Sometimes I get so excited for a polish that I can't wait to slap it on my nails!! And I should.... I have a slightly sad review and two looks to catch you up on my nail activity for the last few days.
I ordered a few polishes from Duh-Nail Polish and they arrived on Saturday to my great excitement. They are so lovely in the bottles and I'd read nice things so I decided that I had to stop right away and polish up. In a weird twist of events my nails were bare for about 24 hours and I just couldn't handle it another MINUTE!
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| Key to My Heart; Love... Psshhh; Sweater Weather; Not Irish, Kiss Me Anyway |
Freaking AWESOME, right?! I know the flash is crazy but it shows the sparkles the best. So, another design worm I've had stuck is a dark with glitter/flakies with a matte coat and that Love...Psshhh looked perfect. Alas...not so much. I've got to allow for my own impatience to have contributed to the less than stellar results. I pulled them from the mailbox and opened it within an hour. It was 60+ degrees so I didn't think any thawing was particularly needed, but I might have been wrong. The formula was less than great. Gummed up quickly and was hard to get even coats.
Here it is after 2 coats. It's a fine looking black, but I couldn't see the flakes in it at all. Much sadness. The next part that went wrong is completely my fault - I forgot that matte top coats are not quick dry, and I am so used to complete nail freedom in 10 minutes or less that I was denting and dinging like mad. Dang it.
Again, nice looking as a basic black but not the wow I hoped for. I blame myself for not loving this and I'm definitely still excited to try the others I got from Duh. Heehee, their name is Duh HOW CUTE IS THAT!!??!!
As a side note, even if not a soul reads this blog it's already served as massive inspiration to me to try all my polishes and the ideas that are floating in my noggin.
Next up, because that tragic blackness lasted all of a couple hours, was a mint and glitter topper combo. I was inspired to do this by @nailstorming. I just love her designs and this was one that I could actually pull off! A lot of her stuff involves fine painting and acrylic paint and that is not a gift that nature felt I needed. My freehand painting might as well have been done by a blind baboon with his foot.
Anyhoozits. Mint, with topper. I bought Mintallica (and a few other glitter toppers) from Loaded Lacquer a month or so ago and I've been seriously eager to test them out. I started with 3 thin coats of Keep Calm, Paint On from China Glaze - my favorite big brand - and then sponged the glitter onto the tips of my nails. Mintallica is a grab bag of amazing! It's multi-size, shape, and color glitter that goes together beautifully. Mints and silvers and grays...wait for it...oh my! I've never tried the sponging technique for glitter toppers and let me tell you, awesome payoff! The Loaded Lacquers are so easy to apply anyway, and the sponging let me exactly place the glitter.
Look at that! LOOK AT IT!! Okay, sorry. I'm okay. I just love how this turned out - all glittery and shiny and minty. This got me through Saturday, Sunday, and most of today.
Last look for now and it's an easy one! This is Unconditional Love from F.U.N. Lacquer. I gushed about these in my last post and I really wanted to see the color shift and sparkle on my nails. Stupid swatch sticks aren't here yet....grrr....
First time my awkward hand poses worked out! Look at that gorgeous color shift!! The olive to pink with the glitter mixed in - purrrrrr. Happy place, I'm in my happy place. This is two coats with Seche Vite on top. Applied like a dream; first coat was pretty sheer but it built to opaque easily with the second coat.
Phew! That's a buncha polish changes in only a couple days!
Time for beddies. Until next time!
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