Hi Iridescent

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Essie - Hi Maintenance, two coats
Accent: Sally Girl - unnamed iridescent glitter, one coat over the Essie
TC: Seche Vite

Hi Maintenance has such a nice formula. So nice that it amazes me every time I put it on. It's not streaky at all, self-leveling to a T, and super glossy. It's practically a dupe for OPI's You Callin' Me a Lyre? It's just strange because every other Essie I've tried hates me. *shrug*

I AM getting a little tired of these light pink manis for a while, though. I'mma leave them for a while after this, I think. Get some more color in here and play around with layering.

Wear: Removed on day four with minimal chips.

CC Kismet

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Polish: Color Club - Kismet, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Kismet is a gorgeous green-leaning gold with a strong linear holo. The formula is just right with perfect consistency, though in normal/dim lighting, it appears a little patchy, like two coats isn't enough. It's pretty similar to the Urban Outfitters holo I have, and I think I remember someone saying once that they may be made by the same company.

I'd been hearing for the longest time about how Color Club holos are the best holos, so when I got a swap offer from someone with Kismet, I didn't hesitate to get it. Gold isn't typically my color, but it's such a great polish that that doesn't even matter.

Wear: Five days, chips on four

Solitaire or Social?

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Main: Sally Hansen - Social Sea-n (Diamond Strength line), two coats
Accent: OPI - Solitaire (Liquid Sand line), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Huh. I'm... not quite sure what to think of this one. It would make a lovely shirt.. but I'm not positive that I like it as a polish. It's a pretty, shimmery, sheer blue, which sounds right up my alley, but it's also got a touch of metallic in its finish. I dunno...

But I've been depressed lately and have hated anything and everything on my nails. I've been overly critical of my application and photography skills (these pictures just make me kinda sad). I may need to take a break from my tiny stash and put on a good favorite I know I can count on. For now, Social Sea-n stays.

Wear: Chips on day three, but couldn't remove until day four.

Bait Me, Princess

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Sally Hansen - Bait Me (Triple Shine line), two coats
Glitter Accent: Liquid Sky Lacquer - Ice Princess, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

What? A pearl? Why would I even purchase another pearl? Because it was on sale for $1.30 at Ulta. I figured that was cheap enough to experiment. It wasn't awful, but like I expected, it went straight into the swap box after I put it on. I just don't do pearls.

Ice Princess, on the other hand, is super adorable. I really should have put it over all nails, but I wanted to leave some of Bait Me plain to convince myself that I really didn't need it. I'll layer Princess over more things soon enough.

Wear: Four days to peels

Fairy Sands

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Shimmering Sands, a franken, two coats
Topper: China Glaze - Fairy Dust, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Sheer, lovely Shimmering Sands. I wanted something else with it, and I don't use Fairy Dust much, so I decided to go with it.

I think it's actually because I don't really like Fairy Dust all that much. I know, I know--heresy. It's fine, really, but the tiny holo glitters only show up in a particular light, and they NEVER show up on pictures. Meh. Whatever.

Wear: Four days to peels

Fairy-Peach Maintenance

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: The Devil Wears Polish - Suck My Peach, two coats
Accent: Essie - Hi Maintenance, two coats
Accent Glitter: China Glaze - Fairy Dust, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

This is about as Valentine's-y as it gets, up in here. I don't really do holidays, but when I'm trying to decide what to wear, sometimes peer pressure is easy to fall victim to. So here's a nude holo and a sheer pink with Fairy Dust. There. I did it. :P

Even pretty in the shade! Although you can tell where my accent nail got a bit smudged. Oh well.

Wear: Five days to very minor peels. After last mani when I noticed peels were actually removing the top layer of nail, I removed as soon as I noticed the first peel with this one.

New Year's Resolution Organization

Remember how my New Year's Resolution this year is to use up some minis and play with my frankens more? Well, check out what I did to help me with that:

The other side of the closet still has all my indies and nicer polishes on it, but this side, I cleaned out the shelf and put all of those drugstore polishes off to the side, covering them up (yes, with a tissue) so that I couldn't see or think about them.

These are the only polishes I'm gonna allow myself to use for a while. It's like I'm pretending to have a tiny stash! :D

Bottom shelf is all the minis.

Next up are frankens.

Third shelf are full sized bottles I have back ups of, so I can still use those, too.

Fourth shelf are untrieds, which I can use once and then add to the rest of the stash.

And fifth shelf, of course, are treatments, oils, base, and top coats.

I'm excited! :3

Iridescent Matte Coconut

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Sally Girl - Coconut, two coats
Glitter: Sally Girl - unnamed iridescent, one thick coat
TC: Seche Vite
Matte: China Glaze - Matte Magic

Yuck. Cremes. Why do I even still own cremes? Blah. The matte made it a little better, I suppose.

Wear: Four days to peels.

Summer Seas

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: The Polish Bar - Summer Seas, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Summer Seas is a gorgeous, dusty cornflower blue creme. It has a very faint holo that I could hardly get to show up in general, let alone in pictures. It doesn't matter too much, though, because it's suuuuch a pretty color, oh my goodness, and the faint holo provides just a little bit of speckle-y shimmer.

The formula is a tad on the thick side, as cremes are wont to be, hence the poor application. I may try to thin it before I use it next. It's totally worth it, though. That color..! Even though it looks a little lobstery on me, still love it.

Wear: Five days. Minor tipwear starting on day two because I wasn't smart enough to wrap my tips. Minor chips on day four, but still nothing too noticeable. Peels on day five.

Blueberry Still Sweet on You

The Polish: 
BC: None
Color: Nicole by OPI - Blueberry Sweet on You, two coats
TC: None

I ran out of time to do my nails before a weekend trip and needed something I could do in 20 minutes (thus, texture) at the airport (thus, something I wouldn't care about if it got confiscated by TSA).

I'm trying to use this polish up, so I wear it a lot on my toes, and I've worn it frequently on my hands a lot, too. It's actually kind of becoming a signature color because of how much I use it, which wasn't intentional, but it's fine.

Wear: Seven days, though I shouldn't have left it on that long. Slight wear on day five, noticeable on day six. Shh.. I was busy.. >.>

Give Me Iridescent, Now!

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Jelly for sandwich: Essence - Give Me Nude, Now!, one coat on either side of glitter
Glitter: Sally Girl - unnamed iridescent glitter, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

I got this Essence at an Ulta sale for fifty cents because I couldn't pass it up. I expected to just swatch it and throw it immediately in the swap box, but it's actually pretty nice. It's like Essence's version of 2% Milk.

I also expected to just put the glitter over the Essence and then matte it, but it was a lot more jelly-ish than I thought it would be, so I couldn't help but sandwich it.

Wear: Removed on day three.