Christmas Presents Mani

Good morning and Merry Christmas Eve!  Hopefully you are on your way to spend time with your family!  I am going to be doing just that shortly, but I need to rub the sleepies out and get in a quick run.  Before I go I wanted to share another (possibly final) Christmas themed mani with you.  I took the present mani and modified it a bit because I didn't have any bow decals.  I went with gold rimmed rhinestones because I thought they were fancy and looked like a gift wrapped package from a very high end retailer.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

*nothing to disclose*

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I started with 2 coats of Sheswai Honeyfox, a perfectly creamy and smooth flowing red creme.  This was seriously amazing!  Sheswai really has their amazing formula down pat and I really want to get through my untried Sheswai now!  I used a striping brush and OPI Love Angel Music Baby to create the "gift wrap" cross on my index and ring nails.  This is such a pretty gold polish.  The satin finish is lovely, but sadly I had to use topcoat and lose that effect.  I also used Love Angel Music Baby on my pinky - 2 coats.  My thumb and middle nails are sporting FUN Lacquer Million Dollar Dream (H) and WOW - what a completely amazing and blingy holo micro glitter!  Formula and application of Million Dollar Dream (H) were both fantastic.  I placed the rhinestones on and topcoated up and viola!  

HOLO WEEK: Day 1 - F.U.N. Lacquer

Good morning and welcome to HOLO WEEK!  Yup, I decided to have a whole week dedicated to my favorite polish finish.  I have many more fun weeks planned just like this one, so I hope Holo Week is a successful to something new that I'm trying.  Today's post brings an amazing brand that I haven't tried before.  F.U.N. Lacquer comes from Singapore and (from what I can tell) has been around since April of 2013.  I have been drooling over all the pictures that pop up in my Instagram feed and I just had to try this brand out for myself.  Let me just say...I'm in deep trouble.  I loved both polishes I tried out and have the strong urge to get them all!  Thankfully F.U.N. Lacquer ships to the US!  Let's look at the pictures now!

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Up first is Fireworks from the New Year 2014 collection.  Fireworks is described as a "caramel brown holo with pink shimmer and gold duochrome."  Spot on.  All these colors play together so perfectly.  The shimmer is just strong enough to be noticeable, the color shift is prominent and the holo is beautiful.  The formula was great and application was a breeze.  I used 3 layers of Fireworks and no topcoat.  *The maker recently changed the pigments in the New Year 2014 collection so be sure to find out if you will receive the old (which I have here) or the new which is richer in color.

I was really excited for this one!  Glow Diamond is a beautiful scattered holo, glow in the dark top coat!  Let me start by saying that Glow Diamond did not disappoint!  It was so lovely in the light and had a very bright glow in the dark.  I love the idea that you can use this over any color to create a fun, sparkly holographic look.  The fact that it glows is a happy bonus.  Formula and application of Glow Dimond were both outstanding.  I used 2 layers of Glow Diamond over OPI Toucan Do It If You Try and no topcoat.