TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Candy Lacquer High Tide

Welcome this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! Today is all about Candy Lacquer High Tide. A stunningly gorgeous glitter top coat!

This is two coats of Candy Lacquer High Tide over two coats of Misa Grey Matters (with a coat of Seche Vite). High Tide is a clear base with bar, hex and square glitters in shades of blue and green including turquoise, teal, chartreuse and moss. The application of this polish was normal for glitter. The only thing that didn't apply evenly is the bar glitter, which didn't seem to be as dense.

Close up of two coats of Candy Lacquer High Tide (with a coat of Seche Vite). Isn't it gorgeous! I love it! The colors are peacock colors too! :)

I wanted to show you what one coat looked like. Still super duper gorgeous, but you can see how the bar glitter didn't apply evenly. But I am totally alright with that because bar glitter is not my favorite. :)

Bottle shot of Candy Lacquer High Tide can be bought at Candy Lacquer's etsy shop here. Don't forget to check out the facebook page here.

Here is two coats of Misa Grey Matters. This is a lovely grey polish with silvery speckles! I love the color of this polish! But, it did not apply nicely at all. It was thin and watery and flooded cuticles. I've never tried any other Misa so I don't know if it is normal for their polish formulas.

Love Yourself Mani: Diamond Cosmetics' Matte Smoke

I am blown away by this polish. It is simply stunning. This is two coats of Diamond Cosmetics' Matte Smoke. Um, wow! Look at that! I thought about added something else to it but didn't want to spoil the canvas. It really is a smokey color too!

This polish applied very nicely for a matte, it wasn't too thick and gloopy.

Here's a shot more in the shade. Please forgive my pinkie nail as I am finding that it is curved!? When did this happen? Actually it's always there I think this polish just makes it a bit more noticeable. :)

I bought this polish straight from Diamond Cosmetics.

I really liked this mani and wanted to do something for me, that I enjoyed. This is part of the Love Yourself manis. For more information click on this picture or the one in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook group!

Wednesday Reads - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Today I am going to discuss a book I just recently finished reading called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. Grahame-Smith rose to fame with his first book, a rewrite of a classic novel: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (which I also highly recommend). Don't forget to check out Seth Grahame-Smith's website here for more on his books.

I have decided to use the review/summary from Amazon (which is almost the same as Grahame-Smith's own site) because they pretty much sum of the important details nicely! :)

Amazon.com Review

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.
When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation..

 This book is a fun fast read that gives you a different look into one of the most famous presidents. It is written well and isn't too graphic, though there are some gory details (but it could easily have been worse!). It is very interesting to read how Grahame-Smith has woven vampires into the some of the biggest events in US history. He includes period pictures to show proof of vampire existence at the time.

You follow Abraham Lincoln from his childhood to his years as a lawyer and then a politician and then as the president. All the while he fights vampires, the names in which he is given by a "friend" who is a vampire. All of these information is given to you through the journal entries of Abraham Lincoln himself. These journals were "given" to the author to write in book form.

This book is far from the romance that I recommended last week, but it is a fun take on history. I recommend this book for anyone who loves history (thought I would take it with a grain of salt) and anyone who enjoys a good ol' vampire storyline! :) I enjoyed it but I have all these types of books and fine them a good escape from my other types of books that I read.

Have any of you read this one yet or any of his other books?

Don't forget that this book has been made into a movie and will be out this month!

Teal Tuesdays - Matte/Glossy

This week we are doing matte/glossy teal manis! So as you all know I just got the glorious wonderful A England Saint George! I wanted to use it so bad because it is a lovely deep teal with holo shimmer. I didn't want to matte it all so I thought I could do tips! So I did, using China Glaze Matte Magic.

Here is Saint George before the matte process with a layer of Seche Vite. Look at that color! I couldn't stop looking at it! :)

Here is me trying to show you the holo shimmer! It's there but I think it was a bit camera shy. Hahah!

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Gaga for Nails
Fancy Phalanges 
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
No Holos!
Persistently Glittery
Simple-and-Beautiful

Nail Mail Monday!

So today you get see what stalking how stalking etsy shops pays off! I finally got some polishes that I have been wanting! :)

First up, look at this cutely wrapped little present! Love the unique touch of it's wrapping! What's inside? What could it be?

Three amazingly gorgeous glitters from Once Upon a Polish!!! Under the Sea, The Beanstalk, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Macro bottle shot of Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea. It is a clear base with holo blue hex and holo silver square glitters! Love this!!

 Macro bottle shot of Once Upon a Polish The Beanstalk. Clear base with green, silver, and holo glitters! Green glitter! Yes please! This is the one that I wanted really bad! So happy that I got it! I stalked her facebook page too in order to find out when she was selling this. You should check out her facebook page to get all current updates: Once Upon a Polish

Macro bottle shot of Once Upon a Polish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Clear base with black hex glitters, black shredded glitters, white hex glitters, and silver holo hex glitters! An awesome twist on the black and white glitter top coat!

Don't forget to check out Once Upon a Polish's etsy store here and her facebook page here!

What is this? What on earth could these be, all tightly wrapped in a sheet of bubble wrap each? Could it be! Is it so? Are they really the two polishes that I never ever thought I would ever own....ever!?

Yes it is!!!!! A England's Saint George and Dragon!!!! Oh my flippin' goodness! These are more lovely in real life! I really couldn't stop staring at them after I opened them! :)

Macro bottle shot of A England Saint George. A gorgeous deep teal holo shimmer!

Macro bottle shot of A England Dragon. Perfect name for this amazing green shimmer!

I got these two A England's from Llarowe. Visit the facebook page here and the shop here.

And last but certainly not least is this lovely gorgeous glitter from Candy Lacquer called High Tide. Wow!

See, wow! Macro bottle shot of Candy Lacquer High Tide. Clear base with bar, hex and square glitters in shades of blue and green including turquoise, teal, chartreuse and moss. It was the word chartreuse that made this a done deal! :)

Go check out Candy Lacquer's facebook page here and etsy shop here.

Happy Birthday Beth!

This is a special birthday shout out to The Crumpet's own Baby Crumpet Beth! Hope your 9th birthday is fantastic!

TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Dollish Polish Fire in The Night Sky

Welcome to another installment of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! This week it is all about Dollish Polish and Fire in The Night Sky collection! I received this collection from The Polished Pixie. The collection Fire in The Night Sky contains 3 duochrome topcoats: Aurora Australis, Aurora Borealis, and Northern Lights. I have layered the Dollish Polish over Finger Paints Black Expressionism.

First up is Aurora Australis (two coats). This flashes from orange to pink. You can sort of see some orange around the edges. I love duochromes, but sometimes they don't photograph well to show the color change.

Let's try an underwater shot to see the colors. This works a bit better! :) You can see both colors now!

Aurora Borealis loved to be photographed! This polish flashes blue to purple. Look at that color! Gorgeous! Since this photo worked so well, I didn't see any reason to use another one. But you can stare at this one for awhile if you like....I did! :)

Northern Lights is next. It flashes green to gold. This one was a bright one too.

Here's another underwater shot. You can really see the green and gold here. Such a fun color. Would be perfect for St. Patrick's Day! :)

I had no issues at all with this polishes! The formula was perfect and lovely to apply without any problems. Don't forget to check out Dollish Polish and all her amazing polishes!

Here are some videos to enjoy. The first is the Aurora Borealis aka The Northern Lights. Having lived in Canada I got to see these many times and each time it took my breath away!

This next video is Aurora Australis taken from the space station!!!!!!

And here's a quick shot of Finger Paints Black Expressionism. One coat and opaque! :)