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Redo My Shoe | Master of Strass

What girl doesn't love a pair of shoes that last forever, and if you are like me, most girls and raccoons then shiny things will keep your attention for hours on end.

Joseph at Redo My Shoe has made it possible for gals like you and me to take our Louboutins or high end shoes and make them into works of art!  A strassed pair of Louboutins usually cost more than $3,000.  With Joseph's company, you can send him your shoes, pick out any color of swarovski crystal, and pay him to strass your shoes.

You have to check out some of his work.

Look at this pair of Pigalle pumps:

One of his furbabies:

Are they not incredible?!

and these Ron Ron Pumps:

 

 

And this one is for you all to go blind from staring at them twinkle for hours on end:

You can check out more of his work here:

Redo My Shoe

Redo My Shoe offers many different services listed on the side of his blog.

Redo My Shoe's Facebook Page 

Redo My Shoe's Etsy Shop

Essie Braziliant Summer 2011 | Swatches: Absolutely Shore, Super Bossa Nova, Braziliant and Smooth Sailing

The Braziliant Summer 2011 collection by Essie is hot!  I have my four faves from this collection.


Absolutely Shore:

Absolutely Shore | Two Coats

Absolutely Shore  | In the Shade

Absolutely Shore:  Is a fabulous pastel sea foam green.




Super Bossa Nova:

Super Bossa Nova | Two Coats

Super Bossa Nova | In the Shade

Super Bossa Nova:  Is a vibrant shimmery fuchsia.  The shimmer is on the soft blue side in the sun, but indoors it translates to a hot pink shimmer.



Braziliant:

Braziliant | Two Coats

Braziliant | In the Shade

Braziliant:  Is a vibrant orange with a hint of warm shimmer.  After swatching this one I really did not want to remove it, but I had to in order to swatch other colors.  After all the swatches were done.  I wore Braziliant and Super Bossa Nova as an actual manicure.  XD



Smooth Sailing:

Smooth Sailing | Two Coats

Smooth Sailing | In the Shade

Smooth Sailing:  According to Essie Smooth Sailing is a shimmery lavender blue, but it looks more like periwinkle to me in real life.  Nonetheless, it is a gorgeous color!  This is definitely one to grab.

Any of you grab all the colors from the Braziliant line?  What do you think about this collection?

Essie Wedding Collection 2011 | Swatches *PHOTO HEAVY*

I picked up the set at Ulta a while back.  It was right after they finished their promotion of buy 2 get one free.  I didn't realize it was over, but the sign was still up so they honored the promotion and I had a coupon for 20% off my entire purchase.  So I got a pretty darn good deal.  I'm not one for sheer colors, but the two sheers would work very well for French manicures.


Better Together:

Better Together | Two Coats

Better Together is a sheer baby pink that smooths out quite nicely.  I'm not sure how well the pink would translate on stained nails, but my ring finger has a small silk patch and it isn't too visible.  :o)


Made To Honor:

Made To Honor | Two Coats

Made To Honor is a nude sheer and would look great in a french manicure as well. It looked patchy when I started to paint, but it smoothed out very nicely.



Borrowed & Blue:

Borrowed & Blue | Two Coats

Borrowed & Blue is a beautiful opaque pastel blue.  The formula was very thick to me and dried very quickly.  Though it smooths out, I find it very unforgiving.  You can easily see the silk repair patch on my ring finger.  This one was the most difficult to apply.  :o(




First Dance:

First Dance | Two Coats

First Dance:  This eye searing red has a jelly-like texture and glided on like butter.  This is one sexy red.  The formula is absolute perfection.  It hid all the little imperfections and is extremely glossy.

I really enjoyed this collection.  Have any of you picked up any of these colors?