Different Dimension Warm Fuzzies

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I love the polishes from DifferentDimension.  In addition to doing amazing things with glitter and glow in the dark, Missi also does a super holographic polish!  Warm Fuzzies, from her fall collection, is a milk chocolate with scattered holo glitter.  I love browns, love holos, so this is a perfect combo for me!  Plus the polish was easy-peasy to use--no drips, bald spots, pooling, running or dragging!  All swatches are two coats, no top coat.

If you love fall and you love holos, get yourself over to DifferentDimension and treat yourself to some Warm Fuzzies!

Halloweekends 2.0: Sally Hansen Salon Effects in How Corny

How Corny is part of the limited edition Halloween 2012 collection of Salon Effects polish strips, and it's an adorable pattern of candy corn on a silver foil background.  I really love this one, and not only were the strips easy to apply, they lasted for a full week without even tipwear!  As usual, I had a few leftovers due to my short nails, so read to the end to find out what I did with them!

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The last time I used Sally Hansen Salon Effects, I put the extra strips on my toes.  This time, I did something different--I used the strips for nail polish jewelry!  I had some triangle shaped glass pieces from Sun and Moon Craft Kits, so I painted those with a thin layer of DifferentDimension Candied Corn and then stuck on the Sally Hansen strips.  I had to piece together the strips, and you can tell from up close, but from conversational distance, they look adorable.  Plus, thanks to Candied Corn, they glow in the dark! :D

DifferentDimension Week Day 6: Spectral Tiger

Today's DifferentDimension polish is Spectral Tiger, a clear jelly base with silver holo microglitter, blue, aqua and purple to blue square glitter, and matte white hex glitter.  It's almost opaque in three coats, and you could use four if visible nail line bothers you.  All of DifferentDimension's glow polishes tend to need shaking, because the glow-in-the-dark glitter sinks like mad.  But if you shake it like it knows where Grandpa left the coffee can with all his money, it gives off a nice blue glow.  All swatches are three coats.

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DifferentDimensions polishes are available on Etsy, or you can get your hands on six mini-polishes by entering my giveaway.

DifferentDimension Week Day 5: Purple People Eater

Today's DifferentDimension polish is Purple People Eater, a clear jelly base with purple, green and orange hexes and black micro-glitter.  Although Purple People Eater is part of the DifferentDimension core line, the color combination screams Halloween to me!  This is definitely a glitter topcoat, so I layered it over Zoya Lianne.  All swatches are one coat of Purple People Eater over two coats of Lianne.

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DifferentDimensions polishes are available on Etsy, or you can get six mini-polishes by entering my giveaway.

DifferntDimension Week Day 4: Smashing Pumpkins

My third Halloween glow-in-the-dark glitterbomb from DifferentDimension is Smashing Pumpkins, a white jelly base with black micro-glitter and large orange, black and copper hexes.  All of DifferentDimension's glow polishes tend to need shaking, because the glow-in-the-dark glitter sinks like mad.  But if you shake it like it knows the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything, it distributes along with the other glitters and gives off a very nice glow.  I was worried that Smashing Pumpkins would need underwear, but I did three coats and was pleasantly surprised by the opacity.

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And yes, it glows a soft orange in the dark!  DifferentDimensions polishes are available on Etsy, or you can get your hands on a mini of this polish and five others by entering my giveaway.

DifferentDimension Week Day 3: Ectoplasm

My second Halloween glow-in-the-dark glitterbomb from Different Dimension is Ectoplasm, a clear jelly base with small green and black glitter and large green and black hexes.  All of DifferentDimension's glow polishes tend to need shaking, because the glow-in-the-dark glitter sinks like mad.  But if you shake it like it knows where the Batcave is, it distributes along with the other glitters and gives off a very nice glow.  I was worried that Ectoplasm would need underwear, so I did three coats over my ring finger and little finger nails and one coat over one coat of Zoya Veruschka over my middle and index finger nails. I had no need to place any of the glitter, and there is enough of the small green and black glitter that this polish is damn near opaque at three coats.

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DifferentDimensions polishes are available on Etsy, or you can get your hands on a mini of this polish and five others by entering my giveaway.

DifferentDimension Week Day 2: Candied Corn

For Halloween, the talented Missi has created three special glow-in-the-dark glitterbombs.  The first of these, both alphabetically and in my heart, is Candied Corn.  This is a barely-tinted yellow jelly base with holo micro-glitter, orange and white hexes and large matte white hexes.  All of DifferentDimension's glow polishes tend to need shaking, because the glow-in-the-dark glitter sinks like mad.  But if you shake it like it knows the secret whereabouts of your missing MacGuffin, it distributes along with the other glitters and gives off a very nice glow.  Candied Corn could have used some underwear, but it's still beautiful, and I had no need to place any of the glitter.  All swatches are three coats.

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DifferentDimensions polishes are available on Etsy, or you can get your hands on a mini of this polish and five others by entering my giveaway.

DifferentDimension Week Day 1: Giveaway!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I am thrilled to see great new nail polishes and other products this year!  To celebrate, I'm giving away a Halloween mini-pack from DifferentDimension.  This pack has minis of Ectoplasm, Candied Corn and Smashing Pumpkins.  *commercial announcer voice*  But wait, there's more!  I'm also giving away a 3-pack of Amphitrite, Social Suicide and Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock minis!  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite thing about autumn and be from the US.  The giveaway closes at midnight, October 5, Eastern Daylight Time.  The winner will be picked by random, and announced on Saturday, October 6.

 Ectoplasm, Candied Corn, Smashing Pumpkins

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, Social Suicide, Amphitrite

The giveaway is now closed.  Thanks to everyone who visited and entered!

DifferentDimension polishes for $5!

I have no idea how long these will be on sale, but right now, Different Dimension polishes are $5!  Go forth and shop!

DifferentDimension: Selene

Selene is my second polish from the lovely and talented Missi of DifferentDimension. Selene is a barely-tinted white jelly base with matte white glitter hexes, shards, rounds and micro-glitter.  For a truly shivery look, I layered two coats of Selene over two coats of femme couture Chrome, a silver foil.  The pictures are before top coat, but after the second coat of Selene dried, I added one coat of Gelous and one coat of Nubar Diamont and had glass-smooth nails.

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Formula-wise, Selene was lovely--only a small amount of glitter-placing was required, and it wore like iron.  I had this on for a full week with no chips and only minor tipwear.  Highly recommended!

My first indie polish: DifferentDimension Light It Up Blue

Different Dimension is the brainchild of a lovely fellow Ohioan.  Ms. Barry makes beautiful polishes, jewelry and magnets.  Light It Up Blue is a pale turquoise jelly base (that glows in the dark!)  with matte white hex glitter and small holographic round glitter.  I've shown two coats of Light it Up Blue over two coats of Zoya Phoebe.

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I adore this polish, and 50% of the cost of this polish and Puzzle Pieces, another autism-inspired polish, goes to Autism Speaks.  Ms. Barry also has a gorgeous collection of glow in the dark Halloween polishes for $25!