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My friend, entrepreneur and Mary Kay rep Sarah (link to her page here)  Posted a Youtube video of on the best way to do Ombre nails (view video here)  I liked it so much I took the challenge.  These are the polishes I used to recreate this mani.  Pure Nail Lacquer's  Virtuous and Honesty and Krafty Gurl's Platinum. (note: Platinum is not yet available on our site)

I used two coats of the light pink Virtuous as a base for all 10 nails.  Then with a cosmetic sponge, I sponged on the Honesty polish until I achieved the look that I wanted.  Once that was dry.  I sparingly used on coat of the Platinum and one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.  Below are the results.  Tell me what you think?

Swatch From Pure Nail Lacquers - Virtuous

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I keep telling myself, my nails will grow eventually, and they've grown out quite a bit since I decided to go all natural, about 1/2 way up the nailbed.  I want to focus on natural nail care and maintenance.  Have I had thoughts of going back to pretty acrylics??  Oh yea, for sure, but I made the commitment and am moving forward. :)

For the last week or so, we've been featuring polishes from the fabulous Pure Nail Lacquer line.  Today I decided to use Virtuous.  This is a creamy sheer baby pastel pink.  I can so see this being paired in a reverse french mani or used as a base for a bold/pastel design.  It's a semi sheer/opaque look in two coats which is what I used in the pictures below and I paired it up with one coat of Krafty Gurl's Pink Palooza which is one of our "confetti" type glitters in hot pink black and white. (the bold/pastel look)  What do you all think?

Swatch from Pure Nail Lacquers - Sea Breeze

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I'm not going to review the rest of the collection I purchased from Pure, however, I'll be swatching the colors I received.  This one is Sea Breeze.  A beautiful sky blue creme.  I paired it with Krafty Gurl's Summer Days and now I feel like going to the beach!!  I had these two on my mind together since I first saw the color on Danielle's site.  I'm pleased that what I had visualized really works well together.  Remember, click on the link to purchase any of Pure Nail Lacquers line.

Swatch and Review, Pure Nail Lacquer - Loving Me

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As to no surprise and for obvious reasons, I'm a HUGE supported of indie polish and polish designers.  I've started my own collection of my favorite indie polishes and thought I'd start off my first review with a designer I recently ran across through Instagram.  Pure Nail Lacquers.  Pure is owned by Danielle who is the sweetest sweetest person, although I've only corresponded with her via IG and email, I can already tell if I ever met her in person, she'd be the same as she is "virtually".

My first swatch from her collection is "Loving Me".  (Excuse my short nails, I'm still in recovery from LONG term acrylic nail use)  This polish is a beautiful light purple, not quite lavender, almost mauvy creme color.  I paired it with Krafty Gurl's "City View" from our Fall Collection.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE these polishes.  I really could have just done 1 coat of this polish and be done with it.  That's how smooth and pigmented it is.  I did two coats on this swatch for good measure and one sparingly done coat of City View.  I wanted the glitter to be an accent only as I wanted the polish to really show through.  I'm really looking forward to collecting more of Danielle's line, she has some amazing colors at unbelievable prices.  Each polish is $5 for a full sized bottle and you can get them here at: www.purebeautyshoppe.myshopify.com

Fall Collection Pre-Sale!

We are so excited!  Our Fall Collection Pre-Sale starts THIS Friday 7/19 and will run till
Friday 8/2.  All orders will ship 8/9.  This collection will be available for $22.00 and will feature 4 polishes.

Rustic - This polish has a beautiful rustic quality to it.  Red matte, red holo, copper, chocolate brown and bronze glitters in a clear base.  This beauty will compliment any autumn inspired mani.

Patina - Coppery, teals, and purples in a clear base make up this one.  Great with a neutral base color or paired as I have in the pic below with mint green.

City View - Night lights, city views, silhouettes of skyscrapers in the horizon.  That's what this reminds me of.  Gorgeous mattes in black, yellow gold, teal, purple, hot pink, with touches of various colored holographic glitters in a clear base.

Golden Sands - Sand, Gold, Chocolate and Copper metallic glitters in a clear base make up this glitter bomb.  This one is so versatile for both fall or any time of the year.

You can get these or any all our other glitter polishes at www.kraftygurldesigns.com or through our Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/kraftygurldesigns .

Weekend Mani

This Mani was inspired by a look my Instagram friend Nori Ocasio from the blog Fierce Makeup and Nails.  She did an amazing Abstract Pop Art mani that I used as inspiration for this weekends mani.  This is the inspiration photo:

Below is my mani.  I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Cinderella.  I used Krafty Gurl's After Midnight and did a half moon swoop on each nail.  I then used LA Colors striper in Silver to outline the half moon. 

You can purchase this glitter topper from Krafty Gurl Designs at www.kraftygurldesigns.com or visit our Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/kraftygurldesigns.  

Check out Nori's blog at www.fiercemakeupandnails.com or you can find her on Instagram @fiercemakeupandnails

What do u all think??

I dream in color!!

Ok so those that know me well know that I have super vivid dreams.  Last night I dreamt of a world of neon.  It inspired me to create the opposite of our Totally Neon Polish which is primarily white with splashes of neon in pink yellow green blue and purple.  Meet Totally Rad!  Primarily Black with splashes of neon in pink yellow green blue and purple.

Discontinued polishes

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We decided to keep the polishes that are being discontinued at $5.00. These will only be available while supplies last, once they are gone they are gone!   Carnival In Rio, Burning Desire, Spice Gurl and Girlfriends Rule.