More New Things!

Hi all!

Look at me, it hasn't even been that long since the last post! Well, OK, it sort've has been a while. Here I was, all proud of myself and such... Oh well, why change now :)

Any-who, let's re-cap, shall we?

...Where do we start?

Of course you all know from my last post that we were listing and selling our house, since that announcement we showed our house, sold AND bought a new home. So needless to say it's been a busy month so far!

Now? It's packing time! It's so surreal. This has been the longest I've stayed in one place in the past 6 years since graduating University, it feels so strange to be packing up my life after finally starting to feel settled somewhere- go figure!

Thankfully in the middle of all the packing and cleaning, I've been able to sneak down to my work space and unpack supplies every once in a while to create some new pretties and scatter glitter all over the place again. 

Now that we don't have to keep the house spotless though, I've been a busy bee, mixing and pouring as many colours as I'm able so that we can have one last moving sale - that includes a whole bunch of new colours too, incase anyone is interested :).

Also, another cool development... Check it!

We'll be working hard to get this organized before the big move :)

Not that I want to manipulate all of your time, but I am also excited to show another new colour. Picture heavy- you've been warned. I hope you like it, I do!

:)

Outdoors with flash

This polish is a dark purple base, red and purple micro glitter, purple iridescent sparks, grey, neon pink hexes in all sizes, topped with a red/copper shimmer. This polish is just jammed with glitters, it's hard to see from the photos but the tiny silver and iridescent glitters just dance in real life, I also am in love with the depth of this one (you can see with the larger grey hex laying just under the surface).

Outdoors, no flash

Outdoors, no flash

Detail; those dark blue spots are actually iridescent glitters that flash blue/purple in real life.

Indoors, warm lighting, no flash. Those little blue spots are iridescent sparks

Swatch by @haileyem on Instagram, this is the final version, a more intense shade of dark purple... and check out that red shimmer!

What are your thoughts? Do you love, hate, or "meh" it??

Personally, this polish just kinda came together on it's own, I didn't plan it at all, and I have to say I'm happy with the end result, but I'd love some feedback if you've stuck out my blog post for this long :)

... Anyways, it is past my bed-time folks.... Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Same time next month, 

 -Stephanie -

I'm constantly covered in glitter... I take it everywhere I go!

OK... it's been FOREVER since I last had the time to post here. For the 20 or so wonderful people who follow this blog... I'm so sorry, and obviously, you're all wonderful :)

So. Quite a lot has happened since our last post, where do I even start?

Well, firstly, and probably the most exciting development has been our new partnership with the wonderful Llarowe... how crazy is that?! I knew for a few months about the possibility before it actually happened, and let me tell you, it was so hard to keep my mouth shut until it was official! You can take a look at all of our listings on Llarowe HERE :)

Among other developments is something else that is exciting, but could also be a not-so-positive development. Something else that I've known about for some time, but haven't mentioned because I'm not sure exactly how it will affect WingDust. 

The long and short of it is that we are moving! I found out in October that this summer we will be selling our house and moving. I usually try to keep my personal things separate from WingDust and to keep everything brand and polish related, but in this case I have to make an exception because of the affects it will have on WingDust. 

This weekend was spent purging, packing, and cleaning the work shop into boxes and getting the house ready to list. The work space is now a collections of boxes and all polish-related activities are now on hold until the move is finalized. I don't know yet what the future is going to look like for myself or for WingDust, but I will keep everyone as up-to-date as possible while the transition occurs. For the foreseeable future, Llarowe will be your most current supplier for WingDust polish.

Once the move happens, I will do my best to stay current but I'm afraid WingDust may disappear for a little while, as much as I don't want that to happen. I will still be very active from a customer service stand point, but for Etsy and customs and polish availability, I will be very limited in how accommodating I can be. 

I really do appreciate your patience and all the love and support. I am hopeful I can arrange 1 or 2 more re-stocks once the house is sold, but for now that is just an idea and I'll have to play by ear how much polish will be possible over the next few months.

For now? I leave you with a new shade I've been working on. I'm very happy with how it's turned out and I hope you'll have access to it very soon :) If you're sensitive about dry cuticles... please don't scroll any further.... You've officially been warned!

Enjoy!

Un-named

Steel blue/gray jelly base, lots of linear holo. 

Iridescent sparks and flakes, holo turquoise shreds, and gold leaf.

With flash outside in sunlight.

2 coats in natural light.

This may or may not be a prize on the Facebook page for an up-coming giveaway... stay tuned :)

Next blog post will feature another new shade, also coming soon!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Happy Friday!!

SO glad it's the weekend, something about this week just seemed to drain everything out of me for some reason.

Time to put up my once-every-2-month post again :) For those of you who still bother to pop in from time to time you'll know all too well about my horrible blogging skills- or lack thereof!

I thought I'd throw out a few photos of our craft show before Christmas, we had a blast setting up the table and displaying all our lovely blogger photos, it gave everything such an elegant and professional feel. What do you think of our set-up?

Check out those sexy swatches from ms. Alexis Leigh and Sassy Paints Gini- they made us look so good!

After the craft show was all wrapped up we literally were wrapping up for Christmas, it was home to the country we went to be with my parents. After starting our winter with no snow, wouldn't you know it snowed like crazy the night we were making the long trip home... that was a bit scary, we definitely got our winter wonderland. Yuck! 

On a cuter, more positive note, can y'all guess what I got my Momma for Christmas? It was pretty adorable I must say, I was quite proud of myself :) Check it out.

It's about those adorable little feets sticking straight up in the air!

Loves his nail polish jewelry!

Max found a little nook on Mom's book shelf, later broke one of her statues when he got too big :)

Nothing like an adorable little ball of fluff to make everyones Christmas brighter, Mom welcomed little Mad Max with open arms, he is now her little shadow I hear. Don't be fooled by his adorableness though, he is named Mad Max for a reason... a very good one!

In between all the kitten cuteness and eating unhealthy amounts of food, we did manage to get a little exercise in... a very little, but exercise nonetheless!

OK... so THEY got exercise... and I watched!

All in all it was a wonderful Christmas, made better by the family that came down, which doesn't happen as often as I wish it could. 

I might be a bit behind the times on this one but from my family to yours, I hope your Christmas and New Years were wonderful and filled with laughter, love, and many amazing memories.

And now that it's finally back to life as usual??

Polish on!

It's been a while... how the heck are ya?!

Well, again, it's been a long time since there's been a post up, so here goes!

I never claimed to be a blogger-type personality, in fact, I am not (because I KNOW you didn't already notice)! It seems that life just has other plans for me and other things take priority.

Let's get you all caught up on what's been happening with WingDust over the past few weeks!

First; we had some wonderful reviews come out, both by familiar and new faces.

Can I just say that one lady especially blew my socks off with how lovely her swatches were, and such a sweetheart to boot so I felt doubly blessed! I'm going to compensate for my horrible blogging skills by showing you some of her wonderful pictures and, if you don't already, encourage you to follow her since she's going to be famous someday!

Total Pink Bomb!

After the Rain- LE Holo

Plum Outta Ideas!

Autumn Fire- underwater shot showing shift

Autumn Fire- Outdoor light shows purple/red shift

Autumn Fire- outdoor light shows red/orange shift

Autumn Fire- Indoor lighting shows lavender/purple shift

Neon Black- closeup detail of the iridescent sparks hiding in the background

... And that is me RESTRAINING myself from posting too many pictures and even deleting a bunch :)

What else has happened lately? WingDust had a smashing busy Black Weekend sale offering 35% off of all sales for the weekend- let's just say you all had me running! It was great though, we managed to make it through the weekend with our sanity and (hopefully) not missing anyone's orders or messing up. 

At the same time as all that we were preparing ourselves for the 2nd craft show of the year. There were lots of loose ends to tie up in the days before the show but everything came together wonderfully with the help of the ever-so-wonderful Ryan, who volunteered his time yet again to create a poster for me, as well as getting up at 7AM on a SATURDAY to come help me set up the table.... What a guy!!

Let's feature those photos on the blog later on tonight, we'll make up for my lapse this month by posting twice in one day. Sounds good to me!

Stay tuned lovely readers :)

-Stephanie

Tuesday night feature

So things seem to have finally settled down a bit, now there is time for a regular post. 

Let's start with a quick update on the craft show we attended this past weekend. After a LOT of prep- see my instagram for an idea- we finally made it!

Poor Ryan. He's been sick the last little while (I may or may not have given him my cold) but he still made my display stands for the craft show- when he was home sick from work no less! Don't worry, I bought him a box of cookies and neo-citran to say thank you :)

And here is the finished product, I think he did a fantastic job! Thoughts?

I was also pretty psyched to introduce my new packaging into the mix and was quite happy with how everything seemed to come together.

And now for a polish.

Here follows a color I've been playing with for quite some time, though you may not know it to see it as it's really very simple in formula. Please excuse the messy stamp nail-art, I got a bit excited and messed it up a little, it feels like it's been years since I broke out the 

Konad's!

Let's focus on the color instead. This is a deep ash/carbon grey with lots of shimmer and holo glitters.

I tried to capture a bit of the violet shimmer and blue flash in the background of all that holo-ness.

This polish is easily opaque in 1-2 coats, I used 3 in these photos to achieve a more intense/dark level of opacity.

I took some slightly out of focus, low-light photos to try and convey the sparkle and flash of both the holo and the irridescent bits.

Any thoughts? I know on the surface it may seem a bit plainer compared to a lot of my other polishes, but I love the subtle shimmer and flash that it has and right now I am really loving the polishes that can stand alone as a solid yet still have an element of mystery and interest to them... at least that was my attempt at it!

What do you think: love it, meh, or lose it?

Sleep sweet and talk soon!

-Stephanie

Who needs sleep?

I know it's been ages since we sat down for a chat, I feel like so much has happened in all that time so I want to update you as quickly as possible on all the exciting things, both polish and non-polish related, that have been happening!

So where did we leave off last?

Ah yes, the changing seasons and slowly fading summer :( 

Since that last post we had Thanksgiving up here in Canada (for my American and international friends) the 2nd weekend of October- yes, it's been that long! It was a wonderful weekend away spent with my guy and my parents, it was so nice to be home and feel rested and just enjoy some quietness away from the city life.

I did a little bit of stalking in my free time...

This is Ryan telling me to stop stalking him and come pick some raspberries...

Hey, where'd you go???

After this wonderful and all-too-short weekend, it was back to city and working life :(

It was not without it's perks though, I had the awesome opportunity to go to a Starfield concert and WOW were they amazing! For those of you who aren't familiar, Starfield is a Christian band who have been around for about 10 years now, even if you're not a Christian or familiar with the band they are still a great listen and super funny and down to earth guys... I highly recommend!

You can check out one of their latest songs HERE :)

This update is one I'm pumped about... New footy shoes and the start of indoor soccer :) Aren't they sexy? Yay for getting exercise and getting out of the polish dungeon twice a week!

Now for the polish-related updates! (There are a lot more things to share than I originally thought...)

Tonight has been a night of getting ready for an up-coming craft show. This will be my first ever and I'm not sure what to expect but am kind've excited. Lots of prep has been going on though, hence why I'm still awake at 2am :(

Poor Ryan, I gave him my cold and he is now a big sniffly sicky-pants, but is still helping me get ready for the show. What a guy :)

Will they all fit? And will it handle all that polish? We shall soon find out...

And in the midst of all this preparation, new labels and packaging arrived also! I feel like everything is coming together... but it's all happening at once and it's a bit hard to keep track of at times!

Welcome, new label! What are your thoughts? Do you prefer the old? I'd love feedback!

Here's a way-back play-back for you. 

For those of you amazing people who have supported me from the beginning, you might remember the very basic first labels we had going on... I'd like to think that we've improved ourselves just a bit since the fund-raising for Africa campaign!

Check out these before and after shots....

There are a few more interesting changes coming up (they are mostly polish-related I promise), but since it is after 2 in the AM, I will save them for another post. 

I promise this next one won't take me a month to post, stay tuned. 

Sleep sweet and stay classy all, 

-Stephanie