Wear ALL THE COLORS before new job starts!

Man, I haven't been doing this a whole month yet and I'm already slacking.  In my defense, since my birthday water marble, I did a holographic polish challenge so it didn't occur to me to blog about it, so I'm not THAT behind...

Last week, TFIMP hosted a holographic mani challenge to celebrate our 700th member.  I opted to use a combination of Color Club and Zoya for my submission!

Before and after dotting and top coat are represented in my mini-collage.



This consists of:
Seche Clear
Color Club Cherubic x2 on all but accent
Zoya Aurora x2 on accent and dotting
Seche Vite

Y'all just KNOW this was eye-searing in person, right?

Next, I was craving some really bright colors.  For my birthday, the BF surprised me with a few tubes of minis that I'd been hankering for.  (I also may have gone back and purchased a third later, I'll probably post my swatch wheels of them because I love them so much, but this post is already getting crowded.)

I had a shitty day, and we had a Netflix date in mind.  I thought he'd appreciate seeing his good BF listening skills be put to use!



The colors all dried to a matte finish, but a coat of SV makes them look like CANDY.  Mmmmm...



Of course, I couldn't leave it alone, so a few days later, I added an untried glitter.  SO SPARKLY.



At the end of the day, my neon mani consists of:
Seche Clear
Broadway Nails Snow White x2
Broadway Nails Mystery Pumpkin on thumb and pinky
Rite Aid tube mini teal creme on index and ring
Rite Aid tube mini pink creme on middle
Seche Vite
Cosmetic Arts unnamed purple, pink, silver glitter
Gelous
Seche Vite

That's all I've got for now, I'm going to go pain my nails some other wacky color because I start my new job on Monday!  Can't start a new job with clown-barf nails, so I need to get it out of my system until I feel out what is okay in this particular office.

;-)

Opal Water Marble

As I posted yesterday, my 26th birthday is rapidly approaching.  I was, of course, inspired by opals.  I thought about doing plain white with flakie, but I was feeling adventurous, so water marble happened instead.

For my first foray into the technique (I've done some experimenting and practice before, but never a full manicure), I thought I'd stick to simple.  This is:

Seche Clear
Sally Hansen CSM Polar Bare x2
Marble of Polar Bare and Wet n Wild Black Creme
Zoya Opal
Seche Vite

Interview-appropriate

I had two job interviews this past week, so I had to put my next manicure on hold- I'd planned a black and white water marble with a lovely flakie top coat to kind of represent my birthstone (opal) but with added interest.  This will probably be happening later today.

In the mean time, I had to pick something that was toned-down enough to not stand out in my interviews, but had enough interest to keep me happy.  My usual go-to in this type of situation is China Glaze Dress Me Up, but I wasn't in the mood.

I ended up throwing on OPI Just Spotted the Lizard.  Here's a quick direct sunlight picture I snapped when I got home:



Of course, after my interview yesterday, I came home and slapped on another layer (to cover some tip wear) and decided to try out Orly So Go-Diva, an untried glitter.  Funny thing, I thought the glitter was orange, but it's really more of a coppery brown.  I took a lot of pictures of it because either the light or the extra layers of polish made the duochrome flash come out a lot easier today.  I'll spare you and share just a couple.  :)

Head-on:



Angled- check out that green!



And a shot that shows the range of color:



In the end, this was:
OPI Just Spotted the Lizard x2
Color Club mysterious quick dry TC
OPI Just Spotted the Lizard
Seche Vite
Orly So Go-Diva
Gelous
Seche Vite

(And yet this doesn't feel thick on my nails at all...)

Only 25 for one more day, y'all!

I've got daisies on my fingers!

The first Vivid Lacquer polish I ever purchased was Daisy.  The first time I saw it, I was obsessed.  Deconstructed flower bits in a sheer, slightly shimmery white base?  Sign me up!  But I've had it just under a year and though I love how it looks in the bottle, I still hadn't gotten around to trying it.  If I am totally honest, I was terrified of the white + glitter combo.  I knew it'd look great, but I already struggle with my sheer white polishes, and then add in trying to get glitter to look nice and I was just not comfortable with trying it out.

Then I decided it wasn't life or death and I should just suck it up and polish already.  I'm so glad I did!  One of the things I had to let go of, though, was trying to get the polish to look perfect in the first coat or two.  You know, just go with the flow.  

This is:

Nailtiques 2

Seche Clear

Vivid Lacquer Daisy x3

Gelous x2

Seche Vite (and a fresh bottle at that <3)

(Surprisingly, even after eight coats, this doesn't feel overly thick.  WIN!)