Colorful Explosions

Hi all! Today I have a super fun mani to show you guys! I wanted to try nailside's Explosion mani again since last time I tried I sort of failed. I wanted to do something colorful so I did skittles nails with a sort of gradient.

 

If you haven't already, check out Jane's tutorial. She can explain it much better than I can!!

Here are the colors I used... take a deep breath...

(from base to tips)
Pinky: Sally Hansen Pink Blink, Sally Hansen I Pink I Can, OPI Let Me Entertain You
Ring: China Glaze Refresh-Mint, Zoya Tangy, Orly Here Comes Trouble
Middle: Essie Nice is Nice, Sinful Verbena, Milani Purple Gleam
Pointer: China Glaze For Audrey, Sally Hansen Fairy Teal, Milani Blue Flash

Enlarge to see sparkley goodness

*pant pant* That's all of em! What do you think? I think this is so fun and colorful and sparkley but I don't think I'd ever be able to get it to look the same on my other hand :( It was definitely time consuming, but worth it!

Have a lovely day!

-Amanda

Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches nubbins

Ok, so as I mentioned a few days ago I broke a nail last week in Boston, so I just trimmed them all off when I got home.  I was starting to have some splitting anyway, so this will be a fresh start for me.  You'll have to bear with me for a couple weeks while I grow my nubbins out.  Now, on to the review!

I blame Scrangie for creating this lemming of mine.  I saw it on her blog and fell in love with this color.  So when I stopped in at Sally Beauty Supply yesterday I picked it up, along with a couple other shades.

I've never purchased this brand before, so this was a new experience for me - and it did not disappoint.  Mossy Britches is an olive hued gold polish that applied like an absolute dream.  This color has been compared to China Glaze Peace on Earth and Chanel Peridot.  I don't have either of those polishes, so I couldn't comment on - that but I can tell you that I *LOVE* this shade.  It's well pigmented, it flowed very well and covered in one single coat.  As the finish leans a bit toward a frost or foil, you can see some brush strokes, which seem to disappear with a top coat (I used SV).

What do you think of my Mossy Britches?

Mega Haul!

I really need to have a no-buy month.  These are my purchases from the last 3 weeks.

I picked 4 colors from the OPI Touring America collection.  As you may or may not know, OPI is my favorite salon brand!  This is French Quarter for your Thoughts, Get in the Expresso Lane, Uh-oh Roll Down the Window, and A-Taupe the Space Needle.

I mentioned in a previous post that I spent some vacation time in Boston.  I picked up most of the Sinful Colors Adventure Island collection there, but could not get my hands on the elusive Starfish.  Since I have returned to Indiana, super awesome boyfriend has even stalked a third Rite-Aid store to try to get his hands on Starfish.  Alas, no luck.  Here are Easy Going, Adventure Island, Open Seas, Beautiful Girl, and Seaweed.

Zoya recently had a Buy One Get Two Free promotion.  Zoya polishes have never failed to amaze me, their quality is superb.  Here are Verushka (squashed that lemming I've had for MONTHS!), Jem, Purity, and Codie

And last but not least the 3 Nina Ultra Pro polishes I picked up.  I've already used Mossy Britches and loved it.  I'm anxious to try the other two.  Pictured are Molten Copper (a gold/pink/olive shifting duochrome) and Molten Gold (a rose/gold shifting duochrome).



Fairy Zebra!

Hello lovelies!

I started with two coats of Sally Hansen Delphinium. The polish was pretty sheer on the first coat but after another thick coat was opaque. It's a really pretty dusty lavender.

 

Then I stamped over it with plate BM223 and Konad special polish in white. I think I like this zebra print more than the Konad one. Topped with two coats of China Glaze Fairy Dust and a coat of Seche Vite.

Very subtle but pretty! I'm digging this one :)

Zoya Swatchy Spam - Codie, Neeka, Erika & Jo

Hi all! Today I want to show you the polishes I got as part of Zoya's most recent promo. The polishes I received yesterday are Codie, Neeka, Erika and Jo.

First up, Codie from the Smoke part of Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors collection. Codie is a dark dark brown creme with an olive tint to it. Honestly, kind of reminds me of baby poop in the bottle...but I do like it on my nails! Yes...you were right mama ;) I couldn't get many good pics of this one -- it was quite difficult to photograph in artificial light. Two coats.

 Neeka from the Mirrors part of Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors collection. Like I even have to say anything about this one. I'm sure you guys have seen zillions of swatches of this one by now because it sure is a beaut! Greyish purple with little gold flecks. Really pretty. Two coats.

Erika. I think this is a core color -- not sure why I always order core colors during promos, but whatever. Erika is a BEAUTIFUL baby pink/golden duochrome. So dainty and delicate! This was three coats -- this polish is pretty sheer but builds up nicely. I think it would look great layered as well.

Last but not least, Jo. Jo is a medium toned blue with a very subtle shimmer in it. Applied nicely (I get tired of saying that Zoyas apply well...isn't that obvious by now?) -- this is two coats.

I love ALL of these polishes! I'm especially pleased with Erika and Neeka. They will definitely be making more appearances. What colors did you all pick up from Zoya's promotion?

-Amanda