Monster Mixers & Elixirs! Review

Today I'm going to show you two glitter top coats from Monster Mixers & Elixirs. If you didn't see my last post, I'm currently wearing Julep Kate and Sinful Colors Rich in Heart on alternating fingers, 2 coats each. Monster Mixers & Elixirs is a really cool store owned by Melissa at Be Someone Cute. She sells glitters and suspension base bottles specifically for your franken polish needs! Their glitter come in 4 different quantities: sample, 1 ounce, 15 grams and 3 grams. They also have top coats available, and each of their top coats is made with one of their glitters and their glitter suspension base.

Melissa provided me with 2 of her top coats for review. As always, all comments are my honest opinion!

I received Red Planet and Chromasphere.

Chromasphere is described as a "Ultrafine Opaque Hologram Glitter" and Red Planet is described as a "Chunky Opaque Hologram" glitter. They are both gorgeous!

I went to the store today and I could not stop staring at Chromasphere. This little polish has so much holo effect! Over top Rich in Heart, this is almost my dream polish! It's seriously packed with rainbow shine and looks stunning over the dark polish.

Red Planet doesn't have the same punch as Chromasphere but it's still a really pretty glitter in it's own right. I wouldn't call it red - it's more of a dusty dark pink. I really love how it looks over Kate. Although - I failed with this to some extent. I was looking through all of my polishes trying my hardest to find colors which would go together with these top coats, while trying to avoid the Christmas look. I failed. Miserably. Red Planet over a white polish will be PERFECT for Christmas - it reminds me of candy canes. The first thing my boyfriend said when he saw my manicure was it reminded him of sugar cookies! It definitely does :)

Polishwise, I had zero problems with either of these top coats. They each seemed to dry to the touch within minutes. I did not notice any curling or any of the other problems typically associated with glitters. I would definitely consider buying from Monster Mixers & Elixirs at some point in the future.

My single criticism if that these top coats are being sold as that - top coats - yet the instructions state to apply one layer of a shiny top coat over top of these. Yes, I know that's a minor thing but little things like that bother me.. I knew I was getting top coat, so I wasn't expecting to have to use my regular top coat over top of these. I did use Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri top coat.

That being said, it's been about 3 days since I did my nails and I have very little wear. This combination of polishes seems to be holding up really well so I'm impressed all around!

Red Planet is available in the shop as a top coat in addition to the glitter. The top coat is $4 for a mini which is 5 mL. The glitters by themselves sell for $1, $4.20, $10.50 and $19.60 by quantity. Some of the other glitters are a little cheaper :) She sells a glow in the dark glitter which I bet would be awesome for Halloween!

Anyway, I'm rambling, sorry about that! :b

Thank you to Melissa for allowing me to try out these awesome products! I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

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