Shimmer Astrid

Hi Everyone!

Today I would like to show you a beautiful glitter named Shimmer Astrid that I chose to pair up with the Dazzle Dry gradient that I posted yesterday. This was a really sweet combination and I enjoyed it for quite a few days, getting lots of comments at work, so I hope you enjoy it as well...

Shimmer Polish Anna, Courtney, Crystal and Gerry

Hi Everyone! It is fun how sometimes ideas just seem to mash up. One of my lovely readers, Arathael, suggested just the other day that thermal creams make great bases under glitter. Little did she know, I had been working on this post at the time. As it so happens, this is the first time (at least that I can remember) that I decided to try layering glitter over a thermal so great minds think alike I guess ;)

A little while ago, Cindy of Shimmer Polish sent me a bunch of her beauties to play around with. I will show them to you in the coming weeks a few at a time. Starting today with Anna, Courtney, Crystal and Gerry...

Shimmer Lucie Studded for Valentine's Day!

Hi there! I'm realizing that Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I'm obviously still in a winter set of mind as evident by my last frosty manicure. Today I would like to switch gears a little bit and start showing you some more Spring and Valentine's Day appropriate manicures, starting with this simple studded nail art...

Shimmer Alessandra with Floral Decals...

I had a lot of fun playing with the Zoya Naturel collection and as I mentioned yesterday, they create such wonderful bases for nail art. Today I would like to show you how I paired one of the Zoya beauties with the sparkly glitter bomb Shimmer Alessandra for a quick and easy manicure...

Dark Chevrons with Shimmer Airriann...

I think I might officially be the worlds worst blogger. I was going through some of my polishes and discovered three Shimmer beauties that I have not shown you yet. It was a fun treat for me to find them, but I feel awful since they were sent to me for review a long, long time ago. I have no idea how that happened since my to swatch boxes are in perfect some order. I promptly put on Shimmer Airriann and got distracted from feeling bad by my sparkly nails. Now I hang my head in shame for my blunder as I show you this pretty chevron manicure...

Sunday Stamping: Autumn

Today it is time for the Sunday Stamping challenge in Adventures in Stamping. The theme today is Autumn nails. I've got just a quick manicure to show you. I didn't create it specifically for the challenge, but it happened to fit the theme and I since I have not had time in the past few days to play around with nail polish and create something new, I figured I would share this one...

31DC2013 Day 18 - Half-Moons

Today I would like to show you the half-moons manicure for Day 18 of the 31 Day Challenge. I was initially playing around with Shimmer Candace for the glitter challenge yesterday, but Candace seemed to be too sophisticated to just be a glitter accent and demanded to be the center of attention...

31DC2013 Day 3 - Yellow

For today's challenge of yellow, I wanted to try something a bit different for me. I am always admiring beautiful one-stroke art manicures done by everyone else, but don't make the time to practice for myself. It is however always on my to do list and what better time to try it than for a challenge...

PCOS Awareness with Shimmer Strength!

September is PCOS Awareness Month and I could think of no better polish to create a manicure with than Shimmer Strength. Donations are made to support PCOS with the sale of each Shimmer Strength polish. The beautiful teal glitter coordinates perfectly with the ribbon supporting PCOS awareness. I just love the the motto of "Fight Like a Girl!"...

Avoiding Fall While Embracing the Colors...

So I admit it, I am nowhere near ready for Fall to get here, but I am starting to get into the Fall colors. It could be due to all the pretty Fall collections that I have started to swatch. Stay tuned for lots and lots of swatches to come. Today though, I would like to show you a manicure that really hits the spot for my current color mood...

Shimmer Nichole for 4th of July!

The count down to 4th of July has begun and I hope to fill the next few days with themed posts, assuming my brain doesn't melt from the heat wave that has hit Seattle. Today's post featured the gorgeous Shimmer Nichole which is truly a 4th of July glitter bomb in a bottle. It was sent to me for review quite a while ago, but I was saving it just for this special occasion...

Born Pretty Store Nail Stickers...

I got some cute nail stickers from the Born Pretty Store to show you today. These embossed metal stickers are unlike other stickers that I have tried in the past so I was excited to incorporate them into my nail art. The stickers come in a variety of styles from common shapes to beautiful scrolls. I got a sheet with lots of small shapes and decided to play around with little flowers for today's manicure...

Shimmer...

A little while ago Cindy, the creator of Shimmer Polish generously sent me some of her beautiful glitter bombs to play around with and show you. I have been showing them to you a little at a time along with the nail art I created, but today I would like to show you a few swatches. It should come as no surprise how much I like Shimmer Polish. Although photos never seem to do these beauties justice as they are so hard to capture in a single shot, I gave it my best effort...

Sunday Stamping: Butterflies...

It has been almost and entire month since the last time I participated in a Sunday Stamping challenge and I feel guilty for not making the time for them. This month the challenge is a stamped manicure with butterflies or dragonflies and I just couldn't resist. I've been wanting to try out this butterfly pattern since I first saw it, but somehow have not had the opportunity or excuse to use it, until now...

Shimmer Mary Watermelon...

Every time I sit down to swatch a Shimmer polish, I end up with nail art instead of just swatches and this was no exception. The black hex glitter in this beautiful glitter bomb reminded me of watermelon seeds so I just went with that thought...

Shimmer Maria Scalloped...

I've had a wonderful two days off work enjoying the sunshine and catching up on swatching. I'll even deny that at some point on Tuesday I was so frustrated with my cameras (yes, multiple cameras) that I was ready to toss them out the window. Luckily, we worked out our disagreement on Wednesday and I was able to get more swatching done. In the process of all that swatching, I got to play with the lovely Shimmer Maria and I couldn't help the urge to dress her up a bit with stamping...

Shimmer Karen Nail Art and Swatches...

I have a some funky nail art to show you today, featuring the lovely Shimmer Karen glitter. There is just something about taking a sweet pink/lavender glitter and going a bit wild with it. What better way to go wild than by creating a pink glittery zebra mixed mani?...

Shimmer Julie...

I recently received a wonderful package from Cindy, the mastermind behind Shimmer Polish. She sent me some of her beautiful glitter bombs to show you and I intend to do just that. I will slowly be swatching them and hopefully creating some nail art to share with you. Today I would like to start with Shimmer Julie...

Sunday Stamping: St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!

This week's theme in Sunday Stamping is quite appropriately a manicure to celebrate the occasion or just create something with an Irish theme. I didn't have anything specific in mind when I started on this manicure, but somehow ended up using everything and the kitchen sink for it. The end result turned out being sweet and subtle and matches my mood perfectly...

Shimmer Sarah Peacock!

Hello lovely readers! Today I have peacock nail art to show you that was inspired by the gorgeous glitter bomb Shimmer Sarah. Just like Irene, Sarah wanted to be a part of a bright and bold manicure. With it's gold, blue and purple accents within the primarily teal glitter, I decided the peacock stamping would be the perfect way to show it off...