Elevation Dykh-Tau and Passion Flower

Hey you guys!  Today's polish is so much prettier than my pictures can even show.  Elevation Dykh-Tau is part of an LE duo but I decided to pair it with Elevation Passion Flower instead of the glitter it came with.  Dykh-Tau has a slight shimmer that is hard to see on the nail but I think helps give this polish some depth.  Passion Flower has circles and hexes in several shades of purple, green and yellow.  Super pretty polish!

I adore Elevation Polish.  Every polish I've ever purchased has been outstanding quality.  I hope you all have a great Monday.

Until next time...

Sara

New Year's Nails

Hello everyone!  Today for your viewing pleasure I have my New Year's nails.  Now since I suck at nail art and didn't have a ton of time I went pretty simple.  Almost too simple because the glitter curves were not visible in a lot of settings.  I used Essie Mesmerize as my base color.  Two nice even coats and it was perfect.  I think this polish just needed to age a bit because the first time I ever wore it the application was super streaky and uneven.  This time it was fabulous.  Then once that was dry I used french tip guides turned sideways to add some glitter sparkle in the form of Elevation Pitaraq.  I did two quick coats of Pitaraq and then topcoated it all.

I hope you all had a great New Year's!

Sara

PS:  No sun picture today because this mani sucked in the direct sunlight.

Elevation Polish Echinops

Hi everyone!  Tonight I have a gorgeous purple holo to show you.  This is Elevation Polish Echinops with an accent of Dzhangi-Tau.  Echinops has the most amazing, even formula.  This is two coats plus topcoat.  The accent polish is from a recent LE duo from Elevation.  

I'm pretty sure I've never met an Elevation that I don't like.  Her polishes are consistently great quality.  When I purchase an Elevation I know I'm getting a wonderful polish.  I hope you all enjoyed tonights mani.  Have a great tomorrow!

Sara

Elevation Hig & Hit Polish Mirage

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Good morning lovely readers!  Today I have two indie polishes for you that are a perfect match for each other.  I started with Elevation Polish Hig, a lovely teal metallic polish and then added an accent nail of Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Mirage, a neutral tan base with a variety of glitters including teal.  Mirage complimented Hig perfectly.  Both polishes were great quality.  Hig took three coats (I believe, I know, I'm a bad blogger) and Mirage took two.

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Aren't these two just perfect together?  I don't know that I could wear Mirage as a full mani just because I'm not a huge neutral wearer but I have many polishes that it will compliment nicely.

Until next time...

Sara

*I bought both these polishes myself.  You all know of my love affair with Hit Polish so I won't tell you all about it again.  Just kidding yes I will.  Hit Polish is awesome and you should all go get some.*

Smitten Naiad

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Hello lovlies!  Today I have a polish that I was so excited for that I sold some of my other polishes in order to supplement my polish budget for the month so I could by it.  This pretty, pretty polish is Smitten Naiad.  I was just simply taken by this the minute I saw pictures on Smitten's facebook page.  This blue has the most amazing pink shimmer in it.  This is three coats of Naiad.  The formula and application were good.  It has a jellyish feel to it so that's why it took three coats.  I decided to add Elevation Daisen as an accent nail.  While I'm super excited to have my first circle glitter polish I wish I would have left it off.

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Naiad should come with a warning though.  It stained like crazy when I took it off.  I don't usually have to many problems with staining, which is good because I love blues and greens.  Not only did I have smurf fingers after removal my actual nail beds had blue spots on them that were still there a week later.  Now my nails are always painted so it's not like you could see it but it was still weird.  All that being said I'm still going to wear this again because I'm in love with the color and pink shimmer.  All in all I adore my first Smitten and can't wait to pick up more.  Do you have a favorite Smitten polish?

Happy Monday and I'll talk with you soon.

Sara

*I purchased both these polishes myself.  Could you hear the squealing coming from Mesa, AZ when I got my Smitten nail mail?*