Glittah!!! Jordana Celebration!

Hello ladies! I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. It's been a lovely weekend here at the Korner thus far. Hubby did a shift trade with someone at work so he had Saturday off this weekend. It was so nice to have a break from chasing the baby a day early! And, even though I currently hate the state of my poor nails (if you missed it, I am down to super duper short nubbins due to a run in with the toaster oven after I took down my length. And the skin that was hidden under my nails is obviously center stage now and it's dry and ragged, as are my cuticles. Living in the desert does nothing for my skin. I could live in a flippin' vat of Burt's Bees cuticle balm and Solar Oil and my cuticles would still be dry!), I had today to play around with some unused polish and my Mash plates. I love my Mash plates, but I can only use them when I have super nubbins since the images are so tiny. Yay for having an upside to having to take my nails down to the quick. Well that and it gets rid of that wonky curling at the sides and corners of my nails and they grow in normally for awhile.

But let's get to the polish, shall we?

A few weeks ago I took a trip to KMart to see if they had the Jordana Glitters. I had seen them on Let Them Have Polish and had been lemming them hard. I just didn't know where to get them. For some reason New Mexico just isn't polish friendly. Stores that carry certain brands all over the nation don't carry them here. It's weird. And irritating! But lucky for me I found Jordana polishes only 15 minutes away from my house. Not only did I pick up every glitter they had in stock, but I also picked up a couple of Jordana colors. If you haven't checked out Jordana yet, you really should. The glitters alone are just gorgeous. They seem to be mostly dupes of Milani glitters, but some are absolute stand outs.

For this mani I chose to use Jordana Celebration, a beautiful mix of Lavender microglitter and round glitter in a clear base. This baby is a serious glitter bomb! It's so densely packed with glitter that it's actually pretty much opaque in 2 easy coats. It's also a dupe of Milani Lavender Fizz.  I chose to pair Celebration with Petites Purple Passion, which isn't purple at all, but a bright Pink Jelly. I love to pair contrasting colors when I'm playing with glitters.

Details:
1 coat OPI Nail Envy Matte
2 coats Petites Purple Passion
1 coat Seche Vite
1 coat Jordana Celebration
1 coat Gelous
1 coat Seche Vite

My camera freaked out over this glitter. These pics aren't entirely color accurate (darn purples!), but they're close.

I am definitely in love with this girl! So beautiful. So many layering possibilities! I wore this combination for 3 days with no chipping and only minor tip wear. Out of all the glitters I've worn, this one received the most compliments. I even had a man (not my hubs, lol. It was actually the store manager at my local CVS. He knows me from my polish hauls and because my sister is their head Pharmacist) tell me it was pretty!

Formula:
I have zero complaints about this pretty. For being such a densely packed glitter, it flowed smoothly with no glopping or chunking up.  It was just thin enough to make it easy to control, but thick enough to stay right where you put it. I despise clean up with glitter, so that's important to me. This is a very thirsty glitter, so if you like your glitters to be smooth I would use a coat of Gelous, Glitter Tamer, or a very thick top coat before you use a quick dry. I used a coat of Gelous and it was still a little bit textured, but I don't mind that. Sometimes I'll wear glitter without top coat just so I can run my fingertips over it. I'm big on texture. :)

Application:
Awesome formula makes for easy application, and this girl was no exception. This glitter flowed smoothly and stayed right where I wanted it to. Since it's so densely packed, there's no need to fish for glitter or placing glitters manually. I had no issues with the glitter clumping up either, which is a pet peeve of mine.

These glitters are fast becoming my faves, and if you're a glitter fan, these babies are worth picking up.  They're perfect if you haven't managed to pick up the Milani glitters or would like a cheaper alternative. Of course, they're not all Milani dupes..There are some real standouts that I cannot wait to share with you. I'm really hoping that my local K Mart gets the rest of these glitters in soon. I'll certainly be stalking them until they do. Until then, I have my 5 to hold me over. 

Jordana Nail Polish retails for $1.99 and is available at K Mart stores or online at Jordana Cosmetics.


Have an awesome Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber