KBShimmer Spring 2014 Collection - My Picks!

Hi, you guys! Hope your week is going well! :) It's finally starting to feel like spring over here. It was actually sunny yesterday, with blue skies! Of course I was stuck inside at work because it was a weekday, but beggars can't be choosers. I'm just getting over a pretty miserable cold. It had me good for two weeks and I'm still coughing a little, but I'm thankful to be back to feeling mostly normal and sleeping through the night again. :)

Today, I've got my picks from the new KBShimmer Spring 2014 Collection. It's a large collection of 16 polishes consisting of a variety of finishes—glitters, holos, and cremes. It's a fun set of colors and finishes, sure to have something to satisfy whatever you love. For me, four totally stood out and made my heart sing, so I wanted to share those with you.


Chick Me Out

Chick Me Out is a bright sunshine yellow with a creme, almost jelly-like finish. It was still a little streaky at two coats (which is pretty typical for a yellow), so I added a third coat for the swatches. Due to its jelly-like finish, it dries to a high-gloss shine. I personally love shades like this. It's so cheerful that it's hard not to feel buoyant when wearing this. :)

Daisy About You

Daisy About You is a light green creally with white, bright green, and lavender glitter pieces in a variety of sizes. There's plenty of glitters, so no fishing is needed. But you do have to dab and move the glitters into position on the nails. It's not hard to do, but if you don't, all the bigger glitters will just get brushed off the free edge as you do a normal brush stroke. The hardest glitter to get is the big purple daisy, but even that wasn't too bad. I swirled my brush around and quickly picked up two. I did three coats for the swatches and was able to get great coverage and glitter distribution at that. This is so pretty on the nails, and I love the unique combination of glitters and base color. KBShimmer is always so good at throwing together colors I never would have thought to put together and make the resulting combination look amazing! :)

A Touch of Glass

A Touch of Glass is a slightly muted, light aqua mint with a creme finish. It has just a hint of shimmers that isn't very noticeable, but gives a nice sheen to the overall finish. The formula is nice and self-leveling, making for easy application. I did three coats for the swatches for complete even coverage. I love a good mint, so this is right up my alley. It's the most delicate seafoam shade, and looks so fresh and sophisticated on the nails.

Belle of the Mall

Belle of the Mall is a pinkish coral-red jelly with various small and medium-sized silver holographic glitters. The formula's one of the best I've encountered for a glitter. It's dense with glitters and has a thick enough consistency to achieve good coverage while still being easy to apply. You can just dab on the glitters where you'd like, and they stay put nicely with subsequent brush strokes. I did just two coats for the swatches, and while you can see some nail lines in the pictures, it's hardly noticeable in real life. If I were wearing it, I'd probably stop at two coats because it's sufficient coverage for me, but you can add a third coat to achieve total coverage if you'd prefer. This one doesn't dry as glossy, so you may need to add top coat for a high-gloss shine. The only odd thing I noticed about this polish is that some of the bigger glitters have lines of scratches in them. You can see it on the ones on my index and pinky fingers, and also on the ones in the bottle. I haven't seen anyone else mention this, so it's probably just an isolated issue with my bottle.

Now that you've seen my picks from this collection, I'd love to know what you think! :D What are you favorites? Which ones will you be adding to your stash?

You can find the KBShimmer Spring 2014 shades at KBShimmer.com for $7.50 to $8.75 and at HarlowandCo.org for $8.50 to $9 for each 0.5 fl oz bottle.

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