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Hello lovelies! I know, I know...I'm late again. I swear that when I think I'm going to have all the time in the world to post, I end up having no time at all. This week was good ole mother nature surfacing to hand me my monthly migraine, and cramps that were so bad that they were radiating down my left leg. Not fun. I spent all of Thursday in bed with my heating pad and a bottle of Advil. Yesterday was better, but it was also payday, which meant lots of running around. It also meant online polish shopping though, and I have some really awesome Indies on the way, and I am beyond excited. I have some Liquid Sky Lacquer Multichromes, some gorgeous glitters and a flakie from Supernatural Lacquers, and a quick dry top coat and flakie polish from Underground Cosmetics on their way.
And speaking of Indie Goodness, the giveaway is still in the works - I just need to find time to finish separating the prizes into groups. I'm painting a bedroom this weekend, so it will more than likely be Monday or Tuesday before I'm ready to go live. Sorry for the delay, folks. Giveaways aren't always as cut and dry as they seem.
Today I have a late Flakie Friday polish to share with you lovelies. I'm trying to get back into my usual schedule, even though I failed this week. But hey! I'm only a day late with this one, and my god is it worth the wait!
If you haven't heard of Lac Attack, you may be living under a rock. Seriously, Lac Attack is one of the coolest Indie brands around, and I had been coveting so many Lac Attack polishes. My biggest lemming was a polish called Durmstrang, from the Magical Musings Collection. Durmstrang (named for the Wizarding Institute that Victor Krumm attended) is a gorgeous sheer blue polish loaded with shimmer (not just gold, but there's some awesome pink and blue shimmer that peeks through as well) and black shard and diamond glitters. I guess it's technically a glitter polish, but those black shards are flakes in my world, so it still counts, right?
Even though Durmstrang is described as an Icy blue, On my nails it's more of a bright Cobalt. Maybe it's my lighting, but even in sunlight, it's much more Cobalt. And I'm okay with that - I love me some bright blue!
This is 3 coats of Durmstrang topped with NPB Glitter Food and HK Girl Top Coat:
Can I just say WOW! First of all - that blue! Oh, that magical, beautiful, perfect blue. It's no secret that Blue will always be my very fave color to wear on my nails, and this particular blue is everything that I've ever wanted in a blue polish. Toss in the amazing shimmer and diamond and shard glitters and you have Kimber's dream polish.
Durmstrang's formula is just as awesome as the polish itself, with a perfect jelly consistency and no thickening during use. Application was much easier than I had anticipated - with all of those diamonds and shards I had expected application to be somewhat tricky and require some dabbing and glitter placement, however Durmstrang applied beautifully with just the usual brush strokes. Those diamonds and shards also lay flat on the nail for the most part - I think I had one tiny little shard on the tip of one nail that was a little pokey, but it didn't come off, so it was a non issue. Durmstrang is fairly sheer, so you will need either 2 thicker coats or 3 thinner coats for opacity, or you can layer this baby over a similar color. Since it has that awesome shimmer, I feel like this would be fairly epic layered over a Navy blue as well. Wear was pretty epic for shard glitter - I'm actually still wearing this polish (I applied this on Thursday night around 1 am) and have no wear at all and zero lifting glitters. I did add a coat of Glitter Food to this mani since the shard glitters can be fairly textured, and that smoothed everything out perfectly.
Obviously, I am in love with Durmstrang. I have a feeling I'll be needing a backup bottle sooner rather than later. In my opinion, this is a must have for any polish lover.
You can grab your very own bottle of Durmstrang at LacAttack.com for $8.00 full size or $4.25 for a mini bottle. While you're there, I highly recommend checking out the Cell Block Tango Collection. My polish budget is tight at the moment, but I plan on grabbing that collection as soon as I can swing it. don't forget to check out Lac Attack on Facebook and Instagram for new releases, sales and re-stock info, and swatches.
I have new Polish TBH coming up ASAP (with the painting I have no idea if it will be tomorrow or Monday, but it's coming!) as well as some Born Pretty Store Nail Art products.
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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