Elevation Polish The Leaves and.....GIVEAWAY!!

Good afternoon! The winner for the Chaos & Crocs giveaway was picked and notified and my Pahlish giveaway is running until midnight tonight to enter that if you haven't already. 

OH I AM SO EXCITED FOR TODAY'S POST! When I opened my package containing The Leaves, this was totally my reaction:

I think you guys know that I love Elevation Polish, considering just how many Elevation Polish posts I have published within the last year. Lulu, the creative force behind Elevation, consistently surprises me and slays me all at once with every new collection release. Her polish's formulas are hands down some of the very best in the indie polish world. So yeah, there HAD to be a Elevation Polish for my 1 year blogiversary! 

If you were interested in purchasing some Elevation Polishes for yourself, look to her Big Cartel shop which she restocks on the 7th (at 9 PM CST) and 22nd (at 9 AM CST) of every month. A selection of Elevations can be purchased through Llarowe. Updates can be found on Elevation's blog. This October there will not be a regular restock scheduled, instead her 2nd Annual October Charity Event is going to happen. Details are forthcoming but so far we know that there will be Sales (Buy It Now) and Auction sections, including a full set of every Elevation Polish Lulu has released, totaling to about a 100 bottles! 

Elevation Polish The Leaves

Two coats

Very pale gold with super strong holographic pigment. 

The color is almost a champagne gold but a bit paler and cooler. And the holo is as strong as can be. 

To quote a friend: ASDJANSDKAJSDNKSDJNSKDJSAKDJSNAD.....I cannot quite tell just how much I adore this polish.

Indoor indirect daylight: 

Full direct sunlight:

Bottle shot: 

Lulu, you have done it again...

I have a bottle of The Leaves for my final blogiversary giveaway!

What?! YES.  

The Leaves is not going to be available for sale in Elevation's shop, so make sure to enter in the box below for your chance to win. 

Thank YOU all for taking the time to come over to my little slice of the internet. I appreciate each and every one of you for your readership and support and I hope that next year this time we can do this again.

RULES:

Elevation Polish Giveaway will be open to US and International readers until next Monday, October 7th at 12 am CST. The winner will be notified by email and if no response is given within 48 hours, another winner will be picked. 

You must be 18 or older to enter.

Thank you Elevation Polish for sponsoring this giveaway! 

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Friday Spam: Sation Edition

Happy Friday everyone! The winner of the Chaos & Crocs giveaway has been picked and notified and my Pahlish Blogiversary giveaway is running until midnight Sunday (CST) so make sure to enter that if you haven't yet. 

Today I have a few Sation polishes to show you all. One of my local nail suppliers carries this brand in store so I always end with a couple in my basket. I really love how varied the color selection is for this brand. I tend to go for the cremes and jellies but they have some great glitters to pick from. If you were interested in getting some Sation polishes, you can purchase directly from  their webshop as well as Transdesign. I have seen Sation at T.J.Maxx and Marshalls but I don't know how often they are stocked there. 

Sation It's All Navy Baby

Sation Loudest Color

Blindingly bright, so much love for this one.

Sation Miss Emo Shun All

Sation AbbacaDazzle

Sation Super Nail-Tural Powers

Very similar to Miss Emo Shun All but this one more blue and the other more purple. 

Sation Lollipop! Goes the Princess

Sation Shady Daze

Sation Say No to Candy

Sation Single in Stilettos

Sation gradient

Not a very good gradient but hopefully next time I will execute it better. 

I used Single in Stilettos, You Butter Tell Me, and Skater Dater.

Femme Fatale Thursday

Hello! I have a few Femme Fatales for your Thursday viewing pleasure. A couple of them are older swatches from months ago and the most recent one is Pools of Vision. Femme Fatale has become a Aussie indie polish favorite of mine. Her polishes are mostly glitter in colored bases, which I like, and are unique, many times like nothing else in my collection.

Femme Fatale Sweet Surprise
Three coats
Light pink creme with pink, purple, orange, and yellow glitter.
Sweet and delicate. 

Femme Fatale Mana Ruby

Three coats

Cherry red jelly with red and irridescent glitter. 

Similar to Hare Atolla but this is more red than pink. 

Femme Fatale Nightsong Grotto

Two coats 

Ocean blue jelly with blue, pink, and lime glitter. 

I was impatient and didn't wait long enough between coats, hence the bald spots, don't be like me lol. 

 I love the big blue dots! 

Femme Fatale Cloudburst

Two coats

Light gray/blue with black, white, purple, and pink squares and gold shimmer. 

Ethereal and so lovely. 

Femme Fatale Burning Blossom

Orange creme with two kinds of neon pink and black glitter. 

Yum! I love how creamy this looks and the little black specks for contrast. 

Femme Fatale Lime Thief

Two coats

Bright green crelly (creme/jelly) with neon red, blue, and green glitter. 

It's as if I dipped my hands into rainbow sherbet. Bright and fun!

Femme Fatale Pools of Vision

Two coats

White creme with a blue tint and matte white & gray, neon green, and blue glitter. 

The most subtle of this set of Femme Fatale's but just as good. 

Femme Fatale Cosmetics can be purchased directly within her shop, as well as through Color4Nails, Harlow and Co, and coming soon to Rainbow Connection and Ninja Polish. Check her Facebook page for updates. 

Ozotic 505 and 506

Good morning! I have a short and sweet post for you all today. Ozotic 505 and 506 are both multichromes, very similar to each other, the main difference being that 505 shifts to teal from purple/blue, and 506 shifts from cyan to purple. Both are super pretty with a strong color shift. If I had to pick only one, I would lean more toward 505, that teal/green gives it an extra something something. These are somewhat sheer formulas, as is usual with this type of polish. You could apply multiple layers for opaque coverage but the color-shift is stronger and needs less coats if layered over a dark color. I applied two coats of each polish over black in the photos below. 

Ozotic 505

Ozotic 506

If you wanted to pick any of the Ozotic Multichromes, including 505 and 506, check out Llarowe, Harlow & Co, Nail Polish Canada, and from Picture Polish directly. 

Pahlish Tuesday and.....GIVEAWAY!!

Hey chickadees! The winner for the My Ten Friends giveaway has been picked and notified, and my Chaos & Crocs giveaway is running for about two more days, make sure to enter that one if you haven't already. 

As for today, it's time for some pure Pahlish wonderfulness....

Oh Pahlish, where do I start? They were one of my first indie polish purchases way back in April '12 and since then, have tempted me over and over (and over) with their polish creations. Many impulse buys have been made but never any regrets. And I am always happy when I see a Pahlish package waiting in my mailbox. So of course I had to have a Pahlish giveaway for my one year blogiversary! 

If you wanted to add on to your Pahlish collection or make your first Pahlish purchase, check out their Big Cartel shop as well as  Llarowe and Edgy Polish. Updates on restocks, new colors, etc can be found on Pahlish's Facebook page and new blog. 

Pahlish Grape Crush

Two coats

Violet creme with charcoal flakes and blue flash shimmer

OH YES, this one sings for me. 

The violet is such a vivid color and the charcoal flakes and blue flash just make me go........*drool*.

Pahlish Lighting Bolts Glowing

Two coats

Warm gray creme with blue/green color shifting microflakes and a bit of gold shimmer.

Very different from Grape Crush and just as awesome. I love how the blue/green microflakes stand out. 

These two polishes make me want to do a little happy dance....

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Giveaway time!!

I have a bottle of Grape Crush as well as one of Lightning Bolt Crashes to give away! There will be two winners for this giveaway, one for each polish. These two are not going to be available in Pahlish's shop, so make sure to enter to win! Look below for the rules and giveaway box. 

RULES:

Pahlish Giveaway will be open to US and International readers until next Tuesday, October 1st at 12 am CST. The winner will be notified by email and if no response is given within 48 hours, another winner will be picked. 

You must be 18 or older to enter.

Thank you Pahlish for sponsoring this giveaway! 

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Pahlish Darling Heart and Lady Adelaide Duos

Hey guys! I have two duos from Pahlish for you all today, the Darling Heart September Duo and Lady Adelaide Duo. These are both limited edition sets, so make sure to pick them up before they're gone for good! 

 Pahlish Tenderest Touch

Two coats

Part of the Darling Heart September Duo

Red toned dusky purple creme with charcoal micro-flakes and violet glass fleck and purple shimmer. 

Pahlish Darkest of Marks

Two coats layered over Tenderest Touch

Part of the Darling Heart September Duo

Clear base with garnet, brown, and orange glitter and red micro-flakes. 

I absolutely love, love this duo, the red and orange glitter contrast really well against the purple. 

Pahlish Ideas of Things 

Two coats

Part of the Lady Adelaide Duo

Slate blue gray creme with aqua and green glass fleck shimmer

Pahlish Colder than a Wave

Two coats layered over Ideas of Things 

Part of the Lady Adelaide Duo

Clear base with gunmetal and ice green/blue glitter with green glass fleck shimmer and a dash of silver shards. 

Another great duo from Pahlish, this one more cool toned. 

These are available right now in Pahlish's Big Cartel shop, Other stockists of Pahlish are Llarowe and Edgy Polish. Updates on restocks, new colors, etc can be found on Pahlish's Facebook page and new blog. 

*The products in this post were sent to me for unbiased review*

Chaos & Crocodiles Friday and.....GIVEAWAY!

A very happy Friday to you all! The winner for the Digital Nails giveaway has been picked and notified and the My Ten Friends giveaway is running for two more days, make sure to enter that one if you haven't already. 

Continuing with my month of blogiversary giveaway good times fun , today I am spotlighting Chaos & Crocodiles and have one very special Chaos & Crocs polish to share with you all. If you wanted to pick up a bottle (or three) of Chaos & Crocs youself, look to her Big Cartel shop, Norway Nails, and coming soon, to Mei Mei's Signatures.  Updates can be found on her blog,  Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter.  

First off, play this song before you start to scroll (if you can anyway). There's a reason why....(don't peak!)

Chaos & Crocodiles Narwhals Are Unicorns Too

Two coats

Light aqua crelly base with turquoise and gold glitter plus aqua and gold shimmer.

Delicate and as lovely as a what I would imagine a unicorn to be. 

And narwhals ARE unicorns, as far as I am concerned. 

Chaos & Crocodiles Party Games

Two coats layered over Wet n Wild Listening to Blue Reed

Glitter mix of green, blue, and yellow of varied sizes. 

Parteh time!! On my nails anyway. 

Chaos & Crocodiles Paint the Sky

Two coats layered over Sation Single in Stilettos

Glitter mix of yellow, gold, purple, pink, and orange in varied sizes. 

The colors of an evening sunset all packed into one awesome polish. 

Chaos & Crocodiles Paint the Sky

Two coats layered over a Sation orange

And there is this one. But let's go back a bit. When I approached Sarey from Chaos & Crocs with my custom request, I knew that whatever she was going to create was going to be amazing. And it sooo was. Essence of Ida in a bottle basically. The name though, it had to be just right. After going back and forth, nothing quite fit. I was messing around in my music library and started playing Oh! You Pretty Things, one of my favorite Bowie songs, and it clicked. 

Illustration by Nan Lawson, her stuff is wonderful

Chaos & Crocodiles Oh! You Pretty Thing

Two coats layered over Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and See

Glitter mix of yellow, blue, purple and red.

An explosion of beautiful bright glitter! 

The colors play so well against each other and the layering options are endless. I love it and I hope you guys do too!

Chaos & Crocodiles Oh! You Pretty Thing mattifed

GAH, mattifying this one is a must. 

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Giveaway time! I have a bottle of Oh! You Pretty Thing for one lucky winner! This polish will be available in Chaos & Crocs shop at a later date but as of now, the only way to get a bottle of your own is to enter the giveaway, look below for the rules and giveaway box. 

RULES:

Chaos & Crocodiles Giveaway will be open to US and International readers until next Friday, Sept. 27th at 12 am CST. The winner will be notified by email and if no response is given within 48 hours, another winner will be picked. 

You must be 18 or older to enter.

Thank you Chaos & Crocodiles for sponsering this giveaway! 

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