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Good Morning Lovelies! I am a slacker! Well, not on purpose, but here it is Sunday morning and I'm just now managing to post my Flakie Friday mani. Maybe I should've called it Slacker Sunday. ;)
I had intended to post this Friday evening, but I ended up at my mom's house, watching my kids soak each other with water balloons and by the time I made it home I had so much else to do that I couldn't get to my post. Yesterday was so sweltering hot that I honestly couldn't accomplish anything. So I took the kiddos over to moms and they played in the pool and kept cool. I am not a hot weather girl, and it's been incredibly hot here lately. I plan on cranking up the AC today since we're finally getting it up and running today (darn thing eats parts like nobodys business). It's also been wonderful to just hang out and spend time with my mom. That last hospital stay really scared us. I'm over there twice a day to give her an anti-coagulant injection anyway, but being there with the kids has been really lovely.
Today's Flakie is one of those polishes where I sat under a lamp and played a rousing game of "Flakie? Not a Flakie?" for a good hour. I settled on glitter, but looks like a very fine flakie so it's going to count today because I really wanted to wear it. See what I did there? Justification. Even if you guys determine that it doesn't count, I'm still counting it since I loved it enough to attempt to cheat!
This beauty is one of my 35 brand new Catrice polishes that the ever so awesome Simona from Light Your Nails was kind enough to pick up for me. Let me tell you - I am so excited about these Catrice polishes! There is a true flakie in the bunch, but this one was really calling to me. It's Calm Call from the Siberian Call Collection and it's a shiny black base with multicolored glitters and what appears to be very fine silver flakes, but could very well be glitter that just looks like flakes. Either way, it's beautiful and one of my favorite twists on black.
I really wanted to play with some of the awesome loose glitters that I received from Born Pretty Store as well, so I added a frame with silver glitters, stamped my accent nail with a honeycomb image from Dashica plate SDP-A, and filled in the honeycombs with glitters. The result is a lot of fun!
I will warn you guys, these were taken early in the morning before I had a chance to moisurize so my hands look a bit dry. I've been horrible about moisturizing my hands the past few days. I never forget my Pure Nail Oil, but my hands? Yeah...I've been bad! I also managed to shape my nails (and finally hit the cuticle remover) after this, so ignore the weird off center shape.
I also wanted to show you all my Moustache. It took me weeks to grow it! ;)
This is 2 coats of The Calm Call with Born Pretty Store silver glitter (which I assure you are all there - the silver glitters have to catch the light just right or they blend into the polish):
Oh how I love black with a little oomph! The Calm Call is definitely a new favorite black polish. The glittery frames really made this for me though, and the accent nail was so blingy that driving was dangerous!
The Calm Call's formula was fabulous, which was a relief since I had read several blog posts stating that the formula was less than stellar. I had no problems at all. Application was lovely as well, even though this girl has one of the fluffy Catrice brushes. Bad brushes I can handle, and since this pretty had no other issues at all, I was totally able to overlook the brush.
The loose glitters from Born Pretty Store were probably the most fun I've had working on a manicure in awhile. Maybe it's just me, but playing with shiny glitter makes me happy. These were easy to use (just place a dot of topcoat where you want the glitter, then use a dotting tool, toothpick or tweezers to place the glitter onto the dot of topcoat. Repeat as desired, seal with topcoat and done!) and looked fabulous! I was very impressed with their staying power as well - I had worried that I would be replacing them all day long, but I only managed to loose 1 glitter, and that was my while doing some gardening. They're also so very versatile - and since I have 12 pots of them, I foresee lots of glittery nail art in my future.
You can check out these loose glitters (or Glequins) by visiting BornPrettyStore.com, and searching for item number 3103 or simply click here. These come in a set of 12 small pots (which is still enough glitter to last a lifetime!) and sell for $6.45. While you're at it, take a look around and check out all that Born Pretty Store has to offer. They have an amazing array of nail art supplies at low prices, with free worldwide shipping. Use the code below to save 10% off your order!
I have alot of awesome polish coming up this week including more from Wingdust, Nail Pattern Boldness, Twenty Seven Polish, Polish TBH and Live life Polished, as well as a fabulous base and top coat, and more Pure Nail Oil updates!
What do you think of The Calm Call? Flakie or glitter that aspires to be a flakie?
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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