Jelly Sandwich + Gradient

My goal for this month is to wear strictly untried polishes, and older polishes I haven't wore in a really long time. So, there might not be as much nail art, more simple swatches. Here is the first:

 

 

I started off with two coats of OPI- Jade Is The New Black. This was one of my first OPI polishes, and I used to wear it a lot. But due to me having a hoarding problem, I haven't wore it in while!

The other two polishes I used are untired.

Then I used Nails Inc- Piccadilly Arcade for the gradient. It is a nice finely milled glitter with some bigger chunks in there, very easy to work with.

Lastly, the jelly I used on top is Zoya- Frida (Gloss Collection 2012). I used two coats. I am really on a Jelly kick right now, and can't wait for more!

Finally, another Water Marble! (fail)

I meant to post these yesterday so I would have 13 posts for April, falling short of my goal for 20 posts. Oh well, school is over in like 4 weeks, so that will give me a lot more time! Well, I had some time to do a marble, and this one gave me a lot of trouble. The polishes I used spread on the water perfectly, so I thought it was going to be an amazing one. But! Every time i dipped my finger where I thought it would look the best, it kept coming out all muddy...Here it is:

Oh yeah, and air bubbles galore!

I am actually pretty happy with the middle finger, the rest, not so much. I started out with a base coat of OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls (Spider man Collection 2012). The three colors I used were China Glaze- Sunday Funday (Avant Garden Collection 2013), Essie- First Timer (Resort Collection 2013), and Color Club- Sunrise Canyon (Fiesta Collection 2013).

I really recommend Essie polishes for marbling. They are great!

I will also show you the first finger (my thumb) that I did. It came out the best, and was all the rage on instagram. I normally don't show my thumb since it is usally a weird length compared to my other nails, but it came out so perfect!

 

If only they all came out like that...

Subtle Jelly Sandwich

I am finally using my second jelly I got recently from the OPI New York Ballet Collection. HERE is the first one I did.

I will start off with pictures of the base colors I used:

I am lovin these super girly nails. The pinkish purple base is Nubar- Isis Purple (Cleopatra 2009). I used two coats. Then I topped it off with one coat of Lush Lacquer- Mr. Bubble. Probably one of my favorites from Lush Lacquer.

And here it is with the jelly on top:

 

  Sunlight

 It looks super shiny in the shade!!

As you can see, it is very subtle.

I used one fairly thick coat of OPI- Care to Danse? (New York Ballet Collection 2012). It gives it just a little more oomph I suppose,, I love it. Go get it at your local ULTA! It is permanent.

Tri Polish Challenge: April Day 4

We can not always expect our nail art to come out perfect... This is by far my biggest nail art fail of all time. I really don't have much to say about it, other than I literally wore it for 15 minutes. If you want to see a successful version, check out Smashley Sparkles version.

Dry Water Marble

I will stick to regular water marbles for now.

Tri Polish Challenge: April Day 3

A reminder of the colors I am using this month: Zoya- Zuza, Zoya- Rory, and Zoya- Myrta, all from the Surf Collection from 2012

I am calling these my stained glass window nails!

I pretty much just started with Rory (pink) and made a random shape, and moved on to the next colors. I didn't worry about making the sections super neat since I was going to go in with the striper to make it more "clean" I used Orly Instant Artist striping polish in Jet Black.

Well, I am not good at lines, even with a striper brush, so it didn't make it all that clean! I also don't like how the Y shape of the black stick out a lot. Next time I do color blocking like this, I will do more colors, or more tinier sections of color.

More Half Moons using Liquid Sands!

Who doesn't love half moons? This and the last one I did are definitely my favorite to date, and you can see why:

 

I am sure some of you know I am loving coral, too, and this shade is the perfect mixture of coral and gold!

I really like the textured trend. I am not going to lie, I went crazy over crackle and magnetics, and same goes for textured! So far I have one liquid sand from the Mariah Carey collection, and when I saw they were having a six piece collection, they didn't really catch my eye. I mainly wanted Pussy Galore for the name, but when I saw this in person, I was like, MINE!

I also got the whole textured collection from China Glaze. I like those more (even though I haven't wore them yet) mainly because they are more textured I guess. The OPI's and Zoya's are more like the gritty glitters China Glaze has had in the past, which you can see HERE.

Either way I love it! I guess the names would be helpful. the base color I used is China Glaze- Peachy Keen, and the liquid sand is OPI- Jinx. I used only one coat of Jinx.

The only con I have with the textured polishes is they dry sooooo slow and it doesn't help that I can't use a top coat! I am just conditioned to apply one, and it sucks to have to sit motionless for 30 minutes+. The biggest pro I have is removal! They remove so easily, almost like a super shimmery polish. I can't wait to showcase more textured polishes soon!

Half Moons using Jessica Polishes

I am obsessing over half moons right now. And I am in love with Jessica as a brand! I don't have very many Jessica polishes, but two I have had for a while are easily one of my favorite greens and oranges of all time, and one of these quickly moved up onto my favorite blues of all time!

The base color is Jessica- Barely Blueberry (Gelato Mio Collection Spring 2012). The formula was okay. The first coat was super sheer and streaky, but the second coat made is perfect.

I of course added a fast dry top coat, and placed the binder paper reinforcement stickers to make the half moon shape. The darker shade I used is Jessica- Sophia (It's a Girl Thing collection Spring 2013). I went to my super nail supply store the other day, and when my eyes caught this shade, I am pretty sure my mouth dropped, and I went straight over to the Jessica display and snatched it up! I made sure to compare it to China Glaze- Secret Periwinkle, and it is definitely a different shade of periwinkle. The formula is amazing, almost a one coater, and I love the subtle shimmer in it! I think I also like this shade so much because it looks a lot like Essie- Boxer Shorts, which I could never get my hands on. I am very impressed and definitely recommend it!