Glitter Gal - Not Another Red

This polish was provided by Beautometry

Glitter Gal Not Another Red

2 coats. It's got a light holographic scattering.

It's an orange/tomato red shade.

 In sunlight the holographic particles show a little better.

More about → Glitter Gal - Not Another Red

Glitter Gal - Contorted Mauve

My first ever Glitter Gal! Therese from Beautometry gave me this as a present for hosting her Glitter Gal giveaway.

This polish is sheer on it's own, so here I layered 2 coats over black.

 Duochromes are so much fun. I made a gif to hopefully show the color shifts. Purple to gold to green. Those were the main shades I could pick up with my camera. I wish more of the colors showed up on the nail like how the bottle looks. The bottle shows some blue and teal, but it doesn't make it to the nail.



More about → Glitter Gal - Contorted Mauve

Beautometry/Glitter Gal Winners

Remember the Glitter Gal giveaway sponsored by Beautometry? Well, sorry it's taken me so long to announce the winners but I've been under the weather and it's been a beast moderating these entries. Several of the "winners" that were selected randomly were not valid entries because they lied. So shame on you! But finally honest people have been selected and contacted. If you haven't responded to Therese's email yet, get to it! She will be the one to ship your prize to you.

Grand Prize Winner:

• Alice Bailey

4 Runners Up:

• Laura Milan
• Zoe Huebner
• Irma Lopez
• Hannah Hughes

More about → Beautometry/Glitter Gal Winners

Glitter Gal Duochrome Giveaway Sponsored by Beautometry

I'm excited to share with you my first sponsored giveaway!

Beautometry has offered up 8 bottles of the new duochrome polishes from Glitter Gal. One grand prize winner will receive 4 bottles of their choice. Then 4 runner's up with receive 1 bottle of their choice.

What do these new duochromes look like?

(These photos were taken by cosmeticcupcake and provided by Glitter Gal. If you would like to see larger images, check out her detailed blogpost here.)

Warped Teal

Twisted Jealousy

Distorted Platinum

Hell-Bent Blue

Buckled Bronze

Contorted Mauve

There are 7 total entries possible per person!

Sorry, but this giveaway is only open to the US. :(

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Beautometry also has a great deal going on with the following 4th of July promotion:

"Happy 4th of July!
To celebrate, we are offering a great special to save over $10 off 3 bottles of the beautiful Glitter Gal 3D Holographic range.
The 3 bottles that you receive are fittingly red, white and blue.
-Glitter Gal 3D Hologprahic 9mL Red Holo
-Glitter Gal 3D Holographic 9mL Light as a Feather 3D Holo
-Glitter Gal 3D Holographic 9mL Marine Blue 3D Holo

Now, your nails can sparkle and shine just like the fireworks!"



More about → Glitter Gal Duochrome Giveaway Sponsored by Beautometry

@Llarowe Spam FTW!! Lots 'o Pics!

Hi loves and happy Tuesday!

  Today I have some amazing colors from the lovely Shop Llarowe. I a while back Leah Ann, who runs the shop, held a Facebook contest for ladies who would be her official swatchers and I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of her ladies. Leah Ann had a special assignment in mind for me... See, she wants me to do some awesome nail art with her pretties.. And I totally intend on doing so.. BUT FIRST! I just had to wear them!! I've had these for some time now but I really wanted to actually enjoy them first. Now I have a surge of ideas and I hope to start working on some nail art with these Llarowe beauties soon. For now here are some swatchies!!

Ozotic #502

  This is one coat of Ozotic #502 layered over a basic Black creme. This color has an amazing Copper to Green to Golden shift that resembles a Beetle. Ozotic really has captured my heart with these multichromes. I really can't wait to play around with stamping and such with these. 

 This pictures really shows the shift and just how shimmery this pretty really is.

And in the shade you can really see the color shift in this beauty.

Just amazing...

Glitter Gal Not Another Red/ 3D Holo

  Holy WOW!!! This is just so pretty and saturated and just perfect! It is not a bright shade of Red but more of a Pinky- Red with a very strong and sparkly linear holographic finish. The formula on this color is just perfection and super pigmented and sooo easy to work with. That is one of my many favorite things about Glitter Gal holographic polishes.

This is just awesome.

Specialita HITS Atena

  This one is a saturated Fuchsia jelly base packed full of strong linear holographic sparkle. This color is super girly but the holographic finish really sets it apart. This color has a really nice formula and it is fully opaque at Two coats but I did Three thin ones to give it a little bit extra sparkle. I really love the polishes in this collection.

Girly with and edge..

Specialita HITS Demeter

Demeter is Atenas yummy Orange sister. Formula wise it just like Atena... Now let's just talk about how awesome this shade is.. It's Orange.. It's Holo... It is just AMAZING! My love of Oranges really peaks right here loool.. I mean I don't see how it could get much better than Orange and Holo...

Yum!!

These are my newer Llarowe pretties.. Wanna see some more? Just keep reading after the jump...


I've featured these colors before so I won't go into detail in this post but awesome spam is awesome!!

Specialita HITS Hefesto

Glitter Gal Light as a Feather

Glitter Gal Dark Purple Holo/ Lizard Belly/ Light as a Feather

Glitter Gal 3D Blue

Glitter Gal White Sparkle

A England Tristam

A England Lady of the Lake

A England Merlin

Ozotic #506

Ozotic #504

Glitter Gal Frappe

A England Elaine

A England Avalon

All of these plus more even more amazing beautiful polishes are available from Llarowe. I love this shop and the people who run it. They really have their customer service down and Leah Ann is the best at keping us update via their Facebook and Twitter.

That is all for today! I hope you guys enjoyed all these pretties!!
♥ Cristina

(**Products provided for Review**)

More about → @Llarowe Spam FTW!! Lots 'o Pics!

LTHP's Favorite Nail Polishes of 2011- Top 10 International/Indie Picks

Happy Thursday and good morning to you all!

  Today's post is my Top Ten Picks in the International/ Indie brands category. The reason why I decided to give these their own post is because there have really been some excellent polishes to come to us from smaller and international brands this year. This way it was also easier to be able to narrow it down to 10 picks per category. When I first took on the task of picking my faves of the year I thought I'd have like 54 picks :D.... Anyways.. Enough rambling! In no random order, I give you my Top 10 Indie/International brand picks for 2011.

A England Tristam: The Mythicals Collection

A England comes to us from.. You guessed it! England! This brand was started up the the very lovely Adina and she burst into the scene with a super strong collection. Tristam is Navy Blue scattered holographic perfection. Not only is this color unique and beautiful, it has an outstanding formula. When Adina created this color she really knew what she was going for because this was no mistake :D. The whole collection is really beautiful but Tristam is on a league of its own.

Chick Nail Polish All A Twitter: 2011 Collection

Chick Nail Polish has not been around very long but man did they grow on me fast! This Baby Blue creme just blew me away! It is THE perfect shade of Bridal Blue and it also has an outstanding formula. This brand is new to the scene but if Julie keeps coming up with colors like this one Chick Nail Polish will soon be a part of everyone's collection.

Glitter Gal Lizard Belly: Released in 2011.

 Blackened Green linear holographic goodness... What more could you ask for? This Aussie brand really knows how to make a killer holo. When this color burst into the scene we all went crazy and when I finally got to try it I could see why. While the base is clearly green it looks practically Black and I had been dying for a black linear holo.

A Englad Galahad: The Mythicals Collection

This could easily be my most favorite creme of 2011. This color also got a lot of love when it first came out. It is just Teal perfection. I could sit here and try to think of a flaw with this color but there are non.... 

Specialita HITS Hefesto: No. Olimpo Collection

When I first saw this my eyes popped out of my head. I love this shade because while it can be worn fully opaque it can also be layered over anything to give other colors a strong linear holographic finish. The formula on this shade is just brilliant as well. Brazilians make some amazing polishes!

Bettina Hustle: Dico Collection/ Fall 2011

Puerto Rican brand Bettina really makes some iller cremes but when they do a shimmer they really make a statement. This whole collection was a part of my "short list" but when it really came down to it Hustle kept screaming my name. I love the subtle Teal to Purple shift when it's layered over Black. I love that it looks spectacular on it's own and droolworthy over Black.

Cult Nails Cruisin' Nude: A Day at the Races/ Summer 2011 Collection

  Florida based Cult Nails is ran by the awesome Maria who really knows how to wow us with her amazing creations. This is just the perfect shade of nude for my skin tone but I am also in love with the awesome Pink/ Golden flashes that play hide and seek in this creamy base. This was my first true nude love. 

 Cult Nails Captivated/ A Day at the Races 

 Do I even have to explain why this is in my top 10 picks? I hope I don't lol... 

Bettina Coutour: New Classics/ Fall 2011 Collection 

This muddy Taupe is just so sophisticated and just a classic (no pun intended). Mostly I am madly in love with how it makes my skin look. It really plays well with my skintone and that really made this shade special for me. 

Bettina Starfish: Resort Collection/ Summer 2011

This is, hands down, my favorite shade of Orange in my collection. It is just amazingly bright and juicy. When i think of Orange, a true shade of Orange, this is what comes to mind. I wish Oranges would photograph better but regardless this shade needed to be in my top 10 because I LOVE it!!

  That is it for my Top 10 picks from International or Indie brands. I could have easily done a top 20 but I had to cut it down lol. This year I really got to experience different brands from different countries and companies of all sizes. It is nice to see what is trendy in other places and what smaller companies who are not so much influenced by media and fashion can come up with. I have not been blogging for very long but it seems like there was a slight boom in cool international and indie shades this year. A lot of brands also became a lot more accesible to us U.S gals thanks to etailers like Llarowe, Overall Beauty and Harlow &Co. I cannot wait to see what these companies will do in 2012!

Thoughts? Faves? 

♥ Cristina

More about → LTHP's Favorite Nail Polishes of 2011- Top 10 International/Indie Picks