Girly Bits - Hulk Smash!

Boy do I have an awesome polish for y'all today.  My son is absolutely loving me for having and wearing this.  Around the holiday Llarowe had a bunch of sales going on and I just had to snag this one.  The boy is a HUGE fan of The Avengers.  And since the most recent movie, we say "Hulk Smash!" a LOT. Plus, in school my 2 fav colors were green & purple. 

I'll stop babbling and show y'all the pretty.  I'll have more after the pics.

These pics were taken outside with my cell phone and macro lens.

My camera didn't seem to want to capture this polish as amazingly as it is in person, so I took the shots above to show how truly bright this is. 

Above is 3 coats of Hulk Smash! with topcoat.


Now I'll show y'all 2 coats of Hulk Smash over 2 coats of Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud.

This is a gorgeous bright green jelly with blue micro/shimmer glitters and purple shreds.  I was honestly afraid of the shreds, but they're not all crazy and stiff & don't need Gelous to smooth it out.  As it's neon-ish, it does dry to a semi-matte finish so it definitely needs a top coat. 

When I first swatched this alone, I showed Hunter the pics when he got home from school and he fell on the ground at its awesomenes.  He said it looks like Hulks shoulders ripped.  A few days later I put it on again and when he got home he says, "Yay!!!  You're wearing Hulk again!!!". 

I'm really happy with this purchase.  You can see it HERE on the Girly Bits shop & see links for the various e-tailers where you can purchase this and her other pretties. 

*Football Friday* Glitter Gal Red 3D Holo via Llarowe

This is the last beauty I got from Llarowe to show y'all. 

Glitter Gal Red 3D Holo is so gorgeous!  It starts out looking like a strawberry red and finishes as a beautiful red linear holo polish.  I'm absolutely IN LOVE with this polish.  And as a UGA fan who bleeds red & black, this is totally perfect!  I just wish I had a stamp with puppy feet to put on this. 

My pics below are 2 coats over a SH base coat with SH Insta-Dri over top.  The first pic was taken under my lamp with no flash and the rest are in the dark with flash to show the holo goodness.

Total awesomeness!

Glitter Gal Red 3D Holo retails for $14.00 on http://shop.llarowe.com.

Llarowe is donating 10% of all purchases for the remainder of the year to food banks across the country.  You can't feel guilty about purchasing polishes from her.  :D

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!

Ozotic 505 layered

In my post earlier today, I showed Ozotic 505 by itself.  It's extremely sheer and 4 coats just didn't cover my nail line. 

SO, I knew I needed to layer it.  I tried a few different base colors on a nail wheel and really couldn't see much of a difference between black and dark purple.  I decided to go with Wet N Wild Ready to Pounce. 

505 is a Multichrome that shifts from dark green to dark purple. In some of these pics I can actually see a slight bit of blue which is supposed to be there as well.  I used Sally Hansen Miracle Cure, 2 coats of WnW RTP, 1 coat of Seche Vite, 2 coats of 505, and 1 more coat of Seche Vite. 

As I type this post, about a week before it's going to post, I'm wearing this as a full mani with just an accent of Glitter Gal Dark Purple 3D Holo on my right hand. 

All of the pics below were taken under my lamp with no flash.  I had to shift my hand around to show the color shift.

It looks like I sponged green over purple.

And this last one was taken in the dark with flash...

I'm totally in love with this polish.  AND since it's a layering polish, IMO, it'll last longer.  :D

Ozotic 505 retails for $17.50, but I believe it's on sale for $16.50 on Llarowe at the moment.(I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that.)

So, go visit http://shop.llarowe.com and pick up a few polishes.  For the rest of the year 10% of every purchase is going to food banks across the country! :D

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!

Ozotic 505 via Llarowe

Leah Ann at Llarowe was kind enough to send this to me as well to review.  This is my first Ozotic polish too. 

Since it's my first Ozotic, I wasn't sure what to expect and really didn't look at swatches before I applied it.  So, you're going to get 2 posts today.  This post will be 505 alone and the second post will be 505 layered.  I didn't want to pic spam in one post as I wanted to show every angle I could possibly show.

I had to use 4 coats to get the results I'm about to show you and to me, it's still to sheer.  I can see visible nail line and really hate that.  BUT, it's still pretty.  I used 4 coats over a base and unfortunately can't remember if I used a top coat or not.  (sorry)  505 is a Multichrome that shifts from dark green to dark purple.  There's supposed to be a few other colors in that shift, but I only see green and purple. 

Now to the pics.  These first ones were taken under my lamp with no flash....

Now, I took these in the dark with the flash on, and you can see the green...

Then, I stepped outside into the sunlight and took these with no flash to show the purple....

You can somewhat see the green outside too.

Ozotic 505 retails for $17.50, but I believe it's on sale for $16.50 on Llarowe at the moment.(I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that.)

So, go visit http://shop.llarowe.com and pick up a few polishes.  For the rest of the year 10% of every purchase is going to food banks across the country! :D

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!

Glitter Gal Dark Purple 3D Holo from Llarowe

YAY!  Another pretty from Glitter Gal to show you today courtesy of Llarowe. 

I put this on and was instantly in love.  By now, y'all should all know that I'm totally in love with linear holo polishes.  This is my first purple holo.  It's like grape juice.  SO pretty.  I could see doing this with a pretty deep green holo polish diagonally across the nail.

My pics below are 2 coats with a quick dry top coat (SH Insta-Dri).  I had no problems with this polish at all, and I'm actually thinking of doing it as an accent nail on my current mani just to show it off some more.  :D

Natural light lamp

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Isn't that holo just total awesomesauce?  Dark Purple 3D Holo retails for $14.00 on http://shop.llarowe.com

Don't forget Llarowe is donating 10% of all purchases from 11/1-12/31 to food banks across the country.  Shop, and feel good about it!

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!

Llarowe & Glitter Gal Light As A Feather 3D Holo

Recently I was contacted by Leah Ann of Llarowe and offered to review some polishes.  I'm pretty easy to please and told her I'd be happy with anything that she sent me.  I was expecting maybe 2, and was surprised when I got my package.  I'll be showing you what she sent me throughout this week.

Let me start out by saying I got my package out of my mailbox just as I was heading out to pick up some friends to go out to dinner.  My SO was driving so I dug into the envelope.  Once I got it open, I was shocked and very impressed with the amount of packaging.  I joked & said I needed a plasma cutter to get into the bubble wrap.  I had to wait the 4 mile trip to my GF's house to use her scissors.  I had to snap the pic with my phone before I tore into it to see the pretties inside.  :D

Before I show you the first polish, let me explain a little about Llarowe.  Llarowe (click HERE to visit the website) is an amazing e-tailer that offers brands from other countries that we in the US aren't able to get readily or without having to pay high shipping or do swaps for.  She ships extremely fast and I believe she also ships internationally (excluding Italy).  She is the official US stockist for Glitter Gal, A England, and is a member of the piCture pOlish network.  She's also recently introduced HITS to her web store.  So, if you were totally in love with the piCture pOlish review I did for Voodoo, definitely go check out her STORE and pick some stuff up! 

If all of that weren't amazing enough....for all purchases between November 1st through December 31st, 10% of the sales through her site will be donated to food banks across the country!  So not only can you get some hard to get and beautiful polishes, but you can feel good about doing it!

Now to the beautiful polish.  I know someone in one of the polish groups I'm in on Facebook was recently looking for a white holographic.  Light As A Feather by Glitter Gal is probably the closest you'll ever get to a white holo.  It does have a slight gray hue to it, but it's still beautiful.  The name makes me think of the movie The Craft.  :D

I think this would be a perfect color for a holo polish loving bride.  I didn't wear a base color with this, but think maybe a white underneath would help the white pop a little more. The pics below are 2 coats with a quick dry top coat.

Under my natural light lamp.

With flash.

With flash.

Outside sunlight.

It's a very subtle linear holo, but still holo.  I absolutely LOVE it.

Glitter Gal Light As A Feather 3D Holo retails for $14.00  on http://shop.llarowe.com

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!