Teal on Fire

The Polish
BC: Revlon - Colorstay Base Coat
Color: Covergirl - Teal on Fire (Outlast Stay Brilliant line), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Wear: Uhm, wore for 9 days, even though it was chipping.. ^-^;

Merida

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

Wear: Removed on Day 6

Strut Your Holo

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Essie - Strut Your Stuff, two coats
Accent: Urban Outfitters - Green Holo, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Wear: Slight lifting starting on Day 4, removed on Day 5

Olivera

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Zoya - Olivera, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Why can't I ever get this one to look nice? Probably because I keep forgetting that it's a one-coater and apply it sloppy thinking that I can cover it up with the second coat, hah.

Wear: Removed on Day 3

Sparkling Mirror

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Orly - MirrorBall, two coats
Topper: Orly - Sparkling Garbage, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

I haven't been wearing Sparkling Garbage much because I don't really enjoy that shade of green, but it's soooo sparkly.. so just one coat over MirrorBall, and the green isn't too much. Just soft and pretty. <3

Wear: Picked off on Day 4 with stress

Let's Dew It, Debbie

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Color: Julep - Debbie, two coats
Accent Glitter: China Glaze - Let's Dew It, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Two untrieds from the swap! I really enjoy this color. It reminds me of what Sinful Colors's Beau Khaki used to look like before it faded and got all sad. Think I might purge that one and keep this.

Let's Dew It is... I keep going back and forth on it. To be determined later, I think.

Wear: Removed on Day 2 for a palate cleanser

Moon Glow

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Color: Lilypad Lacquer - Moon Glow, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Not my best work, as I put this on while chatting with a friend, but still cute. Speaking of cute, I need to get on with moisturizing those winter cuticles!

Wear: Removed on Day 5

Merida

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

Oh my goodness! Christmas polish this year is another one from the Zoya 70% off sale that I picked up simply because others were raving about it, and surprise! I LOVE it on me!

I suppose the scattered holo can kind of be seen in the sun, but mostly it's just a lovely, sparkly forest green.

And I just adore it in indoor lighting! Eek! <3 I should have gotten the blue one, Dream, too. Next time! :)

Wear: Removed on Day 6 with chipping on Day 5

Olivera

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Zoya - Olivera, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Oh my goodness, Olivera is SO pretty!! I heard everyone from the nail board, youtube channels, AND blogs raving about how much they loved it, so when Zoya had their amazing 70% Black Friday sale this year, I added it to my cart, too. And I'm really glad I did. She's a dark, navy blue with adorable green shimmer. Sure, it just looks black in most light, but I know what it is.. :3

But the real magic of this girl is that she's a one coater. You can see on my middle finger how it can get a tiny bit thin if you're not careful, but it's not noticeable at all in person. <3

Wear: Removed on Day 6 with some chipping near the base on Days 4 and 5

Ocean Breeze

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

Oh, this color again! It's strange because I don't tend to enjoy metallics much, but this one is so bright and colorful.. it just calls to me. It's almost a green-blue duochrome, but it shows teal most of the time. In the picture below, you can ALMOST see the blue part of the shift.

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with some lifting

Moon Glow

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Color: Lilypad Lacquer - Moon Glow, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

I'm on a low-buy these days, but when I saw this on a blog sale, I HAD to have it. Look at that soft, gentle green holo.. *swoon*

And it shines blue in normal lighting! Aaah.. so peaceful! <3

Edit: One more because it was so pretty while I was walking outside! You can see the blue in this shot better! <3

Wear: Wore it camping, so removed on day Day 7 looking.. well, like I went camping and used my hands a lot.

Green Holo

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Urban Outfitters - Green Holo, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Wait-wait.. summer's almost over? Don't get me wrong, I'm THE MOST excited about that. It's just.. I've been wearing a lot of untrieds and haven't worn many holos this season. Let's remedy that.

The creatively named Green Holo always surprises me how it needs three coats. There's a little bit of dragging at two, so three is definitely necessary to even everything out. I'm surprised at how well this mani turned out, too, actually, because I did it quickly before going out on Saturday. But just look at that flame! <3

Wear: Removed on Day 3 when I started anxiety picking it

Armed and Polarized

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Essie - Armed and Ready, three coats
Accent: China Glaze - Polarized, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

I'm starting to like Essies more and more lately now that I'm getting better at applying cremes. Armed and Ready is.. a bit difficult to describe. It is, at times, in different lights, olive, brown, or dark grey. There is a gold shimmer that shines in the bottle and outside but hides completely indoors. I tried to take a number of pictures to catch the various perspective of colors, but I'm also navigating a new phone (Galaxy S7), so it was tricky!

Polarized doesn't match as well as I had hoped because I hadn't accounted for the gold shimmer in Armed and Ready, but I still enjoy it more that I probably would without an accent nail. It REALLY didn't want to be photographed, though. Polarized is a foil-y silver with.. what appears to be red, green, and silver hexes. Swatches online show that when it came out in 2012, there were a lot more colors, but they must have faded. I thought it would make a good silver for an accent nail, but.. it's just kinda plain. If I want a silver accent nail, I have so many better ones to choose from. It's difficult for me to put this perfectly fine silver directly in the purge, though, so purgatory box for now and will probably be purged later when I can be more strict with myself.

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with a chip from a peelie and some anxious picking. :/

Peace & Love & OPI

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: OPI - Peace & Love & OPI, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

I'm not so sure about this one. Peace & Love & OPI is a muddy purple-to-green duochrome that has a touch of a brush-stroke-y metallic finish. It's sheer and needed three coats for opacity, though it would probably look nice over black.

I have yet to own a duochrome I enjoy, though I know they exist. (ILNP has a lot.) This one, however, is going into the swap box.

Wear: Removed on Day 3 with some lifting

Rock Candy

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: Julie G - Rock Candy, two coats
TC: None

I thought I took good pictures of this one, but none of them are entirely color accurate! So.. here are three different colors. It's actually a bit more blue-leaning in reality. In most lightings, I can't tell if it's blue or green (but it never looks teal).

I think I've decided that it's because of winter that I'm getting such reduced wear. Never more than four days. Thus, textures are a nice go-to for the middle of the week. I can slap on two coats during my lunch break and call it good! Plus, I even got FIVE days wear out of this one! Gasp!

Wear: Removed on Day 5, some chips appearing on Day 4

Daubingy's Beau

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Undies: Sinful Colors - Beau Khaki, two coats
Glitter: Finger Paints - Daubingy's Garden, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Look! Look what I did! I've had Beau Khaki for about two years. I almost purged it probably twice because it's a creme, and I'm awful at application on cremes. But the color was perfect, so I wouldn't let myself let it go. Instead, I kept practicing off and on, and just recently, my application skills have improved a little. And it's just enough that I can finally wear Beau Khaki! Eeek! *proud*

I got Daubingy's Garden when Sally's did a free Finger Paints promotion a few months ago. It was the most unique thing on the wall, so I thought I might as well give it a go. In the bottle, it's kind of duochrome-y, but on the nail, you can see it clearly: navy blue and gold/green iridescent hexes in two sizes. The glitters go on easily, but stick together rather easily, as you can see, so application is a little tricky.

It's actually a lot prettier in person than in pictures. I feel kind of fancy wearing this mani, especially considering how long I worked to get application right in order to wear a creme like this!

Wear: Lifting on Day 4. :( Applied a coat of Gelous and an extra coat of SV on Day 3 to give it more shine and maybe help it last longer, but it seems to have done the opposite!

Vespa

The Polish:
BC: None
Color: Zoya - Vespa, three coats
TC: None

Meh. I'm totally not feeling this one. I was surprised, really, because I love my other Pixie Dusts, and this was a cute color in the bottle. I think it probably just doesn't go with my skin tone. The inside pictures are okay. They turned out better than expected...

But that outside one, you can totally see what I mean, right? Bleh. Purge box.

Wear: TBA (applied Thursday)

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

Anti Establish Mint

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Model City Polish - Anti Establish Mint, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

I got this little mini in a local swap, and I was very excited for it. This was my first pastel green holo! Applying it, however... I can tell why it ended up in the swap box. The formula is nice, but the holo is weak, and the color is kinda sickly. Meh. Oh well. Back into the swap box for you.

Edit: After wearing it all week, I started having second thoughts. It IS a pretty color.. kind of a pastel, dusty olive, and I HAVE admired those colors in Essie bottles before at the store. I didn't hate it on me as much as I did when I first applied it. And it DID have such a nice formula. So I pulled it from the box.

Wear: Removed on day four with minimal wear.

Pastille

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

What? Another green scattered holo? Why? I certainly don't need three of them. Meh. I'll decide later.

Wear: Removed on day five, chips on day four.