Time for a glitterbomb!

It's been weeks and weeks that I've been somewhat office friendly and I was itching for a glitterbomb, so when I opened Hits You're Such a Square I KNEW I had my new "hit"! YSAS is dozens of different color and size glitters, some matte and some shiny but every single one is SQUARE! It needs a bit of daubing and placing but not a big deal, the base is very workable. I layered it over BYS Matte Orange and covered with a thick coat of Gelous and then HK Girl topcoat. I always go a bit too fast with the Gelous, please forgive the bubbling.

Summery Holo Goodness!

Someone in a Facebook group was asking about strong red linear holos and I pulled out my Jade Vermelho and decided to pair it in a gradient with Uau and Mystic Gold. I used two coats of Mystic Gold then sponged on the others- the Uau really doesn't show- I think it's too close in color and too sheer to really make an impression over the gold. I'm still groovin' on a summer day with this one. First pics under Ott light, last one is full sun inside my car. HK Girl topcoat.

Inspired by a Fabric

I know it's not summery, but the shirt I had picked out to wear has a neat leopard/ikatish pattern in earthy colors, and I wanted office-friendly as well, so I matched the taupe to China Glaze Ingrid, a not-quite-mushroom because it is a little warmer than most, leaning brown with a tiny gold shimmer. It was introduced by ChG in the Vintage Vixen collection Fall 2010. Two coats covered pretty well, I could have used a third, then I added a couple decorated nails with ChG Midtown Magic (a top-10 for me) and ChG Brownstone, both from the 2011 Metro collection. Dazzle Dry topcoat.

This picture is a tad light, the colors are closer to the other pics.

Nerdlacquer Quantum Bluniverse

I did NOT expect to like this Nerd, regardless of it's impeccable credentials and the super-human effort it took to procure it. Two hours refreshing on ninjapolish.com landed me two Nerds. HOWEVER I am trying to broaden my horizons from the earth tones I dearly love and decided a blue Nerd would fit the bill. Now the surprise- I adore this polish. It applied smoothly and two thin coats made it opaque, but oh my what an opaque! A deep teal blue jelly with a golden-green shifting shimmer accented by assorted blue and gold glitters. No need for gelous, this was smooth with one coat of Poshe.

What do you do when you can't pick one color? Skittles!

After painting about 15 girls nails in my daughter's 4th grade class yesterday I was painted out, but my manicure had suffered greatly in the classroom. I wanted summery but not neon or pastels, so I chose Bettina's Resort collection. Bettina is a Puertorican brand available in Miami and a few other cities. I bought mine through a rather complicated series of emails and paypal transactions two years ago. The Resort collection is 6 bright tropical colors that have an ever so slight jelly feel to them.  These are 5 of the 6. The yellow and green needed three coats, the others were fine with two. They apply smoothly and needed no topcoat although I used HKGirl.

NOTD Chiralty Asymptote

 

Gorgeous Emerald green with both olive and blue tones- very complicated scattered holo. Pics in full sun. One good coat to cover, I used two thin. Dazzle Dry over.

Back to a fave- grassy green!

I was unexpectedly RAOK'd by the darling Crumpet go-like-love with some Kiko polishes. Kiko is an Italian line currently available in Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom. Apparently the Italians are better at making nail polish than naming them; this silvery grass green has the bland name 390. The brush is a bit large and moppish, someone with small nails would have trouble maneuvering, but with my nails it was a very fast application. I did three thin coats whereas two thicker would have sufficed. No streaks even though it's got a slight metallic base. I added a few accent nails of Hits Polish (D&R Apothecary) Pink Lemonlime-Ade, a mix of matte pinks, greens, yellows and white translucent with a very tiny bit of matte pink hearts and yellow glitter flowers. Took 20 minutes to fish the larger glitters out, but that may be due to only having a mini bottle.
Gelous over the glitters and Dazzle Dry overall.

MAJOR apologies for the ratty cuticles, let me distract you with the reason I haven't been able to get in time for a full mani- oooh looook a cute baby!

 

My grandson- visiting from California

 

Creamy dreamy turquoise

I got hooked up with some Duri polishes by my dear friend BeePolished. Every one I've tried has been gorgeous, each with something to really set it apart from other moderately priced brands. This stunner You Belong To Me has a slight shimmer that doesn't translate onto the nail, but makes up for it with a nearly one coat application. I did two, both glided on effortlessly with a terrific brush and NO STAINING!!! Poshe over and I am a happy camper with this beauty.