Opals and Coconuts

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Colors by Llarowe - Coconut, three coats
Glitter: Colors by Llarowe - Opals and Lace, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Guys, this is seven. SEVEN. layers on my nails. I can't. I can't even. There's no way this is going to last more than a couple of days. It's just too thick.

Opals and Lace is a gorgeous mix of matte white and iridescent hexes, squares, and microglitter. It's so gorgeous! I was second guessing myself while I layered it over the white, but it wasn't a problem at all. I assume this glitter's just going to be beautiful over everything.

Coconut, however, was not my cup of tea. I'm not sure why I went through a phase of "I like Tutu, so I should buy ALL the jelly whites!" when I could have just stuck with what I knew I liked. It and Leche are going in the swap box.

Wear: Removed on day 4. Lasted longer than I expected, honestly! Though I haven't been changing my polish often, regardless.

Food Fight!

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Girly Bits - Food Fight (August A Box, Indied), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Food Fight is a blue-grey, slightly red leaning crelly with small iridescent hexes and holo microglitter. It's the perfect rain cloud color--I just so happened to wear it the day a friend wore rainbow skittles, which made us both entirely too happy. :)

I wanted this polish so bad when I first saw swatches. I wanted it enough that I immediately went to the Facebook swapping groups and found someone with a box subscription that was willing to sell for $11, more than I typically spend on a single polish.

Turns out, it's a little on the thick side of a crelly. And a bit dark on me. So my poor application skills are apparent. I even tried to use the clean up brush again. No avail.

But you know what? I don't care. Sure, my pictures aren't as pretty as the other bloggers', but that's okay. I have a pretty polish, and that's what matters.

(Okay, I'm not actually sure who I'm trying to convince here, you or myself. Hah.)

Wear: Removed at five days with slight wear.

Glass Star

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Sinful Colors - Glass Pink, two coats
Glitter: Rainbow Polish - Shooting Star, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Well, the plan was to redo an old mani and post new pictures, showing off my much improved photography and/or application skills, but that's not quite the way it happened. Turns out I'm not quite there, yet. Plus, it was overcast all weekend, and when I finally got a spot of sun, my polish had chipped. Hah, oh well.

I do like this combo, though. It's a little sparse, sure, as Glass Pink is probably meant to be a topper and certainly not undies for a glitter, but that's fine. Just another instance of my preferred look: princess nails. <3

Wear: Removed at five days with minimal wear.

Calla Lily (No pics)

The Polish:
BC: Sinful Colors - Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Calla Lily (ColorStay line), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Ugh. No doing nails in poor lighting. Lesson learned. No pics because my application is too poor to show off. Like, really. I even missed SV on half of my thumb nail. What the heck, guys. -.- I actually have marginal pictures from before for this one, though, here. I believe it's only one coat in those pictures.

Wear: Removed on day seven with slight tip wear. I was itching to change it sooner, but I got busy with work and didn't have time. So I just had to deal with poor application all week! Meh, no one noticed, anyway. Just bugged me, is all.

Hallucinate

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Glitter: Wet n Wild - Hallucinate (Wild Shine line), two coats
TC: One coat of American Classics - Gelous followed by one coat of Seche Vite

Hallucinate is a simple iridescent glitter in a clear base. I've shown SH Disco Ball here, and it's very similar. The main difference I can tell is that, while the pictures of Disco Ball are acceptable, I could NOT get a good picture of Hallucinate. Grrr.

The last time I wore Hallucinate was a couple of years ago, back when I first started getting into polish. At that time, I didn't know how necessary it was to wear a good top and base coat, so I just wore Hallucinate on its own. It peeled after 24 hours, and I swore it off as being bad with my body chemistry. Now that I know better, I thought I'd give it another shot.

I know it's probably weird to most people (or most nail polish people, at least) to wear a glitter like this on its own, but I like it. Just another simple, princess nails manicure like I love! Too bad I can't capture it properly.

Wear: Six days to peels. Not only did this mani surpass 24 hours, it wore like iron!