Shining Seas

The Polish:
BC: American Classic - Gelous
Polish: Pure Ice - Shining Seas, two coats
TC: One layer of Gelous, followed by a layer of Seche Vite

While at Walmart recently, I found Shining Seas and her green sister, Sea Glass, and couldn't make myself put them back. Shining Seas is a mix of two sizes of iridescent glitter in a blue jelly-ish base. The base is paler in bottle than Sinful Color's Hottie (and thus probably OPI's Last Friday Night, which Hottie's a dupe of) and comes out less opaque.

I wore Sea Glass first and didn't even take a picture--I had decided I didn't like it. I put on Shining Seas next, assuming I would feel the same about it. At first, I guess I did, but slowly, it grew on me. Somewhere along the way, I decided I loved it. Two coats is just a pale tint of blue and sparkle, just barely noticeable, delicate and cute. <3

My right hand came out slightly darker because the layers were just a little thicker, so here's a picture of my rarely-seen right hand, too.

Wear: Four days. (I remembered to record it this time, yay!)

Popular

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Color: Revlon - Popular, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

One of my favorite Revlons, a polish I wear when I can't decide what to wear. The base covering some of the silver glitters is occasionally annoying, but it doesn't matter too much. Still looks nice!

Wear: Four-ish days? I forgot to record it.

Social Star

The Polish:
Treatment Coat: OPI - Nail Envy
BC: CND - Stickey
Color: Sinful Colors - Social Ladder, two coats
Accent glitter: Black Cat Lacquer - Lucky Star
TC: Seche Vite

Gah, I love this combination! So delicate and pretty, like a princess!

 Wear: Four or five days. I didn't record it. :/

Something Simple, take 2

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Polish: Initial Lacquer - Something Simple, two coats
TC: One layer of Gelous followed by one of Seche Vite

This polish is sooo pretty, but I've yet to do justice to it with my subpar application and photography skills. I don't like to use a cleanup brush because I've completely messed up acceptable applications with it in the past and had to redo the whole thing. Instead, I try to tell myself that I'll just get good enough with experience that I won't have to clean up. Manis like this, however, tell me otherwise. *groan* No, polish, you don't belong on my cuticles! Meh. I'll get it eventually.

Wear: Three days.

Textured Solitaire

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: OPI - Solitaire (Bond Girls collection), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Here's me giving Solitaire a second chance. I tried to top coat it, but the SV did next to nothing. I guess it made the awkward texture a little more bearable, but it wasn't smooth like I was hoping for. I should have used Gelous. I was considering getting rid of it, still, but I guess it can stay around a little longer. I need to try it with the Gelous, after all. Plus, someone on MUA's Nail Board suggested wearing it on toes! That sounds pretty! (Pussy Galore, however, IS going into the swap box. I just can't imagine wanting to wear a pink like that again.)

Adding a close up because it shows the texture better, even though it's less color accurate.

Wear: Four days. The SV kept it from coming off weird like last time, at least a little, until then.