Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Shimmer Cristina and Taylor

I have two more beautiful Shimmer polishes to show you today. Unlike most Shimmer glitters I've tried so far, these have a slightly tinted base so I used them on their own rather than layering over a base color. I'm quite fond of the darker glitters and I hope you'll enjoy them as well...


Cristina
A pale grape jelly base with glitter in green, red, blue and a touch of other colors tossed. Overall effect on the nail is a teal/green with red peeking through. There are lots of different shapes of glitter, but all are fairly small and densely packed. Three coats was enough for almost complete coverage. There were still a few spots where I could see through it (especially in photos), but it is so sparkly in real life that it is not noticeable. This one really fascinates me as the red glitter seems to glow from within. Swatches are with two coats of topcoat...





Swatch Details
Brand: Shimmer
Collection: main
Color Name/Number: Cristina
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Taylor
A dark maroon jelly base with green, red and blue/purple glitter. It is not as densely packed as Cristina, but the jelly base is darker, so it still provides nearly complete coverage in three coats. The purple glitter in this is really quite amazing, it color shifts from iridescent to green to purple (or at least that is what it looks like to me). At times it would catch the light and I would forget I'm wearing a glitter and think it is flakies over a maroon base. Regardless, I am crazy about this one. Swatches are with two layers of top coat...






Swatch Details
Brand: Shimmer
Collection: main
Color Name/Number: Taylor
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)


You can purchase any of these by emailing Cindy directly at shimmer484@gmail.com or through ShimmerPolish on Etsy. Cindy even makes custom polishes!

Also, take a look at her blog and Facebook page where she hosts giveaways of her creations...


I'd love to know your thought these! Which one caught your eye?

Also, I've been playing with the header graphic a bit... what do you think of it? :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

6 comments:

  1. These are really pretty!! Love them on you!

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  2. You made both looks so pretty.. I wasn't a crazy glitter fan haha but I guess I going to try this out~!! <3 <3

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  3. I love that you have contrasted these. they are almost the opposite in color schemes!

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  4. @Marisa, thank you so much! I'm so glad you like them :)

    @AppleliciousMe, These are really pretty glitters. I'm so glad you like them :)

    @Shimmer, they really are opposites of each other. One is red with green the other green with red! I think they go well together :)

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  5. Cristina.. this is one of the most beautiful swatches of it i've seen... i need it, the end! lol There's to few things out there with my name actually ;) Kisses***

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  6. It is a though it was made for you! I'm waiting for one with Anutka as the name, but that might take a while ;)

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