Pointless Cafe.

Dandy Nails Cashmere Night - this lovely purple matte with shimmer and micro-flakes is one that captured my heart the instant I put it on.

Dandy Nails Cashmere Night

Dandy Nails Cashmere Night with top coat

Chirality Kale - it's an olive green holo. Need I say more? I think not.

Chirality Kale

Elevation Polish The Arches - such a yummy, cozy color. I just love this one - and it has a perfect formula.

Elevation Polish The Arches

Ninja Polish Howling Blue Moon - blue glow in the dark polish packed with shimmer and even, what else, moons!!

Ninja Polish Howling Blue Moon

Ninja Polish Howling Blue Moon

NerdLacquer Holy Grail - I haven't had a chance to post this one (and I was hoping to take some better photos of it) but I just had to include it in this post.

NerdLacquer Holy Grail

NerdLacquer Holy Grail

Maya Tranquillis - Such a lovely shade of deep blue packed with bronze shimmer.

Maya Tranquillis

Maya Tranquillis

Red Dog Designs Mele Kalikimaka - I also haven't posted this one but it is shown here over Dior Amazonia. I love the combination of these glitters!

Red Dog Designs Mele Kalikimaka

Dandy Nails Mighty Fine Print - I don't usually go for black polish but the way the  red and white glitter pops in this one made it a stand-out for me.

Dandy Nails Might Fine Print

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate - Enchanted Polish has really burst onto the scene this year and her holos are simply stunning. I love this chocolate brown one - so rich.

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Ninja Polish Alexandrite - I actually did an amazing mani with this one that had snowflake stamping on top - but I didn't get a chance to take photos of it. Luckily, Sheila's pics show it off amazingly.

Ninja Polish Alexandrite

Ninja Polish Alexandrite

Sea Lore Attina - such a juicy colors packed with shimmer and micro-flakes.

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NerdLacquer All of Time and Space - Green and purple yumminess with a Doctor Who-themed name. You can't go wrong with that.

NerdLacquer All of Time and Space

Ninja Polish Zultanite - this one is my favorite from the Facets line. I just love the colors and all of the shifts.

Ninja Polish Zultanite

Ninja Polish Zultanite

Ninja Polish Zultanite

AquaDaisy Shazaam -  perfect one-coat purple holo. I love this one so much.

AquaDaisy Shazaam

AquaDaisy Shazaam

There are my favorite indies of the year! There are so many more I could have included but I had to stop somewhere! I have one more favorites post to do - I am hoping to get it done today but I may not get it up until tomorrow. See you soon! ♥


Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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Favorites of 2012 - Part 1 - Favorites I Was Behind On

Happy (almost) New Year's Eve everyone! Tonight I have for you a favorites post that is a little different than some you have been seeing around the blogosphere. These are my favorite polishes that I acquired this year that were released prior to this year - in other words, polishes I was behind on!

I was going to narrow this down to 12 for 2012 but I just couldn't knock any of these off my list so I have lucky #13 for you today. Here they are in no particular order.

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Chanel Dragon - I received this as a birthday gift in November. It was my first Chanel and it is simply amazing. Perfect. Red. Creme.

Chanel Dragon

China Glaze High Def - this is from China Glaze's Tronica Collection that came out in 2011 - and I managed to miss every single one. Now I need them all. LOL! This one is a perfect dusty blue.

China Glaze High Def

 Dior Liquorice - this super hard-to-find Dior is simply amazing. The picture speaks for itself.

Dior Liquorice

Illamasqua Hectic - I do love me some poopy greens and this one is my favorite. It was not easy to acquire this polish as it is extremely hard-to-find so that makes me treasure it even more.

Illamasqua Hectic

MAC Bad Fairy - this one needs no explanation. And the story behind it makes it very near and dear to my heart.

MAC Bad Fairy

Zoya Petra - this is one of my go-to polishes. I wear this polish a lot and am at least halfway through the bottle.

Zoya Petra

Dior Purple Mix - one of my favorite polishes out of my whole stash. You can't go wrong with a Dior creme and this color is to die for.

Dior Purple Mix

China Glaze Hyper Haute - another offering from the Tronica Collection. This is my favorite out of the Tronicas that I have so far.

China Glaze Hyper Haute

Zoya Jana - I wear this polish all. the. time. However, I realized I have NEVER blogged it! How in the world did that happen? LOL! So, I have borrowed a photo from Pointless Cafe.

Zoya Jana

Dior Jamaican Pepper - can you tell that I love Dior? This time last year I had never even considered Dior polish - now it is one of my favorites. I would own even more if my wallet would let me!

Dior Jamaican Pepper

Orly Frolic - just such a happy, cheery color.

Orly Frolic

Orly Green Apple - this shade of green looks yummy enough to eat (pun intended).

Orly Green Apple

Sinful Colors Dream On - (shown with stamping) - I absolutely adore this color and the rubber finish of this polish.

Sinful Colors Dream On

Well, there are my previously-released favorites! I will be back tomorrow with more favorites! Let me know your favorites in the comments!

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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Shimmer Polish Spam!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far! I have some blingy Shimmer Polish spam for you tonight!

I have a lot of polishes to show you tonight, and a lot of pics to go with them. All of these had a very good formula - they spread nicely and evenly and laid flat on the nail. All of the glitters were suspended in the base with no sinking or settling. I used one coat of Gelous and one coat of Poshe on all of these to make them perfectly smooth. All were either in a clear base or a very SLIGHTLY tinted base so I have chosen to layer them over other colors. (You could wear all of these on their own in approximately. 3-4 coats.) Lets get to the pics, shall we?!

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Kelly is a mix of various green and gold glitters. This is one coat over Zoya Neely.

Shimmer Kelly

Shimmer Kelly

Shimmer Kelly

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Sonia is a lovely mix of lavender, pink and gold glitters - such a pretty mix. I layered one coat over Misa Frozen in Time (a periwinkle with slight shimmer). 

Shimmer Sonia

Shimmer Sonia

Shimmer Sonia

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Katherine is micro-fine bronze glitter that can be worn alone in 3 coats (as pictured on my pinky). The other nails show one coat over Nails Inc. Fulham Palace Road.

Shimmer Katherine

Shimmer Katherine

Shimmer Katherine

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Linna is an emerald green and teal mix of glitters, with a few other colors thrown in there. One coat over Zoya Julie. 

Shimmer Linna

Shimmer Linna

Shimmer Linna

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Adrienne is royal blue, gold and silver in a clear base. One coat shown over Zoya Piaf.

Shimmer Adrienne

Shimmer Adrienne

Shimmer Adrienne

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Sophie is a mix of pink, red and gold glitters. This one is in a slightly tinted base so I have shown it with 3 coats alone in my pinky in the first 2 pics. The other 3 nails have one coat over Jade Diamond Royale.

Shimmer Sophie

Shimmer Sophie

 And one coat over Zoya Julie...

Shimmer Sophie

Shimmer Sophie

Shimmer Sophie

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Carol is a mix of copper and blue in a clear base. This one is a little more sparse than the others so I have shown two coats on my index finger and one coat on all of the others over Zoya Jacqueline.

Shimmer Carol

Shimmer Carol

Shimmer Carol

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Julia is a lovely ice blue mix with some silver thrown in. One coat over Zoya Blu.

Shimmer Julia

Shimmer Julia

Shimmer Julia

So what do you think of these? Shimmer Polishes are perfect if you like bling! They are very sparkly and that just can't be captured very well on camera. 

Shimmer Polish retails for $12 for a full size (0.5 oz.) bottle. Shimmer Polish links:

www.shimmyshimmer.com

www.facebook.com/shimmerpolish

www.etsy.com/shop/shimmerpolish

Thanks for reading and happy polishing!  ♥

*PR Samples provided for my honest review

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