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Why hello there!

I wanted to write this quick post to just get this out there I suppose. Nothing too serious, just glitter nail polish.

When I swatch glitter nail polish, I swatch it without any manipulation. What I mean by that is I don’t move the pieces around with a toothpick or anything else so that they are all laid out nicely and perfectly (unless I otherwise tell you I did). I don’t do that because I don’t feel that is truly representing what it looks like. I like to swatch a polish as it really applies – clumps, lumps and all because I believe the vast majority of people won’t sit there meticulously moving around pieces to get them perfect. Yes photos look amazing when the glitter is “just so” but that isn’t always how a polish applies.

So if you ever wondered why on earth your glitter polish doesn’t look as perfect as some of the stock or swatch photos you saw of it, it could be that they placed it where they wanted and played around with it a lot before taking the photo (or used Photoshop – stock photos usually are heavily edited). I have no issue with anyone who does that but for me, I want to be as transparent as I can so you can get a feel for what it really looks like when you just apply it “as is”, even if it’s a hot mess.

So that’s that!

Have a great day!

-Kelly

NOTE: This is a republish from March since it seems some people missed it and don’t understand what Beauty Shorts is.

Howdy!

I just wanted to quickly update you on a new feature on Vampy Varnish.

It’s called “Beauty Shorts” and it’s located on my sidebar in the upper right.

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Hello gentle readers!

I wonder if I could bend your ear for a second about a somewhat lofty goal I set for myself?

This year I am trying to reach 10,000 “likes” on my Vampy Varnish Facebook Page. I am nearly halfway there now, but it’s been a long 3 year struggle to get this far!

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Many of you have asked me (and Sam at Fashion Polish) what the results of what happened with the China Glaze, ShopNBC, Shopping Channel debacle we both wrote about, so here’s the deal. And let me just preface this by saying these are my words and thoughts, I am not speaking for Sam.

Soon after our posts went live, we were both contacted via email by the Vice President of American International Industries (aka Aii, the company that owns China Glaze). She wanted to speak to us via phone. Sam spoke with her the next day and I did soon after as well.

In both of our conversations she listened to our stories about what had happened, assured us that contractor was no longer working with them, and asked us what they could do to try and make this right. She said they greatly valued their relationships with us and wanted to work together in the future still. It’s worth noting that she never actually apologized to me a single time. In fact she started the conversation saying “Hi Kelly, so tell me what happened with the contractor” which kind of surprised me actually.

The main thing Sam and I both asked for was a public apology on their Facebook page. I definitely felt this was something they needed to address since we had written the posts and now people knew about what happened. An apology, especially publicly, can go a long way. She agreed and told me she would talk to her social media team about this.

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In case you hadn’t heard, and in case you use it to follow my blog, Google Reader will be discontinued starting June 1st.

But don’t fret! There are other ways to follow me in a very similar way.

First up you can follow me on Bloglovin’, just click the image below and it will lead you there.

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