Super Flash Sale Saturday ~ Earl Grey / Sardine

Super Flash Sale Saturday!!! Seriously saucy shade Sardine (aka Earl Grey) is on sale until 9pm!

http://www.shadesofphoenix.bigcartel.com/product/earl-grey-or-sardine

'Earl Grey' or 'Sardine' is a silvery grey creme with warm undertones has a blue/green shimmer with blue and gold flakies, as is from the 'Weird & Wonderful Flavors' Collaborative Collection.

Available for $6.50 until 9pm tonight (Victoria time).  Pick up some extras at the same time!  Why not check out the nail care range?

http://www.shadesofphoenix.bigcartel.com/product/earl-grey-or-sardine

ANNOUNCEMENT!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Today in the SOP HQ we have a few announcements to share with you all. As of today I will be officially making SOP my full-time job, which is until July when we will be welcoming our first baby! Then I will be juggling SOP full-time and being a full-time stay at home mum!

What does all this mean? Well for you guys it mean more regular collections, new expanding product range and shorter estimated time of arrivals on online orders. Plus we have planned, starting next month to hopefully be part of two monthly markets – which is super exciting because that means if you are local (or in the area) you can met the SOP team in person, get new products first, see some of our new products that haven’t hit the online store and even pickup some old shades at a bargain price.

With the help of my amazing social media/graphic guru Relle (who I'd be lost without!), we will be bringing you so much more in the coming months! With the set up of the new SOP blog and Facebook group it means we can interact and share more with the people who matter most – YOU! From learning more about the inspiration of collections to sneak peek behind the scenes information, to epic giveaways, we will have it all.

So, we look forward to sharing the next part of our SOP journey with you all and thank-you for your already amazing support over the last two years which has made, making this a full-time passion a dream come true.

~Teneil

PS - our current sale ends on the 19th of January (SOP's 2nd birthday), the online store will then be closed for 24 hrs to remove all discontinued stock and remove discounts. This also marks when you might be seeing something exciting about an Epic Birthday Giveaway.... so stay tuned for more information about this!

Spotlight Shade ~ Bat in a Blender from the Bloggers Who Inspire Collection

Today we are shining the spotlight on one of the polishes from the Bloggers Who Inspire collection, Bat in a Blender.  

BAT IN A BLENDER

B.I.A.B. was inspired by Kierra from Look What The Bats Dragged In, and is an explosion of teal, aqua, turquoise, green awesomeness.  With all manner of holo glitters swimming around in a lightly tinted teal jelly, Bat in a Blender is a total Jelly Glitter Bomb!

Swatch by Look What The Bats Dragged In, 3 coats

Wear it on it's own to show off those squishy glittery layers, or over a base coat that tones in, or changes the look of the polish.  Lightly tinted jellys are versatile like that.  

Swatch by Reluctant Femme, 2 thick coats

Bat in a Blender is available from the Shades of Phoenix store for $9.95.

Swatches by:

Look What The Bats Dragged In

Reluctant Femme

Shades of History Monday ~ Qandisa from the Everybody Loves Collection

Welcome to the new Shades of Phoenix blog, and to our new series, Shades of History Monday!  

We are hoping to regularly bring you a little bit of trivia on Mondays, ranging from the back story behind a polish name, collection inspiration, or something else related to Shades of Phoenix, or nail polish in general.  We will also be posting this series on the Shades of Phoenix Facebook page, but we all know how Facebook likes to hide the interesting things on us!

You may have seen our recent FB share of Lazy Lacquerista's nail art featuring Qandisa, so why not start there?

QANDISA

Qandisa was introduced to the range for Valentines 2013, and was part of the Everybody Loves Collection.  This polish was based off an obscure female figure from Northern Moroccan mythology.  Known in folk tales as an entity appearing as an attractive young lady with the propensity for a little shape-shifting, Qandisa lives in springs and rivers and her main aim in life was to seduce young men.  Of course, she then drove those young men insane, and they were never seen again, so she wasn't all kisses and happiness!

The polish is much more user friendly, and as yet, SOP Headquarters have received no complaints of men disappearing.  Although Qandisa is now sold out of the SOP store, she has been seen flitting around the SOP section of our Aussie stockist, Femme Fatale Cosmetics.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics:

http://femmefatalecosmetics.com.au/shop/qandisa/