Out of My Comfort Zone- Pale Green!

Pale celery/mint greens aren't normally my first choice- vivid yellow greens are, but I've been wearing brights for a few days and wanted to try my first every Philly Loves Lacquer I bought from a blog sale- I Love You a Lime. This was a Holo Grail box offering I managed to snag! I paired it with a few accent nails of KBShimmer Spring Training, a happy crelly full of Eastery glitters which leans a tiny bit more mint (blueish) to me. The scattered holo is hard to see in the PLL but the gold micro flakes are not. Poshe over and I'm office friendly! I used three thin coats of each, LOVE the PLL flat square ended brush!

Office Friendly- as long as the sun isn't shining...

Gorgeous nearly one coat Barry M Chai accented with deliriously holo More Cowbell from Girly Bits- there is a blue flash sparkle in there I just can't get with my phone.

Finally, I see the light! More Like Fire Than Light- Literary Lacquers!

My darling friend Crumpet has been showcasing these polishes for a long time now, and the release of the Wrinkle in Time collection pushed me over the edge. I purchased most of these, but Amy was so generous to provide me with three extras for review! :::squeee inserted here:::::

Look look look what showed up in my mailbox!!

adorbs wittle burritoes (great tape choices btw)

My first to wear is, of course, the juicy deep jelly orange named More Like Fire Than Light. There are literary references for all these polishes, please go check out the etsy store for the descriptions here here here!

MLFTL applied like most jellies, a tad sheer on the first coat, but YOWZA! The second coat and we're practically full on opaque! Brilliant formula with amazing coverage. Applied like syrup, but I had NO CLEAN UP!! That's almost unheard of for me. Poshe topcoat, no dulling of these rainbows, no sirree! SO excited to try the other beauties, as soon as I can bring myself to remove this one!

Thanks Amy, and Debbie? You were right! :)

Late Night Manicure- Holo of Course!

What to do at 11 pm when you need to get to bed? Color Club Halo Hues, naturally! Color: Beyond.Two thin coats, fast dry Poshe, done. Lovely near black charcoal holo. perfect.

Flash

Ott (natural) light

Jade holos gradient

One of my favorite nail art styles is gradient- a couple polishes, a sponge and voila! Instant art. These three Jade holos are the jelly type- they take multiple layers to add sufficient color to be opaque. I used two coats of the stunning Mystic Gold  as base then dabbed Uau and Sunset at the tips. Of COURSE there's no sun today, pics under the Ott light. Poshe topcoat.

Yeah Sonoma Science Experiment!

You know how, when you want to paint your nails, you think, "Glitterbomb!!" then, even if you're using glue base or foil removal, the thought of all that thick topcoat, gelous etc. takes the glow off your excitement? Fear not! This is one sparkly glitterbomb that took ONE that's right, ONE coat of Poshe to get smooth!!  I have a dozen or more of the gorgeous Sonoma glitters and while most are toppers, this one is a full polish. It starts with a lime green jelly base and adds tiny lime and teal hexes, then two sizes of holo hexes, medium matte white glitter and ROUND teal medium glitters. The precise shade of green in the base keeps this from looking like soup- I actually mat wear it for Easter since it's such a grassy pretty green. I used two coats and some dabbing, I might have done a full third coat.

Don't you love this label??

Arghh pre cleanup

Purple Crumpet Fairy Summer Challenge- Summer Sunrise

Base of Orly Prelude to a Kiss, a pale peach that took three coats to become opaque- nice application though. Sponged on various pastels (painted the sponge and daubed until I was ok with effect) Poshe overall.

Orly is a bit lighter and pinker than my phone captured

(before oil)

10 To Midnight- Holo Steel

Being a little burned out on chunky glitters, yet nevertheless loving all things sparkly, I was hoping a linear holo would coax the sun out from the rainclouds we've been having here in Florida. Not to be coaxed today, so these pics are taken indoor with flash. Glitter Gal polishes are thick and creamy, they need a spot of thinner after a couple uses, but the brush is perfection and lays all that rainbow goodness down without straying. (read: minimal to no cleanup) 10 To Midnight is a metallic finish steel gray loaded to the gills with holo particles. Two thin coats with Poshe over.

OHHHHHZotic 520!

I won this from my drinking buddy I have never yet met, Debbie Crumpet- I will be doing another post on all my preciouses when a runaway bottle makes it back across the pond, but for now I wanted to shock and awe you with the hidden gem called Ozotic 520. It's a duo or multi chrome depending on where you are- inside it shimmers red gold to bronze. But just step outside or even get near a window, and I don't know if it's the UV rays or what, but colors come out of the woodwork! Outside the shade reveals a deep ruby while the sun coaxes out a new-penny copper with a hint of green around the edges. Stealth polish, this is. I layered two coats over a base of Seche Rebuild and two coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl. Poshe topcoat (which, by the way, an hour later was still dentable- back to Seche Vite for me!)

inside under CFL light

 outside shade

 near window

 window

inside lighted