I wanted my nails to look extra special for my hubby, Trevor's, 75th birthday on Sunday night, so I decided to wear purple. When my eyes lighted upon these two amazing polishes in my collection, I just knew they were the ones, and that they were crying out to be worn together for this very special occasion.
Outside In Sunlight
These two amazing polishes are Shades of Phoenix "Dementor's Kiss" and Grace-full Nail Polish "Twinkling Violets". "Twinkling Violets" is a Grace-full Nail Polish Fan Facebook Group exclusive polish that I was lucky enough to have the name I suggested chosen for. If you don't already belong to this fan group, or the Phoenix Flames - Shades of Phoenix Indie Polish Facebook group, I'd really like to suggest that you join. They are closed groups, but are easy enough to join, and we get the chance to buy exclusive Facebook Group Limited Edition polishes, the chance to choose the names of some of the polishes, chances to win prizes, and sneak previews of all the beautiful polishes these two amazing Aussie Indie Polish makers come up with for all their lucky fanatics. We have heaps of fun, especially when trying to come up with polish names, and oooohing and aaaahing over the previews of the new collections or Limited Edition polishes when they show up on the Facebook pages. Come on over and check them out - they're awesome.
Now to my manicure. As usual, I started with one coat of Pretty Serious "Rock On! Nail Strengthener" to all my nails. Since using this on my nails I've only had one break, and that was my fault because I didn't remove my polish quickly enough when some of it came off, taking the strengthener with it, of course. I banged my nail whilst cooking dinner, and the only bit of the nail that didn't have polish on it broke off - Murphy's Law loves my home!!!!! That is why you are viewing photos of my non-dominant hand, and also why the clean-up is not as good as usual. Once again it looked great until I saw the photos - YAAAGH!!!! Sorry about that, but you can take it from me, next time my nail polish starts to come off, I'll be removing it and at least applying a coat of "Rock On!" straight away - once bitten, twice shy!!!!
My base coat for this manicure is Shades of Phoenix Base Coat, and I applied one coat of this to all my nails, making sure to wrap it over the ends of my nails for extra protection, as I also did with the "Rock On!".
Then I added one coat of Shades of Phoenix "Dementor's Kiss" to all my nails, and then a second coat to all but my ring fingers. This polish was a bit patchy with the first coat, but the second coat soon fixed that. It went on smoothly, and it is absolutely beautiful. It is a mid-shade purple polish, with lots of holographic ultra-micro glitter throughout, and I was just able to pick that up in my photos, which I was really pleased about. The photos really don't do it justice, though, which is a real shame. Teneil, the owner of Shades of Phoenix, has taken maternity leave for the birth of her new baby (born 21 July), so the store is closed at present for a short while, but the Facebook group is still very active, with people sharing their manicures, etc, and now checking out the pictures of our lastest "mini" Phoenix Flames member - she's just beautiful. It won't be too long, we hope, before Teneil will be back making more of her wonderful Aussie Indie nail polishes.
Next, I added two coats of Grace-full Nail Polish "Twinkling Violets" to my ring fingers, which gave me an amazing jelly effect. This is a dark purple jelly polish, with blue tones, and so much tiny purple, blue and holographic glitter it really blew me away. I haven't been able to stop looking at it since I put it on. I just wish everyone could have bought some of this beautiful polish, but I'm afraid that's not possible. This polish was a Facebook group only Limited Edition polish, as I said earlier, so there is no more available at all, unless you could possibly pick some up in a destash sale online somewhere. However, I doubt that would happen, because I can't imagine anyone wanting to remove this polish from their collection. So, don't forget to check out the Grace-full Nail Polish Fan Facebook Group so you don't miss out on any more amazing Limited Edition polishes, and also to see the photos of all the amazing polishes swatches that members have put up on the site. I fear if you do you may well become as addicted as I am, and your bank balance will suffer the same as mine.
To finish my manicure I used Shades of Phoenix Top Coat, which went on really well over both polishes. The Grace-full Nail Polish "Twinkling Violets" had a slightly rough finish, so I added a second coat to my ring fingers, and that smoothed it out beautifully. I also made sure to wrap my top coat over the tips of my nails to give me even more protection for my polish.
Here are some more photos of my manicure, including a macro image of Grace-full Nail Polish "Twinkling Violets" which will give you some idea of just how much glitter there is in the polish.
Inside Under Artificial Light
Outside In The Shade
Macro of "Twinkling Violets"
So, that's my manicure for this week. I hope you like it as much as I do. If you do, please check out the two amazing Aussie Indie Polish makers at the links given above. You certainly won't regret it if you are an Indie Polish fan - these are definitely two of the best brands available online.
Thank you so much for visiting, and if you'd like to leave any comments, I would love to know what you think, whether good or bad. I will be back in a couple of day's time, God willing (and providing Australia Post get their act into gear for a change), with a new collection from a very new Aussie Indie Nail Polish maker, and some really exciting news, but I'll have to make you wait for the information about that until then, and leave you wondering - oh, I'm so mean!! I hope you'll come back often to see what I have to share with you about my nail art journey since my dance with Breast Cancer, chemotherapy and radiotherapy last year (2014). It's been a rough ride at times, and the last couple of months have been particularly bad health-wise (more about that later, perhaps), but I'm getting there!
God bless you, and have a wonderful week.
Hugs
Christine
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Words of Life and Hope
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