Road to Polish Con - Week 3 (KBShimmer, Lollipop Posse Lacquer, Darling Diva Polish)

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It's Thursday...that means it is time to look at next week's exclusive shades for the Road to Polish Con series!   For Week 3, we have special polishes from three indie brands that will be attending The Polish Convention this fall in Chicago.  We will have shades from KBShimmer, Lollipop Posse Lacquer and Darling Diva Polish available starting on Sunday.  Right now, you can still get Week 2 polishes up until Saturday.  I heard that Week 1 polishes have already started shipping out if you opted to have then shipped each week.  You also have the option to have all of the Road to Polish Con polishes shipped in one package at the end to save on shipping costs.  I think that is a fantastic feature!  Are you ready to see what is coming up for Week 3?

Random Nails of the Day

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With all of the reviews I do, I hardly have time to share the manicures I actual wear during the day.  I figured I could group them all together and share them here once and a while.  I got this idea from my friend Jen at AggiesDoItBetter.com.  This is collection of manicures that I actual wore for the day during the past month that haven't been posted on my blog or social media yet.  Usually, these photos get tossed into a folder on my phone for times when I don't have anything new to post.    But they want to be seen!  So let's give them their own time in the spotlight :)

Disclaimer...some of these polishes may be older, limited edition, discontinued or otherwise hard to find.  I apologize if you fall in love with something and have a hard time finding it.  But by checking out these makers, I am sure you will see something you will love even if you can't find one of these specific polishes.  Get ready for #notd spam!

Darling Diva Polish A Christmas Story Swatch

Do you buy indie holiday special edition polishes? It's one of my favorite things. When every indie polish maker has their own version of a St. Patrick's Day polish I just have to have them. The sad thing with these event polishes is that I usually don't end up wearing them before the holiday is over. That was the case with Darling Diva A Christmas Story.

Darling Diva A Christmas Story is possibly the most beautiful red and green glitter I've ever seen. The glitter particles are tiny and holographic and absolutely gorgeous. I've been told that this is the same variety of glitter in Darling Diva Pretty Serious (which I have yet to buy but it needs to happen soon). I hope that A Christmas Story is re-released next holiday season for all of you because it's really the prettiest thing I've ever worn.

This is two easy thin coats over a red creme (Deborah Lippmann Lady is a Tramp). Like most glitters it dries to a rough finish, but since the glitter particles are so small it only took one extra thin layer to get this glass finish.

Close up to see all of those beautiful particles:

Then blurry to show that amazing sparkle:

Do you buy holiday themed polishes? Do you actually wear yours before the holiday is over or tend to forget like I do?

Darling Diva Polish Soft Kitty

Today I have Soft Kitty from one of my favorite indie vendors: Darling Diva Polish. Carrie of DDP is a fantastic lady and she produces quality polishes that she really stands behind. I have a bunch of DDP polishes, my favorite being either the new Christmas Story, or Ringer, a perfect dupe of Max Factor Fantasy Fire. Check out her Etsy store here.

Soft Kitty is best layered, so this is Soft Kitty over Cult Nails Devious Nature (pink creme). Soft Kitty is loaded with blue shimmer and pastel matte hexagon glitter as well as tiny iridescent hexes. It's a fascinating combination, and not something I'd usually go for but I ended up liking it a lot.

Darling Diva Polish Soft Kitty - just look at that shimmer!

For a glitter, Soft Kitty was nice and dense. I used one coat over Devious Nature, and got a great distribution of glitter. My only complaint was that the glitter liked to clump together a bit, nothing that seriously hindered the application, but something I noticed none the less.

Darling Diva Polish Soft Kitty, here you can see the glitter better.

Soft Kitty Macro Bottle shot!

Soft Kitty is one of the polishes that I purchased purely on the name. I have a tendency to want to own every polish that is themed for TV or movies that I adore. If you don't recognize it, Soft Kitty comes from the TV show The Big Bang Theory, and the fascinating character of Sheldon Cooper.

Darling Diva Polish - Dangerous Driver

Today's theme of the 31 Day Challenge is violet. I interpreted this as purple (ish). So today I have the extremely complex and beautiful, Dangerous Driver by Darling Diva Polish. It's definitely a layering polish, this is two coats over Revlon Royal (a royal blue jelly with an impeccable formula and a strange smell in my opinion).

If you've ever wanted to see what duochrome shimmer and holographic look like together, this is it! Dangerous Driver has the red to green color-shifting shimmer of unicorn pee (click unicorn pee for more information on this popular nickname) as well as holographic particles. I believe the item description says linear holo, but the linear holo effect was very faint with both my daylight and direct sunlight, so I would consider this one more of a lightly scattered holographic. This color, with the gorgeous firey shimmer of unicorn pee and the bright light-catching holo particles, is extremely complex. It sparkles and it glows in bright light, while in dim lighting that amazing green shift shows up. I love it!

Darling Diva Polish - Dangerous Driver over Revlon - Royal

Color Shift

Darling Diva Polish - Dangerous Driver over Revlon - Royal

Darling Diva Polish - Dangerous Driver over Revlon - Royal

Darling Diva Polish (fb) is available from Etsy, and Dangerous Driver retails for $12 along with other holographic polishes. Glitter polishes, and the fantastic Ringer, the best Max Factor Fantasy Fire dupe I've tried, retail for $8.

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