KBShimmer Dancing Green and Blinded by the Bright

Tonight's post will be a quick one so I can watch the Avengers with the hubby, so I'm going to wrap up my KBShimmer reviews.  I meant to get these done a few weeks ago, but I ran out of time.  Let's take a look at Dancing Green and Blinded by the Bright.

*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of Dancing Green and Blinded by the Bright for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*

Dancing Green

While looking for Mamma Mia Dancing Queen gifs...  I died.

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Not sure if there are any other Supernatural fans in the house, but I love me some Dean.  Now that we've gotten a good chuckle, let's take a look at Dancing GREEN, not Dean.

Color: Green jelly with green dots and hexes, fuchsia dots and squares, and dark purple hexes.

Finish: Glitter Jelly – glitter in a colored jelly base.

Bottle / Brush: Mini round 8ml bottle - KBShimmer exclusively uses the mini bottle that has the same proportions as the larger bottle, but just smaller. This means that the cap and wand are a little shorter than the full size bottle, but not nearly as short as the normal mini bottle that's prevalent among indie makers. It's easy to grip and has a decently long wand and thick brush making it easier to grab glitters.

Opacity: Medium – achieves opacity at three to four coats.  Here, however, I've only used one layer over OPI Don't Mess with OPI, a medium green creme.  This gave Dancing Green a bit of a darker hue than if I had worn it alone.  Unfortunately, Don't Mess with OPI stained like crazy.  i still have little dots where the glitter sat on top of the OPI and stained my nails just under the glitter.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation.
Consistency: Medium – applies easily and doesn’t flood the cuticles.

Overall Ease of Application: Easy – applies well without pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads evenly and smoothly.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.

Overall Thoughts: While greens aren't my favorite, I think Dancing Green would've worked better over lighter undies.  Don't Mess with OPI was a couple shades too dark, which made the whole mani look more springy than summery.  Furthermore, it stained like crazy.  Application was simple and the glitters spread well, so there were no problems there.  Overall, this is a fantastic polish, but even more so if you're a green fan.

Blinded by the Bright

Color: Neon/florescent highlighter yellow with a rainbow of hexes.

Finish: Glitter Jelly – glitter in a colored jelly base.

Bottle / Brush: Mini round 8ml bottle - KBShimmer exclusively uses the mini bottle that has the same proportions as the larger bottle, but just smaller. This means that the cap and wand are a little shorter than the full size bottle, but not nearly as short as the normal mini bottle that's prevalent among indie makers. It's easy to grip and has a decently long wand and thick brush making it easier to grab glitters.

Opacity: Medium – achieves opacity at three coats.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation.
Consistency: Medium – applies easily and doesn’t flood the cuticles.

Overall Ease of Application: Easy – applies well without pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads evenly and smoothly.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.
Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.
Overall Thoughts: Blinded by the Bright is completely accurate.  Holy smokes this polish is insane!  It's so insane that my camera went a little crazy and dulled down the bright about 15 clicks.  In person, though, this shade is legit the same color as a yellow highlighter.  Application was easy, and it lasted me about 3 days with only minimal tip wear from working on my new polish line.  Otherwise, BBtB is a fantastic summer shade.  Or, you know, you can wear it whenever if you don't necessarily care about seasonality when it comes to your polishes.

You can purchase KBShimmers at their online store for US customers and Harlow and Co for international customers.  Follow Christy Rose and the gang on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

*I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of Dancing Green and Blinded by the Bright for review purposes.  All other polishes in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*