Glitter Gal - Hidden Violets

Hey guys! I hope you're all having a lovely Saturday.

Today I'mma be showing you another stunning polish from Glitter Gal.
If you liked my post about Wild Violets, I'm sure you'll like today's polish too!

Behold the beautiful Hidden Violets from Glitter Gal!

As I said yesterday, GG has recently released some new polish lines, and this one is from the Shade Shifters collection of duochromes!
This is from the "Soft" half of the collection, which are smooth duochrome shimmers. The other half of the collection, "Brilliant", has the same colors with a more textured, sparkly finish (like yesterday's Wild Violets.)

Pretty much everything great that I said about Wild Violets can be said about Hidden Violets!
I adore how this polish is opaque on its own - shown here at 3 coats - and the purple color is just fantastic.
It flashes pink and purple and blue.

Can you believe these pictures are without topcoat? Check out that shine!

Just like yesterday's polish, this one can also be layered over black for a great look! But again, I prefer it on it's own.
Here's the swatch over black and please forgive the tiny bubbles in the second photo... My black didn't cooperate with me.

Just stunning. Love it!
Glitter Gal really knocked these colors out of the park, for me!

This polish comes in the new larger 15mL bottles from GG and is available on Ninja Polish for $17.95!

Product sent for honest review.

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Glitter Gal - Wild Violets

Aloha!
Today I'm gonna be showing you guys a really great polish from Glitter Gal!

Glitter Gal recently introduced some new polish lines to go along with their ever-popular holographic shades.
I've got one polish from three of the new lines to show you, and I'm starting with my favorite!

Glitter Gal - Wild Violets
This beauty is from their new Shade Shifters collection. There are two types of polishes in the Shade Shifters line - Brilliant finishes, like this one, which means the polish is more sparkly and glass-flecked; and Soft finishes, which are smooth.

This is three coats of the polish on its own. No base color. That's what I love so much about this polish! Usually you have to layer duochrome polishes over black to get the best effect - but this one is so killer on its own.
There are so many colors and it's just so darn pretty.

Sooooooo pretty. And so shiny, without topcoat! It dried really quickly too. It was pretty much perfectly dry once I had stopped snappin' pictures.

Yum. Usually when I try out duochromes, I'm like "well okay, this is cool," but I never really wear them again. This one will be worn again!! It's just stunning. Pink and purple? Yes please.

I also tried it out over black to see what magic would happen! But I don't think it was as cool as it is on its own.

The blue tones in the polish become more visible over black, but I don't think it is as unique this way. A lot of duochromes can look like this. The purple base and opacity are what makes this one a stand out, for me.

Glitter Gal are now offering their polishes in large 15mL bottles! The bottle is really sturdy and I dig the shape. The brush was a pleasure to work with. No complaints there!

Verdict? Hell yes! This polish is a major winner and we're in love. 
Check back tomorrow for the next swatch!

Wild Violets is available on Ninja Polish for $17.95!

Product provided for honest review.

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Glitter Gal Copper comparison and White sparkle over black

Today's post is really something I wanted to do for myself.  After wearing my new Glitter Gal polishes a few times last week, there were two things I wanted to try, this first was a comparison between Glitter Gal Copper and Ozotic 522.  When I was putting on this comparison I though I would include Chemistry 510 as well, because they are all similar.

In the sun, all three have a fantastic super strong holo.  As you can see, they are certainly not dupes. Glitter Gal Copper is the darkest and leans browner than the other too.  Ozotic 522 is one of my absolute favourites, but Glitter Gal Copper is now right up there with it, and depending on my mood, might be preferred.

here they are in the shade where you can see the colour differences a little better.

The other thing I wanted to try was Glitter Gal White Sparkle over black.  Hello, this is amazing.  Over black you can really see the pink tone to this polish.  I was originally going to do two coats over black, but after applying the second coat to the index finger, I though it was a little too opaque, so I left two fingers as just one coat over black.

These first two photos are in the shade.

Here it is in the sun.

Wanna see the duo chrome shift?  Here it is.  So it goes from pink to gold and really makes this polish so much more interesting.

The only thing I don't love about this polish is that the holographic glitter particles can appear a little lumpy withing the delicate base colour.

Thanks for stopping by everyone.

PS You must come back tomorrow as I have a very special announcement about a competition/giveaway.

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Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.  I hope the special person in your life spoiled you today, and is there isn't a special someone then take this MMMMMWWWWWWAAAHHHH  - Big kiss from me.

So here is the mani I wore for Valentine's day.  

Again I used Glitter Gal Copper and White Sparkle because the colours were just so perfect together.  I would usually paint the light colour first, then tape it off and apply the darker colour. But because of the glitter in White Sparkle, I knew it wouldn't look very good beneath Copper.  Therefore, I had to apply Copper first, then tape off and apply a coat of white polish before doing two coats of White Sparkle.  I was very happy with how the taping worked out.

Next I applied some home made water decals for the various words.  For those that are new followers wondering about the home made water decals, I purchased the "water slide paper" off ebay.  You just print out what you want on your nails, apply a thin coat of top coat so it seals the ink and it wont run in water. Then cut it out and apply it just as you would any other water decal.

Finally I stamped a single heart on each nail using the large heart out of the set of three heart from the first set bundle monster plates.

 

Unfortunately, zero sun this morning when I photographed this, the glorious sun while I was at work without my camera, then raining as soon as I got home.  You will have to trust me when I say how beautifully holo Glitter Gal Copper is.

Thanks for visiting again everyone. 

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Valentine's Nails - I ❤ U

I'm a bit late with my post tonight.  We've been out for dinner with friends and just got home so right now I can't really think of the words I need to get this post up!  Less waffle, more nails.

Here is the mani I did last night.  I used Glitter Gal Copper, which is such an amazing warm peachy pink holo with a feature nail of Glitter Gal White Sparkle.  I then stamped some white hearts on each finger from a Bundle Monster plate and stamped the I ❤ U in red also from a Bundle Monster plate.

Because I felt the white hearts stood out a bit too much on the beautiful holo, I put a tiny bit of spectraflair top coat over the hearts to make them holo and to match the background of Glitter Gal Copper.

Of course this morning it was so horribly overcast and the most terrible lighting for holos. This was the best I could do beside the back door.

Because I wanted to capture the amazing holo in Glitter Gal Copper, I went into the bathroom and took this photo under the heat lamps.  The white balance still isn't great, but I'm not looking like too much of an oompa loompa.

Now just a quick word on Glitter Gal White Sparkle.  I layered two coats over one coat of Ulta 3 Lily white.  As you can see this polish has beautiful iridescent holographic glitter in it.  But that's not all, it also has a pretty duochrome shift that goes from pink to gold.  I didn't really capture it much in my photos, but if you look at the first photo you will see the pink shimmer on the nail.  *Note to self - must try Glitter Gal White Sparkle over black*

Low and behold, this afternoon the clouds parted and there was sunshine!  Yes, I could finally see this mani it all it's beautiful holo goodness.

I'm not sure, but I thought Glitter Gal Copper might be dupy of Ozotic 522, but now I'm not completely sure.  Ladies, I will do a comparison swatch so we can check that out.  Maybe I'll post that at the same time as White Sparkle over black.

I'm super happy with how this Valentines mani turned out, it was very pretty and girly and the two Glitter Gal polishes complimented each other perfectly for this.

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The perfect pink for Valentine's Nails

Today I wore this beautiful polish from Glitter Gal.  This is Lavender Sparkle. You don't see the Glitter Gal sparkle polishes getting much love around blogs, and after wearing this I just don't know why.  

Looking at the bottle I was worried it was going to be a watery sheer mess, but to my surprise it was opaque in just two coats.  The sparkle in this polish is not holographic glitter like other GG Sparkle polishes I have.  This has an amazing shimmer that almost makes you nails look like they are covered in frost.  Its generally a silver shimmer, but when you look closely at it you can see fine pink and blue sparks coming through.

This polish was the perfect pink to base for some more Valentine stamping.  I know these aren't very fancy Valentine nails, but I was happy with the final look.

Sorry, spot the stupid cat hair!

I'm working on some fancy designs using water decal paper, but I really need the weekend to put some time into them.  One reason I really do love stamping is because it's a quick and easy way to add nail art, especially when you've got home from work, got dinner on the table, bathed the littlies, got them to bed, edited your photos from that morning and done a blog post.  Then it's finally time to change you mani and it's already 10pm.  But just add some stamping and you have nail art that never fails to impress muggles!

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Glitter Gal Holos!!

Morning! Today I just wanted to show you some quick swatches of 3 new Glitter Gal polishes that I purchased off of Amazon. I'm a HUGE holo lover, and these are all just amazing! Each of these are 2 coats and no top coat :)

Lizard Belly 3D/Holo  - A VERY dark green holo, although I would just consider it black. I really only saw the green on my first coat.

Green 3D/Holo - Umm......I guess sometimes I would get just the slightest hint of green, but the holo effect is AWESOME

Light As A Feather 3D/Holo - Now this one I did do a base of Sinful Snow on Me white, I was afraid it was going to be too sheer. The holo doesn't pop as much as the others but it's still there and beautiful

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