Star Kin Deliciousness

Literally. My parcel had lollies in it.

 

My collection of Star Kin polish is growing, though slower than I'd like. My latest order just arrived-Softly, and With Grape Delight.

Of Softly, Star Kin says-"Softly is a soft green polish with holographic shimmer, a subtle (but present in the sunlight!) purple shimmer and interference (seems to float over the top of the polish), and a dose of purple micro flakes."

In direct total-cloud-cover-and-rain light.

Not in direct (as above) light.

Sunshine!

Jeebus, my fingers look awful. Plus-nubbins. I have had a rough nail week, so had to cut them all.
And no, I do not know why I couldn't manage to capture the shimmer on my nails. This is 2 coats, + top coat.

And With Grape Delight. I saw this on the 28th of May. Ami had made it for herself, Serra saw, loved and got some-which is how I saw it (over on Serra's blog Peacock Pie). I needed it. Ami was pretty busy with all kinds of stuff, and the polishes got made at the end of June. I had forgotten, by that point. THEN I was incredibly broke. I finally paid for them this week. So it's been a long time coming. With Grape Delight-oh, cheesy biscuit. I did not remember how beautiful it was.
Star Kin says "A holographic, dark, grape-purple jelly polish"
LOOK!

Direct bla-bla light

Not direct etc, etc.

Sunshine!

I love this polish. These photos are ONE coat, with top coat.

Star Kin nail polishes are NZ-made. Only available in NZ for the moment, thanks to post restrictions. All polishes are 5 free, and never tested on animals. Check out the Etsy store here,  Facebook page, and Every Sensory blog.

Christmas Mani. Oooooh, and a GIFT!

I have the headache from hell. It pretty much sucks arse. I share this information, because I need to whinge to somebody.
Alrighty. Tonight, I painted a Christmas mani, and I am actually stoked with it. Photos are less than ideal; it's 11.30pm. If I wait to get daylight pics, I will have sheet marks.
Excuse my horrible hand-skin. Also, please excuse my very special Rudolph. Assume he has been into the eggnog.  Well, wouldn't you, if your entire family spent time hassling you for your shiny red nose (presumably from the eggnog)?

No flash, then flash.

Individual nail pics:

Base is Sinful Colors-Snow Me White. The rest are-Revlon Mon Cherry; SC Exotic Green; SC This Is It(gold); SC Nirvana(brown); LA Colors Art Deco Red; Miki Black, and the star on the Xmas tree, plus a few of the lights, is Star Kin Merry Solstice. All finished with Rimmel top coat.

You may notice there are no photos of my right hand. This is because it is naked. I'll potentially do something with it tomorrow. Maybe.

I also have a wee bit of a give away. I have one person in particular that reads all my blog posts, and lets me know she enjoyed them-either by saying so, or liking etc.
This person will get a customised Peacock Pie necklace. All she needs to do is message me.
Miss Holly S. You are my best follower. Congratu-fucking-lations.

Christmassy-polishy-swatchy.

OK, I re-did my attempt at a Star Kin Christmas mani.
Before you look at the photos...I have had quite a bad week, in terms of my fingers. They are wounded, and some are sore. I also managed to slam the chest freezer lid on my hand today. It was completely and utterly not due to any stupidity on my part. That freezer is incredibly evil. You know, it stores the body parts of horses, chickens, cows, deer and pigs? Even whole pig heads. Sometimes it also has rabbit parts in it. It's a terribly malevolent appliance.
To photos!
First up-Xmas Eve. Star Kin's description-"An inky black night (or black jelly base) swimming with small silvery glitters of excitement, and the red and green glittery decorations of the festive season. This polish also has green and red holo bell shaped glitter, and red holo hearts (for love, of course!)"

My base coats, from thumb to pinky, are: none; Miki Black, Star Kin Polished, Sinful Colors Exotic Green, and Revlon Mon Cherry.

I like it best by itself (2-3 coats), or over black.

Now-Merry Solstice. Description-"This polish has mostly circles, including large, medium and tiny ones, but also some hexes and squares. The glitters are holographic, matte and metallic. There are mostly green and red, but also some gold glitters in here! The base in the bottle looks grey, because I have thrown in a festive helping of cosmetic grade holographic shimmer, which means that anything it is layered over will now have the holographic rainbow in the sunshine."

Base coats are the same. I have 2 coats on, so I could grab some of the bigger glitters.

I like Merry Solstice alone (2-3 coats), but LOVE it over Polished. Polished, another Star Kin, is gorgeous. I'll show you pics of that next time.
 Star Kin is one of my favourite brands. They go on so well, I've found minimal fishing for glitters, and are just so stunning.

Ami and Annette are a mother-daughter polish-making duo, based here in New Zealand, using ingredients that are not tested on animals, and base and dyes which are vegan friendly. They have recently been joined by Harriet, over at Nailhilism. Go check her out!
You can find the Star KinEtsy store here, and have a look at Ami's blog, and facebook page.

It's not really a review, but these opinions are my own, and I bought these polishes of my own free will...and will buy more.

Sorry, sorry.

It's been a while, and I have no excuse. I also have no set topic for this. Prepare for random crap.
My nails have been a bit nudey. I was wearing falsies and fingernails don't really enjoy that, so I'm giving them a break. I do have these photos.

This is C'mon Spring! A Star Kin Polish. I somehow failed to get on-nail pics of this.

And Raven Mad, another Star Kin. God, I loved this. It is so damn pretty. I kept getting distracted by the red shimmer.
Star Kin consist of a mother-daughter team here in NZ. They make AMAZING polishes, for excellent prices.  The formula is fantastic, and for the glitter/bitsy ones-the pay off is awesome. Check out the products here.

I had a book-worm fan girl moment this week. I am a BIG fan of Paul Cleave-an NZ author. His books are based in Christchurch-my home town-but it is a much darker, seedier ChCh. His books are fabulous, and I love recognising various places. I recently read his latest book (Joe Victim; awesome) and tweeted Paul. He tweeted back! I got all giggly and stupid. It was amazing. It's a shame being facetious doesn't really come across well in text, though.
I have been a fan since I read 'The Cleaner' a few years ago, but the introduction Paul wrote in 'Joe Victim' tipped me over into total author adoration.
Check out Paul Cleave here.

I have heard back about a heart monitor-in a couple weeks I am taking part in a study. I'll have a monitor on 24/7 for 2-4wks. It comes with a smart phone so I can record what I'm doing during an 'event'.  The whole thing is wireless and all data goes to Cloud, so it can be reviewed in real time if need be.
I'm looking forward to it. I had an episode last night that was quite extreme and lasted a minute or so longer than usual. It will be great to get some answers, finally.

That's it for now!