Welcome to Shimmer Week on Gnarly Gnails!
The lovely Cindy of Shimmer was kind enough to send me a bucketfull of her beautiful polishes to review.
Since I had so many to work with I decided to swatch them a bit differently. Each of the 10 polishes I have to show you this week will be done as 50/50 Manicures so you can see the base vs. over the base, to see how well these cover. I will walk through the review picture by picture. Let's get started.
Lorene:
The lovely Cindy of Shimmer was kind enough to send me a bucketfull of her beautiful polishes to review.
Since I had so many to work with I decided to swatch them a bit differently. Each of the 10 polishes I have to show you this week will be done as 50/50 Manicures so you can see the base vs. over the base, to see how well these cover. I will walk through the review picture by picture. Let's get started.
Lorene:
My Shimmer swatch partner for Lorene is Nails Inc Paris - a gorgeous pale pink with tons of silver shimmer. |
Touted as a Raspberry Melange glitter, this Macro of Lorene shows the complexity of this polish. TONS of complimentary colors and shapes abound - it's an alternative rainbow! |
The Nails Inc Paris really paired well with Lorene, I think it really brought out alot of the pinker qualities of the complex glitter concoction. |
Lorene is shown here over 2 coats of Paris. This polish was a dream to apply, can't you just tell by looking at it? |
Every Shimmer polish I have tried thus far is highly packed with glitters and an unparalelled formula. You will not find another brand of glitter polish that applies this easily. |
This mani was achieved using a strip of tape on each nail and 1 thick coat of Lorene over the pink base color. |
The Nails Inc polish, Paris, was also a well-formulated polish - 2 coats, no problems! |
Shimmer Lorene was pure perfection in formulation and color. This was another favorite of mine to apply - but you know me and pink!! This is one of the more bombed-out full on glitters. Shimmer can be found on Etsy and they retail for $12 per bottle.
Every swatch of Shimmers this week has been finished off with 1 coat of Gelous + 1 coat of Jordana Quick Dry Top Coat.
4 comments
This color is stunning! I love it!
ReplyDeletemmm hmmm - she does good at it that's for sure!
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteIndeedsies!
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