Stella Chroma July Polish Pick Up; Blackberry Mint Moscow Mule

Morning beauties!  Making another quick post today before my vacation day gets started!  Also, please excuse any typo's...I'm using my kids laptop (not theirs, just the one they use) so it's sticky keys and gross and I don't like using it).  Anywho, I've got another Polish Pick Up to share with you, this one is created by Stella Chroma.  It's a gorgeous shade, full of flakies, inspired by a Blackberry Mint MoscowMule.  Sounds delicious.  The details for the Polish Pick Up are as follows...lots of makers create something to go with the theme, which is 'cocktails' for July.  You only buy what you want! That's it!  This beauty will be available from 7/7-7/10 on the Polish Pick Up site.  Ok, let's jump in to the post!

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KBShimmer, The Summer Collection: Part 1 (Press Release)

KBShimmer, the Summer Collection: Part 1
KBShimmer is bleaching more than just highlights with the Summer Collection: Part 1! The line of 7 tropical inspired, sun-bleached neon cream polishes and 2 holographic glitter top coats are giving the typical bright hues of the season a much needed update! KBShimmer’s Summer Collection: Part 1 will launch May 15, 2015 with cream formulas retailing for $7.50 and top coats for $8.75. Keep an eye out – the Summer Collection: Part 2, an explosion of glitter, is coming soon!

DUST IN THE BOTTLE: A sparkly holographic dust top coat, ideal for adding bling to any manicure

LEI IT AGAIN: An electric pink cream

BAHAMA DRAMA: A near neon deep peach cream 

LEGGO MY MANGO: A creamsicle orange cream 

RUM ME THE RIGHT WAY: A shocking yellow cream and the perfect swap for nude

FOR SAIL BY OWNER: A juicy lime cream

IN YACHT WATER: A Caribbean blue cream with aqua leanings 

SARONG PLACE, SARONG TIME: A vibrant purple cream 

PRECIOUS PETALS: A glitter top coat in neon pink, purple, white, and aqua with a fine holographic dust

The KBShimmer Summer 2015 Collection: Part I will be available May 15, 2015 KBShimmer.com, Amazon.com and at select salons & retailers. For sales outside the U.S., visit www.harlowandco.org.

KBShimmer was founded in 2008 by the husband and wife team of Jason and Christy Rose. KBShimmer offers unique and colorful nail glitter nail polishes that are Big 3 Free, with all glitter formulas being completely free of chemicals such as toluene, form aldehyde, form aldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP). KBShimmer glitter polishes feature a flat glitter- grabbing brush for easy application. KBShimmer also offers a 2-free quick dry polish topcoat, olive oil lotion, sugar scrubs, lip balms, cold process soaps, and other skin care products. If you would like more information about KBShimmer, contact Christy Rose by emailing sales@kbshimmer.com or visiting http://www.KBShimmer.com

  

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KB Shimmer 6th Anniversary Collection

Good morning!  Sorry for no post yesterday, it's the last week of summer break for my kids and we've been out and about taking care of our summer bucket list.  We are headed out to the beach soon, but I wanted to drop this post and share this amazing trio with you!  This is KB Shimmer's 6th (YES SIXTH) Anniversary Collection and it's all kinds of fabulous!  A creme, a crelly and a super blingy full coverage glitter make up this set.  You can purchase each of these separately for $7.50/$8.75 each or as a set (3 full sized bottles) for $21.00!  I also did a nail art look using all 3 of these polishes and some of the new Nail Vinyl Decals, which are also available right now for $5.00 a sheet.  So let's look at the pictures and you can decide which you need!  

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Shore Thing is a "bright aqua-mint cream with blue-green undertones."  It's such a refreshing and beautiful color, it really does bring a beach feel to my nails and I wish I had a tropical drink in hand while on a tropical island.  The formula was great, nice and creamy and easy to apply.  I used 3 thin coats of Shore Thing for full coverage and 1 layer of topcoat.

Beach Please is not only a hilarious name, it's an amazing polish!  Described as a "bright, near neon pink cream with purple leanings." I actually found Beach Please to be more of a crelly formula, but the end result is the same - a gorgeous pink that screams vacation!  After 2 coats I still had the tiniest bit of visible nail line so I applied a 3rd.  I did not use topcoat because Beach Please dried pretty shiny on it's own.  

Here is Hexy Bikini, a texture polish full of "holo glitters in silver, teal, and pink."  Hexy Bikini is uber blingy and sparkly.  It's a full coverage glitter texture with a great formula and easy application.  I used 2 coats of Hexy Bikini alone but you could easily use 1 coat over a base color for a fun, lightly glittered look.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat  

For this look I've used all 3 polishes from the Anniversary Collection with some of the new nail vinyls!  I started with Hexy Bikini on my index and ring finger nails.  I used 2 coats of Hexy Bikini and sprayed with quick dry spray.  Once completely dry I used tweezers to place the vinyls on my nails.  I tried the suggested method of placing the vinyl on my hand to take some of the super stick off but I found the vinyls didn't stick well enough then - so I place them directly on my nails straight from the sheet.  I then painted over my nails with Shore Thing and Beach Please, using 2 coats, and peeling the vinlys off while the paint was still wet.  Easy peasy!  I used Beach Please as a base for my middle finger and lightly dabbed Hexy Bikini on the tip for a glitter gradient look.  Shore Thing was the base on my pinky and I sponged Beach Please on the tip for a gradient look, topping the entire nail off with a light coat of Hexy Bikini.  Ta-Da!  Vinyls make the easiest nail art ever!