I Lilac Gumdrops

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: Nicole by OPI - I Lilac Gumdrops (Gumdrops line), three coats
TC: None

Uh... I'm not so sure about this, you guys. Purple? Really? I'm not much of a purple person, even as far as clothing is concerned. I like purples, especially blue-leaning ones and soft pastel-y ones... but... I'm just not so sure about this, you guys. I don't know if this particular color goes with my skin tone... not that that's bothered me in the past, but...

It didn't even have that great of a formula. It's way thinner than any other texture I've worn, and I had to layer three coats to hide the nail line. Huh.

Well.. I guess I'll keep it on for a few days and decide what I think after that. Who knows? It may just grow on me?

Wear: Removed on day four with minor tipwear. Decided not to keep it after all,

Absynthe Makes My Clothes Fall Off

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: The Devil Wears Polish - Absynthe Makes My Clothes Fall Off, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

It's been a tough week for me. I've been in a polish rut for a while, anyway, but then a week of depression and anxiety on top of that? Bleh. It's sunny out, and it's time for some holo!

Not only are holos pretty and shiny and happy making, but they also have an amazing formula, in my experience. Well, at least mine do. I've heard that early holos are finicky, but thankfully, I came to the party at a good time. The holo with least best formula I have is Lunar Glow, and even that one's fine.

Isn't it pretty~? Such a nice teal-ish blue color <3

Wear: Five days to peels. Minor chips on day four.

Fairy's Calla Lily

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Revlon - Calla Lily (ColorStay line), two coats
Glitter: China Glaze - Fairy Dust, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Man.. Calla Lily is one of my favorite polishes.. so much so that I even bought a back up of it. So why am I just not feeling it today? It seems impossibly sheer, something I normally love, and boring. I must be in so much of a funk that even one of my favorites can't pull me out. Meh. I doubt I'll keep this on long. I need something bright.

Wear: Removed at three days with minimal wear.

Balloons in the Sky

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Balloons in the Sky, a franken, two coats using the matte technique
TC: Seche Vite
Matte: China Glaze - Matte Magic

Hmm... this one... I'm still not quite sure what to do with it. Its formula is poor, but I DID manage to get it on nicely using the matte technique (one coat, then a coat of matte before the next layer). Still a little bumpy and patchy, as you can see. I just don't know, guys. I could also just wear Special Snowflake or something.

Wear: Three days to peels

Solitary Again

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: OPI - Solitaire (Liquid Sands line), 2 coats
TC: None

Busy week, no time to do nails? Looks like it's time for a texture polish again. Maybe eventually I'll use up one of these minis.

I feel like I've done a better job on application with this one this time. The other times I've worn Solitaire, I felt like I couldn't really get it to look nice, but this time, I find myself continually admiring my nails... :)

This swatch maybe isn't the best because it's picking up the blue from my shirt instead of showing off its true white-ness, but all of the direct sun photos gave me lobster claws. Meh. So this'll do.

Wear: Seven days, wore like iron. Minor chips on day five, but nothing too noticeable until day seven.

Serene Sky

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

Oh, so pretty, this color! Such a soft, delicate lavender and gorgeous linear holo. Love!

Ignore the mess on my ring finger. I scratched my nail on my desk at work yesterday. I should have buffed it out before I painted over it, but it totally slipped my mind. Live and learn.

Wear: Four days to slight peels. Minor tip wear happened on day two because I always forget to wrap my tips.

Hallucinating Raindrops

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Color: Hallucinating Raindrops, a franken, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hallucinating Raindrops is sooo beautiful in the bottle. It always calls to me. I think I very nearly have it where I want it now, after having played with it a lot. I think it probably even started out as my first franken. I have it super jelly-y pale grey now with lots of glitter. Still not as pretty on the nail as it is in the bottle, but that's okay. Plus I've decanted it into a Megalast bottle, which is always awesome.

Wear: Four days to slight peels.