Chirality Duality (of Existence)

Hey guys! Long time no blog. Life is busy busy busy and its finally, sorta, not really, maybe, almost spring here in Wisconsin so I've been soaking up and rays I can before it gets TOO hot.

BUT! I am so excited to share the full Duality Of Existence collection by Chirality Polish with you! This is a super fun holo/glitter collection named with equally fun references to classic duos. I won't spoil the inspirations for you, you'll have to see if you can figure it out on your own! Just for reference, I 'got' 3 of the 4 pairs.

All photos are shown with 2-3 coats of the holo portion of the duo, and 1ish coat of its glitter counterparts over the top, + 1 coat of top coat

First up is Iceman and Maverick - This is my favorite pair of the collection. I just LOVE the lavender-blue Maverick.

Maverick - Full Sun

Maverick - Inside

Iceman - Full Sun -  LOOK AT THAT BLUE SHIMMER!

Iceman - Inside

Next up is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. This is my second favorite duo. Rosencrantz is such a perfect minty green and I loved the chunky glitter combo in Guildenstern.

Rosencrantz - Full Sun

Rosencrantz - Inside

Guildenstern - Full Sun

Guildenstern - Inside

 Next up is To'hajilee and Ozymandias. These are two that I probably would not have purchased but now that I have them I LOVE THEM. They are gorgeous in person! To'hajiilee is my favorite of the pair, its such a gorgeous orange!

To'hajiilee - Full Sun

To'hajiilee - Inside

Ozymandias - Full Sun

Ozymandias - Inside

Finally, last but not least is A Major Hero and A Weiss Heroine. This one made me think but when I figured it out I totally LOL'd - KUDOS!

A Major Hero - Full Sun (OMG!)

A Major Hero - Full Sun (the sun was setting so it wasn't as bright as the others.)

A Major Hero - Inside

A Weiss Heroine - Full Sun (PINK SHIMMER!)

A Weiss Heroine - Inside

This is going to sound a little silly probably, but this collection really forced me outside of my box. I don't really do a lot of oranges or purples but I was pleasantly surprised - especially by To'hajiilee! These polishes were super easy to apply, required very little clean up, and even in mini bottles the glitter worked very well.

Chirality is available here in full and mini sizes. Full sizes for this collection are $12 each for the holo polishes, and $8 each for the glitter ones.

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The Usurper - Chirality Limited Edition

Purchased By Me

Confession: I feel like a little bit of a jerk for posting this one because its a limited edition and no longer available, but I have to post it because A. it's gorgeous and B. it's another fantastic example of the awesomeness that is Chirality Nail Polish. So if you like green holos open up your wishlist document and get ready to add this baby!

The Usurper is a stunning mossy, grassy green holo limited edition (only 30 bottles exist!) from September 2013. The formula is typical of all Chirality polishes that I own and provides fantastic even coverage with every stroke of the brush. I wore this baby for 6 days with my KB Shimmer 'Clearly On Top' top coat, and it stayed gorgeous all week long. I've been testing out QTICA's Half Time Polish Drying Accelerator drops  ($7.50 from Planet Beauty) for about a month now and they are fan freaking-tastic! I was pleased to see that the drops did not dull the holo effect, and the stuff dries in record time so I didn't have to worry about smudging it either. I apply it over a quick dry top coat and I can go from wet nails to buttoning my skinny jeans in about 10 minutes without having to worry about really goofing something up. So thumbs up for that...

BUT ANYWAY back to The Usurper! Here is 2 coats of The Usurper over naked nail + quick dry top coat and QTICA's Half Time drops...

And juuuuuust because...

The Usurper is not available for purchase from Chirality at this time, but please take a few moments to visit and peruse their store for other gorgeous creations here! Asymptote, Katydid and Kale are all gorgeous greens, and I have done a post on the ever popular Apollonia as well!

Too Cute-icle - I'm Wearing Green!

Saint Patrick's Day is right around the corner! Woo!

I figured out this month that I have a serious problem with 'anticipation' buying. I can't tell you how many GREENS I picked up in anticipation of Saint Patrick's Day manis, but I can tell you that I own more than I could possibly use between Valentines Day and March 17th. Oh well...at least I'll be set for Christmas LOL!

Shamrocks (NOT 4-leaf cloves)...surprisingly easy...surprisingly difficult! I spent a great deal of time crouched over a nail wheel with my dotting tools trying to get the spacing for the leaves just right, all in all I am pretty pleased with it and have definitely found my St. Paddy's Day (Paddy not Patty LOL!) mani. I love it! Even the operations manager at work said, "Cool nails, man! My wife loves that stuff." Awesome.

This is 2 coats of Too Cute-icle's limited edition Saint Patrick's Day polish 'I'm Wearing Green', over Finger Paints 'Tough Art To Follow'. I added the rhinestones and immediately regretted it. 'I'm Wearing Green' is gorgeous on its own and didn't need at dressing up. The stars, I was pleased to find, did not require much fishing, but you better believe I top coated the shizz outta them...LOL! For the accent nails I used Chirality Nail Polish 'Katydid' (lime green scatter holo) and black on my swatch hand, and 'Katydid' and 'Tough Art To Follow' on my right hand.

(P.S. I am experimenting with my photos and watermarks to make them less intrusive. Let me know in the comments if you like the new look or not, or would prefer them not have borders and the logo. Thanks!)

Finger Paints ' Tough Art To Follow' (Black accent nail)

Finger Paints ' Tough Art To Follow' (Black accent nail)

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'

Shamrocks - Chirality 'Katydid'

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'

Too Cute-icle 'I'm Wearing Green'  w/ Rhinestones

Chirality 'Katydid' and Finger Paints 'Tough Art To Follow'

The 'OTHER' hand LOL

'I'm Wearing Green' is available now for $7 for a full size until 10pm on March 17, 2013 here! You can also find Too Cute-icle on...
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Instagram: @TooCuteicle
Twitter: @TooCuteicle
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You can find Chirality's 'Katydid' here and on Facebook.

Just a heads up, we'll Just a heads up, we will be putting the shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/FoxClaws) into vacation mode for a couple of weeks starting this Friday 3/15/13 so that we can catch up on some things around the house, and give Mr. Fox's elbow some time to recover and heal. We may still be accepting custom orders so if you want something while the shop is closed please feel free to contact us on Etsy, Facebook, or by e-mail at thefoxclaws[at]gmail[dot]com. All open orders, including orders placed between now and Friday, will be completed and shipped out on schedule. If you have any questions about your order, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Oh, almost forgot! Theres a new social media footprint website called HireInfluence. It's kind of like Klout and LinkedIn rolled into one. It's still in BETA so I don't have too much information yet, but I'll update more when I get some :) You can activate your profile at HireInfluence (http://bit.ly/hireinf). I activated mine with my twitter account in less than 3 minutes and found out I have a social media #strengthfactor of 31.2. If you activate your account by March 25th you'll be entered to win 1 of 3 $100 Amazon gift cards!

Some of the capabilities and highlights of the HireInfluence interface include:

• Search – A search engine that gives businesses unprecedented search criteria options to strategically identify and leverage "Networking Superstars" in their target market or industry.
• Proprietary Score – A "Strength Factor" score based on real influence, to include the level of impact the influencer has via each social channel, as well as real work experience within specific industries.
• Social analyzing – A first-to-market aggregation and validation of the results, to include demographics of friends and followers, location of influence, key words used and engaged vs. fake followers, to name a few.
• Star Rating – Each person's profile has a star rating given by other companies as well as rankings against other Networkers to "recruit with confidence."
• Social Media Background Check - Printed profile for a sales or promotional employment opportunity.

No HATE - Just LOVE

NO HATE

Bullying is not funny. It is not cool. It is not right. And more importantly, it is not okay.
Most of us are, thankfully, residents of countries that support tolerance and many of our families have settled in these places simply for that reason. Generations later, it is our responsibility to perpetuate that message of tolerance across our new social platforms, including the internet.

As members of the nail polish blogging community, we all share a love of beauty, color, and lacquer. Other than that, we are remarkably different: from our race to our religion to our hair color...even to our polish application techniques. To marginalize anyone because of those differences is completely unacceptable and today I take a stand against that. I refuse to allow other people's view of "normal" dictate how I behave, believe, and blog.

In solidarity with a multitude of bloggers linked below, my purple manicure represents my proud commitment to the No Hate movement. Today, November 8, I dedicate my post to ending bullying of any kind and to encouraging diversity and imperfection among our colorful community.

Thank you to Amanda of amandalandish.com for the wonderful write up.

I am wearing Chirality's Apollonia for NO H8!