WingDust Wednesday : Perfect Little Satellite

When I was going through my WingDust drawer trying to decide what to wear this week, Perfect Little Satellite jumped in my hand and screamed, "ME! ME! ME!" Ok, not really, but I did feel the urge for SPAAARKLE! (sing with jazz hands)

Perfect Little Satellite is jam-packed with platinum flakes, purple shimmer and I don't know what else. Magic? Under direct light/sunlight it's crazy sparkly and holo-y. I posted a video on Instagram yesterday so you can check that out.

NB: Did Instagram get rid of the "embed" function? Or am I just blind/tech-challenged?

Now, we know that flakies can sometimes be difficult to handle as they can be on the thicker side. That was not the case with Perfect Little Satellite at all! I used three thin coats and easily got to the desired opacity and everything lies nice and smooth. I added a coat of top coat for extra shine.

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Splendor Nail Lacquer : Holiday Traditions collection

Happy Cyber Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. We put our tree up yesterday - a little early but the kid was demanding it. :)

Today I have the Holiday Traditions collection from Splendor Nail Lacquer to share with you. Good timing too because you can still take advantage of their Cyber Monday sale!

*20% OFF with code: BFCM2014
**Free shipping on orders $50+ with code: FREESHIP50
***Free Finishing Touch top coat, full size, with all orders $25+. No code needed.
****Other mystery gifts at $10, $15, $20. No code needed.

While this collection may seem simple, it is based on Leslee's holiday memories and family traditions.

* Descriptions from Splendor Nail Lacquer 
** A note on the formula: they are all on the thin side so you will need to take care to avoid pooling at the cuticle.

Balsam "A dark forest green with a flash of shamrock shimmer. Every year my parents and I would take a day trek out to the family cabin in search of the perfect tree. It always had to be a balsam, we would carefully haul it out of the bush on a toboggan and make our way back to the city to decorate it."

I love this one so much. It's bright and glowy and just perfect and I wore it for over a week! Shown here is two coats of Balsam with top coat.

 
Bing "A cheery cherry red with fuchsia shimmer and gold holographic dust. Growing up my parents insisted on watching White Christmas every year. While I didn’t and still don’t have much of an appreciation for the movie hearing Bing Crosby singing Christmas Carols will also bring back fond memories for me."

This is another lovely polish - the perfect Christmas red! Shown here is two coats of Bing with top coat.

 
Popcorn Garland "A clear glitter topper with white squares and dots and pearl hexes. A great way to entertain the kids and decorate the tree. I recall several years of carefully stringing popcorn onto a thread, hardest part was not eating all of it."

I love red and white together (the Canadian in me?) so this combo was a no-brainer. Shown here is one dabbed coat of Popcorn Garland over Bing, with top coat.

 
Pudding Sauce "A soft shimmering pale caramel nude. Every family has some recipes that get handed down through the generations. In ours it is a steamed Carrot Pudding that is served with a delicious buttery caramel sauce. My Grandma was always the one who made the sauce and sadly after she passed we discovered that was a recipe know one knew and it wasn’t written down anywhere. Nearly 20 years later the Pudding Sauce still hasn’t been quite perfected but every year we tweak it until hopefully one day it is just right."

This is a tough one. Due to the metallic nature of the polish it is fairly streaky. That said, there is something about the tone of this one (a bit more brown leaning?) that I think would enable it to play well with most skin tones. Shown here is three coats of Pudding Sauce with top coat.

 
Tinsel "A linear holographic medium silver metallic. My Mother has an unnatural love and obsession with Tinsel. Not the kind neatly tied into garland but the stuff that comes in individual statically charged strings. Every year she would painstakingly hang those shimmering silver threads one by one until the tree glistened."

This is such a pretty silver. It's deeper than your typical silver holo - almost burnished - but still has that lovely holo shine. The holo isn't super strong but it perfectly mimics tinsel on a Christmas tree. Shown here is two coats of Tinsel with top coat.

Do you have a favourite holiday memory or tradition? For me, I LOVE opening stockings first thing Christmas morning. The kids were always allowed to open ours as soon as we got up, as long as we left the adults alone. :)

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Wingdust Wednesday : Aurora Sky

Happy humpday, y'all! (Aside: does anyone else think "humpday" is the most ridiculous thing ever?) It's my favourite day of the week, Wingdust Wednesday, and this time I'm actually participating! Wahoo!

Oh! Steph also posted a wee giveaway on her Facebook page. Post your #wingdustwednesday mani on Facebook or Instagram and you will be entered for a chance to win a 4-pack of Wingies. Giveaway ends Saturday, November 22nd so get painting!

Today I am sharing Aurora Sky. This is an older polish that is a part of the Season of Change trio, three colour shifting top coats, along with Autumn Fire and April Showers. Aurora Sky presents mainly as teal but shifts to dark blue and purple in the right light. It also has small holo glitter which gives it more interest than the standard topper. The formula was good. It's on the thicker side but not goopy and was the perfect consistency for one good coat.

Shown here is one coat of Aurora Sky over two coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl along with top coat.

Also, Wingdust is currently holding a sale to clear out some stock. Use code BLUETUES for 30% off your order before shipping!

 

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WingDust Wednesday : Olive Me Hearts Olive You

Say what?! A post?! That's actually on Wednesday?! Crazy times! I was feeling so unmotivated and had started picking my cuticles and they were so nasty I just couldn't bring myself to swatch and post. I suppose the only way to break out of that funk is to say "F it" and post anyway. :)

Today I'm sharing a lovely polish from WingDust Collections that I haven't seen a ton of swatches for, which confuses me because it's amazing!

Olive Me <3s Olive You is an olive (you don't say!) green with larger gold flakes, wee dark gray and purple flakes, a smattering of purple shimmer and some iridescent flakes. The combination results in the PERFECT fall polish.

For the swatches I used two coats of Olive. I thought for sure it would take three coats but the magic always happens with the second it seems. :) After taking my regular top-coated pictures I decided that this polish would lend itself well to being matted and hooooooBOY! I love it even more this way. The matte macro pic is especially great - it shows off all the little flakes perfectly.

What are you wearing for #WingDustWednesday? Any tips for getting over the blogging blues?

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Nail Polish Canada Great Polish Giveaway 2014

It's been giveaway central around here lately! Hope you guys are enjoying it. :)

When I heard about the Great Polish Giveaway of 2014, I knew I had to participate and I knew exactly which polish I wanted to add to the prize.

Here's the contest description from Nail Polish Canada:

"We’ve partnered with Cirque Colors, NCLA & Picture Polish to host the biggest giveaway ever.

One winner will take home up to 200 nail polish from over 10 different brands! The prize starts at zero, then bloggers can each pick a favourite shade to be added to the prize.

You can enter below. You can also enter once on each blog that adds a shade to the prize."

I decided to choose picture polish lagoon as my prize because I lurves it so. I swatched this beauty in the first month of this blog's life so here are some old swatch photos.

Gorgeous, right? Not only is the turquoise jelly base perfection, but the simplicity of the glitter really makes this a stunner.

So, you want to win up to 200 bottles of nail polish (and who wouldn't)? Enter below! And if you have a blog of your own, go fill out the nomination form and add to that haul!

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WingDust Wednesday : Night Fury

Happy WingDust Wednesday, y'all! My city is right in the middle of the famous Calgary Stampede so I'm feeling the cowgirl spirit. ;)

Today I'm showing you the very first WingDust I ever bought, Night Fury. Not only is it a totally gorgeous polish, but my daughter was obsessed with How To Train Your Dragon when I first came across WingDust. Now, with the second installation recently being released, I thought it was perfect timing. Plus, who doesn't love Toothless? He's just the most adorable dragon ever.

Night Fury is a "deep purple/blue jelly polish loaded with blue and purple iridescent glitters and shimmers" and has such depth and sparkle. My pictures seriously do not do this polish justice. Shown here is three coats of Night Fury (I like the extra sparkle) and one coat of HK Girl top coat.

 

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WingDust Wednesday : Bean Me Up

Happy WingDust Wednesday! What are you wearing? (That sounds dirty. heh)

 

Today I'm showing you Bean Me Up which has a holo brown jelly base and blue, copper, and gold glitter. I'm not a coffee drinker so I can't commiserate on that aspect, but I totally dig brown polish and this one is no exception. Once upon a time, brown and blue was my favourite colour combo and this polish pairs them wonderfully.

 

Application was great as always but I did have some difficulty fishing the large glitter out. Shown here is two thicker coats and one coat of HK Girl top coat.

 

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WingDust Whenever : I Ain't No Angel

I know, I know, I'm late again. I have no excuse aside from work being stupid busy - we are in the midst of moving office buildings. I'm a terrible hashtag creator; one of these days I will get my poop in a group. ;)

Today I'm sharing I Ain't No Angel, which I thought was terribly fitting. I so love the blue base of this one - it would look amazing with any skin tone. Also, as always, the glitter combo is spot on and makes for a gorgeous final product.

Shown here is two coats and one coat of HK Girl top coat.

 

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