In today's post I'm going to show you three lovely shades from the Fall 2013 collection by Pahlish, an indie nail polish brand based in North East Arkansas, USA.
This is my first time trying this brand and I was really excited about this trio. I felt that formula wise they were pretty nice and easy to apply, but I did ended up using three coats with all of them to get an even and full coverage, because of their jelly formula.
Overall I think these are great and interesting mixtures of color and glitter / flakes that I haven't seen before, so to my eyes these are very original and creative.
So let's get a better look at these colors!
L-R: Black Lace Elderberry, Fleur de Sel & Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Black Lace Elderberry - Vibrant purple jelly packed with red metallic flakes, small orange metallic glitter, and scattered holographic orange hex. (3 coats)

Well, you all know how much I love purple, so this one was really mesmerized me. It was hard to capture it's true color and how lovely it looked in real life, but trust me it's really gorgeous!

The jelly formula of this one was a bit on the sheer side, so even after three coats you can notice some bald areas on the nail, but that wasn't too bad at all. I think this one can look great on it's own and also with a matching color underneath. 

I really loved the original combination of orange and purple in this polish, I think it looks great and very unique.

Fleur de Sel - Blush white jelly with a mix of micro-flakes in red metallic, shimmering white, and iridescent violet. (3 coats)

This shade was sooo delicious, it looked like my nails were dipped in a yummy strawberry smoothie. This pale pinkish white was really pretty with the tiny reddish flakes, and it had a lovely pink shimmer to it which unfortunately didn't translate to the photos.

Mountains Beyond Mountains - Dusty grey jelly with faint red shimmer and a mix of sterling silver microflakes and charcoal flakies with blue and red iridescence. (3 coats)

Another favorite of mine, this gorgeous dusty grey was really fabulous and I loved how all the glitter particles in it combined to an interesting finish. It made me think of a wet asphalt on a rainy day, gloomy skies and rain. I love how a simple thing like nail polish can make you feel all sort of things, it's pretty amazing, isn't it?

I hope you liked my swatches and review of these shades, and if you would like to see more of this brand, head over to the Pahlish site for more gorgeous indie nail polish and the new Winter Collection.

Today I want to introduce you to a new online e-tailer for Indie nail polish - Dazzled.
Indie nail polish brands are probably the hottest thing out there at the moment, and some brands are a bit hard to get (if you aren't based in the US), so I was thrilled to know there was a new e-tailer in town (well, in the world)!

Dazzled is new online store that sells Indie nail polish, based in Hong Kong and offers worldwide shipping. Dazzled offers a variety of popular brands like A-England, Cirque, Happy Hands, Lac Attack, Pretty & Polishes and also new and uprising indie brands.

About a month ago I was offered by Denise, the founder of Dazzled shop, to review some of the gorgeous nail polish they offer for sale, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to tell you all about Dazzled and the service they offer. 

As for shipping, it took about a month for the package to arrive from Hong Kong all the way to Israel. I would say it's a normal shipping time considering the distance. When I order stuff online from that area this is the time it usually takes for packages to arrive, so no surprises there. Besides, this package was worth the wait!

I picked five gorgeous polishes from Dazzled shop and I will showing you swatches of these pretties soon. Left to right: Cirque - Iris, Cirque - Magic Hour, A-England - Jane Eyre, Cirque - Lullaby, Cirque - XX. 

The Cirque polishes are all from the Arcus collection, and A-England - Jane Eyre is from the Gothic Beauties collection. I can't even decide which polish is prettier from these five!

How to place an order with Dazzled Shop:
- Create an account / Guest login
- Add items to cart
- Check out
- When redirected to PayPal, login and choose your shipping address
- When redirected back to Dazzled shop, choose shipping option, (enter promo code if any), see the total including shipping and confirm payment

Note that the currency on checkout will appear in $HKD (Hond Kong dollar), so don't be alarmed by the hing numbers. $1 USD is approx $8 HKD, so divide your total amount by 8 to get the correct value of your order, or simply use a currency converter to calculate your order total.

Shipping info and shipping fees

Orders are shipped worldwide from Hong Kong.

Currently the only available shipping option is international flat rate, packages are shipped via registered mail by Hong Kong Post with a tracking number that is provided to customer.

There is an express shipping available, you can contact the store by email to upgrade to a quicker shipping option.

Shipping fee for the first bottle is only $3 (USD) and $1 for any additional bottle.

Final thoughts

Getting this package for me was super exciting because these are actually my first Cirque and A-England polishes. 

I think that Dazzled offer a great and interesting selection of Indie brands, which weren't available to me before.

Another reason why I was happy to hear about Dazzled shop is that they offer really low shipping rates, which is really great for international ladies like me who can't always get good deals for shipping because of our location.

I can honestly tell you that I intend on placing an order in the future with Dazzled because I am thrilled that I can now get two very desired brands - Cirque and A-England. Can't wait to expend my collection with these pretties!

I hope you found this review useful and that you will enjoy shopping at Dazzled. 

Be sure to check their Facebook and Instagram feeds for upcoming sale and promo code that will be released in the next few days.

Follow Dazzled Shop on their social media for more news and updates

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Today I'm going to share with you a nail art I did with OPI Matte Top Coat, and my thought about this product. You will be surprised to find out how easy it is to achieve this unique look with this polish!

One of OPI's recent releases is the Matte Top Coat which provides a matte and silky finish to any polish. You can apply it over any color to get a dull and mysterious look, or you can create with it a playful nail art with textures and color difference, like I did with the design in this post.

I have tried matte top coats before by other brands like Chic and Revlon, and I was really impressed with OPI's matte top coat which dried very quickly, had the strongest matte effect and gave a silky finish to the nail.

To create the design in this post I first applied one coat of OPI Miss You-Niverse (which I reviewed before and really loved), then I applied OPI Matte Top Coat over the ring finger.

To create the dots / drops look I used a dotting tool, dipped it in the matte top coat and applied the drops to all nails except for the ring finger. Since the ring finger already had a matter finish, I used a clear polish to create the glossy dots over it.

I hope you liked the look I created with OPI Matte Top Coat and that it inspired you to create a design with a matte top coat. I would love to hear if your tried something similar before and what were your impressions of the products.

Hello ladies!
I wanted to share with you my experience with another order from Korea, this time through the blog-shop thecutestmakeup.com
I came across this blog-shop a a while ago, mainly when I was looking for swatches or closer looks at bottles of Korean and Asian polish brands like Innisfree, Etude House, Modi etc.
I would then come to check this blog quite often to see what's new in the Korean cosmetics and nail polish world, and it took me a while to realize that this was actually a shop where I can order awesome stuff and have them shipped to me, just like a regular online shop.
I was happy to find out that there's a lovely girl behind this blog-shop, she lives in Korea and has access to these great brands which are hard to find (well, you can find some them on ebay but the selection isn't that large and the prices aren't as low!) and she provides this service to anyone and everywhere! What an awesome idea, it even made me think of doing a similar thing here in Israel and offer my help with getting Israeli brands for the international ladies, but then I realized I don't really have enough time at the moment for such a project.

These are the items I ordered, I will list the names below, and if you want to learn more about how to place your order with this site, please keep reading this post.

Top row (L-R): Etude House - Royal Coral (DBR409), Lie Lilac (DPP502),Tint Mint (DGR701) / A'pieu Aurora - BE01, SV01 / Etude House Bling Bling Eye Stick.

Bottom row (L-R): Innisfree - 85, 96 / Modi - 57, 48 / Samples

You must be asking yourself "how can I order Korean brands from this blog-shop too?", well, it's really simple!
You contact her via the contact form, list the items you want to buy, and you will get an estimated cost for your items and shipping fee, based on the shipping chart. Then you pay in advance for the items (via paypal), and the lovely lady behind this blog-shop is going to look for your desired items around the shops in Korea. It will take a while to get the items, and some might be out of stock due to high demand, but don't worry - in that case you will receive this part of your money back.
In my case, when some of the items I requested were out of stock, she kindly offered me to pick something else, and I did, so she got other times instead and even refunded some of the money for items that were out of stock. Even the shipping fee was cheaper than estimated, and I was refunded for that as well.
As for shipping, the package arrived surprisingly fast, it took about a week or so (from shipping date), and it was shipped by regular mail. There is an option for express mail (EMS) or regular without tracking if you want to keep the shipping cost low (that's what I picked). Everything was packed carefully with bubble wrap and placed into an envelope.
I ordered 10 items, 9 were polish bottles and 1 eye shadow pencil. They all arrived in great condition, completely new and sealed. She was also very generous and included a large bag of different samples, which was really great and generous of her.

Overall I was very impressed with here service, she was extremely nice and patient, answered all my questions and even directed me to some swatches when I asked her about certain polishes I couldn't find swatches to. She replied to my emails really quickly, and indeed didn't take long to collect the items (well the only delay was me, since I kept adding new things to my buy list, but she was very quick with getting them), and the shipping was surprisingly cheap and fast.
I don't think I could ask for anything better! This will certainly be my new go-to place when I want to shop for Korean cosmetics and nail polish from now on. I truly recommend you to use the great service she offers, I had a great experience and I'm very happy with my purchase.
Thank you for reading and let me know if you have any questions regarding this blog-shop, I would be happy to answer.

Born Pretty Store Water Decals design # 191

Born Pretty Store Water Decals design # D188-191

Born Pretty Store offers a large range and various designs of water decals for really great price, actually I think they offer the best price I've seen online.

You can also use this code to receive a 10% discount on your entire purchase at Born Pretty Store: PNL91.

In today's post I'm going to show you two gorgeous polishes by Shimmer Polish. I bet most of you already know this awesome indie brand, I don't think that anyone who's into indie polishes haven't heard of it yet. :) I have a lot of Shimmer polishes to review for you, and I decided to start with these two. I adore the fact that the polishes are named after girly names, and the range is sooo large, so Shimmer probably has a polish with your name, and if not - you can customize the polish of your dream with your name. Aren't you curious to see how it will look like? :)

Be sure to check Shimmer shop on Etsy, and feel free to use this 10% discount code when you shop at their store: NAILZCRAZE (valid for a limited time).

First I want to show you the gorgeous Marilyn, it's a vampy burgundy glitter jelly. This one is really eye catching, I love how deep the color is, and the glitter is just fab! The coverage was really good with only two coats, and the formula was great as well. I applied one coat of Poshe top to smooth it out for the photos. This combination of the vampy jelly base with the sparkly glitter is just beautiful!

I was so happy and surprised to get this polish named Natalie! How cool is that? :) It's an interesting combination of various glitters, different sizes, shapes and colors (blue, green, orange). It has a bit gray tinted base, so I decided to layer it over a dark gray (with a hint of purple to it) by Bourjois - Bleu Asphalte (2 coats).

I really love this look over the gray base, I think it will look great over any dark base.

The formula was really nice, with one stroke I got a great coverage for the whole nailץ Since the bottle is packed with glitter, you don't need to work hard to get a gorgeous glitter covered look.

For the photos I used one coat of Shimmer Natalie over two coats of Bourjois Bleu Asphalte, no top coat.

I had so much fun creating this cute and delicious mani, and you will be surprised how easy it was!

As you already know, I'm a big fan of water decals, and I had the chance to review another set of decals from Born Pretty Store.

I chose this cute set of water decals because of the bright and fun illustrations, I really liked the colors and how crisp the images are. I didn't really know which decals I was going to use at first, but when I saw this lime green color on some of the illustrations, I thought it could be a nice base color for them.

The water decals I used for this mani can be found at this link (design #BOP068-071). These are really easy to use; just cut the image you would like to use and soak it in water for a few seconds. Then remove the white backing paper and slide the decal to your nails. Press lightly with a tissue paper to absorb the water and smooth the decal. Once dry, apply a top coat. It's THAT simple! :)

I think water decals are a great way to upgrade your mani in a few simple steps.

For this design I applied two coats of Bourjois Lime Catwalk as the base. I really love this color, even though I don't usually pick greens (and don't own many of them), but this color looked so vibrant, I was happy I chose to use it for this fun mani. I decided to chose various decals from the sheet and created this delicious mani, using illustrations of food, drinks and luscious lips!

I really love the final look, it's so fun and yummy! Does it make you hungry too? lol ;)

Born Pretty Store offers a large range and various designs of water decals for really great price, I really actually they offer the best price I've seen online.

You can also use this code to receive a 10% discount on your entire purchase at Born Pretty Store: PNL91.

Today I have a very special post for you, I'm going to share with you a new and promising Indie polish brand - GlitterBunny Polish.

GlitterBunny shop opened a few months ago, and already has a great selection of polishes to offer to you. Nicole, who is behind this brand, set a goal to herself to make cruelty-free and vegan nail polish, and I think she makes great job while maintaining these important values.

I chose to review two polishes from the Little Mermaid Collection, and another one I was really curious about and just had to try it for myself.

It's a... Dinglehopper is a gorgeous red jelly that contains a mix of two types of red glitter - large squares and tiny glitter specks, which together create a great and beautiful depth. It was really hard to catch on camera how beautiful this polish is, but I guess you will just have to take my word on it.
The formula of this polish was quite thick, but a second coat provided a pretty good coverage and a top coat smoothed it out, so I was pretty pleased with the final look. I think you might want to add a thinner to this polish if it gets too thick for you, but overall this is a beautiful shade that I think is worth the "trouble".
For the photos below I applied two coats of It's a... Dinglehopper and once coat of Poshe top coat.

Part Of That World is another polish from the Little Mermaid collection, it's a gorgeous mix of glitter in a dark blue jelly base. This glitter bomb contains large purple square glitter, small teal hex and squares, and a gorgeous purple shimmer.
This one is my favorite from the polishes I got to review! I'm not even a fan of blues, but could YOU resist this beauty in a bottle? I know I couldn't!
Application was a bit streaky with this one too because of the thick formula, but nothing a second coat couldn't fix.
It might look to you a bit sheer on some parts of my nails, but I actually liked this "aqua" look. I thought about layering it over a dark blue color but I decided to show you the real deal without another base coat. I think the color and coverage are pretty good, so I was satisfied with this look.
I applied two coats of this polish and one coat of Poshe.
Have I already told you I really REALLY love this one? Oh yeah, you know it!
It's just gorgeous, the glitter combination and the colors are so great together, and the beautiful shimmer is such a great addition to this polish.

I think you will love this one too, especially since I have another bottle to give way to one you! (keep reading!)

Little Pink Dress is a shimmery fuchsia with golden glass flakes. I was very curious about this one, it's hard to see the effect on photos, but I had a feeling this is something I needed to try specially since I love flakie nail polish so much.
The flakes in this one were quite large, but this didn't effect the application which was pretty nice and easy compared to the other two polishes. It seemed a bit sheer with first coat, but I achieved a great coverage with a second coat. For the photos I also applied one coat of Poshe on this one to smooth it out. The flakes are hard to see at sun, but they are so pretty and much more noticeable in the shade.

Here are some macro and bottle shots of the polishes I got to review, so you can take a closer look at them, and possibly fall in love too!
Oh, and I had to add the cute banner from her facebook page, I just love the adorable bunny and the branding of her polishes.
GlitterBunny is placed in Israel and ships her lovely polishes worldwide for a low priced fee, just visit the GlitterBunny shop and pick your favorite polishes.
I also have a special discount code for you that will give you 10% off  your purchase while shopping at her store. Use the code: NAILZCRAZE to redeem the discount. The code is valid only until May 1st, so hurry to place your order.
You can also check swatches and macro shots of the polishes at her Facebook page.

And now for the fun part of this post, you have a chance to win my favorite polish by GlitterBunny. You can enter the giveaway at the Rafflecopter widget below.
The winner will receive a brand new bottle of GlitterBunny - Part Of That World!
The giveaway is open internationally and ends on May 1st.

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