5 New Polishes

I picked these up at Walgreens. The Sinful Colours brand is the store brand I think. Eventually I will get around to doing a swatch of them or at least using them in some fun mani. The blue is called Paradise, the yellow Pull Over and the pink is just called Pink. I also picked up two Sally Hansen HD polishes that I've been wanting to try... and since they were half off it was a good time to buy. I tried Byte (photo) and I can tell you it's definitely best over a base coat. I did three 3! layers over an existing mani and you could still see through it.

Paradise is Rough

New polish! I wanted to use the new beautiful Sinful Colors blue I recently bought, Paradise. It took three thick layers of this one to get a good, streak-free base. It was worth it though! The colour really pops. But I wanted something a little.... less boring. So I used scotch tape and cut out little notches (picture). I added this accent in a dark blue; NYC Skin Tight Denim, followed by SV Topcoat of course. I got lots of compliments on how seamless this mani looks. I'm enjoying it quit a bit myself!

Strawberry Pie

For Father's Day my sister made a strawberry pie for my dad. So I decided to paint this strawberry design on my nails. I started with OPI Log On To Love. It's the perfect colour for strawberries. Then I used a toothpick to draw on the base (Finger Paint, Papier Mache) for what would become the green leaves. This white base helps the green pop. Then I painted directly over that white base with China Glaze Tree Hugger.After everything was nice and dry I used a toothpick again to make little yellow dots for the seeds using Sinful Colors Pull Over.

Nebular Sparkle

I started with a gorgeous dark purple base, Pure Ice No Means No. Then I added a couple of layers of my favourite 'glitter' to date: Nubar 2010. I love that the flakes are flat. I covered this all with SV Topcoat for durability then painted a layer of Matte Magic. I love the contrast of matte polish with a glitter. This mani got lots of attention too! It doesn't photograph well, especially in the sun, but it's fantastic in person. I know, some of the pics are blurry, but that's to show the sparkle better. Plus... I take all of my pics with my iPhone.

Pink with Pink Stripes

This was the worlds fastest mani. First of all, because I didn't have much time and secondly, because the zebra Konad plate is very forgiving. Both colours are Pure Ice brand. Two coats of the base colour of course. I'll have to update later with the exact colour names.

Random Marble

Here are two quick photos of some random water marbling that I've done in the past.

Mermaid's Tears

This is from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection by OPI. I have a shade a sun picture. I did two semi thick layers of this. The first one goes on really sheer and I was worried, but after the second coat it's perfect. It's also has a great feel to the formula. At first it looked streaky but then it smoothed itself out quite nicely. I'm on a matte craze, so after my SV topcoat dried i applied a thick layer of China Glaze Matte Magic over it all. One picture is a side-by-side. I love it.