Yeti, Lulu, and Friends Present Elevation Polish's 2015 4th Annual Charity Event

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Hi everyone! It's time for Elevation Polish's Annual Charity Sale/Auction. Every year, Lulu from Elevation Polish organizes a huge fundraising event to benefit Chrestomathy, which is an organization local to her that is a day training and habilitation service for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The polishes that will be sold/auctioned in this event were all donated by Elevation Polish as well as many generous indie makers, so 100% of the profits from the event will be donated to Chrestomathy. For more details about the event, please check out Elevation Polish's blog post.

Elevation Polish A Journey Told Through Music Collection, Part 2

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Hi everyone! Today, I have Elevation Polish's A Journey Told Through Music Collection, Part 2 to share with you! This collection has a bunch of gorgeous shades including cremes, holos, flakies, and shimmers that are perfect for fall. I also included a swatch of a newer core polish that is only available for a limited time now due to availability of some of the ingredients. Check out Ida Nails It's post for the song inspirations behind all of these polishes because she did an excellent job of summarizing those. Lulu has a very varied and interesting taste in music and I'm too boring to even get most of the song references (sad, I know!). I apologize for my tardy post, but these are launching TONIGHT at 9 PM CST, so be sure to check them out!

Indie Inlinkz: Favorite Fall Color

*Some Press Samples Included*

Hi everyone! Today I'm doing a link-up with the ladies of Indie Inlinkz, a group of lovely bloggers who do a monthly link-up featuring indie polishes. For this month's prompt, we are exploring our favorite fall color! It's no secret that I'm an orange lover (yes that's me...sitting in the corner by myself), and I've amassed quite a collection of orange indies that are perfect for fall. Whether it be more burnt oranges or bright Halloween oranges, I don't discriminate. I have way more fabulous oranges than this in my collection (MANY that are more summer appropriate), but I picked out 8 great ones to share today that I think are fall appropriate. I'm sure I probably left out some that I love, but this is all my brain could come up with in the wee hours of the morning when I was putting this post together (just being real). These photos were taken anytime from last week to over a year and a half ago, so they are all over the place when it comes to poses, lighting, etc.. so just bear with me! Also I few of them are no longer available, so I apologize for that, but I just had to share them because they are favorites of mine!

Elevation Pahlish Venetian Duo

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Hi everyone! Today I have the Venetian Duo to share with you which is a collaboration between Elevation Polish and Pahlish. This duo rounds out their collaborative Marco Polo Collection which I posted about here and here. This duo lauched last week in Pahlish's shop and yesterday in Elevation Polish's shop and will be available during the month of August in both shops for $22 and comes with special "Elevation Pahlish" LE labels. 

Elevation Polish Adventures of Marco Polo Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have the Elevation Polish half of the Adventures of Marco Polo Collection collection to share with you! As I mentioned in the previous post, this is a collaboration collection with Pahlish and each brand has 7 polishes that they have created to contribute to the 14 piece collection plus the Venetian Duo. I found out that there will be several complete 14 piece sets available in both the Pahlish and Elevation Polish shops as well as the duo. Individual polishes from each collection will only be available for purchase from their respective shops. Lulu also has a fantastic blog post about the inspiration for her polishes if you want to check it out. The Elevation Polish Adventures of Marco Polo Collection launches on August 7th at 9:00 PM CST.

Elevation Polish Woke Up in China Collection + Yeti the Stone Warrior

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Hi everyone! Today I have a brand new Elevation Polish collection for July to share with you! The Woke Up in China Collection is a total departure from last month's dark and vampy Street Graffiti Collection. This collection is full of softer colors with muted brightness that are just perfect for summer. There is also a special limited edition Yeti that will only be available during the month of July, so be sure to grab it before it's gone! Also, don't forget about the Bamboozled Duo with Girly Bits that will be restocking during the month of July with this collection. All of these will be launching on July 7th at 9 PM CST, so be sure to mark your calenders!

Elevation Polish and Girly Bits Bamboozled Duo

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Hi everyone! I've got a very special duo to share with you today from Girly Bits Cosmetics and Elevation Polish! With the Bamboozled Duo, Pam and Lulu have represented both the green live state and brown dried state of bamboo. These gorgeous polishes will be available during the month of July exclusively in the Elevation Polish shop. The duo will first be stocked on July 7th at 9 PM CST and then again on July 22nd at 9 AM CST. The price will be $22 plus shipping for the duo. Supplies will be limited, so be sure to grab your set while supplies last.

Elevation Polish Street Graffiti Collection + When the Cherry Met the Spoon

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Hi everyone! Today I have the new Street Graffiti Collection for June 2015 from Elevation Polish to share with you. This is a super cool collection that is a bit unexpected, but welcomed this time of the year with all of the brights around. These are very posh polishes (just like their namesakes) that can be worn year-round and I feel like that's what makes this collection so awesome. There is also a new addition to the core line that is a former SBP (When the Cherry Met the Spoon), and it is a stunner! These all go on sale on June 7th at 9 PM CST.

Elevation Polish Yeti's Healing Vibes (AHF Charity Polish)

*Purchased by Me*

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to show you some swatches of a charity polish that is currently available for purchase from Elevation Polish to benefit Earthquake disaster relief in Nepal. I mentioned this polish in my post about the Streets of Japan Collection earlier this month, but now that I have it I wanted to share some pictures so you can see just how gorgeous it is. You can read updated information about this polish in Lulu's blog post, including her decision to extend the availability of the polish in Elevation Polish's shop.

Yeti's Healing Vibes is a polish that Team Elevation has created to benefit the American Himalayan Foundation following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. During the month of May, $10 from each bottle sold will be donated to the AHF to help aid in recovery efforts in Nepal. Lulu has now extended the availability of this polish to keep money coming in for monthly donations, so from June forward $5 from each bottle sold will be donated to AHF. You can also read more information about the American Himalayan Foundation here.

Yeti's Healing Vibes is a jade green crelly polish filled with ultra chrome flakes, gunmetal flake shimmer, white/silver flake shimmer, and aqua microshimmer. Each bottle has a hand written <3 Nepal sticker on it as well. Formula is superb with opacity in 2 easy coats. This is such a gorgeous polish for such an amazing cause, so be sure to pick up a bottle (it is available in the shop right now).

Elevation Polish is available from creator Lulu's Big Cartel Shop. She has a lot of info on restock dates and availability on the Big Cartel site as well as on her blog. Her shop is restocked on the 7th and 22nd each month unless otherwise noted.

Elevation Polish Streets of Japan Collection + Baby Yeti and Stay Behind, Catch a Wave 2

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Hi everyone! Today I have Elevation Polish's new polishes for May, the Streets of Japan Collection. This collection consists of 5 brand new polishes inspired by Lulu's adventures in Japan. There are a few other polishes releasing on May 7th along with the Streets of Japan Collection, including a limited edition Yeti (Baby Yeti), and an old favorite making a comeback (Stay Behind, Catch a Wave 2). There is also a limited edition polish for charity that I will discuss more next.

Yeti's Healing Vibes is a polish that Team Elevation has created to benefit the American Himalayan Foundation following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. This polish will be available from May 7th until May 27th and $10 from each bottle will be donated to the AHF to help aid in recovery efforts in Nepal. Please see Lulu's blog post here for pictures and more information about Yeti's Healing Vibes and you will also see Team Elevation's personal ties to this cause. You can also read more information about the American Himalayan Foundation here.

Now, let's get on to swatches of the new collection!

Floral Double Stamping Featuring Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2

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Hi everyone! Today I have some double stamping to share with you that was inspired by Love Varnish's fabulous floral double stamping. She has done it several times on her blog in different color combinations, but this is my absolute favorite one. So drawing my inspiration from that mani, I started out with Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 as my nude base. Then, I used an image from MoYou-London's Pro XL plate 10 for and stamped first with white (Mundo de Unas White) and then flipped the image and stamped with black (Mundo de Unas Black). I really loved this fun twist on neutrals! Everything about this mani is a neutral color, but it really pops and looks chic.

Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 is a neutral nude creme polish. I was worried when I purchased this that it was going to lean too yellow to look nice on my skintone, but that wasn't the case at all. It was actually a great neutral nude color and one of the few I own that doesn't have a lot of pink undertones that looks nice on me. Formula was extremely nice and it was perfectly opaque in 2 coats. It's a fantastic nude if you are in the market for one!

Elevation Polish is available from creator Lulu's Big Cartel Shop. She has a lot of info on restock dates and availability on the Big Cartel site as well as on her blog. Her shop is restocked on the 7th and 22nd each month unless otherwise noted. 

Have you tried double stamping yet? What do you think of the look? Thanks for looking everyone! 

Floral Stamping with Zoya Harlow and Elevation Polish Cloud Peak

*Some items in this post were provided previously for review*

Hi everyone! Today I have a simple stamped mani for you. This mani was born out the need to jazz up a mani for another day of wear (I get bored easily) and the desire to see how well the Zoya Matte Velvets stamp. I ended up wearing Elevation Polish Cloud Peak after I got done swatching the Wyoming the Wild Collection because I couldn't bring myself to take it off (it's sooooo pretty!). I recently saw someone on Facebook (I wish I could remember who, it was in my newsfeed) stamp with one of the Zoya Matte Velvets and I had pulled out Harlow to try it out when I got a chance. I thought the purple flecks in Cloud Peak paired so well with the pinky plum of Harlow, so the stamping commenced. I used a floral image from the MoYou-London Pro XL Plate 10 to stamp and I tried to vary the placement from nail to nail so that the flower wasn't exactly the same every time. Overall I was really impressed with how crisply Harlow stamped and I love that the gorgeous shimmer comes out when topcoat is added. I've used the Matte Velvets as bases for stamping before because they dry so quickly, but now I'm definitely going to be pulling them out to stamp with quite often!

Zoya brought back the Matte Velvet Collection this past fall and they are still in stock at Zoya.com if you haven't picked them up yet. Elevation Polish's new Wyoming the Wild Collection goes on sale tonight at 9 PM CDT in their shop so you can pick up Cloud Peak and the other beauties in that collection.

Don't you love it when you find new ways to use polishes in your collection? Thanks for looking everyone!

Elevation Polish Wyoming the Wild Collection + Khongoryn Els

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Hi everyone! Today I have Elevation Polish's new collection for April, the Wyoming the Wild Collection. This collection contains seven brand new polishes which were inspired by Lulu's adventures in Wyoming (read more about her inspiration in her blog post). Along with the Wyoming-inspired collection, Khongoryn Els, an old favorite Elevation Polish, is being re-released. All of these are set to release on April 7th at 9 PM CDT.

#TBT: Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe

*Purchased by Me*

Hi everyone! Here's another edition of #TBT. I figured that during March, I would wear some oldie green polishes for you guys! The polish I am featuring today is from over 3 years ago...and I've had it sitting around untried for that long. This polish is from Color Club's Beyond the Mistletoe Collection (Holiday 2011) which was a collection full of microglitter polishes that I acquired via a swap when the set never arrived at my Ross. Remember when you could buy entire collections of Color Club polishes at Ross for about $15? I miss that! Except sometimes I would buy a set just because they were cheap and never use them...

Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe contains light green holo and silver holo microglitter in a clear base. Formula spread easily with good glitter density. This is one coat over Elevation Polish Storm in the Morning Light plus a thicker topcoat (it is a little gritty, but it's easy to smooth out.)  and all but one of them were glitters just like this. I think that they can be worn on their own at 3 coats, but I much prefer layering 1 coat over a base color. This is such a blingy glitter that is very eye catching because of all the holo! So pretty!

Even though this was released so long ago, Beyond the Mistletoe is still available on Color Club's website as well as from other e-tailers . I saw that Llarowe and Live.Love.Polish have it and it is also easily found on eBay and Amazon.

Elevation Polish Minneapolish Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have the gorgeous Minneapolish Collection to share with you from Elevation Polish! This polish is especially dear to Lulu because it is inspired by her home town, Minneapolis, Minnesota (be sure to check out her blog post for her stories about the inspiration behind all of these pretties). There are a total of 6 polishes including a limited edition Yeti polish that will only be available during the month of February. I was so excited when I first saw the preview of this collection and they more than lived up to my expectations! The Minneapolish Collection will be launching on February 7th.

Elevation Polish Rose Cardamom Chocolate Truffles for February's A Box, Indied

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Hi everyone! Today I have the Elevation Polish exclusive for February's A Box, Indied to share with you. The theme of this box is "A Box, Candied", so all of the polishes are candy-themed. The other contributors to this box are Hare Polish, CrowsToes Nail Color, Serum No. 5, and Black Cat Lacquers. February's box will launch on January 26 at 12 PM and 7 PM Mountain time. Keep a watch on Llarowe's Facebook page to see the offerings from the other contributors to the box!

Elevation Polish Rose Cardamom Chocolate Truffles is a dark chocolate brown creme with pink and bronze flakes and a sprinkling of holo pigment. The flakes in this polish are just dreamy and you can see them flash when you move your fingers. They are subtle in some lights, but really pop in others (and are EXTREMELY hard to photograph, they are much more apparent in real life...none of this was helped by the fact that there has not been sunlight in my neck of the woods for a WEEK now). The holo sparkle also adds a nice depth to the polish. Lulu loves her browns, and she did such an excellent job on this one! I know everyone isn't a brown lover (I used to be anti-brown myself) but this one just might change your mind! Also...now I want to try a Rose Cardamom Chocolate Truffle because that sounds very sexy and delicious!

A Box, Indied is available from Llarowe for $50 each. Each box contains 5 polishes and/or products that are exclusive to that box and will not be available individually. You can sign up to receive a box each month or you can purchase the boxes individually when they are released. Follow Llarowe's Facebook page for announcements of exact dates and times of releases (the box for the next month is usually released around the end of the previous month.) She will also give previews of the products and makers that will be in the box (there is a rotation of makers that are included, it isn't always the same). Thanks for looking everyone!

Elevation Polish A Journey Told Through Music Collection

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Hi everyone! I'm so proud to show you my first post as part of Team Elevation! I adore Lulu's amazing polishes (I have featured them here many times) and getting to show you guys new Elevation Polish collections is just an honor. Today I'm going to show you some swatches of the upcoming A Journey Told Through Music Collection that will be released on January 7. This collection is a very personal one for Lulu and is inspired by songs that bring back memories of certain times and journeys during her life. She has a wonderful blog post describing the specific inspirations for all of these polishes, so be sure to check that out!

CYNA 12 Day of Christmas: Christmas Trees

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Hi everyone! For today's Challenge Your Nail Art 12 Days of Christmas prompt, we are all doing our take on Christmas trees. For my mani, I did a version of Nailside's Abstract Christmas Tree Tutorial. I started with a base of Elevation Polish Tre Cime di Lavaredo and let it dry completely. Then I taped off my design using striping tape and painted on Literary Lacquers A Thousand Christmas Trees (perfect polish to use, eh?) Then removed the striping tape and added a dot of Smitten Polish Nose So Bright at the top of each tree. I topcoated my design after I let it dry for several minutes to avoid smearing. I used 3 thin coats of Literary Lacquers A Thousand Christmas Trees on all of my other nails to finish off my look. I thought these turned out perfectly and I was really proud of how well all of the polishes worked together for this look. Tape manis always look so difficult, but they are usually pretty easy to pull off.

Don't forget to check out what all of the other lovely ladies have done today! Thanks for looking everyone!

An InLinkz Link-up

Elevation Polish Arabian Sea 2

*Purchased by Me*

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted the past few days, I've had a bit of blogging burnout. I recently slayed a longtime lemming when Llarowe restocked their Elevation Polish Llarowe Exclusives. I picked up Malaspina Glacier and Arabian Sea 2, and I immediately had to put on Arabian Sea 2.

Arabian Sea 2 is an aqua-mint creme with gold flakes and golden microshimmer and blue microshimmer. The color is absolute perfection! I pretty much buy ALL OF THE seafoam/aqua-green/minty greens that come out, but this one is really a special one. I feel like it might have a smidge more of a greenish tinge to it in real life (it seemed to be brought out more by the gold stamping in the bottom pictures). The shimmer is subtle but striking. Formula was very nice (per usual with Elevation Polish) and I used 3 thin coats for this mani. Gah, I've waited ages for this polish and it did not disappoint!

Then, to keep with the sea theme, I stamped it with MoYou-London Sailor plate 05 and China Glaze 2030. Totally out of season...but I love it!

Elevation Polish is available from creator Lulu's Big Cartel Store. She has a lot of info on restock dates and availability on the Big Cartel site as well as on her blog. Her shop is restocked on the 7th and 22nd each month unless otherwise noted. Elevation Polish is also stocked at Llarowe (and note that Arabian Sea 2 is a Llarowe exclusive polish). 

Thanks for looking everyone!

Elevation Polish Swatch Spam

*Purchased by me*

Hi everyone! Today I have a heaping helping of Elevation Polish swatch spam to share with you! I'm such an Elevation Polish fan and I've gathered up quite a collection of these lately. All of these but one (Yeti's Oceanside Vacation) are still part of the current line so they should be a breeze for you to get your hands on if you want to try them out.

Puncak Jaya is a bright robin's egg blue creme with blue and teal shimmer and flakes. The shimmer is more subtle in this polish and only really shows itself in certain lights, but you can see pops of the flakes here and there throughout the polish. And the color is absolutely gorgeous! This is 2 easy coats.

Yeti's Oceanside Vacation was a limited edition polish that was only available during the month of June. It has a myriad of matte glitters in soothing oceanic aquas, greens, and blues with a dash of purple and even peach. There are even a few stars and large dot glitters thrown in there. Just a gorgeous glitter topper. This is two dabbed coats over Puncak Jaya.

Shilin Stone Forest is a medium grey creme filled with gunmetal flake shimmer and a subtle holographic effect. I'm not always drawn to greys, but I've found a few lately that have really impressed me and this is one of them! I absolutely adore the sprinkling of holo in this one. This was 2 easy coats.

Bohai Sea is a stunning blue subtle holographic polish. The formula was thicker on this one, but it applied well (pretty much a one coater, but I did 2 coats for good measure). If you prefer, you can always add a dash of thinner to it. Her subtle (medium-density) holos are so gorgeous!

Hinglajgarh Forest (say that three times fast...or at all...) is a grass green holographic polish. The holo flame on this one was more prominent than Bohai Sea, but still more subtle than the really super holo polishes out there. I used 2 easy coats for this one. This color of green is just perfect!

Pointless Forest 2 is a dark teal jelly filled with larger and smaller iridescent glitters. There was such wonderful depth with this polish! It was very easily opaque at 3 thin coats (alternately, you can layer it over a similar base color, but I preferred the depth it had by itself). I did use 2 coats of topcoat to help smooth it out, but it definitely wasn't hard to get smooth.

Elevation Polish is available from creator Lulu's Big Cartel Store. She has a lot of info on restock dates and availability on the Big Cartel site as well as on her blog. Her shop is restocked on the 7th and 22nd each month unless otherwise noted. Elevation Polish is also stocked at Llarowe.

Are you an Elevation Polish fan like me? What do you think of these? Thanks for looking everyone!