Darling Diva Polish D.M.S.R

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D.M.S.R stands for Dance, Music, Sex, Romance. What a gorgeous polish and befitting name right? D.M.S.R. is a very soft light lavender creme base with a lot of different type of glitters; large, medium, and small purple hexagonal, medium blue, holo and purple butterfly glitters. It was very hard to capture but in real life, you are able to see very tiny micro holo glitters throughout, which just puts the cherry on top with this polish.

D.M.S.R. is really my cup of tea. Light jelly base with gorgeous glitters, I could never get enough of these type of polishes! Above shown are 3 coats. With 2 coats, it reached opacity but I love the jelly sandwiched look so I added another coat. None the less, it is gorgeous and perfect for the upcoming Spring season!

If you are wanting to own any Darling Diva Polishes, click here. Carrie's polishes are incredibly affordable with extraordinary customer service and fast shipping!

Anna

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Darling Diva Persephone

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Darling Diva Polish Persophone. This polish is gorgeous! Check out this gorgeous duochrome shift. From a burgundy purple to gorgeous blue in a purple-blue'ish base. 

Excuse the change of scenery (and my reflection) as I used natural light to capture the beauty of Persephone.

Hopefully you are able to see the shift in the pictures because this one is gorgeous! Above here are only 2 smooth coats topped with a topcoat and it's pretty opaque. I feel like you could definitely add more coats or use a base but I love the way this looks with just 2.

To purchase your own Darling Diva Polishes, click here. Carrie's polishes are incredibly affordable with extraordinary customer service and fast shipping!

Do you own any DDP's?
Anna

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More Darling Divas

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These are the rest of the goodies that I am extremely excited to you guys! Carrie is one of the sweetest person I know and her polishes are always amazing. While all of her collections have always been amazing, this recent collection that she came out with just blows me out of the water. They're unique and nothing that I have seen around with other indies.

Cheer Bear 

 

Care Bear Stare

  

Shadow Puppets

 Catherine

I have to say, I think that this is one of her most amazing collections thus far. There are glitter ones, a while based polish and a holo polish. And the best part yet is that they're different.

Of all the polishes in this collection, Catherine is seriously my favorite. Catherine isn't like your regular holo polish. It's super opaque and covered in one coat - except I did 2 just because. But the best part is that it has purple/blue iridescent glitters. Hopefully you are able to see it in the photo above. This was the only picture where I was able to catch the soft holo and the purple/blue iridescent glitters. Hopefully you get the gist of it. Unfortunately, this picture still does no justice. You really need this one in your life.

In conclusion, I am blown away by this collection. They applied like butter, and they're simply amazing. Not only is this collection perfect for Spring but for every season as well. Carrie's inspiration for this collection was a great idea and her interpretation of each bear turned out great.

If you're interested in these polishes or other Darling Diva Polishes you can visit her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. I also highly recommend that you "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here as well as participate in her random giveaways there. So go check it out! 

Anna 

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Darling Diva Grumpy Bear & Love A Lot Bear

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I can never seem to get enough of some lovely Darling Diva Polishes! And to make a collection out of Care Bears. Seriously? Remember when we all looked forward to waking up in the morning just to watch Care Bear?! Those were the good old days where waking up to watch cartoons actually had good cartoons!

Now, onto some lovely Care Bears!

Love A Lot Bear 2 coats

This is a pink duochrome crellyish polish with various 

sized white and holographic gold glitters with hot pink 

hearts and red holographic hearts.

 Grumpy Bear 2 coats over Sinful Colors Rainstorm

This is a periwinkle-y crelly duochrome base with various 

sized white glitters along with pink and purple hearts.

I totally forgot to watermark, but that's really not the important thing right now. 

Both of these are gorgeous and I think Love A Lot Bear and Grumpy Bear would really love these 2. I think Carrie did a great interpreting the colors for these 2 bears because these are gorgeous! Especially the duochrome, it's an amazing shift!

I really enjoyed these 2 and can't to show you the rest of this collection! But so far, I think these 2 are favorites. They're gorgeous colors with duochromes and a unique combination of glitter that would look great over all different kinds of different undies. There was a little bit of fishing required but very manageable. 

I really love all of these and would really recommend them if you love duochromes and glitters! You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here. 

Whats your favorite from the collection so far?
Anna 

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Darling Diva Good Luck Bear

I LOVE Care Bears! Unfortunately, this is my generation but I absolutely love Care Bears! And when I found out that Carrie from Darling Diva Polishes was inspired to create a collection from Care Bears, I could not wait to see what she came up with!

And today, I bring to you Darling Diva Good Luck Bear.

I absolutely adore this polish! I love the stars!  Good Luck Bear is a sheer jelly base with gold stars along with green and white glitters. Isn't this a great interpretation?

Anna

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Darling Diva Care Bear (especially) for a Crow

This one truly deserves it's own post because it is so special!

Carrie from Darling Diva Polish made this especially for Lauri from CrowsToes. So the story goes like this: "Once upon a time there was a woman who didn't like Care Bears. So I made a polish for her:) hehehehe;)"

This one is seriously to die for. It's so different nothing like anything else I have ever swatched or own. It has a compilation of various colored hearts and flowers in a clear purple/blue shimmer base along with a scattering of black glitters for a lovely crow.

This polish is amazing! It's a bit sparse but I had not a single problem with the larger glitters. 2 smooth coats and the application was like butter! I love it so much!

The first time I used this, I used a creme blue polish but when I took the photos it really washed out the purpl'ish-blue shimmers, so I hope this super sheer jelly-wash blue gave you a better idea of how it really looks like.

Carrie, you did an amazing job! Lauri, what do you think?

How about you? Is this for you?
Anna

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Darling Diva Menage a Trois

These pictures seriously do no justice! This polish is just amazing. Plus, my camera is acting up. I am needing to look into this. Does someone know how to get rid of the white fuzzy overcast?

Look at how amazing it is! Look  at the gold shimmery microglitter. I am seriously in awe of this beauty. Unfortunately, I was unable to photograph the holo glitters in this but can you imagine how much more amazing this is in real life? You seriously need this in your stash!

You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here.

Absolutely gorgeous right?
Anna

*Some products were gifted as well as some provided for review. Please see the PR Disclosure for any questions*

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Darling Diva Polish Anna + GIVEAWAY!

I am so honored and thankful to be showing you this lovely polish that Carrie created and named it Anna! Seriously, I was in awe when she showed me this. Not only is it named after me, but it is gorgeous!

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I believe she used 5 different holo glitter pigments for this. Just look at that killer shimmer and glitter. It absolutely glows on my finger tips.

Anna was a piece of butter to apply. 2 even coats for coverage and the wear time was great! It also dried very quickly and the formula was great. Need I say more? I love this polish.

Thanks Carrie! I am so grateful to have this named after me!! Thanks a ton!

Now, Carrie is so sweet she sponsored this giveaway. And now you can win 2 polishes of your choice! All you have to do is go through her Esty shop by clicking here and in the section of the Rafflecopter, just leave the name of the polishes so we know what you want. Once the giveaway is over, the winner will be announced and Carrie will send you the polishes directly. So on to the giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 
Good luck!
Anna  

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Darling Diva Dook at Me & Frah-zhee-lay

Alright! I only have one more five page paper then I finally done with this semester and I can't even tell you all how excited I am! Soon, I will finally be back to normal with blogging, replying and commenting. And yes, I am behind. Seriously. In the next week, you'll be seeing tons of reviews.

Oh and sorry about missing this week's Twinsie post. BOO Anna!

Anywho, I have these two lovelies for you. And I have to admit. I think these two are some of my favorites from Carrie. And don't be surprised by the many pictures. I had to take that many for you all to see how beautiful it is.

Normally, I don't like to post this many pictures but I have to tell you, these are amazing. No joke.

Dook at Me. Look at it. The iridescent glitters and the holo. They seriously look like two different polishes but I kid you not, they're the same! Poor Minnesotans, we are deprived of Vitamin D, so all of these photos were taken indoors.

Frah-zhee-lay is gorgeous. I don't know what it is, but it just glows and sparkles. I'm usually not a fan of big holo hex glitters, but she made it work in here somehow. Look at those amazing blurred shots! The best part about this is, I didn't have to fish for the glitters!

The formula for both of these were a bit thick but I didn't care. It is totally worth it! Plus, thinner worked great with both of these.

You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here.

Anna 

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Darling Diva Auld Lang Syne & Special Edition

I love me some Darling Diva Polishes! I always enjoy wearing them, but most of all, I enjoy sharing them with you!

Now this first one I'm going to show you it just bling-tastic!

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Auld Lang Syne is a gorgeous polish with tons of gold  and holographic gold glitters. Most of these are hex glitters, but you can see that there are square glitters as well.

I am absolutely in love with this one. Auld Lang Syne isn't apart of a special collection but is geared more towards a New Year theme. Perfect fit for it right? The formula for this was perfect, 2 smooth coats. I love the way the gradient glitter looks like. It is so beautiful against the black. I love this one oh so much!

Special Edition isn't apart of any particular collection as well but she wanted to hear my thoughts. And I love this one too! I love all the blue glitters against the pink and purple glitters It is amazing! This is 2 coats on each finger.

It may look like the square glitters are slightly curled but I am sure it is the lighting. I hate when the lighting doesn't behave!

Both of these are so much fun to play with and are gorgeous!

You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here.

Absolutely gorgeous right?
Anna

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DDP A Christmas Story and Seriously Serious

These babies here are just amazing!

From a far, you would think that they're simple microglitters, but they're not! They are so complex and unique.

This is 3 coats.

A Christmas Story. Just take a look at hidden rainbow! If you're not holding the bottle under direct sunlight, you wouldn't even know that the glitters are almost holographic. It is just amazing! In the bottle, it looks like a regular red and green microglitter polish but this one is jam packed with goodness!

This is 3 coats. 

Seriously Serious is like the twin sister or, fraternal sister to A Christmas Story instead with purple glitters. I tried my best to capture the green holographic glitters but it just was not showing up. Otherwise, this one is just as gorgeous! These pictures do no justice at all. I feel like these pictures are a little bit of a failure. Hopefully when I revisit this, I will have a better camera and better lighting, then you'd be able to see the full potential of this beauty!

As always, I have never had a problem with any of the DDP's. They both applied smooth.

You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here. 

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FUUUUUUUDGE!!!

I hope all you USA residents had a great Thanksgiving and an awesome Black Friday shopping! 

Alright, I had to count how many U's there were and I hope I got it right!

FUUUUUUDGE!!! is apart of Carrie's holiday collection and it is just absolutely stunning.

I absolutely love and adore this one so much! All the colors in here are just so complex and perfectly mixed together. FUUUUUUUDGE!!! has a variety of many different glitters ranging from red, orange and blue that come in hexes and shreds of glitter. With it are neutral/tan'ish brown and gold glitters that come in squares and hexes. It's gorgeous.

Generally, I'm really not a fan of brown'ish leaning polishes but this one just amazing. I am completely in love with this! I don't even want to take it off!

This is 2 amazing coats. The application was smooth. There was no fishing with the glitters but it was a little thick. though manageable as you can see.

You can purchase Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here.

Amazing right?
Anna

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Twinsie Tuesday: Thanksgiving Inspired

Now this week's challenge looks much more appealing than the last Twinsie challenge.

A Thanksgiving Inspired mani.

I didn't really feel like doing nail so I decided to do Thanksgiving/Fall colors. The base is Zoya Cola which is like a rusty red'ish orange but it's coming off really red in the photo. Then I added a duochrome shifting Darling Diva Polish glitter. I'm not if she has this in her shop, but it's gorgeous!

I love Thanksgiving, but Thanksgiving manis just aren't my thing and I had no idea what I wanted to do. But I hope you enjoyed this simple mani. What are some of you favorite manis? Do you have any Thanksgiving mani ideas?

And my nails have almost fully recovered. I've been having to file and shape, file and shape, file and shape so they're almost there!

Do you have Thanksgiving mani ideas?
Anna

Check out my Twinsies' Thanksgiving manis!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Tara at Polishy of Truth

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