Windestine-a-palooza

I love a good sale, so when Windestine had one, I picked up some pretties that I'd been looking at for awhile.

Frozen Wilderness.  I saw this on a friend's nails, and fell in love, hard.  It was almost painful to have to wait for this one.  I don't know why, but I love coppery glitters.  This is with no undies, and there is great glitter distribution and no VNL.  Wonderful formula!

I decided to embellish with a half-moon mani using Kleancolor Metallic Orange and a black striper.  I thought this was fun and cute.

Bottle shot, on its end.  Ta-da!

I ended up with a few other orange and orange-like variations of glitter, too.  This is Twirling Upwards with an accent of Frozen Wilderness.  Love that juicy orange and gold glitter.

I received Peach Ice as a mini, but actually bought it as a full-size with the sale.  I love these peachy-melon colors, and the light glitters are a nice touch.

Leilani is a coral crelly with pastel glitter.. you can see the orange and orange-like theme, though, can't you?

The accent nail on that mani was Crushed Rose in Spring, and here it is on its own.  This green is pretty unique in my collection - it's not an icy mint, nor a grass green.  It's like a crelly pistachio?  Not sure what to call it.

Pond Patrol and Coraline.  Pond Patrol is a glitter-packed grassy green.  It does evoke the vision of a pond choked with lily pads!  This color is rich enough to compete with the amount of glitter, and it all distributes well on the nail.

Coraline came as a free mini, and I'm so glad I got to try it!  Such a vivid punch of coral!  It's very bright, though not neon.  Great summer color.

On A Clear Night. Honestly, I must own a dozen of these black polishes with scattered holo glitter.  They sucker me in *every* time, each one more beautiful than the last.  If you don't own one already, this is a good one! 

So many great polishes from this brand, and the hits keep on coming.  Not a dud in the bunch!  Did you have a fave or fave combination?

If you'd like more information about Windestine, you can find her on Facebook and Etsy.

LVX and Windestine

Sometimes, I get hooked into these sites like SneekPeek or HauteLook, where they discount these luxury brands so us average Jane's can try them.  I didn't know much about LVX, but I wanted to find out more. 

Avireo.  I must have a dozen iterations of this greyed green, and I keep buying them because I can't get enough.  I like how shiny it is.  I can't remember if it had problems with leveling or if the ripples are caused by the glue base coat and my impatience.  It's not on every finger, so I'm going to go with operator error.

Windestine has some of these micro-glitter topcoats that are so delicate and pretty.  This one is Hydrangeas.  I love the flashes of purple on the green.

Legendaire.  Gorgeous color, some problems with application.  This spring you are going to see LOTS of pastels, so pick one that you love and love to apply.  Pastels are notoriously streaky, so it usually pays to go with a higher-end brand for pastels.

Again, I went with Windestine Hydrangeas for the topcoat.  Now, the green is popping on the purple.

I also tried Windestine Into the Wild, a larger hex glitter of browns and coppers.  Love the glitter... not so much over the purple.  What was I thinking?!?

Prussian.  Oh, I love these darkened teal blues.

This time, I went with Windestine Jeweled Sand as a topcoat.  I like blue with brown and the light blue is really sparkling.  Seems a shame to cover up Prussian, though, with anything.

Primrose.  Yeah...no.  I don't really do these acid yellows.  Not my speed.

I did an abstract rose pattern using Prussian, Avireo, and Livid, a great pitch black polish from LVX.

Kinda takes the sting out of the acid yellow a bit! 

If you'd like more information about Windestine, you can find them on Facebook and their Etsy store.
LVX can also be found on Facebook.  They're having a 25% off promotion through Valentines' Day.

Do you feel yourself drawn to Windestine or LVX?