KBShimmer Band Geek

Hello! Hope your Monday blues have already passed but if they haven't, I have an awesome KBShimmer polish to show you. 

This is three thin coats of Band Geek with a coat of Seche Vite over.

I absolutely love the brass tone glitters swimming in a dark, almost black base. This is so not a geeky polish at all!

Hope you guys like it!

Four Month's Worth of Hauls

My nails and cuticles are in no shape to meet anyone so I'm going to share my recent hauls with you while I try to get them back in order. This seems pretty little for four months but that's what happen when work takes over! :(

As always, I'm starting with the indies. Every time I think I've gotten enough, more just seem to spring out and I can never resist them!



Loving the KBShimmer Spring polishes I got! I swatched them here. As for Bank Geek and Bejeweled, they will have to wait!



This next brand is becoming one of my favourite indie brands. I started taking notice of Hare Polish on tumblr quite a while back and I fell in love with the first few olours ever made - A Positive and Bisbee and I am so glad the brand is more accessible now! I'm still eyeing a couple of the older shades like Archipalego and Tropic of Cancer so I'm sitting tight and hoping they get re-released!





Now for the Australian indies...I swear everytime I see new pictures of the new creations made, my heart flutters and my wallet cries.



HOLO HOLO HOLO! Thee new holo shades from Emily de Molly are stunning!



These are the last of my Lynnderella haul (for now). I've got to start saving for my next haul because damn, they're expensive.



Moving on to the more mainstream brands, I got a friend to CP Lady Sings The Blues for me from BeautyAsia and I bought Ray of Light from the lovely Annette of Shoppe Eclecticco when she did some unearthing and found a spare bottle in her stash.



Here are the China Glazes I purchase recently. Ever since the indie craze, I haven't really bought much mainstream brands but these few still managed to capture my attention. I also got the three Zoyas from BeautyAsia.



Yes yes, I hauled the entires China Glaze Hologlam collection. I had to. I am a holo hoarder so this was such a no brainer. Swatches of the collection as well as comparisons can be found here and here.



I also couldn't resist the Color Club Halo Hues 2013. Seeing how amazing the 2012 ones were, I had to get the six new shades to complete the Halo Hues family!



That's it for my haul! I guess working does not have its perks for my wallet! :)

KBShimmer Oh Splat!

Sorry for the lack of updates y'all. Work's starting to become hectic and all I want to do everyday after work is sleep so I haven't exactly been painting my nails of late.

It's raining now and I thought I'd show y'all something bright and happy to chase the gloom away.

KBShimmer Oh Splat! is one of those indies that you know you just NEED to have. I resisted it the first time round but when Harlow had a restock, I jumped on the chance to own this beauty.





I started off with a coat of white polish. I didn't want to deal with any headaches with the white in Oh Splat not bulding up sufficiently or being streaky or whatever so I painted on a thin layer of China Glaze White on White.



Then for the fun part, I painted on two layers of Oh Splat! I absolutely love this baby. It's like a riot on my nails! It's so colourful and cheerful, sure to brighten up the gloomiest of days.





The polish just reminds me of the circus - colours bursting everywhere!


KBShimmer polishes are available on the KBShimmer website and internationally through Harlow & Co.

#SGSwatchFest: Easter with KBShimmer Iris My Case and Spring Training

Happy Easter Everyone!

I grew up in a Catholic school so I know all about the origins of Easter. However, I'm not a particularly religious person so Easter is all about Spring-infused colours, happy vibes and most iportantly, CHOCOLATE! In fact, I just ate an Easter Egg that A LAcquered Affair gave me!

Speaking of Spring-infused colours, today I have the two KBShimmer Spring 2013 shades I bought to show you. The entire Spring collection really calls out SPRING but I had to be a good girl and limit myself to my favourite two.

This is three coats of Iris My Case, a sweet, lilac base with silver, blue, purple and magenta glitters of different sizes. I'm having a recent weakness for purple indies so this one was a no brainer.



Flawless application and the perfect colour combi! LOVE!



This is three coats of Spring Training. Spring Training has a delicate mint green base with pink, purple, blue, yellowand green glitters. Too make the polish even more awesome, it's also scented with a floral freesia note! The scent isn't in-your-face stong but it lasts for quite a while. I painted my swatch stick with Spring Training a week ago and the scent is still very much there! :)



Spring Training is definitely my favourite out of the two.



KBShimmer polishes are available on the KBShimmer website and internationally through Harlow & Co.

Hope y'all have a wonderful Easter Sunday!

KBShimmer All Decked Out

So this is Christmas and what have you done,
Another year over, a new one just begun.

And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun,
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young.

A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fears.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Today I have KBShimmer All Decked Out to show you and to start the mani off, I did two coats of Orly Wandering Vine.



And now for the star of the show, this is two coats of All Decked Out on top of Wandering Vine.



I love love love how jolly this looks! I haven't felt such a strong Christmas vibe for a couple of years and I think this year's more special because I'm working and I cherish the public holiday more! HA! ;)





Have a happy holiday y'all! :)

KBShimmer Party

I managed to get KBShimmer Party for a steal (I bought it secondhand from someone) and I'm so glad I caved for it!

Party has tiny purple and green hex glitters, medium yellow hex glitters, large blue hex glitters and to top it off, red and black square glitters, all swimming in a white base.

This is two thin coats of Party over a white base.



As you can see, Party dries quite patchy and I thought it'd be the perfect time to see how well Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food works. Here I'm wearing one coat of Glitter Food on top of my Party combo.



Right off the bat, you can how Glitter Food has managed to "tame" the glitters and have provided a smoother finish. Glitter Food does dry with a satin finish though (see below).



So on went a coat of SV to seal everything together and viola!






The moment I saw Party, I immediately thought it looked like the lovechild of Pretty & Polished Party on my Yacht and Jawbreaker. Don't you think so? I'm lucky enough to own them so I thought I'd do a little comparison. Here I have Party on my index and ring fingers, Jawbreaker on my middle finger and Party on my Yacht on my pinkie.







Here's a close up of Party vs Jawbreaker.



And this is Party vs Party on my Yacht.



Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees the resemblance. That being said, I'm still welcoming Party with open arms, into my polish family!