My love for Jindie and a brand of polish that is a MUST have!

Howdy Lovely People! I seriously think we need to have a conversation about Jindie polishes AND another awesome polish to have in your arsenal of polishes!

Jindie Nails is an awesome indie polish maker in my opinion! I have several reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is the ability to make a variety of different types of polishes. From glitter polishes and glitter toppers, to shiny and sparkly polishes. Today, I have a few Jindie polishes to show you. They are a couple of my favorites. I am showing you a few discontinued polishes, and you may be asking why. First of all, you may find these on someone's sale or swap board, and they are still obtainable. Secondly, the variety I used will show you the versatility of the maker.

First up is Happy Dance. It is described on Jindie's store page as "red, hot pink, teal and grape purple matte satin glitters in a white creamy base.". This is a discontinued polish and is sold out, which is a bummer, BUT... it is listed on Jindie's store as "exclusive to Harlow & Co." once sold out on her page. So, you might still be able to get your hands on this beauty! I used 2 coats and it went on nice and smooth with no issues.

 

Next up is Choose Me. This is another shade that is discontinued, but I HAD to show you how pretty it is! It is a purple like color with tiny rose flecks. Two coats of this gave me great coverage.

 

 

Finally, this is where I want to talk to you about a polish you ma have in your stash, and if you don't... GET THEM and this beautiful glitter topper from Jindie. Sally Hansen's Insta Dry polishes are great for numerous reasons. First of all, they dry within seconds of applying. This means if you want to use a glitter topper, or need undies for a polish, you do not have to wait 20 minutes for your base coat to dry, you can normally add your topper or next coat within minutes. Secondly, I next to never have streaking with them and can have my nails done in one coat, and be out the door. Another reason, they are CHEAP and easy to obtain from just about anywhere that sells nail polish. My fina reason, and how I found out about Insta Dry polishes, is because you can stamp very easily with them. There you have it!

 

For this next Jindie polish, I have Baby Doll. Baby doll is a GORGEOUS glitter topper. I used it over Sally Hansen Insta Dry in Blue-Away and Silver Sweep. Baby Doll is described on the Jindie store as "a really pretty glitter topper full of satin pastel hex and square glitters, plus white and iridescent glitter all in a clear base with color shifting gorgeous shimmer". This shade is also sold out and discontinued. Again, do not be discouraged because you can always find it on sale and swap boards!

 

Close up!

 

 

You can purchase Jindie Nails' Polishes HERE at the Jindie store.

 

 

Now that we are through with the good stuff, I am hosting a giveaway that includes a Jindie Nails Polish. Water for elephants! YAY! Other prizes include Zoya Mason, and an Orly Aragan Cuticle Oil.

PLUS: a $15 gift certificate to Llarowe!

 

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Depression and Nail Polish

Hello friends! I am curious, how many of you suffer from depression? I do! Recently (couple of months ago) my medication was switched. I ended up completely stopping my meds, and I wonder if this is because the new meds weren't working. I had no desire to even take my meds. One thing that does help me, is nail polish! During the evening hours, I like to sit and paint my nails. Sometimes a couple times a night experimenting with colors and nail art. I find that painting my nails is soothing. It relaxes me and keeps my mind occupied. I am not great at the nail art, but I do see improvements every time I try something new. Does nail polish and painting your nails have this same effect on you? I am sure there are other more productive things  could be doing, but I always go hide in my nail polish room with music playing and I escape for hours.

We moved into a new house last month. I had my polish room all organized for the most part, but was missing some boards for my bookcase to tier my polishes up. Today, I got the DH to cut those for me and I rearranged them! One thing that bugs me more than anything, is my polishes being store in an unruly manner! HAHA! So I thought tonight I would share my polish shelves with you, and a little bit of nail art, and an explanation as to how to achieve that particular look.. :)

 

Here is my mail bookcase. I am hoping I have SOME room to grow. LOL!

 

My Emily De Molly polishes on top of the cabinet in my closet.

 

 

My desk. On the very top is my collection of OPI James Bond polishes and The Bond Girl Liquid Sand Collection. Also on the very top is my Nails Inc polishes, my Mentality collection, and my Adventure Time polishes. On the lower shelf is my Sinful Colors.

 

 

In the cabinet in the closet, I have a melmer. This is it... I know exciting right? In the bottom drawer are my cheapest polishes, middle drawer is Sally Hansen, Ulta, Finger Paints, Julie G, and a few others. In the top drawer is Indies, Deborah Lippmann, and Illamasqua, along with my coveted Chanel and Urban Decay.

 

There, now you have seen my little over 800 polishes and how I store them. Eventually the hubby is going to build me an awesome rack we designed together.

Now onto the nail art I promised. :) For this mani, I used Zoya Breezi (tealish) and Dana (bright pink).  This look is super easy to achieve. First paint your nails with a base color for the mani. If you want an accent nail like I did here, just paint one or more an opposite color. Using white polish (for this mani I used Sinful Colors Snow me White) I dotted down each nail, close together just barely touching. I then took a smaller dotting tool and connected the dots. I then painted the opposite color I used into each of those white dots using a smaller dotting tool. Easy peasy! :)

Here are my results.

 

 

Please comment below and let me know what you think of this mani, or this post in general! I Love to get comments!

 

 

 

 

ILNP Birefringence and a very cool "Eerie Eyes" tutorial.

So to give you fair warning, this post will be graphic intense. It may take some time for them all to load on a slow connection, but I AD to share this polis with you and this nifty tutorial for some awesome Eerie Halloween Eyes.

To start, let me say I L<3ve nail polish was my very first nail blog I followed, and my very first Indie polis that I purchased. The polishes are beautiful! The glitter toppers and multi chrome polishes both have very nice unique qualities that are worth the looksee!

For this post, and my tutorial I used Birefringence from the Ultra Chrome collection. It is GORGEOUS, and it does not disappoint! The colors shift so well! To keep down the use of coats of the polish, I used a coat of back polish as undies. (Revlon Stiletto). The polish is described on the ILNP store page as "Birefringence shifts through an array of incredible blues, purples, reds, oranges, yellows, and even subtle greens!" This statement is FACTUAL! :) So many pretty shifts. The formula was also fantastic. There was no streaking and it dried rather quickly.

Now onto the pictures:

 

 

 

Now for the tutorial! :) So, after I was done admiring the beautifulness of Birefringence, I decided it would make a very cool polish background for a Halloween mani. At this point I pulled out my yellow acrylic paint (You can use polish),and added little eyes and eyebrows. For the eyes, I used a tiny paint brush and a dotting tool. I dotted the yellow on and then used the brush to pull some of the paint out to make them pointy and eerie. Then using a striper of black I added the brows.

 

 

Now, if you have purchased yourself a bottle of the China Glaze or Sinful Colors low in the Dark topcoat, and wondered what it could be used for other tan the whole nail, tis is where this becomes fun!

 

Very carefully using the same tiny brush, I dipped it into the GITD polish and put it over my yellow eyes (after they dried of course!)

 

Turn off the lights and this is what I had...

 

 

I decided to go a step further and add little black dots to the eyes, which made it glow even cooler. I wish my camera hadn't flaked at this point. Here is finished in the light:

 

 

I also made little pumpkins with glow eyes and mouths! They turned out equally as cool, but again, my camera flaked!

 

Did you try this tutorial? Post it on the Covered By Color Facebook page so I can see! Also, leave me a comment and let me know what you think! I love to hear from readers!

 

Birefringence is available HERE at the I Love Nail Polish store.

 

 

 

These polishes were not provided to me for review. They are polishes from my own nail polish collection and the opinions are my own and were not influenced in any way.

 

 

Skittles Rock, and so does PhLL Skittle Tits!

Who doesn't love Skittles? If I could chose one candy to take with me to a deserted island, it would most definitely be Skittles! I love all the flavors and I always have a jar nearby my polish desk, in my polish room. Do you have a favorite candy?

Speaking of Skittles, today's post is all about a new to me brand of polish. Recently I purchased Skittle Tits from Philly Loves Lacquer and I also received Liberty Verdigris in a swap from Esther Fox, the owner and creator of Philly Loves Lacquer.

Both polishes are polishes for a cause. $1 from each purchase of these polishes goes to "help save a cat's life" at www.forgottencats.org . I love kitties! So, this polish is well worth your hard earned dollars.

I now look back and wish I would have captured photos of Liberty verdigris without Skittle Tits on top so you could have seen how pretty it is! At the time I posted this, both polishes were unavailable in the Philly Loves Lacquer Etsy shop, however it is my understanding that those polishes may be restocked in the near future.

The formula was fantastic! No fishing for glitters, smooth application for both polishes, and vibrant colors!

For my mani, I used a clear base coat, 2 coats of Liberty verdigris, and then a coat of Skittle Tits. All photos are shown with a top coat. Now on to the photos!

No Flash for this photo.

 

 

With flash.

 

 

Close up of the pretty!!!

 

 

You can check out the Philly Loves Lacquer Etsy store, Liberty Verdigris, and Skittle Tits HERE. She has a GORGEOUS Halloween collection available for pre-order on her site!

These polishes were not provided to me for review. They are polishes from my own nail polish collection and the opinions are my own and were not influenced in any way.