Manicure gone Wild

Hi Guys,  today I have a manicure gone wild -or- more like a manicure fail on my hands. I have another party tomorrow, and this time my outfit is orange and turquoise colored. I planned it all out in my head (it really looked so pretty there lol).  

I used 3 different polish for this - China Glaze For Audrey, Tip Toe Orangentina and Wet n Wild White. I purchased the Tip Toe polish at Old Navy.

I decided to do some nail art. Now do you guys see where this is going? For my regular readers you all KNOW I can not do nail art to save my life lol.

This is what I ended up with.

I started with 3 coats of China Glaze's for Audrey. I then added an accent nail in Tip Toe Orangentina on my ring finger. To this point everything is going well in this manicure. I then decided to add dots. I have never did a doticure before, so this was my first attempt. I added my first layer of dots in China Glaze's for Audrey and then a second layer in Wet n Wild White. 

This is where it all went wrong. If you look closely above in my first picture the first layer of dots look green and the second layer of dots look yellow. This was not even close to the gorgeous picture in my head lol. I believe I rushed things too much and did not give each layer time to fully dry, so instead the colors blended together. 

The manicure still looks fun so I'm going to wear it to my party. I don't think anyone will notice about the off color dots on my nails. The odd part is in some lighting they do look white, and in other lighting I see yellow.

Next time I will allow the layers to dry better. I am not giving up on this doticure thing lol. I'm determined to get it right next go around.

Thanks for visiting.

Kicking it Old School with Revlon Streetwear

Today we are going to get into a time capsule and travel back in to time to the 1990's with Revlon StreetWear. Hang on tight, it may be a bumpy ride!!!

I have a birthday party to go to Friday night and my outfit is a fun orange, and I wanted to commit the ultimate nail polish sin and go matchy matchy have an orange manicure as well.  I decided on Revlon StreetWear Shocking, along with an accent nail.

The above picture is shown with 2 coats of Revlon Sweetwear Shocking topped with Essie Go to Good.  The accent nails is two coats of Nail Pattern Boldness Seppuku (with a Frisbee).

The Revlon StreetWear polish is GORGEOUS in so many ways. If you look closely you can see the yellow shimmer it has in it which is very visible on the nail. 

I picked this up in a swap a very long time ago. I am angry with myself that I waited this long to use it lol.

The formula is gorgeous. This was so very smooth and so easy to apply. It only takes two coats, which I love. I think it's all the glorious chemicals in the formula lol. Remember, this polish was created prior to the B3Free wave.

I also want to do an accent nail. 

I decided on Nail Pattern Boldness Seppuku (with a Frisbee). It has the same orange and yellows in it as Shocking. These two are the perfect pair.

Once I put these to two together it was like a match made in heaven.

 

Thanks for visiting guys and let me know what you think. Do you guys like wearing orange polish, or is it a no no color for you?

The Indie Showdown: Floam versus other Indie Sand Polishes

Today I have a really fun post for you guys. I finally got my hands on Nail-Venturous's FLOAM! It took be forever to finally get it, but it's mine *insert evil happy laugh here* lol! 

A lot of you have seen a million swatches of Floam, so I decided to do something different for you all today. I'm going swatch compare it to other Indie Polishes that are similar. Since Floam's birth, a lot of other 'sand' type polishes have emerged throughout the indie world, so I thought it would be fun to compare them all. Hopefully my swatches today can help you decide which you like best! 

This is three coats each on their own. 

As you can see there are no dupes here. Each is individual and has it's own characteristics. Yes my Good to Go is slightly pink - I used it on red polish my first day lol.

Since this is a bit pic heavy, please click READ MORE to continue...

Indie Spoltlight: Naild'it Vegas Sands

Today I have a super fun polish for you guys. You remember my last manicure was OPI Green-wich Village (which you can see  HERE).  I decided to spruce it up and revive it.  I have a function to go to tomorrow, and I just don't have the time to redo my nails for it (the horror lol). I have a green top that I'm wearing so I really didn't want to have to redo them, so I gave them a face lift with Naild'it Vegas Sands instead. I love this stuff. Naild'it has quickly become my favorite Indie polish.

It's a matte glitter fest! There are so many colors packed into this beauty.

This is such a fun polish. It was on the rough side, but most of these 'sand' looking polishes are. I used Seche Vite for these picture, but tomorrow I'm going to add a layer of the THICK stuff with Nailpatternboldness Glitter Food (aka. Fix a Flat).

It's very bright, but not neon bright. Just the right amount of color!

You can purchase Naild'it at Etsy HERE. Make sure you also follow Naild'it on Facebook as well, and you will get the latest updates on Etsy restocks and new and up coming polishes.

Hope you guys enjoyed this! Sorry for such a brief post, I have so many things left to do and not enough hours to do them in :) 

Thanks for visiting!

A little OPI love today: Green-wich Village

Today I'm sharing with you one of my all time favorite green polishes, OPI: Green-wich Village. This is one of the first polishes I bought when I first got into my nails. A lot of time people wonder what my most used polish is, and for me this is it. 

I love this tone of green, and it goes well with my skin tone. At least I think it does, lol. Greens and blues look best on me. It is such a pretty color, and every time I wear I get compliments.

As much as I have been into Indie Polishes lately I did not smoother this with glitter. I will eventually, but I wanted to wear it solo first.

It starts very sheer, but builds up to opaque very well. This is 3 coats with Seche Vite Ultra V top coat, which I cured with a UV lamp. I will have a post up in a couple of days showing all my UV supplies and how I use them. This manicure dried in 4 minutes while I was watching TV. This is so super glossy, you just can not beat the shine and the fast drying time that UV provides.

Do you guys like this? Any of you out there use UV top coats? I would love to hear all your thoughts on both, leave your comments below.

Thanks for Visiting!