Try It On Tuesday - Ultra-slacker edition! Fandom Cosmetics Pass Me By

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Hello lovelies! Man, is this post late. I swear I can't seem to get anything done on time lately. I actually spent yesterday doing some shopping with my mom, so I wasn't able to even photograph this mani until late last night. Normally I would've edited and posted this first thing in the morning, but I had to finish up my challenge mani. Which was uncooperative. So I 86'd my first attempt and started over. Still didn't like my second try, so I went for a third. I literally spend all my free time today trying to create a challenge mani that I could tolerate for more than 10 minutes.

I did not succeed. Clumpy polishes, disappearing acrylic paints, and a design that isn't really me does not make for great challenge mani. I'm posting the third one, since I just don't have the time to try anything else at this point, but I'll warn you all that ir's not my best work.

But let's focus on something other than my evil, uncooperative challenge mani! Today I have one more polish from the Daft Punk inspired collection that Fandom Cosmetics created for me. Part of me just wants to post the pics and not even bother with the review part since it's obvious that I am biased and would love this even if it was made with liquid crack.

One of the very first ideas that I ran past Ketlyn was a polish inspired by Derezzed, from Tron Legacy. When I think of Derezzed, the first thing I see happens to be Guy and Thomas' cameo. I really love the look and feel of the helmets/suits, and wanted those colors to be the focal point of this polish. The same colors are dominant in the video, so I figured it would work out well.  So, I sent Kett these pics:

First of all, let's just take a moment to bask in the glory that is the Robots.  Particularly Guy-Manuel. Nothing against Thomas, but Guy-Man has always been more my speed. Are you basking yet? BASK, I SAY!

Okay, now that we're done basking - Obviously Ketlyn is a genius, and within days had this baby all ready to go. I swear, it's like the woman puts Jpegs in a blender and they come out as polish.

So this is my very fave of the RAM Collection - Pass Me By (Inspired by Derezzed), a glitter bomb loaded with every shade and shape of blue glitter imaginable. There's also some iridescent glitters hiding in there, which give it that slight hint of grey, and holo glitter since...well, because it's holographic and that's all the reason we really need, right?

I really wanted to play up the greyed out blue, so I layered Pass Me By over China Glaze Sea Spray. The result made me all sorts of happy and bouncy. Hey, Daft Punk is my crack. I admit it.

This is a single coat of Pass Me By over Sea Spray, topped with NPB Glitter Food and HK Girl Top Coat:

*Drools* There is a reason this is my fave - and it's not just because Derezzed is one of my fave songs ever....Look at all that glitter! The colors are perfect, the shapes and sizes of the glitter work well together and aren't completely overwhelming. And check the holo effect, yo. *Swoons*

What? You're expecting a macro shot? Well, who am I to disappoint!

Derezzed in a bottle, I tell you. And serious happy, happy, joy, joy for Kimber.

Pass Me By's formula is glittery heaven. I don't know how Kett does it, but her glitters are never clumpy or overly thick. Application was easy peasy - since this is a glitter bomb there's no need to hand place glitter, and these babies spread out evenly right away and lay down nice and flat. Dry time (before top coat) was wicked fast, and wear is excellent with not one single glitter out of place after 36 hours. Pass Me By is a bit textured since it's a bonafide glitter bomb, but a quick coat of Glitter Food smoothed this girl out perfectly.

This is actually the second to last polish from the RAM Collection, and I'm actually a bit sad! But the final polish is a pretty epic beauty, and I'm looking forward to sharing it soon.

You can grab the RAM Collection at FandomCosmetics.com for $30.50 for all 4, or $8.50 each. If you haven't taken a peak at what Fandom Cosmetics has to offer, then shame on you! Not only are they the largest Fan-Based Indie brand around, but their polishes are always high quality and just gorgeous. One of the things that I love the most about Fandom is that their glitters are the most vibrant and shiny I have ever seen (and I have A LOT of glitters....). You can also follow Fandom Cosmetics on Facebook and Instagram for new releases (a new fan collection almost monthly, sometimes more - I kid you not!), sales, and swatches.

What do you think of Pass Me By?

I'll be back ASAP with my Challenge fail, as well as some Euphoric Lacquers, Gothic Gala, Love, Angeline and more Polish TBH.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber


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Mish Mash Challenge Week 5: Music!

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Hello again lovelies! Since it is Wednesday, I owe you a Mish Mash Challenge mani! This week just snuck up on me. Hell, I'm still trying to leave comments for last week! I really need a clone. Anyone know where I can get a clone?

This week's challenge is Music, and lemme tell ya - I was simultaneously inspired and uninspired. For me, music is synonymous with Daft Punk, yet Daft Punk is incredibly hard to translate into nail art without spending a few hours free-handing. Needless to say, I didn't have several hours to work on nail art, so I had to come up with something Daft Punk related that wouldn't take all night.

After several hours of thought and a few instances of "well hell! I'll just do something generic and call it done!", I finally stumbled across something that just might work.....Although you have to be a Daft Punk fun to really get it.

My inspiration? A Helmet. A golden, robotic, helmet of shiny awesomeness that adorns the head of one Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo. Or, as he is more commonly known, Guy-Man (or the Gold Robot). I do dig Thomas Bangalter as well (Silver Helmet), but Guy-Man will always be the sex bomb in my book. If you've seen pics of him unmasked, you may get what I'm sayin. But since I don't want to ruin the fun, here's Guy-Man in his  2013 Gloriousness:

Oh Hai, Robot Overlord! I for one, am ready to accept your 120 BPM rule!

Obviously I initially thought of something black, with black glequins. However that's pretty hard to see, so I opted for a different route. I combined the image on teh side of Guy-Man's helmet with the iconic Daft Punk pyramid.

Helmet. Really cool helmet. I'm fairly sure this leaves Guy-Man's glorious mane in Helmet Hair condition.

Super awesome Pyramid. All lit up in blue. Pretty!

Since both the sound wave on Guy's Helmet and the Pyramid are blue here, I opted to use A-England Camelot as my base color and add the details using bright blue glequins. I had originally planned this as a tape mani, but since The Robots are sporting sequined jackets these days, I decided this was a good time to use some of my giant hoard. This mani is by no means Epic, but it works in a pinch. The glequins make the design hard to see unless you're right on top of it, so use your imagination to fill in the blanks. :)

Again, not exactly Epic, but it looks fairly cool in person. Plus, it's Daft Punk. You can't really make Daft punk uncool. Unless you were to unmask them and stick them in Lederhosen. Then they may not be as cool.

Don't forget to check out all my girls and their Music inspired manicures!

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I'll be back tomorrow with more from the Polish TBH Diagon Alley Collection, so check back soon!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber



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