I have a lovely Spring glitter to show off to you all today. Let me introduce you to,
Pastoral, by Cagedbird Nail Lacquer. This is a perfect combination of matte mint, white, lavender, and pastel green and silver metallic glitters in a clear base. I mentioned in a previous post that Sarah, the creator of Cagedbird Nail Lacquer, could have just named this polish 'Hayley'. I seriously don't think I could have come up with a more perfect combination if I would have customized it myself.
My love affair with Cagedbird started a few months ago when I stumbled on her
Facebook page and was in awe at the pastel glitters. She was extremely close to 500 followers at the time and I was honored to be her number 500. To my surprise, she sent me a mini bottle of polish to celebrate the milestone. It was my first (and still only) polish prize! I was beyond excited. I mentioned how in love I was with Faerie Carnival and Pastoral and a week later a mini
Faerie Carnival showed up as my prize. How thoughtful was she?!
I immediately bought Pastoral from her
Etsy store and I recommend you check out all of her creations!
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| Pastoral: Outdoors - shade |
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To showcase this glitter, I used two coats of Sinful Colors
Mauve with one coat of
Pastoral. I know...I've already used Sinful Colors Mauve before. I didn't mean for it to happen this way, but it did. The formula in my bottle is just flawless. I had a few colors picked out to try with Pastoral and it was a tough decision. My other contenders were: Sally Hansen CSM
Ion, Zoya
Neely and Sinful Colors
Cool Gray. I will definitely be using them all with Pastoral at some point, because I think they would all look great. The only downside to using Mauve was that it made some of the lavender glitter not as noticeable on the nail. I think Sally Hansen's Ion would be a good choice to show off the seafoamy mints, lavenders and greens.
Just for fun I took this macro shot of the glitter and thought it turned out pretty!
Disclaimer: This pretty polish was purchased by me and I will be getting it again and again and again!
