Julep and Snowflakes

Evening ladies! Finally after reading some Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden, The Hobbit, and dealing with babies at the daycare, I can finally do my blog post! I wanted to jazz up Julep Ivy, so I figured I'd try my hand at some freehand snowflakes and putting some hex holo glitter I got in a swap!

To start this off, I used 2 coats of Julep Ivy that came in my December box. In the bottle it's a dark blue shimmery base with magentish duochrome, but that didn't translate too much on the nail. Barely did in certain lights. This is still pretty though! Formula wasn't too bad either.

Now to what I call...fail art! lol I was on a whim like, I'll make snowflakes, even though I don't even have a white striper! I used Sinful Colors Snow me white and a small paint brush. After making a simple snowflake design, I added some more lines, and then I put a hexagonal holo glitter in the center. Then a coat of Seche Vite topped it off. While it's not perfect, I like my first attempt. My one coworker said I should work in a nail salon XD While not the best, I'll take the compliment! I say 8/10 for glitter and 6/10 for application.

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Candy Canes for Christmas!

Evening glittery polish lovers! I said I'd do candy canes darn it, and I tried my best to do them! The girl at the new Sally's by my house said they were cute, so they can't be too terrible. Here are some candy canes over 2 coats of Barielle End of the Rainbow.

This was a little difficult to photograph, but let's get on to it shall we? I used 2 coats of Barielle End of the Rainbow. Then after bumping my middle finger (I'm such a spazz) I took out my biggest dotting tool. I used it to paint the base of the candy cane with China Glaze The Ten Man, and then I used Barielle Cherry Blossom Sparkler for the stripes. If the babies think they're neat, at the girl at Sally's thinks they're cute, guess I'm okay! 8/10 for application and an 7/10 for glitter. 

Need a 1-Up for Christmas?

Hello hello! Had a marvelous first day back at the daycare after a great semester at college.  And all the little babies were mesmerized by my nails. Yup. The one kept wanting my fingers instead of his spoon XD Now to the nails they loved!

I love this. It's one coat of Avon's Ruby Slipper with 2 coats of Dollish Polish 1-UP and a coat of Seche Vite on top. I knew I was waiting to use 1-UP for a reason! This is from the Super Mario Bros. collection. It has small green hexes, small white squares, large white hexes, and white bars.  It was really thin though, which surprised me cause it looked so packed with glitter. It took a bit of dabbing to achieve this. I love it though! This is Christmas on my nails! I give it a 8/10 for application and a 9/10 for glitter. More Christmas themed manis to come!

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Dazzling Polish

Evening glittery polish lovers! As the semester draws to a close, I get a little sad. With only 3 semesters of college left, my hearts aches a bit. To cheer me up, there's always a good remedy found in glittery polish! Today I have a lovely swatch of Dazzle from the Sinful Colors Holiday 2012 collection. It's a one coater with Seche Vite on top :)

I haven't had a one coat SC in a while, so this is a plus! It's a dark magenta polishes with with light pink undertones. It also has light pink micro shimmer. Mmmmmm micro shimmer. I'm in love :) I love me a one coater with lots of glitter to beat the midnight winter blues!

Delusional Polish Swatches!!!

Goooood morning glittery fans! I'm up early and itching to show you what I've been working on for the past 6ish days. I love Delusional Polish, and I purchased 3 of Jen's polishes to wear. They were so pretty, I had to wear each one for 2 days. I loved them! On to the swatches!

This is the first of the 3, Snow Caps, a clear shimmery base of rainbow dust filled with holographic hexes!  While my least favorite of the 3, it is still such a gorgeous polish!  It really does look like snow. This is 2 coats over 1 coat of Sinful Colors Dazzle. This is just glittery in the sunlight! And of course, again all this needed was 1 coat of Seche Vite to smooth it out. 

Now on to, Count Down (2 coats), over Sinful Color Black on Black (2 coats).  A friend of mine said my nails looked like New Year's, and she was so right! Count Down is a gorgeous mix of gold and silver bar glitter, green square glitter, and multicolored hex glitter! I love it. It's a New Year's party on my nails! And with one coat of Seche Vite, it was totally smoothed out :)

Now to my favorite! This is a polished and dabbed coat of Jack Frost over 3 coats of China Glaze Paper Chasing. I LOVE THIS. It has various sized white hexes, small gold and red hexes, and even large gold hexes! I got a gorgeous one on my pointer. This mani just SCREAM Christmas. And again, just one coat of Seche Vite to smooth it out!  I love all my polish from Delusional Polish, and at $8 a bottle, where can you go wrong? She satisfies my glitter cravings without making me use too much top coat. 

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Paper Chasing

For tonight glittery polish lovers, I have a simple China Glaze swatch. Someone wanted a swatch, so I have a shimmery green one for you! I offer up China Glaze Paper Chasing for your viewing delight!

Again, a green I like! This is a gorgeous shimmery green. It's very thin though, so I put on 3 coats with a coat of Seche Vite on top.  Dry time is nice. No pulling when I go to apply a second coat. In some lights it's a medium green, and in others it's a lighter lime green. It's even duochrome between those in some lights! Of course there's great green and gold micro shimmer too. Loooooooove. I'll definitely be using this again!