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Tomorrow is the 1st of December which means CHRISTMAS TIME and also Summer here in Australia! Though it feels like it's already been summer for a month with the hot weather we've been having!
So I think it's an appropriate time to show you some Christmas/Holiday polishes! :D I'm super excited to be able to show you these 3 (of 12) pretties from Darling Diva Polish's Holiday 2012 collection, which is based on the movie A Christmas Story (which I have not seen... Now I have to).
So I think it's an appropriate time to show you some Christmas/Holiday polishes! :D I'm super excited to be able to show you these 3 (of 12) pretties from Darling Diva Polish's Holiday 2012 collection, which is based on the movie A Christmas Story (which I have not seen... Now I have to).
Crooked Star* is a clear base with gold, blue, green, red, orange and silver bar glitter, gold stars and different coloured micro glitter! The bar glitter is meant to represent tinsel on a Christmas tree and I think it does that perfectly! I experienced some slightly curved bar glitter but that sort of thing doesn't bother me. Nothing a couple coats of topcoat won't fix. :) I loved that the stars weren't hard to get out of the bottle, as some polishes with shaped glitter can be. This is so fun and festive!
1 dabbed coat over OPI Tomorrow Never Dies. (I was wearing Tomorrow Never Dies when these polishes arrived and I thought it looked like a perfect base for Crooked Star*!)
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| Crooked Star |
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| Close Up of Crooked Star |
Electric Sex* is a black jelly base with small, medium and large gold holographic glitters, gold holo bars glitters and also some squares mixed in! Really pretty! This was a pretty thin, runny formula. I like my polishes a TEENY bit thicker than this but that can be fixed by just leaving the bottle with the cap off for 15 minutes and it will thicken up a little. :) This can be built up to opacity in 3 coats but I chose to layer it over a creme black.
One coat of Electric Sex* over one coat of Ulta3 Black Satin, topped with Sally Hansen Insta Dri topcoat.
One coat of Electric Sex* over one coat of Ulta3 Black Satin, topped with Sally Hansen Insta Dri topcoat.
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| Electric Sex |
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| Electric Sex |
Soap...Poisoning* is a milky white, sheer base with small and medium iridescent hex glitters and medium iridescent square glitters. This one is supposed to look like soap bubbles. :)
This was a teeny bit too thick for my liking, so after doing one coat, I added some thinner and then the polish was more to my liking. :) It dried surprisingly fast for being thick!
3 coats over Essence Sweet As Candy, which is a very sheer French mani pink (I just used it to cover the staining on my natural nails) on my index, middle and pinky, and 1 coat over a white, all topped with a coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dri topcoat. I think I preferred it before I added the third coat on my nails however because my nails did become very thick after the 3rd coat.
This was a teeny bit too thick for my liking, so after doing one coat, I added some thinner and then the polish was more to my liking. :) It dried surprisingly fast for being thick!
3 coats over Essence Sweet As Candy, which is a very sheer French mani pink (I just used it to cover the staining on my natural nails) on my index, middle and pinky, and 1 coat over a white, all topped with a coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dri topcoat. I think I preferred it before I added the third coat on my nails however because my nails did become very thick after the 3rd coat.
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| Soap...Poisoning |
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| Soap...Poisoning |
Overall I think these polishes are great for Christmas and the Holiday season. :) I have to be honest, I haven't seen A Christmas Story, but now I want to watch it because I loved these polishes! All 3 polishes are very unique to me and I own nothing else like them! I recommend all three polishes. :)
I think my favourite would have to be Crooked Star! It's just so unique and I think it's awesome for Christmas time. :)
I think my favourite would have to be Crooked Star! It's just so unique and I think it's awesome for Christmas time. :)
Darling Diva Polishes range from $8USD to $12USD for 15mL bottles, and are hand made by Carrie.
*Products marked with an asterisk were provided to me for review but this does not influence my opinion in any way. My reviews are 100% my honest opinion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.
*Products marked with an asterisk were provided to me for review but this does not influence my opinion in any way. My reviews are 100% my honest opinion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.
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