Chiralty Glory!

 I picked up 5 of the darker holos from Chiralty on etsy. I had the feeling from swatches they were going to be dense, scattered holos on the lines of aEngland Dragon and such, there is a linear effect under strong sunlight and halogen though. I used two coats of the olive green Kale with an accent nail of teal Cu2- the application was wonderful, very dense, almost one coat, the color got a bit darker with two though. Dazzle Dry over doesn't mute the effect at all. LOVE LOVE LOVE. I will be getting more of these! Pictures taken under an Ott light.

Sure glad I got my order in before Amanda became a star HERE! 

Untrieds- Hits Strawberrific

Not being a pink-red-purple girl I realized after about 300 polishes I didn't have any in those colors, so I ventured into that unknown territory with some mini polishes. One of them was Hits Strawberrific from DandRApothecary on etsy, found here. They are moving and will be shut down for all of April, so fave her and get notification when she opens back up! I have a dozen or so of her glitters and they are brilliant! I layered a nail or two (two thin coats no dabbing needed) over the poorly names Kiko 348, a dusky grayed olive.
Sorry for the quality of the pics, one day I'll have a camera...

Mentality- Entice!

Too beat from some minor surgery yesterday for words- Mentality Entice- golden bronze, almost ruddy in certain light-nearly one coat, creamy dense texture, nice flat brush- Slightly metallic holo with tiny holo glitter added- slight texture, one coat of Dazzle Dry over.

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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

2 birds with 1 stone, err mani

MSMD and Tri Color Challenge! Here is the perfection called Manicurity Emma
I used Orly Green Apple, Orly Orange Punch and China Glaze Spontaneous. I'm not nearly the Master of Dots as is Emma, and I'm not sure this is office friendly, but it was fun! Oh also, with this orange being a jelly, the color mutated a bit over the other colors. Oh, please ignore that my hands are more than 30 years older than hers :)

Paula's Nails!

After a long hiatus, Paula let me do her nails! We started with a base of three coats of the shimmery white China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around than I dotted flowers with the whole Color Club Electro Candy neon collection- my inspiration was from here- she used the Lime Crime pastels for a softer look. Dazzle Dry over.

Dandy Lyin' Around- China Glaze

I fell in love with this white glassfleck after seeing The Daily Varnish swatches here . The shimmer is just beautiful- I am so pale that light polishes look weird on me but the shimmer makes it so wearable.  My darling Kirsten (of The Geeky Owl- go follow her here) sent me a few polishes from the China Glaze Avant Garden Collection including this stunning white. I realized I hadn't done a full white mani ever and went ahead and rectified the situation. Here is three thin coats (could have used four) over Orly Ridgefiller and topped with Poshe. Sonoma Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for the accent. That glitter is a hot mess to apply though- takes alot of dunking to even get glitter on the brush. I think it was one of her earlier polishes before bases got a bit better. Worth the work though, last pic is glitter matted with Essie Matte About You. I hope to do a comparision with "the best white ever {per ALU}" China Glaze White Kwik Silvr soon.

Dotticure! Orly and Bettina

Orly Gumdrop- a pale blue leaning mint cream dotted with Bettina Sand Blast- a pale clear gray cream- two coats of Gumdrop and three of Sand Blast.