Flakie Friday! Daring Digits Before Sunset, revamped!

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Happy Friday evening lovelies! Normally I'd be fairly thrilled right about now, but it's roughly 9 billion degrees in my house right now so I'm a bit sluggish. We had planned on turning on our AC this week, but needed a part so now I am sitting here hoping for a second Ice Age.

In case you haven't noticed, my 500 Follower giveaway is up and running! Don't forget to enter!

Today's Flakie is another pretty from one of my very favorite Indie brands, Daring Digits. If the name seems familiar, that's because it is - I've shown you "Before Sunset" before. However, at the time Before Sunset was still in its testing stage, and was a color changing polish. This is the latest incarnation of Before Sunset, and this time it is not a thermal polish.

Before Sunset (V.2) has been revamped into an utterly unique and super gorgeous plum-taupe Crelly jam packed with bronze and copper flakies. The flakes appear to be larger in this version, and as I mentioned above it no longer has a color changing base color.  You can take a peek at the original swatches here.

This is 3 thin coats of the revamped version of Before Sunset, topped with Simply Quick Top Coat from NailCareHQ.Com (review coming soon!):

Yeah, I know. The photo say "Beyond Sunset". I swear my brain is fried from the heat in this house (it's almost 9 P.M. and stil 92 degress at my polish table). I started calling this Beyond Sunset in my head, since it's a revamp, and I guess it stuck just enough for my hands and brain to conspire to label it that way. Sorry Ash!!!

Despite the fact that this baby makes me a tad lobstery, I really adore this new version. I'd be hard pressed to choose which one I like the most, but I think I am leaning toward this one.

Before Sunset, the new version, has a simply amazing formula. I was actually reminded of gel polish, without the curing and shrinking in at the sides if you don't work fast enough. Application was perfection, with no dragging, balding, or glopping. Despite being a touch darker than the original, this version of Before Sunset does apply a touch sheer. I used 3 thin coats here for intensity, however 2 coats would have sufficed. No need for Glitter Food with this pretty, Before Sunset dries fairly smooth.

I loved this girl the moment I applied her, but the more I look, the more I fall in love. There is something about that plummy taupe base color and all those coppery flakies that just makes me happy.

You can find Daring Digits creations at DDPolish.com. Full size bottles retail for $8.50 (Save for the "For The Children Collection"), with free U.S. Shipping and $3.00 flat rate shipping to Canada. For those of you overseas, Daring Digits is also available at Mei Mei's Signatures. Before Sunset has yet to be release, so keep an eye on Daring Digits on Facebook for release details!

What do you think of Before (Beyond?) Sunset? Do you prefer the original thermal or the new version?

I'll be back tomorrow with some awesomesauce from Polish Addict and more!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber


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A-England Holy Grail (revamped) and some stamping!

Morning lovelies! Happy Monday (ducks thousands of objects being thrown at her for saying that)! Actually I'm not even close to happy, having broken a corner off a nail on Saturday and losing more length that I really was prepared for. Hopefully they grow fast, and I can re-shape them the way I like. I wasn't about to go back to nubbins, so you guys are going to have to live with the less than perfect shaping. :(

Also, this post is kinda long and pic heavy - here's to you, Anonymous, who said that I didn't have enough pics compared to my text (what??????)!

It's going to be a busy day here at KLK....the Giveaway is going live today! First, some warning: The polishes are still in transport stage since I decided to start early. I will post the pictures of the actual prizes as soon as they are all in my hands. Until then, I'm going to be linking to swatches of them so you can still see what is what.

What? You came here to see some polish as opposed to just reading my babbling? Well, let's get on with it then!

Today I have another beauty from A-England to share with you. I'm sure you are all aware that Adina recently revamped Holy Grail from the Mythicals Collection. You may also be aware that Although I love Gold on other people, I rarely wear it since it does really weird things to my skin tone. However, I couldn't resist the sheer beauty of the new Holy Grail.

This version of HG is more of an Antique Gold Foil, boasting flecks of copper, bronze and a golden green. This combination is sheer perfection, and makes this polish a bit of a chameleon. In some lighting conditions it is a glowy, bright gold, in others a shimmery golden bronze with olive highlights. It really is stunning (and occasionally blinding since it's a foil and light just bounces right off it!) and I'll be the first to admit my pictures do it no justice. I'm not going to be as wordy as I usually am with A-Englands today, since I have so much to get done. :)

This is 2 coats of Holy Grail over The Knight, and topped with The Shield. 

I do love this revamped version of Holy Grail. I still need to order the original HG, so I can't do a comparison, but the Original is more of a Yellow Gold shimmer from what I can see in swatches. Also gorgeous, yet somehow plain next to this new version.

It's also just brilliant how Adina brought new life to Holy Grail by revamping it. It's also awesome for nail art, you can see how I combined Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails below:

As always, Holy Grail's formula is true to A-England's high standards, and application was sheer perfection. 2 easy peasy coats for opacity, no streaking or glopping, and superior shine, even without top coat!

And now, bonus stamping! The moment I saw HG I knew I wanted to stamp using that baby. So after a day of wear (and some impromptu shaping - sorry for the naked tips) I grabbed my Red Angel Plates and Konad Black and came up with this:

 I love how this stamping came out. The pattern is so complex, if you look at the gold it's one pattern, focus on the black and it's another. I was testing out a new item for review with this as well, and didn't get perfect transfers on all nails, but it's good enough IRL that I wasn't too concerned.

What do you think of the new Holy Grail? Are you loving it as much as I am?
Stay tuned for the giveaway to go live later today!!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber