Twinsie Tuesday: Darling Diva Invoke The Spirit

With Halloween just around the corner, this week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a Halloween-inspired mani. I'm sure many of the girls will have some incredible nail art to show off today, but let's face it: nail art is not my strong point. So I decided to go with a Halloween polish that will do all of the work for me and provide some instant art: Darling Diva Invoke The Spirit!

Invoke The Spirit is a black jelly base filled with large iridescent hex glitters (in blue, green, orange and silver), silver holographic stars, green crescent moons and blue flakies that also glow in the dark! The overall effect reminds me a lot of planets in space. This has got to be my favorite Halloween polish I've ever tried!

So cool, right?! I love how inventive Darling Diva's owner, Carrie, is with her polishes. She is always playing with new colors, textures and shapes, so there's always something unique and interesting to try out in her line. I think Invoke The Spirit is one of her best polishes yet--instant planetary nails!--and the fact that it glows in the dark on top of all of its glittery awesomeness is just icing on the cake. My old-ass camera wouldn't cooperate for glow-in-the-dark shots, but the flakies have a bright neon blue glow to them once the lights are out.

Despite how packed with large glitter pieces Invoke The Spirit is, the formula is still fabulous. I used three coats here with Rimmel Black Satin as my base to intensify Invoke The Spirit's own black jelly base and really bring out the gorgeous iridescent colors. Those large hexes are so fun to look at and really pop off the nail! I think they're what sold me on this polish the most.

If you like Invoke The Spirit, don't wait! Carrie has said that once Halloween has come and gone, her Halloween polishes will be gone as well. You can purchase Darling Diva at Carrie's Etsy shop. Trust me, if you are a fan of Halloween or glitter, you need Invoke The Spirit!



In the "spirit" (ugh, sorry, I had to) for more Halloween fun? Then check out the other Twinsie Tuesday blogs below!



Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jenn at All That Is Gorgeous
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite!
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Tara at Polishy of Truth

Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers Night Glow

With Halloween around the corner, there are plenty of spooky-themed polishes hitting the shelves. It seems like pretty much every major brand has their own take on glow in the dark polish, but I've only got one: Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers Night Glow. You can find these at the grocery/drugstore for around two bucks. Who can resist the adorable bottle?

It doesn't really look like much of anything on the nail with the lights on; it just gave my base polish a bit of a yellowy cast to it. But these polishes are more novelties than something you'd wear every day. I layered three coats of Night Glow over two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, since white is supposed to help make the glow brighter. White On makes for a pretty good layering polish; nothing special, just your standard white creme with good coverage. I think this combo might make a cute idea for a pedicure though.

As you can probably imagine, getting a picture of this in the dark was next to impossible. The glow on this polish is visible, but it's not blazing or anything like that; much more subtle. I had to get the set up just right to even get it to show up on-camera but it's easier to see in real life, although as I said, it's on the faint side. As tends to be the case with these glow in the dark polishes, the bottle glows much more than the nail ever will. I tried for about an hour and this is seriously the best picture of it I could get in the dark. You will probably have to enlarge to really see my nails at all.

Not exactly award-winning photography, I know. I debated posting this picture since it's pretty much useless, but I felt the post was kind of incomplete without it. You'll just have to take my word for it that this does glow, my aging camera just didn't want to cooperate.

So is this polish worth your two bucks? Eh, if you want something to wear to a Halloween party for a night, sure, it's a neat little novelty. Try it out if you're curious; your friends will probably get a kick out of it. I'm glad I have one glow in the dark polish in my ever-growing collection, but I don't think Night Glow is something you absolutely need to have. If I spent more money on it, I probably would've been bummed, but I think I can get two dollars' worth of amusement out of it.