Glitter and Gratitude: Mani of the Month: April

Even on my supertight budget now, this is one expense I allowed to splurge on. I would hate to miss a box, they keep getting better.

This month the box contained:

From Dream Polish

A 5 ml Gem Smooth Base Coat in Stormy Nights
A 5ml Gem Glam Top Coat in Stormy Nights
A full sized cuticle balm in Stormy Nights

From Heather's Hues

A polish mini in Rain, Rain, Go Away
A full sized polish in The Calm Before the Storm (thermal)

From Nails Redesigned

A sheet of vinyl umbrellas
A sheet of vinyl raindrop masks
An assortment of gems

Once again, Heather has made an amazing and dramatic thermal. It goes from a beautiful soft clear blue to WHITE.

It changes quite easily and while wearing it the effect is stunning, your mani is never the same twice.

The formula is nice and pigmented and well blended, you do not need to 'work' the color up for opacity, it was creamy and lovely in only two coats. Most amazingly, though, is that I discovered that it's great to stamp with.

You might need to be a little practiced, it's thin, but it's totally worth it.

This month's scent from Dream Polish is Stormy Nights, and it's not what I was expecting. It's more of an ozone scent, fresh with a hint of green to it. Unfortunately it's almost the exact scent of a popular bathroom cleaner here, although it's not unpleasant in the least. And as usual, Dream Polish Gem Glam top coat is the only top coat I use!

I loved the raindrop stencils this month from Nails Redesigned. They were made from a nice clear vinyl that stuck really nicely and wedded easily. I've ran into some vinyls in the past where the kiss cut isn't clean and you can't remove the negative spaces in the stencil without it distorting or tearing. I never have that issue with NR vinyls! I even used the little umbrella this month, it was the perfect blue match to the accent polish, Rain Rain, Go Away.

These boxes are always always amazing and always always worth the wait. Did you manage to snag May's box before it sold out?!