China Glaze - Atlantis

Atlantis has been on my wishlist for over a year. Whenever I would make an online order it was the first one to be sacrificed for something "better." So a few weeks ago when I was ordering some new polish to replace the bad batch that I had gotten I decided to add it in. I'm so glad that I did! Atlantis is amazing!

Atlantis is a teal/green jelly jam packed with multi-colored holographic glitter. I used two coats and for the most part it was opaque. But going out today in the sun I noticed a little bit of visible nail line. And, unfortunately, I already have a huge chip on my middle finger on Day 2. Boo! It sure is pretty though!

Blurred to show the holographic goodness! 

Sunlight.

Beautiful! I couldn't stop staring at my nails last night!

CM

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Don't get too crazy tonight! And be safe in this rainy weather. I celebrated last night with a shot of Nyquil and going to bed before midnight. So crazy. Anyways, just a quick post on my St. Patty's Day mani. I did 2 coats of Zoya Shawn with ring and thumb accents of Sinful Colors Green Ocean. I'm still sick so there was no motivation to do this mani, but I still like it. But while taking pictures I smudged my ring finger...which you'll see. Oh well, this'll probably come off tomorrow!

Really dark photo, but it showed Green Ocean the best.

Shawn is a grassy green creme polish, the formula was great. Green Ocean is a mixture of blue/green flakies in a slightly tinted green jelly base. It was a gloopy mess and is taking forever to dry, even with my quick dry top coat. That's why it's smudged in the photos. But I still love it...it's my love for anything flakie. Anyways, enjoy and be safe!

CM

Hits - Twist

First off, a very Happy Birthday to my mom! I hope you have a great day, I love you! (:

So a while back I showed you guys some Hits nail polish from Brazil (remember, the awesome duochromes?). Today I have one of their flakies for you. I bought 3 flakies, and for some reason only have 1 swatched, so that's what I have for you today.

Twist is a blue jelly base with blue/green flakies. This was two coats.

Formula was a bit thick, but easy to work with. It seemed really sheer at first but built up nicely. Hits can be bought from Llarowe and are $8 each.

CM

Icing - Tiger's Blood

I'll admit it. When I was younger I loved Claire's and Icing. It was always one of my favorite stores. And Bath & Body Works when they had that young kid section with their little club. Anyways, I never really payed attention to their cosmetics, and once I got into nail polish I didn't even realize that they had any. But now I know that they do! And they make some pretty awesome polishes (and dupes of higher end brands) and I'll definitely be there again. This is my first Icing polish, Tiger's Blood. They released a small collection based on things that Charlie Sheen said during his crazy ordeal. But that's ok, it made for some great polish!

These photos are:

2 coats Tiger's Blood on Pointer/Middle finger.

2 coats of Tiger's Blood over 1 coat of WnW Blazed on Ring and Pinky finger.

Sunlight.

Direct sunlight.

Direct sunlight.

Direct sunlight.

Shade.

What an awesome coral-y jelly packed with glitter! I didn't expect to love it this much. This is also supposed to be a dupe of Cult Nails Captivated, but I cannot say for sure because I don't have that one. Icing still has this in their stores, I saw it there the last time I went in. 

CM

Jelly Sandwich

Mmm, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich sounds good. But that's not the kind of jelly sandwich I'm talking about today! I wanted a palate cleanser for my nails after wearing Mermaid's Dream for nearly a week (which survived really well, even through deep cleaning parts of the house!). I recently bought Essie - Marshmallow, which is a sheer, white jelly. I heard about it on Makeupalley (MUA) and everyone there seems to have a love/hate relationship with it. But I thought I would try it for myself. Plus, jellies are one of my favorite finishes...so squishy and shiny! And what better color to serve as a break from others...white?

I put on 1 thick-ish coat, and wasn't satisfied. I wanted something a smidge flashier, but still simple and cleansing. So I added one coat of OPI - Rainbow Connection from the Muppets collection, and finished off with another thin coat of Marshmallow (and that's how you create a jelly sandwich). I LOVE this manicure, so much! I might even do it again! Marshmallow turned Rainbow Connection into a muted, pastel glitter. Here, take a look:

I love it. Maybe I'll do it again sometime soon, but I'll probably change it tomorrow or Wednesday. We'll see. Have you tried any jelly sandwiches?

CM

Wet n Wild - Blazed

Hooray February 29th! Happy birthday to those of you born on this glorious and rare day! Here's just a quick post. While perusing Walgreens for the millionth time in the past week (due to their Sinful Colors sale - 99 cent polish, baby!) I decided to get this color. I've been drawn to pink-y colors lately, and cremes on top of that. So when I saw this coral/peach/pink polish I figured why not? It was only a dollar.

I was worried that it would be too warm for my skin tone, but I actually liked it. This is 2 coats, the formula was sheer at first, but opaque after the second coat. I don't like these brushes though, they're really long and thin. But I can deal with it for a pretty color! This color is a creme, but it is very close to being a jelly. Look how shiny and squishy it is without a topcoat! Reminds me of candy. Yum.

CM

Butter London - Disco Buscuit

I don't have very many Butter London nail polishes. In fact I only have 3, and that was a set that my mom got me for Christmas. And I haven't even used those yet! But when I saw a swatch of this I immediately fell in love. It was so gorgeous! And the name...disco biscuit? How can you not love it? Well...you'll see what I mean.

Disco Biscuit is a bright pink jelly with purple micro-glitter. In some of the photos my camera does some crazy thing with the micro-glitter, and it looks blue in some shots too. That's just how it is when photographing anything purple.

Sunlight.

Sunlight.

Direct sunlight.

Shade.

Shade.

Bottle shot.

See? Isn't it amazing? The formula was pretty sheer, this was 3 thick coats and at times I could still see my nail line. I think next time I'll layer it over something, just to cut down on the coats. And, it doesn't look like it, but this baby EATS top coat like none other. I was not expecting that. Seriously, about a half an hour after these pictures were taken the top coat had soaked in to the micro-glitter and it was chunky and rough again. Kind of crazy! So I would suggest a thicker top coat, and a few layers.

And just for fun, I layered OPI's I Lily Love You over this to freshen it up after a few days.

They go together so perfectly. Butter London can be bought at Nordstrom, Ulta and from their website for $14. I bought mine off of Amazon and got free shipping (yay!).

CM

Some Flakie Magic

Just a fun fact to start the post: Flakie polish is my absolute, hands down, favorite kind of polish. I hoard flakies, even if they're dupes. And I have been traveling all over trying to find all of flakies from Finger Paints and have only found 3 of the 5. (So if anyone has Motley or Twisted I would be willing to buy them from you!!!). People are selling them for ridiculous prices on eBay...they're only $5 at Sally's Beauty. Stupid. Anyways, on to the polish.

Today I have NARS Zulu, which is a gorgeous dark green jelly. It's seriously so shiny without a top coat. I love it. I decided to do some layering with Finger Paints Flecked, which is green and blue flakies in a clear base. It brought Zulu to life. So pretty! Take a look:

First, Zulu all alone. Pretty! This was 3 coats.

This is 1 coat of Flecked over Zulu.

Here's a good shot of the duochrome flakies, they flash green and blue.

Look at that! The polish glows from within. So pretty.

This is in natural sunlight. 

So what do you think? Do you like the whole flakie trend? Personally, I don't think you can ever have enough. (:

CM