Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July, US girls.  :)  

This is a manicure that I have had floating around in my head for about 3 months, and I finally had a chance to do it.  :)  I just love the way it came out.  

Here's what I used...

Thumb and index finger - BB Couture Fairy Blood

Middle finger - Revlon Royal with Konad White Special Polish

Ring finger - Nails Inc Floral Street with Konad Red Special Polish

Pinky finger - Jessica Majesty Blue with Dollish Polish It's a Me Mario

Stamping plate used was BundleMonster plate BM20.  

I hope everyone in the US has a safe and happy Fourth of July, and that everyone in the rest of the world has a safe and happy Wednesday.

Dollish Polish Putting on the Ritz

This is 2 coats of Putting on the Ritz over 3 coats of Julep Lauren, a bright fuchsia pink creme.

Putting on the Ritz is a mix of small and large black and white hex glitter in a clear base.  If you have been lemming one of the indie black and white glitter topcoats, but don't like bar glitter, then Putting on the Ritz is the perfect solution.  

Although, it's not that easy to find, as Dollish Polish is one of the more well-known indie-polish brands.  However, Dolly announced that this Friday she is restocking this polish, along with Aurora Borealis, Spank You Very Much, Random Dancing, and Urban Camo, on her website.  Unfortunately, she doesn't give exact times, though, so you have to stalk her site all day.  

Also, to help with availability, Dollish Polish is available at Overall Beauty (though with limited products and she's OOS now) and the brand is coming to Llarowe next month.  

On her website, Dollish Polish sells for $8.75 per full-sized bottle and $4.50 for a mini.  Be sure to follow her on Facebook for more information about the restocks. 

Dollish Polish Putting on the Ritz was purchased by me.  Julep Lauren was in my last Julep Maven box.  The above links link to a post on this blog, Dollish Polish's Facebook page, and various websites to purchase the products used in this post and are not affiliate links.   

Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger

So normally, I try to avoid posting swatches of polishes that are extremely hard-to-find.  I know that personally, I hate perusing blogs and seeing a polish I love and then finding out it's long-discontinued or a super rare limited-edition.  I like to be able to go and purchase something once the lemming fire has been lit.

Probably like most of you, my most recent lemmings have been for indie brands, despite my claim that I've given up on indies.  LOL.  My general rule on posting indies is that if I have the indie polish, I will post a picture of it, provided that at some point, it will be restocked.

However, I had to make an exception for this baby.  Isn't she gorgeous?

This is one coat of Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger over 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Stormy Weather.

You may remember that my entry to last year's Rescue Beauty Lounge Fan Collection contest was an oilslick polish.  I based the entry on a picture that I took the day after Christmas, right after we had our first-in-a-million-years white Christmas.  

An oilslick polish has been my dream for years and I was inspired by the picture.  I wasn't even planning on entering the contest and then I saw that gorgeous swirly rainbow in the middle of a dirty gas station parking lot, and I couldn't help myself.  Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Ji Baek didn't feel the same as I did and my idea wasn't selected as one of the finalists.  Boo.  

After my submission was rejected, I tried to find a polish that hits all of my check boxes when it comes to my dream "oilslick".  Some have come close, but so far, I had not found a polish that has the same feeling as my inspiration picture.  In fact, I pretty much decided that it was an urban legend.. a mythical being, and given up.

Then I saw Toxic Avenger on Krystal's blog a few months ago.  Yes, it's a holographic polish, but it's so much more.  There is also a duochrome shift to it, which unfortunately, I didn't capture in my pictures, but it shifts from pink to green.  And because of the spectraflair pigment, I think this one would look holographic in a cave.  :P 

I did think that it was too light to be my perfect oilslick polish, but a base of dark grey fixed that.  I opted to layer it over my new favorite grey creme, Deborah Lippmann Stormy Weather.  Also, because I have a mini bottle (and this stuff is like liquid gold, IMO), I will probably continue to layer it when I wear it.

Unfortunately, it was a limited edition polish and I didn't know if Dollish Polish was going to ever restock it.  Then, I saw it listed as the "mystery polish" when Dolly re-opened her store last week.  I added it to my cart quick as a bunny, and I am so, so, so happy I did.  I think I could stare at my nails for a week and not get bored.  

As I mentioned, Toxic Avenger is a LE polish, and while Dolly is continually restocking her store on a relatively frequent basis, I'm not sure if Toxic Avenger will be making a come-back.  I hate showing you a polish that requires you to make deals with Rumpelstiltskin to acquire, but I just couldn't help it.  Please forgive me for any lemmings this may have created.

Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger was purchased by me.  The above links link to a post on this blog and Polish Galore and are not affiliate links. 

Dollish Polish Random Dancing

Just when I say I am over the indie polish craze, Dollish Polish, one of my 2 favorite indie brands, re-stocked her shop.  And in her re-opening, she stocked 2 of my Dollish Polish lemmings, GTL and It's a Me, Mario.  So, of course, I had to eat my words and stalk her website all morning until the inventory went live.  As soon as I saw "add to cart", I rushed to add those 2 polishes to my cart.  Unfortunately, I was a minute or two behind, so all the full-sizes of GTL and Mario had already been snatched up, and I had to settle for the minis.  But the upside to that was that I got to add the Mystery Polish, the holo-tastic Toxic Avenger, to my cart with absolutely no guilt.  :)  Dolly has stated that she is now furiously packing up polishes and all orders will be shipping within the next 2 weeks.  So now I have to wait patiently.  LOL.

She also posted updated information in her shop showing the next 2 restocks, which should happen at the end of June and and early July, respectively.  For your reference, click here for a link to Dolly's site showing the next 3 restocks.

Thankfully, for my wallet and my sanity, I only want one of the restocked colors and that's I'm a Material Girl, which won't be restocked until late July.  However, I know that may of you are still lemming Random Dancing and Putting on the Ritz, both of which I already have.  Thus, I thought I would stoke the lemming-fire just a little bit and show you pics of both of these.  Today, I have for you Random Dancing, and I will show you Putting on the Ritz within the next few days...

This is 3 coats of Random Dancing over OPI Who the Shrek are You?, which probably wasn't the best choice for my skintone, but I absolutely love the colors in Random Dancing over the bright chartreuse Shrek-green of the OPI.  Random Dancing consists of multiple sized and shaped glitter in shades of blue, green, purple, golden yellow, and hot pink in a clear base.  Best part?  It has square glitter, which I absolutely love.

When I first got it, I had a hard time finding a color to wear under it, as it just didn't work over black or white, IMO.   But I've found it best to take one of the colors in the mix, in this case, I used the green, and then go a shade or two lighter as a base color. 

Random Dancing does take a while to dry, so it's best to wait a couple of minutes between coats and then a couple of minutes before you apply your base and then wait it out.  LOL.  

Random Dancing should be restocked on Dollish Polish's website around the end of the month.  Be sure to follow Dolly on Facebook for up-to-date information about the restock.  Dollish Polish Random Dancing sells for $8.75 for a full-size and $4.50 for a mini.

Random Dancing was purchased by me.  The above links link to Dollish Polish's website and Facebook page and are not affiliate links.