Birthday Duo!

Hello Lovlies on this gorgeous friday summer afternoon!

I am happy to announce that I am having a relatively large milestone in the female life span. The last birthday you ever really admit to... From here on out, I no longer age and I am not an old lady... I said NO... Lol.

Where to find this poster!

In honor of this strange and wonderful time in my life, I will be releasing a gorgeous birthday duo, aptly named " The B-day Duo" because who said you had to be clever in old age, lol.

This set will be available starting shortly July 5th, My birthday for all intensive purposes is the 18th of July. I wanted to share with you all the fun and excitement I have had in the indie world and having the opportunity to share with you the creations I have made. I have enjoyed even the worst parts!

I think, I've stated before that I have horrible picture taking qualities and how that will never stop me anyway... LOL, well, let it continue. I did get a macro lens, it is fun but I am useless with it. I got a tripod, same story. So just sit back, relax and prepare for your senses to be assaulted with my sub par yet insistent on being shared photography skills... Enjoy.

 Direct sun light

 Flash

Direct sunlight

Cali Bombshell (Metallic Gold Holographic Nail Polish)

This is obviously named after the state I live in and the awesomeness of this gold holo. I live just outside of Sacramento, CA in Placer County. Place gold is the type of gold you find in flakes or small nuggets, the kind you pan for. Lode gold is the kind found in veins in rocks. Either way, gold is gold is gold, and this holo is definitely gold. ***Again, I cannot be blamed for any damages caused to your retinas or car accidents caused by the subsequent blinding while driving with this polish on your nails, shiny object syndromes beware, you will get nothing accomplished while wearing Cali Bombshell because all you will want to do is just stare!

 Oh ya, did I mention new labels??? Not my chosen Logo but at least they rock for labels during the interim...

Macros!!! Bottle shots! Squee!!!

Sorry about the screen shot... Get over it.

Swatches from Kimber

Summertime's Sublime

I'm a big sublime fan, have been for 15 years. This name is dedicated to them and one of my fave songs by them Doin' Time. The color is so Cali summer I just can't even. it will compliment many skin tones and colors. It is an opaque creamy Neon that dries semi matte. I love Corals although I am personally not a fan of pinks or oranges, not sure if you have noticed my collections almost exclusively exclude those two colors. Lol. I love both colors for lippies tho... I dunno, I am a squirrel, I collect nuts!!

Direct sunlight freaks out the camera.

 This is about as color accurate as I can get, when the Kimness has better photos, so shall you!

 It looks different in different light, thanks Camera.

 This is my bottle and apparently it is dirty, lol.

Swatches from Kimber

DUO Sets-

These will only be offered in full size sets for the time being. Were I to offer them individually they would be as follows:

Cali Bombshell- $16 Shipped. (The pigments and amounts I have to use are much higher than my average pigments)

Summertime's Sublime- $12.50 Shipped ( All Glitterbombs, cremes, conshimmer cremes and the holo top coat are also this price!)

Together will be $25 shipped and will also include a monkey farts scented Cuticle oil mini that will be making it's shop debut with the set. This is a free $4.50 jojoba oil based cuticle oil! That's a $33 value for only $25 because it's my birthday and I want everyone to party with me! 

Can't wait to see who turns up and I hope you all love all the goodies coming out soon!

XOXO, 

Ashes

INVADER ZIM- "LET THE NIGHTMARE BEGIN" Part 1

I'm posting today my I,A.M...CustomColor The Invader Zim Collection part 1 of 2, Holographic polishes.

LET THE NIGHTMARE BEGIN!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S28LQYiJq0

"Agent Mothman AKA Dib Monkey"

First up, we have a bright Blue extreme Holo. This polish was named after the show's character Dib, who goes by Agent Mothman in the mysterious mystery of strange mysteries

http://salongen.de/picvvm/invader-zim-pictures-dib

         

Felicia O. Swatcher Credit

"Zim's Giant Radioactive Pants" 

http://youtu.be/PoGE8mLYet0

a nice shifty red that highlights with golds, coppers, fuschias to red with a nice strong holo shimmer.

Kimber's Korner Swatcher Credit

Operation Impending Dooom II

http://youtu.be/CxA3vdC_Ja4

 A gorgeous light holographic white polish that has golden shimmer and sparkles.

Swatcher Credit Kimber's Korner

Swatcher Credit Felicia O.

 "I GOTTA GO PIG!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7fVCB6boU

This is a gorgeous pink strong holo that has the same shift as the red, Zim's Giant Radioactive Pants, but shows differently in the pink.

 Swatcher Credit Felicia O.

Swatcher Credit Tracy B.

Idiot Dog Brain 

http://youtu.be/VdUjheRa6TA

a deep Minty, lime green shifty Holo, it's hard in pictures to truly capture how awesome it is person.

Swatcher Credit Karin J.

Swatcher Credit Felicia O.

Swatcher Credit Tracy B.

Horrible, Angry, Scary Monkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTwwy-wRiw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7LOzVgOdcQ

This is another gorgeous light purple, strong holo with pink, purple and blue shimmers.

Swatcher Credit Felicia O.

Irken Invasion

Holographic Top Coat! One Coater. That is all!

Swatcher credit Felicia O.

Swatcher Credit Karin J.

Well, wasn't that picture heavy! Sometimes it's nice to not have to talk. I loved this show, I still do, hence some Zim Awesomeness. I will be releasing Part 2 in early Fall. Expect darker shades and more shifts!!!
XOXO

Rebel 4 a Cause Series-July-September info

Good Morning my Lovelies!!!
Today I am introducing to you the collections that will be releasing in a couple weeks. This will be another Rebel 4 a Cause Series release for the months of July-September.

      July is special for me because not only is it my birthday month but I decided to do outreach for something that has been close to home for me for a long time. I personally was raised in this weird Buddhist/Hindu/Christian Church called Ananda, it means light in Sanskrit. It was relatively Unitarian but focused mainly on a Christ conscious philosophy. If anyone is familiar with Hinduism, they believe in a Krishna Conscious centric belief system. However many of the great teachings of Siddhartha and the great yogis like baba Gee, etc where examined. Anyway I digress and my hippy upbringing has little to do with July's cause other than the time I remember in my youth that my "Church" sponsored a bunch of Tibetan children to come to the US for a month and they put on a performance of the life of the Buddha for us, many of them barely able to recite their English lines. That and I have seen the majestic and beautiful mandala sand carvings by true Tibetan Buddhist monks several times in my life in Nevada City, CA. What dedication and devotion to spends days creating this amazing piece of art only to destroy it. Which is part of why I understand detachment from many things. Create and release it.

 July 2014 Collection- Free Tibet?!?
This collection will contain 5 items:

1- Red and dandelion yellow glitter bomb nail polish- "His Holiness the 14th  Dalai Lama"

1- Nude Holographic nail polish- "The middle way approach"

1-Nude shimmer eye pigment- "Om Mani Padme hum"
1-Red Semi Matte eye pigment- "Dharamshala"
1- Midnight Navy matte eye pigment- "Free Tibet"

July's collection's donations will go to fund Tibetan Refugees in Dharamshala and the benefit the exiled government in McleodGanj.

     August's collection is a matter of contention for many. Something everyone wants to pretend doesn't exist, but it does. In 8th grade, oh sooooo many years ago, my chemistry teacher went on a giant tirade about how global warming was a bs myth and not real... Well, not sure if my west coasters have noticed, but California didn't have a winter this year, it went from summer to spring and is now back in full swing summer. The ocean's temperatures and sea levels have risen steadily and dramatically over the last decade due to globally rising temperatures as well as melting glaciers and ice shelves. Now we may be technically entering into another ice age soon, however we are causing such irreversible damages with our carbon pollution that this "Ice age" is what will surely become a myth. No real life has ever survived or experienced the types of green house effects that ravaged Venus, but if we can take a que from our neighboring planet, let's just say that we need to get our asses in gear.

August 2014 Collection- It's getting HOT in herre... (Yes it really makes me think of this, lol)
This collection will contain 5 items:

1- Gold and hot pink Glitter bomb nail polish- "Sunkissed"

1- Coral holographic nail polish- "Global Hottie"

1- Coral shimmer eye pigment- "Endless Summers"
1- Metallic Gold eye pigment - "Exponentially Hotter"
1- Sheer shimmery pink Cheek and lip creme- "Melted"

     September's issue is another that I take seriously. I get really mad at people that just throw their trash where ever and having lived by the pacific ocean, I know first hand what marine debris is and what it does. ( I pick up trash all the time, cause no one else seems capable!) The problem of pollution goes much further than that, from our cars, to our mass consumerism to something as menial as balloons for a birthday party. This, like global warming, is a pan global issue that needs to be globally addressed and worked on. Island nations are taking a brunt of the trash that washes up on shore and suffocates their tourism, but not only that, our precious oceans take the true proverbial bullet for all our shiny plastic and the way we can't make it into the receptacles and from there into the landfills, DO YOUR PART, REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYLCE, UPCYCLE... Above all else, remember, you have a choice and the power to make an action that will reverberate throughout the world. No one needs your birthday balloons choking a sea turtle or fish, which could end up on your dinner table, or worse yet, will never be able to do anything as plastic kills in a slow, painful and excruciating sort of way... Watch out megaladon and mercury, our oceans have an even scarier killer on the loose... Your plastic grocery bags...

September 2014 Collection- Dirrrty
This collection will contain 5 items:

1- Grey Glitter bomb nail polish- "Beijing fog" (Click the link, Beijing isnt even the worst...)

1-Dark Brown Holographic nail polish- "DO YOUR PART!"

1- Matte Dark Brown eye pigment- "Dirt Clean"
1-Dark Silver shimmer eye pigment- " Marine Debris"

1- mid tone Almond brown lippie in a tube- "Tsunami Slide" ( This one was made as a nude for a Filipino friend, but natural disasters actual create a huge amount of trash and debris that sometimes is never cleaned up, keeping those areas in disaster zones for decades...)

    I just wanted to keep you all updated on the releases coming out soon, are you getting excited? I am. The amazing Kimber's Lacquer Korner   is receiving her PR box today and will have some amazing shots for us of these products before the preorder on the 28th of the June, may be pushed back just a little bit, but hoping not so that we can get these beauties out to you by the 4th. Not sure if you all noticed that July's eye pigments are rather patriotic!!! I will be doing full inspiration posts for each collection, but this way you all get the heads up before they come out! XOXO

***ALL Swatcher credit goes to Kim N.. and myself!