It Can't Rain All the Time

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Maya Cosmetics - It Can't Rain All the Time, four coats
TC: Seche Vite
Added on day 3: Essence - Rock My World, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

That's right, four coats. Because apparently I'm more stubborn in my refusal to wear undies than I am about how many coats I'm willing to apply. In this case, anyway. :P

I was going to purge this a while ago, but I stopped myself because I hadn't really worn it. I hadn't worn it enough to take a swatch pic. Now, after having taken these, I still want to purge it. I kinda feel like, no, I need to try wearing some undies under it first.. but no. I don't love it, so it can go.

On day 3 I added a layer of Rock My World. I'm not sure if this one is meant to be a texture or not. It doesn't seem like it, but it is slightly textured-y.

I think I added this mostly in an attempt to prolong enjoyment of this mani so I could make it last until the weekend, but that didn't pan out. Chips the very next day. I'm not sure the additional polish was a benefit or a deficit or had nothing to do with that. *shrug*

Wear: Four days until chips.

Most Sinful

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Sinful Shine - Most Sinful, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

This color is a little bold for me, but I've always admired this shade of royal blue on everyone else. Since I've started giving cremes another go, I thought I might just try this one, as well. And it is SO bold.. It's more like the color of a shirt I would wear than the color of my nails, but I'll get used to it! Next time I should try a silver accent or something!

Wear: Four days until growth got to me.

Holo White Comparison

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Thumb: Glitter Gal - Light as a Feather, two coats
Index: Literary Lacquers - Tesseract, two coats
Middle: Fair Maiden Polish - Sleigh Bells in the Snow, two coats
Ring: Different Dimensions - Excelsior!, two coats
Pinkie: Cirque Colors - City Lights, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Well.. I guess I have enough of these to do a comparison skittles mani. I guess I can't fight it any longer.

LaaF is the most different of the bunch. It's got the strongest holo, is the most sheer, and is more silvery than white. It's probably my favorite.

Tesseract is maybe the most boring. It's got the weakest holo and is the most pale white. It doesn't have any shimmer like the others, and the formula is of my least favorite.

SBitS has my has my least favorite brush and a weak holo. It does have that blue shimmer, though, and the formula is fair...

Excelsior! actually has the second-strongest holo of the bunch, which was surprising, as I've never been able to catch it before this. It has a pretty pink shimmer in the shade. I think it may be my second favorite.

City Lights is the whitest white of the bunch, and has an okay holo. The formula wasn't great, but I really liked the brush and the bottle.

I know I don't really need to keep all five, but I just don't know if I can bring myself to purge any of them. They're all pretty. ;-; But if I were to get rid of any of them, I might start with Tesseract, and then maybe Sleigh Bells. We'll see. I'll keep my eye on it and then maybe...

Wear: Five day until lifting, though I didn't pay any attention to which ones lifted first. (I've started using the word "lifting" over "peeling" now because I saw someone else use it. I know it's going to be inconsistent from before. Oh well.)

Rockin' Indigo and Turquoise

The Polish:
BC: White glue
Undies: Finger Paints - Rockin' Gunmetal, one coat
Glitter 1: Sephora by OPI - Indi-go with the Flow, one dabbled coat on every other finger
Glitter 2: Sephora by OPI - Not Your Average Turquoise, one dabbled coat on every other finger
TC: Seche Vite

I needed something to wear for a couple of days before I could actually do my nails on the weekend, so I chose to knock out three untrieds. Ignore all the gross ridges.. they were caused by the glue base coat.

Rockin' Gunmetal is my favorite of the three today, which was unexpected. It's a one-coater with a nice formula. I tend to shy away from metallics, but I might keep this one for undies. The glitters, on the other hand, were boring and sparse. I thought I would like them, especially the blue, but I think I'll put them both back into the purge box.

Wear: Two days

Boom! Vanilla.

The Polish:
Treatment: OPI - Nail Envy
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KleanColor - Vanilla Villa, one coat
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Glitter: Sephora X - Boom, one and a half ish dabbled coats
Glitter Food: American Classics - Gelous
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Oh my goodness, I'm so pleased at myself! This is the first time I've been pleased with the application of a creme, first time around, little to no cleanup! Eee! And look at that beautiful light grey color! And only one coat? Yeeesh. <3 (The vanilla scent, however, is still undetectable. Oh well.)

Boom was such a great choice to put with it, as well. The two colors go great together. I learned about the technique of putting a quick dry top coat on before the glitter in order for the glitter not to sink into the other polish, and I wanted to try it. (So that's why my list of layers is a mess.) I did the extra SV layer on my left hand, but not on the left to see if I could tell the difference, but it was minimal on this one. I think it'd probably make a big difference with other glitter. I definitely want to try it next time I wear Heavenly, for instance.

Wear: Four days to peels

Cherubic

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Color Club - Cherubic, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Yay, I have another Color Club holo! They really are the best holos. They have such a strong linear flare. So much so that it's almost hard to see what color they are! This one is a pretty lavender-y purple.

Wear: Five days, chips at four.

Blu

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Basecoat
Color: Zoya - Blu, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Well, the good news is that I've definitely improved upon my application skills since the last time I wore this. The bad news is that I'm still not a fan of the formula. I love this pretty, soft egg-shell blue shade, but this formula, man... part of me wants to keep it for when I get even better at application skills, but the other part of me wants to purge it immediately because I don't love it. Man.. it's so unfortunate, but I need to just give it to someone who can give it the appreciation it deserves. Purge box.

Wear: Removed on day 3 with minor tip wear.