Try It On Tuesday - Late Edition (Technical Difficulties!)

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Hello Lovelies! Please excuse my random disappearance - Somehow my keyboard on my Macbook was given a drink of water while I wasn't looking and I was sans keyboard for a bit there. The external USB keyboard that I usually use was also doused, and is still out of commission, but the tiny macbook keyboard is working again, which is better than nothing. At least I am able to post.

In other news, I had a flare up of the evil lungs over the weekend (if you follow me on Instagram (@KimbersKorner) you already know how thrilled I was to be denied care by my Pulmonologist since I am currently in between health insurance coverage. On top of that, Monday afternoon I arrived at a long time client's house for the final day of her pet sit, to find that one of her dogs had passed away overnight. Thankfully being a vet tech for 8 years has steeled me for the death of furry friends, yet this one hit me incredibly hard. It appears that he was either bit or stung (he had a history of severe anaphalactic reactions) and in the hours between visits he passed. Calling his owner was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Thankfully she is a wonderful person and knows how high our standard of care is so she doesn't blame us, however I still feel responsible. Chances are that without an EpiPen, even had I been there I would not have been able to save him, but the what ifs will always be there. What's worse, is that my bond with this dog was deep, and I feel his loss very deeply.

See? 2013 is the worst year ever for me, and just keeps getting worse. I can't wait to see it roll away.

But let's talk about happy things, shall we?

Today I have an awesome polish from Mint Polish to share. I've been wanting to try out Mint Polish for good while, and was lucky enough to win a giveaway on Instagram. The shade I won is called Full Bodied, and is a gorgeous Oxblood Jelly. I fell in love with this shade the moment I saw her on Instagram, and a few days later, entered the giveaway to win her. I was shocked that I won, but oh so thrilled. Not only did winning allow me to try a brand that I've been dying to check out, but I won the vampy polish of my dreams! A huge thank you to Mint Polish!

You'll also notice the return of my left hand! It's back to swatch shape again, so I'm sure you'll be seeing it from time to time. I prefer to photograph my right hand, but since I *am* right handed, sometimes the left hand is just easier.

This is 3 coats of the fabulous Full Bodied topped with HK Girl Top Coat:

Rawr! I dare you to tell me that this is not the sexiest oxblood jelly ever! I'll be honest, I rarely love a color enough to wear it without glitter or nail art, but I've been wearing this for 3 days now, all on her lonesome. So much love for this polish!

Full Bodied's formula is just as impressive as its color, with a thick yet fluid consistency that doesn't thicken up during use. Application was so easy that this polish may as well have applied itself - no dragging, balding, or streaking - which is always a huge bonus with such a dark jelly polish. Full Bodied is opaque at 2 coats, although I used 3 since my photo lighting is very strong and tends to make Jellies look much sheerer than they truly are. Dry time was fast, and Full Bodied is incredibly shiny, even without top coat. I, being the impatient creature that I am, did use my beloved HK Girl Top Coat though, which made this girl even shinier. Wear is simply amazing - I'm on day 3 of wearing this beauty and I have zero tip wear or chips, the shine is still just as dazzling and the color just as rich and vibrant.

I love this polish so very much, loves. I simply must try more from Mint Polish (this is why I need to win the lottery - my budget is a cruel, cruel mistress.)! With a formula this fabulous, amazing application and incredible wear, I just have to have more. And the colors! Mint Polish makes some seriously dazzling colors!

You can check out Mint Polish at MintPolish.com. All polishes are 5-free and retail for $12 per 15ml bottle. I have my eye on Original Mint, Czarina, Rue Cler, Ming, and Peligroso (Oh you have to see Peligroso!). I'm also dying to check out their Wet Look Sealer and Flawless Base Coat.You can also follow Mint Polish on Facebook and Instagram for new releases, sales info, and swatches. You can also check out their blog here.

What do you think of Full Bodied? Are you a fan of vampy jellies?

I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Mish Mash challenge mani (I'm a full day late  sorry all!), and I have some new Polish TBH coming up as well as Flakie Friday (an awesome Lac Attack beauty that you just have to see!), and more from Squishy Face Polish, Love Angeline, and more.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber




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ABC Challenge: "V" is for Vampy Vintage Inspired Rockabilly Nails!

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Hello lovelies! Phew! I made it - I'm managing to post a challenge mani on the right day! Shocking, right? ;)

Today's post is going to be quick and dirty since this horrible insomnia is really catching up to me and I am hurting today. I think I managed maybe 2 hours of sleep last night, and my body is finally taking over and preparing to force me to sleep. Sad thing is that I love sleep and have never had trouble sleeping in my life, but the past few weeks have been just horrible. In fact, this poor manicure was done between 3 and 5:30 am this morning since I was wide awake and there's nothing else to do at that time of day. I have a feeling bedtime will be coming sooner rather than later tonight.

Today's challenge is letter "V'. Can you believe we're almost at the end already? I know we've been doing this for months now but it doesn't feel all that long. I'll be sad when this challenge ends, but all of the girls have been brainstorming and coming up with ideas for some really awesome new challenges, so I won't have to be sad for long!

Letter V stumped me, lovelies. I have a couple of V polishes, but nothing that was really calling to me. I love all things Vintage and initially thought of trying out some vintage roses, but I wore some roses recently so I nixed that idea. Since I also love Rockabilly Inspired stuffs, I decided to try out a manicure that I've seen a few different variations on - the Retro-Funky Vintage Leopard and Red Mani. I chose to wear mine as half nude leopard and half red, as opposed to the half moon version since I didn't feel like messing with half moons - I'm fairly unmotivated around 4 am, folks!

Considering I wasn't at my best when I worked on this, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. My only gripe is that I was being lazy and didn't want to deal with tape, so I did the leopard print first, and then went to add the red, and lo and behold! All of my red polishes were way too sheer to cover the print. Thankfully A-England Perceval did the trick, which made me happy since any excuse to wear Perceval is a good one.  I may be the only person to ever attempt this manicure using a shimmer, but it doesn't look as odd as I thought it would. My base color is OPI My Vampire Is Buff, my very fave neutral, and I stamped the leopard print using Red Angel Plate 107 and Konad Black (told ya I was lazy!).

It's not perfect, but it'll do! Actually this is a really fun mani and looks great IRL. I'm always grateful that real life isn't in super-macro mode. This is also a very me kind of manicure, and makes me all sorts of happy. Or maybe that's the sleep deprivation talking. I think I'm starting to hallucinate. ;)

What do you think of Vintage/Rockabilly Inspired manicures?

Don't forget to go forth and check out all my awesome polish sistah's and their letter V manicures!





I'll return tomorrow with an amazing polish from Wingdust. I have Nail Pattern Boldness, Live Life Polished and Polish TBH coming up this week as well as Flakie Friday and more from the new Sally Hansen Collections so be sure to check back!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber









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Layering: Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlet over Rimmel Lava Red

Morning Ladies!

Today I have a layering mani to share with you all. I was in the mood for some sparkly red the other day, so I whipped out my Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlet. I layered that over Rimmel Lava Red, a vampy, blackened red shimmer which happens to be one of my go to polishes. Unfortunately it's been less than sunny here lately (it's downright gloomy today), so I didn't have any sunlight so show just how spectacular this polish is. Chunky Holo Scarlet is packed full of color shifting glitter in a sheer red base, and in the sunlight really sparkles. The color shift is actually very strong, even in lower lighting.  I will mention that your base color does effect the color shift and overall look of this polish in a huge way. Lighter base polish will bring out the base color and show more of the lighter color shift, and darker base polish will make the golden tones of the glitter pop more. These babies are true chameleons! My camera just could not manage to capture it all! It actually had a hard time focusing on more than one nail at a time since there is so much going on with this girl!

Details:
1 coat OPI Nail Envy Matte
2 coats Rimmel Lava Red
2 coats Chunky Holo Scarlet
1 coat Seche Vite

Wow. I really needed to shape my nails here! My nails grow on an angle so I usually end up with some weird corners that I have to take care of. Now is that time. :/

Despite that, isn't this baby lovely? I took these in lower light to show off the glittery goodness and some of the color shift, but in brighter light (which was sparse. Darn you weather!), this girl really shines. The color shift (gold/green/red and sometimes some teal) is strong and my nails were almost blinding. Awesome!

Formula:
The Chunky Holo Collection tends to be a little on the thick side, but not too thick to work with. I will mention that Kleancolor polishes have a very weird smell, but I didn't notice it much after the first night. I'm sure my obsessive moisturizing may have something to do with that though. I swear all I smell anymore is lotions, creams and balms!

Application:
No issues here. This polish stayed where I put it, the glitter dispersed evenly, dried fairly fast and didn't linger for weeks on my cuticles. Nice! Also, removal was a breeze. No need for foil or peel off base with this!

I can't wait to show off the rest of the Chunky Holos. I have to be in the right mood to wear them, but they are stunning. Conveniently, you can enter to win the entire collection here!

Thanks for dropping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

Unias vampy-esmalte fuller

Hola!!!
habia querido entrar a a subir estas fotos, Hoy les voy a enseniar un esmalte de la compania Fuller que vende sus productos por catalogo, salio a la venta en halloween pero no habia tenido ganas de usarlo, veran...yo escojo lo ke voi a usar en las unias por mi estado de animo y ay veces ke no tengo ganas de pintarme nada porke si me pinto algun color solo por no traer mis unias desnudas termino al final del dia con un cotonete empapado de acetona removiendo el esmalte porque me fastidio si no es algo que en verdad tengo ganas de usar, soy muy complicada jaja.

Bueno volviendo al esmalte su nombre es ''vampiro'' y es un esmalte con base negra jelly con micro glitter rojo, que da un contraste hermoso y muy vampy tal como lo dice su nombre, la aplicacion es buena no batalle mucho y se cubre en 2 capas aunque yo use 3, es muy dificil de fotografiar con la camara de mi celular, asi que trate de que con la luz solar se vieran los destellos rojos, aqui las imagenes....

 
Que opinan?? bonito?? a mi en lo personal me gusto y me gusta como queda con el tono de mi piel