Snowman Jizz

The Polish:
BC: NYC - Matte Me Crazy
Color: Snowman Jizz, a franken, three coats
TC: Seche Vite
Applied on Day 2: American Classics - Gelous, Seche Vite

Uh.. excuse the name. That's kind of what it looked like when I first made it, and the name kinda stuck, even though I've been messing around with the formula. Still, even with my tweaking, it looks better in the bottle than it does on my nail.

Snowman is supposed to be a white crelly with two sizes of iridescent glitters. It's, uh... it's getting there.

Also, someone was mentioning on MUA's Nail Board that layering a streaky polish over a layer of matte could make it apply more evenly, and someone even mentioned that they layered matte, polish, matte, polish, top coat. I had attempted to try that out, but then got distracted. Oh well. Now I can try a wear test for Matte Me Crazy as a base coat. I'm expecting two or three days.

Wear: Peels at day two. Even though I didn't remove until the morning of the third day, I can't count it because of how significant the peels were on the second night.

Tomoko

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: Zoya - Tomoko (Pixie Dust), two coats
TC: None

Christmas nails. I kept considering pairing it with a green texture, or even dots using a friend's red texture, but finally decided against it. Simple is best.

Oh my goodness, dry skin, right? Winter, are you over yet?

Wear: Seven days. Tip wear starting at about five-ish, though only noticeable on one nail where I didn't get the second layer as thick.

Lunar Glow

The Polish:
BC: CND - Sticky
Color: Northern Star - Lunar Glow, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

I'm so pleased with my nails, you guys! <3 Usually I steer clear of darker polishes because they show my poor application skills so prominently (and chips, which means I can't keep it on for as long). I hated this one the last time I wore it because of those reasons, but randomly I reached for it last night.

I was soooo careful on my application. I put on three solid coats instead of my regular two, and I even wrapped my tips! Just... ignore the rough cuticles. It IS winter, after all. I actually oiled about four times during the day yesterday, but that didn't seem to make any difference.

Aaaand then I took a million pictures. I couldn't help myself. They were too pretty. ;-;

The above pictures were taken in the sun, so they're more color accurate, but inside I got allll of the holo to show!

Wear: Six days! Way longer than expected. Slight tip wear and chips started on day four, but nothing noticeable until day six.

My Pirouette Diary

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat, left hand; CND - Sticky, right hand
Jelly: Sephora by OPI - Dear Diary, two coats with glitter sandwiched between
Glitter: OPI - Pirouette My Whistle, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Oh my goodness, I have too many minis! Whyyyy do I have so many minis? I just want to use them up! Do you think I could use nothing but minis until I've emptied them all? Probably not, but.. I can certainly use them more. We'll start with this SOPI.

And what better way to use a jelly than a nice jelly sandwich? It's been a while since I've worn my classic Ballet collection look. I don't think I ever got a good picture before, either.

And~ I thought I might as well give the basecoat test another run. Might as well! Or maybe it's just an excuse to try avoiding using up the ColorStay... Who's to say?

Wear: Peels on day four. For the record, the Sticky hand peeled just slightly before the ColorStay hand, but only by a few hours, a negligible amount.

White Cap

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat (left hand), CND - Stickey (right hand)
Main: China Glaze - White Cap, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Aaaaah. My lovely palate cleansers. White Cap makes everything better after the awfulness that was last week's mani. Next time I try Eggnogoholic, I'll be sure to play around with it and make it work for me, but until then, my simple shimmers comfort me. <3

Also, I did an experiment with the base coats. I wanna see which one lasts longer.

Wear: Seven days 'til peels! Eee! And beautiful all~ the while. <3 This was a great mani, you guys. For the record, I didn't notice one bit of difference between the two base coats.

I also decided that I may not even need SC Prosecco because this look was pretty much what I was hoping to get from that.

Eggnogoholic

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Girly Bits - Eggnogoholic, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Uh.. what? What is this crap? This certainly can't be Eggnogoholic. No.. I've lemmed this for too long. What is this awful, finicky, streaky formula? Yeah, I know it's a white, but I've just come to expect more from indies, I guess. Baaaah. I was so excited to finally have a chance to get this one, and now I'm SO underwhelmed... *sigh* Nothing else to say, just... *sigh*

Wear: Five days, peels at four.