TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Sassy Lacquer Burgermeister Meisterburger Review

So I have a special addition of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! Today I get to review a fantastic polish by Sassy Lacquer called Burgermeister Meisterburger. I am over the moon about this!

Carrie (the mastermind behind the indie brand) started off as a blogger for Reflections, Sassy Nails, and Silly Diversions. Sassy Lacquer was created by Carrie as a result of her love for pretty lacquer (which she creates wonderfully!), earlier in 2012 with her first collection that launched in April. Carrie makes all her polishes by hand in her home in sunny Florida, and each are made with raw ingredients and are "3 Free"! Since April she has been releasing a new "line" of lacquers every few months. 

The polish that I am review today, Burgermeister Meisterburger, is from her Winter 2012 line and is currently available through her Sassy Lacquer store. So, let's take a closer look shall we......

Here we have Burgermeister Meisterburger alone with only a clear basecoat. Starting with my index finger it is 4 coats, 3 coats on my middle finger, 2 coats on my ring finger, and 1 coat on my pinky finger. Burgermeister Meisterburger is a "clear base with small gunmetal holographic glitter, and white shredded glitter."

 Here is one coat of Burgermeister Meisterburger over (l-r) Essence Romeo, Zoya Sooki, Essence You Belong to Me, and China Glaze Starboard. I love how icy it looks over all the colors!

But I especially love it over OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede. Look how pretty it is! Bah! Love it! This formula was great and I didn't have any issues! Win! :)
 

Oh and where does the name Burgermeister Meisterburger come from? Some of you may have already figured it out but it comes from those old Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. Specifically Santa Clause is Coming to Town. Yep, Burgermeister Meisterburger is the villain mayor!

See! Aren't the colors perfect! Haha! I love this movie a ton! And I love that it's the time of the year that I can watch all these types of movies and have polish that matches! :)

Bottle shot and macro bottle shot of Burgermeister Meisterburger.

 

Oh and guess what? Carrie loves to make custom lacquer's! So if you have a polish that you wish existed go and talk to her! :)

Email: sassylacquer[at]gmail[dot]com

Store: http://sassylacquer.storenvy.com/

Blog: http://www.kcrephmams.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reflections-Sassy-Nails-and-Silly-Diversions/274691922570635

 

 

Don't forget to check out Emma's TGIF post over at Manicurity!

*The product in this post was sent to me for review and contains my honest opinion and are completely my own opinion.*

Born Pretty Store Easy Stretch Bling Crystal Extensible Ring for Finger & Toe Ring Review

 

I have another review from Born Pretty Store. This time it is the beautiful Easy Stretch Bling Crystal Extensible Ring for Finger & Toe Ring. They sent me this along with my stamping plate. How awesome! :) I don't really have many stretch rings to compare this to but I really liked this one. It was simple but elegant at the same time. And that's what I love! :) Oh and super shiny too!

Just to show that it is stretchy I put it on my middle finger and look, it didn't even separate all out. It still held it's shape nicely! It says in the description that you could even put it on your toes! Well, I did put it on my toes but since I hate feet there are no pictures of that! :) But it did fit nicely! :)

The Easy Stretch Bling Crystal Extensible Ring for Finger & Toe Ring is suitable for just about everyone and at only $1.39 for a ring why not get a few (the more you buy the cheaper they are!).

I would like to thank Daisy and the Born Pretty Store for this opportunity!

If you would like to order this ring, you can get it for $1.39, or other awesome products from Born Pretty Store, use the code below to save 10%!

*This product was provided for my honest review.* 

PS: The polish I used in this is Layla Golden Touch 02 (to be seen in a post next week!)   :)

Born Pretty Store Nail Art Stamp Template CK-06 Review

I was contacted by Daisy over at Born Pretty Store to review one of their products. I chose one of their larger stamping plates because I've always wanted to try a larger plate! :) So I chose Nail Art Stamp Template CK-06. I purposely chose a plate that didn't have full nail images because I didn't want to worry about whether they would fit my nails. But these are images are the perfect size for my nails! :)

So here are four images from the Nail Art Stamp Template CK-06. (Please excuse my re-used mani from Tuesday!) See, these are perfect for my nails. In fact, the peacock (on my middle finger) goes onto my cuticle, so these images would be great for those with larger nails too! Perhaps I should have tilted it to get it fully on? But look how great they stamp! Granted, I messed up on the white feather on my index finger. I stamped using Konad White and Black.

Just to show you that it was me with the feather check it out, bottom left corner. See, perfect feather! :) This is using Konad Black on paper. If you look carefully (don't have to really search because I circled them) you can see some doubles. Also the starred ones may look doubled but they are opposites along with a few others. All in all the images stamped really well. You can tell when I messed up because I re-stamped the image (see weird swirl on top and big leaf second to bottom row). Only had major issues with those two, but they re-stamped perfectly!

 

Sorry that the plate looks a bit scuzzy. Didn't have a chance to clean it properly after using it, but I wanted to show it it's size in relation to a bottle of Konad polish.

So how would I rate this? 9.5 out of 10. A few images don't always stamp well, but most do and are fabulous! I love this plate and I'm excited to use the images in my nail art! And a bonus, I finally have a full peacock image! :)

I would like to thank Daisy and the Born Pretty Store for this opportunity!

If you would like to order this plate, you can get it for $8.53, or other awesome products from Born Pretty Store, use the code below to save 10%!

*This product was provided for my honest review.*

Yikes! Another Haul!

So I've been bad! Yep, I've bought more polish! >_< Well, enough of this! Onto the pictures! :)

First up the Layla polishes I was telling you about! On the left we have 03 Stone and on the right (the one I went back to the store to buy and had to restrain to only one) 02 Golden Touch. These polishes are amazing!

Some holiday polishes! Orly Halo, Finger Paints Sparkle and Snowflake, and Salon Perfect Glam Glitter.

Some Indies! Glimmer by Erica Ho Ho Ho and Sonoma Nail Art Powlish (had to get this one right!?)

The backs of Glimmer by Erica Ho Ho Ho and Sonoma Nail Art Powlish.

I found these on a blog sale! The Essence Urban Message Collection! :) Wall of Fame, Nightline, Skyscraper (the reason for the purchase!), It Peace, and Street Styler. I'm so excited for these polishes!

Some amazing stamping plates from Messy Mansion. Ships from Australia but very quickly! And s/h isn't bad! :) This is A48 and MM01.

My two OttLites! Michael's had these on sale on Black Friday. The little guy was only 7.99 as opposed to 24.99! And the big guy was 19.99 as opposed to 59.99! Woot!

 

I'm hoping this means I don't just have to do my nails in the morning to get the good light! It makes it a bit stressful and then when it is cloudy...grr!  I did use these in my Layla post the other day. :) All the polish photos for this haul was taken with the big guy there. I can see that I need to use my little one as well to get rid of the shadows.

I still need practice with these but are there any pointers for those who do use them?

Layla Softouch Effects 03 Stone

So I went shopping on Black Friday and stumbled across a Layla Softouch Effects display and fell in love! I immediately grabbed 03 Stone. It's like a purple with grey tones. And it is amazing! I love this polish! This is two coats and it is amazing! It dries matte almost suede-like! I love this finish!

 

It really is more purple in real like but not a too much more purple! Huh, does that make sense?

Here you can see the purple more in the shade. I wore no basecoat and no top coat like the display said. The formula was wonderful! I need all these polishes!

Crazy macro to show the texture of this polish. Gorgeous! Oh and ugh! No one's finger looks great on macro. Geesh! :)

Ok, now check this out. This is after 2 1/2 days of wear! Look! Just a tiny bit of tip wear! And this is after working on truck (unloading and opening boxes and putting out product). Truck normally wrecks havoc on my suede and matte polishes! But this one! Wow!

See! Wow. I believe! :)

Have you tried any of these polishes yet?

Oh and how do you like my new lighting? I'm still trying to get use to my new lights. I got some great lights that were on sale during Black Friday. :)

Holiday Mani with a Lesson Learned!

 

Guess what!? It's December! And you know what that means.....Holiday manis! Woot woot! So I thought I would do a nice quick and easy one! Simple, easy peasy! :)

I really liked how this turned out. I used Finger Paints Sexy Sundress and the base and added Salon Perfect (got it from Walmart) Glam Glitter on three nails. Glam Glitter is a perfect holiday glitter! And then added an accent nail of Rainbow Polish See CP Ohhh. So much fun!

Finger Paints Sexy Sundress on it's own. Love this green! So bright and cherry!

So a little anecdote about this mani. I used the Elmer's Glue base because I was wearing glitter. I have had a bit of a problem in the past of the basecoat working like everyone says. So I made sure to really gloop it on and wait until it dried clear. 

Well, word to wise. Do not wear this type of basecoat when you work retail. Hahaha! Yep. I lost some "nails" into a customer's bag! Hahaha! As my customers left my register I looked down and was like crap! Two fell off! Shoot! I can't find them, they have to be in their bag! >_< But thankfully I was one of those bad cashiers and left a hard sensor tag on and my manager took their bag to find the sensor to take it off. She comes to me holding my "nails". She told me I was working so hard my nails were coming off! Hahahaha! :)

It's all good. At my break I took off the other nails so I wouldn't have that problem again! :)

Just a Quick Note

Hi Owlets!

Just a quick note. Sorry for my lack of writing this past week. I had company and then got hit by a really bad cold, gee thanks Black Friday for the lack of sleep! (still trying to recover).

This coming week we have a full week! And I also have a giveaway in the making for my Blogiversary! Can't believe it's almost been a year!

And then next week we have The Digit-al Dozen!

So stay tuned! :)