HD Glass

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Sinful Colors - Glass Pink, two coats
Glitter: Milani - HD, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

I almost added a second layer of HD, but I'm glad I didn't. With just one coat, you can just barely make out the soft pink underneath. Pretty princess nails, yay~! <3

Wear: Removed on Day 4

Sugar Lily

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Revlon - Calla Lily, two coats
Glitter Topper: InDecisive Lacquer - Sugar, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Wear: Removed on Day 4 after some anxiety picking

Altruism

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

Wear: Some minor chips on Day 5, removed on Day 7

Alicia

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

Still unsure what I think about this. It's cute, but I definitely have similar ones that I prefer more. There is an actual scattered holo effect that just refused to be photographed, but I still can't help but say, "Meh," to it. Nor can I let myself put it into the purge box. >_< So back into the contemplation box yet again with you!

Wear: Removed on Day 7 with a few chips

Most Mirrored

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Main: Sinful Shine - Most Sinful, two coats
Accent: Orly - Mirrorball, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Aaaah, much better. Something I know I love. <3 I think I may enjoy Mirrorball way better on its own than as a topper, and this may be proof.

Wear: Removed on Day 6 with a couple of chips. (Meant to take it off on Day 4, but super busy, and I loved it, anyway, so no worries on that account)

HD Surfer

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Main: Essie - Pret-a-Surfer, two coats
Glitter: Milani - HD, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Pret-a-Surfer is a nice blurple creme that was almost the color I wanted today... but not quite. I considered layering Sparkling Garbage over it but switched at the last moment to HD. I'm super happy with the result. <3 It greys the shade just a little, and you can't go wrong with a little added holo. Know what else? I was watching some videos on my swatch account this morning, and noticed a similar color on Holly Berry's favorites of 2016. Hehehe. :3

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with a little lifting

Moonlit Waves

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Color: Rain City Lacquer - Moonlit Waves, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

It took me forever to decide what to wear today for the first mani of 2017. Nothing seemed right. I went through a number of different combination ideas and actually put one on, top coat and all, before taking it off and purging one of the polishes.

Anyway, Moonlit Waves! Only two coats today, so you can see how sheer it is, but it's also squishy, so it's fine. I may try to layer it over a similar blue creme (maybe Bikini So Teeny?) at some point, but it's fine like this for today.

Wear: Removed on Day 4 after picking at a few of the glitters

Alicia

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

I was so excited about Alicia when it first came out in the Grunge collection. I kept going back to Zoya at least once a week looking for it until I realized they weren't getting the collection. Luckily, though, Zoya had that 70% off Black Friday sale, and I put it into my cart immediately.

My picture doesn't do it justice, but.. it's not actually as wonderful as I was expecting, anyway. It's not really all that disimilar to my other silver scattered holos, Milani HD and Orly Mirrorball. I was hoping there would be a more prominent gold shimmer or something.. Anyway, it's cute. I probably didn't need three coats, but I wanted to make sure it was opaque for the pictures.

Wear: Removed on Day 7 with minor tip wear and a peelie, ugh

Wrapped in Plastic

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Hare Polish - Wrapped in Plastic, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Oooh, light box! My mother-in-law, or "back-up mother," as she likes to be called, got me a light box for my birthday, just in time for the winter. Yesterday I waited a little too long to take pictures of my nails, and it was dark by the time I realized, but never fear! Light box to the rescue! It.. kind of highlights flaws in my application, doesn't it? XD Does it also make my hands look weird? Eh, oh well. I'm sure I'll get used to it. :P

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with some chips

Beguiling Mirrorball

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Revlon - Beguile,  three coats
Accent: Orly - Mirrorball, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

This is my first time uploading an entry entirely from my phone! I'm on vacation for two weeks, so phone will be my only computer for a while. Hopefully it works!

I really only needed two coats of Beguile, but I've just taken to using three coats most of the time. *shrug* But Mirrorball definitely needed three to be opaque enough on its own. I had considered layering it over Beguile, but meh. Accent is fine for now. Maybe next time. :)

Wear: Removed on Day 7 with chips

Celestial HD

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Main: Nail Fantasies - Celestial, two coats
Topper: Milani - HD, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Anyone remember how I said toppers look dumb? Like you had a perfectly good mani but then covered it with garbage? I think that's how I feel about this, but... I'm not actually sure.

Celestial is an old Nail Fantasies I got from the summer local swap. It's old, but it's still got a great formula. It must have been expertly thinned before it ended up in my hands. It's a navy with stunning blue flash. I really like it... but do I love it? Enough to take it out of purgatory? I.. don't think so just yet. It'll go back until I wear it another time to make sure.

And of course I love HD, but.. as a topper over a dark color? I hadn't tried that before. At first I thought I hated it, but I think it's growing on me. I still prefer it on its own or over lighter colors, but this isn't so bad!

Wear: Started to lift on Day 3, removed on Day 4

Where Oh Werewolf

The Polish
BC: Nailtiques - Formula 2
Color: Sinful Colors - Where Oh Werewolf, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Where Oh Werewolf, a nice grey creme with silver shimmer, is my pick from the 2016 Halloween collection!

Wear: Removed on Day 3 with slight lifting so that I wouldn't anxiety pick at it

Altruism

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

I really do love this polish. Three easy coats and such a delicate, soft-grey holo with purple-pink shift. I was having a tough day, and Altruism made it better. Thank you. <3

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with some lifting

Trenzalore's Mirrorball

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Ellagee - Trenzalore, three coats
Accent: Orly - Mirrorball, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Aaaah, I love these two. <3 I stress-picked at my polish, so I removed the rest of it and put this on to help me feel better. It worked. Here it is in the evening light.

Wear: Removed on Day 5 after some anxiety picking on Day 4. I REALLY need to get that under control...

Foggy

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Mentality - Foggy, two coats
TC: None

Hmm.. no. This grey is too much of a silver for me. I like the shimmer, but I almost wish it were more pronounced. And for being a matte polish, it's ridiculously shiny.. :/ Purge.

Wear: Removed immediately. I tried to like it, I really did. I even did my other hand! But I couldn't last half an hour.

Light as a Mirrorball

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Undies: Glitter Gal - Light as a Feather, two coats
Topper: Orly - Mirrorball, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

Aaaah, yes. It's been a little bit of a break for some brighter colors and some untrieds, but today I needed my go-to favorites. Zoya's Alicia is calling my NAME, but until I get her, I have a few soft, delicates that will suffice. I couldn't decide between LaaF and Mirrorball, so I chose both!

The pictures do no justice, but I adore it, as I always do this style. <3

And some live swatching, too! Yay!

Wear: Some lifting on Day 5, removed on Day 6 (with much sadness because I loved it!)

Masked Ceremony

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Orly - Masked Ceremony, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm, another black polish I think I like? Sure. This black creme has a strong silver shimmer, silver squares, and small purple hexes that almost disappear in most lights. Yeah. I think I'm digging it.

Three hours later: Nope. Not digging it. I know the hexes are barely visible in normal light and in the pictures, but.. I know they're there. And they're purple-almost-red and I don't like them. If I want a black, I have better choices. Purge.

Wear: Removed on Day 3 for something new.

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. :/

Sugar Rush

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

I could have sworn there were pink hexes in this... right? Huh. Must have faded. From the looks of it, it must have happened sometime between February 2014 and June 2015. Gosh, I didn't realize how dated some of my stash is getting. Regardless, I don't think I'm digging this, and not because of the pink hexes. They've faded to a pale gold color, and it's not unpleasant. I'm just not feeling the lavender base, actually. So.. into purgatory with the rest of the giant box to deal with at some other time.

Wear: Slight lifting on Day 3, removed on Day 4.

Crystalline Mirror

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Main: Sally Hansen - Crystalline (Satin Glam line), three coats
Topper: Orly - Mirrorball, two coats
TC: Seche Vite (one coat over the SH and another over the Orly)

This is a bit better. It's still not quite what I want, but it's definitely better than what I tried last. Mirrorball is cool because it's both a linear AND scattered holo, and being over white really makes it pop. Maybe I still like it better as an accent? I just don't know what I want! Go away, dumb anxiety! Stay out of my polish!

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with little wear