Trenzalore

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Ellagee - Trenzalore, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

It's not like I don't already have some soft blue linear holos, but I couldn't resist this one, too. Everything I read about it online made it sound like it was the best polish ever. So.. maybe my expectations were a little too high.

Don't get me wrong. Trenzalore is adoooorable. It's such a pretty dusty light blue color, and I love it. It's just not the godsend I was expecting. It was slightly streaky to the point of needing three coats. Application was fine, just not remarkable. The holo is fine, just not remarkable.

Stupid expectations, why you gotta be so high? Trenzalore is a super pretty polish, and I enjoy it a lot. ;-;

Wear: Removed on day four with minimal wear. (So sad to take it off! But I was going on a weekend trip, and I knew it wouldn't last all the way through that.)

Snowfall (franken)

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Snowfall, a franken, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. This wasn't quite what I was hoping for. It's just rather... boring.

Snowfall is roughly 2/3 an unnamed The Color Workshop glass fleck in a pink duo-chrome-y base with 1/3 Orly Au Champagne. The glass flecks are nearly invisible on the nail. It's got a nice shimmer, but that's about it, and it doesn't quite make up for the slight streaky-ness the Orly adds to it. It also dries slightly satin-y because of the Orly, but I chose to top coat it, anyway.

I don't love it, so it doesn't need to stay in my stash. Thankfully a friend really enjoyed it, so it can have a new home at her house. :)

Wear: Removed on day two for something new.

In Bare Form

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KB Shimmer - In Bare Form, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

It only took me about five minutes to fall in love with this polish. KB Shimmer is a well liked brand in the indie world, so I knew I would.

In Bare Form is a wonderfully delicate linear holo nude. It applied like a dream, and I can't stop admiring it. Looks like I may need to get some more KB Shimmers in the future!

Wear: Removed on day five with minimal wear.

Princess Kitten

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Princess Kitten, a franken, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

I made this franken because apparently I forgot that I had Essence's Grey-T to Be Here, which I don't have any good pictures of but is a close dupe. *shrug* Oh well, still cute.

This franken is roughly equal parts KleanColor - Vanilla Villa and China Glaze - Travel in Color. I had it with more Travel in Color first, but it's too streaky to be that sheer. As is, I still had to wear three coats, which is more than I generally like.

Here's a picture with some random flowers that were in my yard. My husband and I don't do any yard work. We pay people to mow for us, and whatever comes up must be perennials.

Wear: Removed on day three with minimal wear.

Breathing HD Air

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Sally Hansen - Air (Smooth & Perfect line), two coats
Glitter: Milani - HD, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Oh man, pictures just can't capture how much I love this mani. The soft blue with that glittery holo over it? Why you gotta be so non-photogenic, HD?

I was trying to do something similar to when I wore Sugar over Calla Lily here. I liked that one sooo much, the silvery holo over soft white. It DOES have that same delicate feel, but Sugar definitely worked better than HD. Sugar was a finer, denser glitter with a silvery haze-y feel while HD is almost chunky in comparison. Still gorgeous, just a little differently so!

Even beautiful in the shade!

Wear: Removed on day seven, though chips started on day five and were noticeable on six.

Shall We Catch Her Dancing?

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Jelly (layers 1 and 3): Sally Hansen - Shell We Dance? (Complete Salon Manicure)
Sandwiched (layer 2): The Lady Varnishes - Catch Me Dancing
TC: Seche Vite

Well, that was kind of a mess. I tried to do a little cleanup, but Catch Me Dancing was already drying, and I just made it worse. I need to thin it, but I don't have any thinner without heptane. (Heptane is bad for glitters.) Regardless! This mani HAS restored my faith in Catch Me Dancing. I was starting to think I didn't like it at all anymore, but turns out I just needed to put it in a jelly sandwich.

Wear: Removed at two days for something different.

Aerodynamic

The Polish:

BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat

Color: Mod Lacquer - Aerodynamic, two coats

TC: Seche Vite

Aerodynamic is a green scattered holo that I almost mistook for a linear at first. It reminds me a lot of Sparkling Garbage,  though opaque and with smaller holo particles. Jennifer lists it as turquoise on Etsy, but my bottle is definitely green. (I think it's an older version.)

More overcast skies and sub-optimal photo ops, boo! But at least the weather's been nice. Here's an indoor shot to show what shade I've been seeing most often, which usually looks to me like more of a hunter green. Yeah, the ones on the Etsy store must be an updated color. I definitely like mine. Though it's similar to Sparkling Garbage, it's different enough to warrant keeping both. :3

Okay, all of this talk about, "It's actually green," and then one of my male friends asked, unprompted, "It that teal?" Bah! Whatever.

Wear: Six days, though some chipping started on day three because I didn't use cuticle remover before this one.

Disclaimer: This polish was provided for my honest opinion. You can buy Aerodynamic at Mod Lacquer's Etsy store. 

Wired-Up and Energized

The Polish:
BC: white glue
Main: Mod Lacquer - Energize, three coats
Accent Undies: China Glaze - Dandy Lyin' Around, two coats
Accent Glitter: Mod Lacquer - Wired-Up, one coat plus a little dabbing
TC: Seche Vite

Bam! Welcome to pink world! If you've ever thought to yourself, "I wish there was a rave on my nails," have I got some good news for you. Energize is incredibly neon pink, and Wired-Up is a colorful confetti party just dying to bask in the black light.

I put on three layers of Energize just to make sure it was completely opaque. It dries a little matte, as neons do, but that's what our awesome top coats are for, right?

Wired-Up has a mix of neon yellow, pink, blue, and green glitters in three different sizes, hexes and squares. The base is slightly yellow, but I really want to put it in a squishy jelly sandwich. :3

And just in case you don't believe how glowy Energize is, here's a picture I just had to take as I was sitting in my dimly lit living room. Geeze. Someone get me a black light already!

Wear: One day. I wasn't sure that I wanted raver nails for every day wear, so I opted for the glue-as-base coat method this time. (I must have gotten it a little thin around the edges, because there was still a little pink frame around my nails hours after the middle had flaked off. Let this be a lesson to you, kids!)

Disclaimer: This polish was provided for my honest opinion. You can buy Energize and Wired-Up at Mod Lacquer's Etsy store. The best part is that her Electrified collection comes in an entire neon rainbow! Eee!

Cerulean Light Beam

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Mod Lacquer - Cerulean Light Beam, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Uggh, of course the day I want to wear a holo, a storm rolls in. It's been overcast all day yesterday and today. Curse you, fates! Above is a quick shot in a rare moment of not complete cloud cover, but the rest had to be taken inside. Here's even a picture I had to get out of the shower to take because I was enjoying it so much. :P

The formula was smooth, perfectly covered at two coats. It's got a nice linear holo and such a pretty ocean-blue color.

Here's hoping the storm lets up soon!

Wear: Seven days! Some minor tip wear starting on day four, but nothing noticeable until day seven when the chips started.

Disclaimer: This polish was provided for my honest opinion. You can buy Cerulean Light Beam at Mod Lacquer's Etsy store.