Shimmer Polish Nichole - Swatches and Review

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Hello Lovelies! Happy Friday! I hope you all had a Happy 4th of July (for my American lovelies)! WE spent the day at my parent's house, BBQing and lighting fireworks. My littlest one loved the fireworks so much! It was really too cute. He kept doing this funky little happy dance. Really wish I had been able to get video of that.

It's also Flakie Friday, however that post won't be up unti this evening. I have a pretty full day (it's busy season for my business) and won't be able to photograph until this evening. Hopefully I'll actually be able to keep my manicure intact! Wish me luck!

Today I have my 4th of July polish to share with you. I was recently asked to review Shimmer Polish, and I have been so excited to try these babies out. I've had a bunch of Shimmers on my wishlist for what seems like ages, so being able to swatch and review them is incredibly exciting!

Nichole is an absolutely stunning mix of various Blue, Red, and holo Silver glitters. This girl is so glowy and vibrant - I love it! Nichole looks amazing layered over polish, but since Shimmers are notoriosu for being opaque at only 2 coats, I decided to wear Nichole by herself.

This is 2 coats of Shimmer Nicole, topped with NPB Glitter Food and top coat:

Love, love, love! I love glitter bombs (despite the occasional "festive" glittery cuticle), and Nichole is glitter bomb perfection. I'm still in awe of how bright and vibrant these glitters are, and how shimmery this is.

Nichole's formula is quite heavenly. Glitter bombs are notorious for being a bit tricky to apply, bit Nichole is so far from problematic. No thickening during use, no clumps of glitter, no dabbing over patchy spots, no glitter hanging over the free edge. Nothing but easy peasy, gorgeous full coverage glittery goodness. Wear was wonderful as well, with no lifting or missing glitters at 36 hours. And that's after 2 showers! Impressive! In fact, I was unable to find a single thing that I didn't like about this polish.

I am loving Shimmer Polish so far...I just can't wait to try out the other 4. And you won't want to miss them. Shimmer's glitters are some of the most gorgeous glitters around.

You can check out Shimmer's wide arrange of glittery beauties by visiting ShimmyShimmer.com. Order is via email and each polish sells for $12 ($2.95 shipping). Shimmer Polish is also available through Harlow & Co. and are currently on sale for $11 each. You can also follow Shimmer Polish on Facebook for sales info, new releases, and swatches galore!

I'll have more from Shimmer coming up within the week, so be sure to keep an eye out. I also have Fandom Cosmetics, Polish TBH, Luscious Potion and Love Angeline coming up!

What do you think of Nichole? Do you have a favorite Shimmer?

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber


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Flakie Friday! Nail Pattern Boldness Tin Man

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 Hello Lovelies! My internet connection is back up and running so I'll be doing a little catch up today. I'll have my letter "O" post for the ABC Challenge later today, but I regret that I will not have the Daring Digits swatches that I was working on, since those were lost with my original letter O pics and I'll have to re-swatch it. 

Today I have one of my favorite flakies to share with you. For awhile there Gold leaf flakies were HUGE. Everyone was putting out a gold flakie topcoat. I love the effect of thsoe gold leaf topcoats, but I'm not a huge gold fan and tend to lean toward Silver when I can.  I stumbled across Nail Pattern Boldness while browing Llarowe one day, and found Tin Man. Woohoo! A Silver flakie top coat! You can bet that I snatched that polish up right away!

Tin Man, or Silver Flake depending on where you shop, is a mass of different size and shapes of silver flake in a clear base. It is NOT real silver, so you won't have to spend a small fortune. I love how this looks over blue, so I chose Maybelline Color Show in Blast of Blue as my base color and layered one thin coat of Tin Man over the top. In hindsight, I should've gone thicker with Tin Man, since the silver flakes are very heavy and textured, and since my base color was not 100% dry I did have some wrinkling of my base polish due to the movement of the flakes on the surface. A thicker coat would've helped avoid that mishap, but since it's not noticable IRL I'm not all that bummer. I do want to make a point that what you see there is operator error and not the polish itself. 

This is 1 coat of Tin Man over Color Show Blast of Blue, topped with Glitter Food and HK Girl Top Coat:

   
  Gorgeous! The different sizes of flakie really do it for me. And silver! This flakie would look good over pretty much any polish. 

Tin Man was a bit tricky to apply, if only because the flakes are textured and a touch heavy. As I mentioned before, I used very thin coats, which cause the flakes to grab onto my base polish and create some wrinkles. I recommend using thicker coats to avoid that little snafu. Thankfully I know about that little snag for next time since I can see myself wearing this often.  Tin Man also dries very textured, so I added a generous coat of Glitter Food before topcoating to smooth things out and protect my mani. 

I have some brand new and totally incredible creations from NPB coming up soon as well, including NPB's Glitter-A-Peel! You can find Nail Pattern Boldness on Etsy, as well as Llarowe. Full size bottles retail for $9.00, and Glitter-A-Peel and Glitter Food both run $8.00 per bottle.  Glitter-A-Peel is available on the etsy shop now, so grab it before it sells out! Be sure to follow Nail Pattern Boldness on Facebook for updates, new releases and restock info!

Don't forget to head on over to The Subtle Shimmer to check out Susan's Flakie Friday nails! We don't always post weekly, but she has a ton of Flakie Friday posts to check out. Be careful though - those posts have created a whole list of lemming for me. Susan's blog is dangerous that way!

What do you think of Tin Man? Do you prefer Gold or Silver flake top coats? 

Be sure to check back later for my letter "o" post, and I have some beauties from Daring Digits, BG Cosmetics and Wingdust coming up!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber 



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