Friday, 21 June 2013

(nearly) Black with Bling: KBShimmer Showgirl

KBShimmer Showgirl is another polish that I meant to try eons earlier - and here we are in the middle of June and I have it for the first time on my nails:




I applied one coat of KBShimmer Showgirl over one coat of Misa Trust Fund. This is what I like about a glitter: densely packed, a breeze to apply and you get an awesome sparkly result by slapping on just one coat. KBShimmer Showgirl has all of this and more. It is the high quality I came to expect of KBShimmer (ehem, I know, the bar is now raised high - but hey, you get used to those awesome KBShimmer glitters). However, the base is very sheer - it has a blackish purple tint and my educated guess would be that you would probably need three coats of Showgirl on its own to get a decent opacity.

Oh and of course I mattified Showgirl as well using Essie Matte About You:





Just the other day I read a post over at Lacquer Reverie that Melissa prefers her blackened glitters/shimmers to be layered over a charcoal base color - DANG - why did this never occur to me??? Well anyhow - what an excellent advice - for KBShimmer Showgirl I used Misa Trust Fund as base color - a highly pigmented one coater:


I got KBShimmer Showgirl from Harlow & Co.

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine


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6 comments:

  1. Little Miss Nailpolish21 June 2013 at 23:19

    Hi pet! OMG! I really must mattify my glitter manis more often! It look solo cool and gorgeous!!! Lovely!!
    Trust fund looks great! I've been eyeballing this like forever but never bought it... Maybe I should....? It would look great for fall!
    Hope you're well - and Nell too! We are celebrating Midsummers Eve today but I've taking it easy and spent the evening at some friends'. Viele Küsschen!!! xxx

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    1. Polished Marvels23 June 2013 at 15:05

      Hi love - oh I am so happy you like it!!! Trust Fund is awesome, and while it really is not summer appropriate - despite my usual obliviance to season when it comes to nailpolish, those kind of charcoals somehow turn out dull in bright sunny days!!! I am doing well and I hope you had a wonderful Saturday and are enjoying Sunday - Puss - xxx

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  2. Melissa22 June 2013 at 03:41

    Wow, this is a beautiful glitter! I simply have to get some KB Shimmers. I don't know why I haven't yet. And mattified...well, it makes it look sort of like a cartoon cosmos! It's crazy!! I love how different it is! :D

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    1. Polished Marvels23 June 2013 at 15:07

      Hi Melissa - thank you love xxx!!! And your phrasing is just PERFECT: cartoon cosmos - LOL!!! How appropriate!!!! Frankly, I like it shiny better ;-)!! And I think you would appreciate the KBShimmers - they are just wonderful and come at reasonable prices for Indies!!! B.t.w. - I got myself the Continually Smoldering during the Llarowe restock - your pictures just convinced me :-)

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    2. Melissa24 June 2013 at 03:17

      Oh now I am blushing...you'll love it! :)

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  3. Essie Rae24 June 2013 at 17:12

    Sorry I missed all of your posts....so annoying that we lost power for a few days:( This is great and I love the matte look. I need to grab my matte top coat again - thanks for the reminder!

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