Cult Nails Disillusion

It's been way too long since I've posted. Things have been crazy. I've been sick and now my little one is sick. It doesn't help that we got a foot of snow and it's 10 degrees outside!! Is the weather crazy cold where you are too? I'm kinda freaking out because I'm waiting for an awesome polish delivery and I know the super cold weather makes the polish thicken. Yikes!!

Anyway, onto the goodies! Today I have for you Cult Nails Disillusion. This is a spectacular polish. It's a black jelly base with bright pink shards. 

I had the hardest time photographing this polish. You can see from the pics that I tried a couple different types of lighting. Nothing picked up the sparkles under the jelly base. I just couldn't get it right. SO FRUSTRATING!

You can definitely see that shards in this lighting, so that's good. These pics are all two coats of polish. It gets a bit tricky to apply because some of the shards can stick out or clump together. You can see in some spots it looks lumpy, even with 2 coats of top coat. There were some catchy pieces too. You know the ones that snag in your hair or your clothes. I hate that!!

I used Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel as my base for this. What a life saver. I can't imagine taking a cotton pad and remover to this polish. 

I only have a few Cult polish, but I love them!! They have a great formula and apply like a dream. This polish is a different story because of the shards. It's still a beauty and I love it!!

On another note, my hubby won't make me another nail polish rack. Buzz kill! You may have seen it on FB. So I was thinking of having a blog sale. Would there be any interest? Also, I have a bunch of full size indies that I was given to swatch. What is the best way to purge these? Your comments are greatly appreciated!! :)

XOXO Nail Addicted Sisters

~Erika

Fantastic Clash-Tastic

Indie Polish is, you guessed it, an indie polish brand that makes an array of amazing glitter polishes. They are always having flash sales to go along with their already great prices!!

This spectacular chunky glitter is Clash-Tastic! There's a lot in this polish, which is what makes it so FANTASTIC! Smaller red hexes, medium light purple hexes, large blue hexes (these are the hard ones to get out the bottle), medium magenta circles and tons of bright blue micro matte glitter (this is my favorite part I think). 

I started off this mani with a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel. I layered one coat of Clash-Tastic over 2 coats of China Glaze Refresh Mint. I know what you're thinking: That looks blue! It is. I have a faulty bottle of Refresh Mint that looks like robin's egg blue. I've read some other bloggers have had the same issue. Go figure. Anyway, I topped this off with Sally Hansen Dries Instantly and then Essie Matte About You.

I love glitter polishes matted, don't you???

MACROS :)

I used a pointy orange wood stick to push down the larger glitters to help with lifting. Do you have any tips/tricks to applying these chunky type glitters?

XOXO Nail Addicted Sisters

~Erika

Nail Pattern Boldness, I Believe I Can Fly!

My wonderful sister bought me some great polishes for my birthday back in June.  The one that really caught my eye was from Nail Pattern Boldness.  This one is called I Believe I Can Fly.  This is a jelly base polish with square silver glitter and red microglitter.  You can't really see the red microglitter unless the light is just right, but I kinda like the subtly of it. 

This was my first experience with a jelly base polish and, like I have heard from other users, it is difficult to maneuver at first but I got the hang of it.   

Here's a macro of the polish, pretty right?  The red looks so obvious here but, like I said, it's more subtle when it's on the nail.

Nail Pattern Boldness polishes are colorful and unique, plus her brand name is so witty!  Check out her Etsy shop here.