2013 Top Ten and Year In Review

Hey friends! Can you believe it is 2014?! I hope this year takes it's time and gives everyone moments to enjoy life. This past year has been quite the roller coaster, personally, as well as for my blog. I cannot even fathom what the next year will bring, but that's part of the fun!

My favorite polishes from last year consist mostly of Indie brands. I fell head over heels for Indie polish and was fortunate enough to swatch for a few! So here are my top ten polishes from 2013 (in alphabetical order):

 

Color club - Cosmic Fate, Essie - Naughty Nautical, Elevation Polish - Marmolada

ILNP - Nostalgia, KBShimmer - The Dancing Green

 

Lacquer Lust - Morning Sunshine, Pipedream Polish - Color Portrait World, Rescue Beauty Lounge - Nails & Noms

Takko lacquer - Pucker Up, Zoya - Carter

Best collection - Zoya Summer Pixie Dust
 

 

Solange, Beatrix, Destiny, Liberty, Stevie, & Miranda

 

 

Fav indie/small brand - Pipedream Polish

 

 

Candy On The Beach (dc), Deep In My Daydreams (dc), Pink Elephants and Lemonade, Time In A Tapestry, Color Portrait World, Green Light, Feed The Monster & She's A Thriller (dc)

Honorable mentions - Hare Polish - Zoltar Speaks, Julep - Jane, Pipedream Polish - Time In A Tapestry

Biggest disappointment - China Glaze Hologlam collection

Top three most popular posts in 2013 - Revlon Chroma Chameleon Amethyst, Different Dimensions Ditz and Whatever, Picture Polish Majesty

 

Happy 2014 you guys!! Much love in the new year!

Elevation Polish Marmolada

Hello all! Happy frickin Friday! This week has just flown by! I've got so many things going on right now, that I am losing track of time. Can't believe I've managed to get a blog post up almost every day. That's like a record or something! Today, I have circle glitter!!!! YASS! My obsession with circle glitter is going strong, and it ain't showin any signs of stopping, so be prepared for an onslaught in the posts to come!

 

Please Note: All products in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use.

 

 

Elevation Polish - Marmolada over Julep - Julianne

 

Marmolada is a smokey blue grey jelly base with medium and large silver and aqua circle glitters and small purple hex glitters. This is true love, right here, people. There is no amount of words for how awesome this polish is. The color is prefect, the glitter mix is perfect, and it doesn't give me lobster hands! Most blue/grey polishes do, but the base color is just bright enough to look fantastic. I did layer this over Julep Julianne, which is nearly identical, but a tiny bit softer. I probably didn't need to layer, and could have gotten full opacity with Marmolada on it's own, but wanted to make sure I got total coverage. Formula is a good, even consistency, and flowed nicely. No issues with dragging or clumping from the glitter. The larger pieces did give me some issue and I had to fish for them, but nothing super irritating. Good dry time and smooth with one coat of Julep Freedom top coat (my current fav for glitters).

I am growing quite fond of this brand and it's gorgeous glitters (circles!!!). I will be back for more!


Elevation Polish is available online. Polish is restocked on the 7th & 22nd of each month. Prices range from $6 to $10.
Products shown were purchased by me for my own personal use. All opinions are my own.

Elevation Polish - Daisen

Good morning all, happy Thursday! I can't believe February is almost over. I am, however, quite ready for spring, although this year, we haven't had too much of winter, here in Austin. This week is particularly dreary, which makes this polish, particularly nice!

 

 

 

Elevation Polish - Daisen over Essie - Navigate Her

 

Daisen is a mix of light and dark pink circle glitters with a touch of orange circle glitter and iridescent micro glitter. CIRCLE GLITTER!!!! OMG, I love it. Love, love, love. I cannot get enough of it. This is the first of many, many more circle glitters I will be acquiring. Elevation Polish is an Indie brand that has a diverse line of glitters, shimmers, duo chromes and creams. Most of the glitters are circle too! Sigh... Formula was really nice, not too thick, and had an even distribution of the glitter. I did have to fish a little bit for the larger pieces, but nothing too drastic. It dries quickly and fairly smooth as well. Just one coat of Wicked Fast to top it off.

 

 

I love the combo of Navigate Her and Daisen, a nice spring look to brighten my day! I did have a bit of a wait for the delivery, almost a week after I placed my order. Hopefully next time, I won't have to wait so long!

 

Elevation Polish is available on line, prices range from $7.50 - $10.00. Restock is the 7th & 22nd of each month.