Ocean Breeze

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

No pics from Day 1, so here's one from Day 3.

Wear: Forgot to record

Josephine

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

Well this is a cute color, a dark, dusty teal that looks black in most lighting. I seem to be collecting a lot of looks-black-in-most-lighting polishes lately. Must be a phase I'm going through. Regardless, I'm keeping this one around in the general stash for now.

Wear: Removed on Day 5 when I couldn't stand the growth gap. Possibly stained a little? Need to wear again to determine for sure.

Teal on Fire

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Covergirl - Teal on Fire, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Aha! Finally a blue-to-purple duochrome I can get behind. This one applied so much nicer and looks a lot stronger and less greyed out than previous ones I've tried.

In actuality, the purple is hardly ever noticeable on the nail. It's nearly always this glowy greenish-teal, but I'm not complaining! I still really enjoy it. <3

Wear: Removed on Day 5 when I couldn't stand the gap growth anomore

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

Beguile

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Beguile (Brilliant Strength line), two coats
TC: Seche Vite

What a cute dark polish! Beguile reminds me of Sea Escape, an ELF polish I wore and adored recently, but it's definitely blue. To my eye, Beguile is a deep blue with teal shimmer. It really probably needs three coats, but I layered my second coat on pretty thick. So pretty!

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with some lifting on Day 4. Stained a little, especially on removing.

Ocean Breeze

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

Ugggh, what? Pearly? Whyyy? Why do pearls exist? I wore this metallic, pearly teal for two weeks on my toes, and it was super cute. I. Just. Can't. Do pearls on my nails.. :/ But.. keep for my toes? Yes. Keep for toes. I should post a pedi sometime.. when I get my toes looking nice. :P

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with lifting (even though I was enjoying it more by that point!)

Proud Peacock

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KB Shimmer - Proud Peacock, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Well, this is an interesting polish! We've got black, blue, aqua, purple, and holo silver hexes, as well as black micro glitter and holo silver bars in a teal jelly base. It's an alright look, but I have a friend who embodies this polish. These are her COLORS, so this is a gift that she would appreciate way more than I can. :)

Wear: Started stress-picking on Day 2 :( Removed on Day 3 to prevent more

Mermaid Dream

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Northern Star - Mermaid Dream, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. not sure how I feel about this one, either, honestly. Mermaid Dream is a green-leaning teal linear holo with almost unnoticeable blue and green (gold?) microglitters sparsely scattered throughout. It IS cute, but maybe not my favorite. I'll keep it around for a little bit and see if it grows on me.

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with a couple of chips from housework.

Make My Gray

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KBShimmer - Make My Gray, two coats
TC: Seche Vite

Hmm.. not too sure what to think about this one. It's an adorable mix of grey, teal, and hot pink (I know it kinda looks coral. It's actually hot pink) hex glitters in a white jelly base, but it seems a bit... thick. Maybe it needs some thinner? Or maybe I just needed a layer of Gelous under the SV.

Wear: Glitter sticking out drove me crazy until I picked it off on Day 1. Removed on Day 2. Yep, definitely needed some Gelous. Plus it had somehow not completely dried down to the bottom layer...

Rock Candy

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

Quick texture mani for the middle of the week to get me through until the weekend. I just so happened to wear a sweater that matched the next day!

Wear: Removed on Day 5 with little visible wear

Hawaii Iridescent Freeze

The Polish:
BC: Nail-Aid - Extreme Steel Hardener
Main: Cover Girl - Blue Hawaii, two coats
Accent: Cover Girl - Purple Freeze, two coats
Main Glitter: Sinful Colors - Nail Junkie, one coat
Accent Glitter: Confetti - Pink Confetti, one coat
TC: Seche Vite

I tried to like this. Really I did. My mother in law has been enjoying these little glosstinis recently, and grabbed a couple for me for Christmas. I can see why she likes them. They're bright colors with an easy, two coat formula. In a different color, they might even be something I'd love. These ones just aren't doing it for me. The blue is an awkward almost-okay color of teal, and that purple is too red-leaning to work with my skin tone.

I even tried to cover it with a glitter to make it bearable for a couple of days, but it just wasn't meant to be. Purge.

Wear: Removed immediately

Warm and Tulle

The Polish:
Treatment: OPI - Nail Envy
BC: CND - Stickey (left hand only)
Main: OPI - Warm and Fozzie, three coats
Accent: Sally Hansen - Teal Tulle, three coats (reversed on right hand)
TC: Seche Vite (over Warm and Fozzie only)

I don't know if I'm feeling this. Why do I still have VNL (visible nail line) after three coats of Warm and Fozzie? Gross. It's still nearly visible on three coats of Teal Tulle, too! Come on, guys!

This is Warm and Fozzie's second chance, so it goes directly into the purge box. Bye, Felicia.

Teal Tulle, on the other hand.. I was resisting wearing it because I figured it'd be tricky to work with. It's definitely not as awesome as Crystalline, but application was fine. It definitely needs at least three coats, which is unfortunate, but it's not a bad color. Think I'll keep it around for a little while longer.

Wear: Small chips on Day 3, peels on Day 4

The Bends

The Polish:
BC: CND - Stickey
Color: Super Black - The Bends, three coats
TC: Seche Vite

Huh. Well. This certainly isn't a color I would have tried on my own, so thank goodness for swapping buddies! <3

The Bends is a blue-leaning teal jelly with black, white, and holo blue glitters. It's pretty interesting to look at, but those black glitters, man... I feel like a teenager wearing this, hah! It's neat, and I was glad to try something new, but it's still not for me. Passing it along, back to the swap box!

Wear: Three days, chips started on day two. Ugh. Maybe it didn't like the Stickey? :/

Nail Junkie

The Polish:
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Sinful Colors - Nail Junkie, two-ish coats
TC: Seche Vite

Aww, this polish is adorable. Pretty iridescent glitters in a teal-leaning greenish jelly. Unfortunately, the formula wasn't quite as great. It was a bit streaky, nearly impossible to get even, especially since I'd prefer to have thinner layers and once I get a little excess on one nail, I have to add another layer to all of them. But the prettiness makes up for it, probably! The perfect mermaid polish. I can't wait to wear it on my toes, hehe.

Wear: Bah, forgot to record.