My camera is also out of commission at the moment, so I took these photos with a back up camera. Mine went off to Sony to be repaired, (or cleaned). :( Hopefully I'll have it back soon, I'm just glad it was under warranty. I'll have better swatches of all these gorgeous flakies when I get my camera back. They are so gorgeous, and color shifty!

I picked up two colors from ILNP new fall collection. Masquerade (H), and Champagne Blush. (I'll show Champagne Blush another day). I've wanted the original Masquerade for awhile, but I never got around to picking it up. So I was really happy when ILNP released a holographic version with their fall collection.

Masquerade (H) is a multi chrome. It changes from Green, Pink, Red, Copper... so many pretty colors! This is 2 coats, plus Seche Vite topcoat.

I thought I would share with you all, some of my favorite indie shops to buy nail polish from. These are shops I have own two or more nail polishes from, who I would purchase from again, and also have fabulous customer service.

Indie polishes are more unique, because of the fact they are made in such small batches. There's often limited editions. There's better quality control, and better quality over ingredients used in products, compared to a larger company. Plus you are supporting an independent small businesses when you purchase an indie polish!

1. ILNP Boutique

Really unique duo chromes, and vibrant holographics. Birefringence is my #1 favorite nail polish hands down from this shop. I always get plenty of compliments when I wear it. Also Barbra is a sweetheart and interacts often with her fans. Their customer service is awesome too, I once checked out with the wrong polish and they corrected it right away for me.

















2. Painted Polish

Lexi's Drunk on Holo is another one of my all time favorite polishes. I've used it in countless manicures. Lot's of unique crelly and jelly polishes, and blinged out glitter polish. Lexi's packaging is always adorable too, little custom bags for the polish with her logo, she sometimes throws in nail decals or nail studs. She's also really interactive with her fans on Facebook and Instagram.


















3. Indigo Bananas

Andrea comes up with the most unique finishes. Her duo chromes always have a soft finish to them. Her flakie jellies are out of this world (and I need to buy them!) Gorgeous holographics, and her cuticle balm is the bomb. I'm actually really addicted to her cuticle balms, and I like that she carries it in full size and mini's (as well as her polishes). She often tucks some interesting foreign Japanese, Chinese candies into your packages which is a fun touch!

















4. Ellagee Polish

Whoo! Any lady that thinks of putting dolphin glitter, or penguin glitter into polish is freaking amazing! And Laura definitely is. She has really unique glitter jelly polishes, and holographics, and she recently stocked her shop with mini nail polish bottles keychains that you can fill with different custom charms! (Need!) My two favorite polishes from her are Life is de Bubbles and Dolphins of the Caribbean!

















5. KB Shimmer

I recently got addicted to KB Shimmer last year. The fact that she also sells homemade soaps, scrubs, lotions, etc doesn't help. I am addicted to homemade soaps. One of my favorites is her relaxation soap, which has a nice musky scent like a man's really nice cologne, but light enough that it can be unisex. I also love the sugar scrub in that scent, and Lilac! The lilac sugar scrub is amazing! And don't get me started on the cuticle oil pens! Last time I made sure to buy two of the lemongrass cuticle pens. Her customer service is also fantastic, I was accidentally sent the wrong item once, and they responded the same day and mailed the correct item out. Her polishes are gorgeous too, love the crellies, and holo's!

















6. Ice Polish

Erin has fantastic holographic polishes, with a great formula too. I just recently tried her polish, and I love it! Especially Jafar (berry holo), and Maleficent which is a gorgeous duo chrome.












7. Nire's Desire

Another Erin- and if you didn't notice her store's name is 'Erin' flipped backwards. ;-) Nire's Desire has some really gorgeous cream shimmers, and duo chromes, and holographics. I own Anam Cara and Jezebel. They are one coaters and have a really unique shimmer to them.













So those are some of my favorite indies! What are some of your favorites? I'd love to hear in the comments!

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If you haven't guessed, my little blogging break is over. ;-) It was nice to chill out and take a break. Not worry about scheduling posts, getting things swatched every weekend. I noticed by taking a break, my creativity for nail polish came back. Since I was usually only creating one look to wear for the entire week, I was able to better plan out my designs and put more thought into them.

I love blogging about nail polish and I love doing reviews, but I'm no longer going to push myself to get several posts up a week. It was draining me out and I was starting to become frustrated with blogging. Instead I'm going to blog when I want. If I only get one post up a week, so be it. If I get on a stretch of posting a few times a week, so be that. I want blogging to be fun for me, and I want to be excited about sharing things with you all.

I have a few reviews coming up. Look for a review of two stunning polishes by Ice Polish and another review of Winstonia Store nail strips!

Today I wanted to share with you some of the looks I created while on break. Some of these were taken with my regular camera and others are cell phone photos.

Zoya Wendy with Zoya Jesy, and Winstonia stamp plate W-04.




 

I am sharing I Love Nail Polish: Mega with you today! I think I love it even more than my Layla Mercury Twilight. The polish is a bit sheer. I used 4 coats plus Seche Vite topcoat for the photos below. But, it dries really fast and goes on perfectly smooth. Love love love this color! I can't stop looking at my nails when I have it on. The holo is also visible in low light too.

Kings & Queens was another of the I Love Nail Polish, polishes that I purchased during the Spring pre-order. It's a beautiful deep purple with red tones. I did two coats for the photos below and Seche Vite top coat, (which did not dull the holo effect). I found that the ILNP Holo's dry a lot faster than the Ultra Chromes. (I'll have Mega up on the blog soon!)

I Love Nail Polish: Sirene, was one of three spring colors I recently picked up. (I'll have Mega and Kings & Queens in separate posts soon). As soon as I saw Sirene I thought of my dear departed Dance Legend, Sully. The colors are very similar. Though Sirene, color shifts even more than Sully. There's blues, purples, pinks, green, aqua... so pretty. (You also don't need a black undercoat with Sirene, like you do with the Dance Legend polish). I really hope they make a holographic version of this sometime, like they did with some of the other ultra chromes.

I decided to hold my first Instagram giveaway, since I have over 600 followers now! :-)

I'm giving away 1 brand new I Love Nail Polish in Mega, 1  holographic Revlon Makeup bag & 1 black sparkly Revlon emery board to one lucky winner!

Here are the rules:

□ 1. Must be following @tunaynamahal82
□ 2. Repost giveaway photo (below) on Instagram with caption: #TNMhologiveaway @tunaynamahal82
□ 3. Profile must be public so I can see your entry! (only exception: private profiles that I AM already following).
□ 4. Open Internationally!
□ 5. Must be 18+ or have a parents permission to enter.
□ 6. I am not liable for lost or damaged prize package. (I only have 1 prize package!)
□ 7. Ends: 3/14/14.


*Prizes were purchased by myself.

 

These are my nails for the work week. :-) I used I Love Nail Polish: Birefringence and Washing Ashore, plus China Glaze Fairy Dust. I started with Washing Ashore at the top of my nails and Birefringence at the tips. Then I dabbed both colors around here and there.

I stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Silver Sweep, plus one coat of Seche Vite topcoat. The stamp is Messy Mansion plate MM14. I love how they turned out. You can see so many different colors.

I started getting into nail polish in late 2010, after a back injury left me on bed rest for a whole week and I had nothing better to do then read nail polish blogs & paint my nails. I now own 183 polishes and I wanted to share my top favorites out of my collection.


1. Butter London: Two Fingered Salute


2. Zoya Aurora


3. I Love Nail Polish: Birefringence (H)


6. Layla Hologram: Mercury Twilight


7. SindiePop: Golden Raspberries

A few weeks ago I pre-ordered from I Love Nail Polish. I got Sweet Seranade, Washing Ashore and Birefringence with Holo. Limited Edition Absolute Zero was included free with every order, if you pre-ordered 3 of the new colors.

The original Birefringence is one of my favorite nail polishes. And Birefringence with Holo is just as awesome. It almost glows with the addition of the holographic sparkles. There are so many colors in this polish depending on the angle of your hands. (2 coats, plus 1 coat Seche Vite topcoat).


 For comparison here's the original Birefringence and it's Holo version:


Sweet Serenade was a little darker than I thought it would be. It reminds me a bit of an oil slick. You see dark blue, almost black, green and purple. It's more subtle than the others but still gorgeous. (3 coats, plus 1 coat Seche Vite topcoat).


And last but not least Absolute Zero. A deep navy blue with silver shimmer in it. (3 coats, plus 1 coat Seche Vite topcoat). This was a limited edition color, only available to customers who pre-ordered 3 or more of the new polishes.