Gold and Magenta Skittle

I am not the best at describing color names, but I would say these colors are pretty close to magenta...This is just a simple skittle using some new polishes for Winter:

The polish that isn't really new is the gold on my middle and ring finger which is Mod Lacquer- UFO Cover-Up (Above Top Secret Collection 2014). I used two coats for both fingers, then applied a fast drying top coat. Then using binder paper reinforcement stickers and Nail Vinyls, I placed them on the nail where I wanted, and painted one thick coat of Enchanted Polish- September 2014.

The awesome glitters/textured polishes on my index and pinky finger are both from KB Shimmer's Winter 2014 collection. The magenta is Turnip The Beet and the gold is Dressed To Gild. Both were really easy to work with. Dressed to Gild was slightly thicker and super glitter dense, but they were both two coats.

Stay tuned for my Thanksgiving Day nails! They are gonna pretty awesome.

Holo Skittle + Gradient

I am seriously just trying to wear as many of my holos as possible right now! It is nice and sunny everyday, I have accumulated a lot, so might as well wear them!

 

I tried for somewhat of a rainbow effect...

The glitter I used is one I randomly picked up at Walmart, I don't go there very often so I talked myself into getting it. It is Salon Perfect- Splat! Very appropriate name. It is your standard black and white matte glitter mix, except this one has a lot of long bar glitters and very large hexagonal glitters. Very easy to to work with too!

Here are the holos I used going from index finger to pinky:
Different Dimension- Coral Rose
Colors By Llarowe- Woodstock
Colors By Llarowe- Young Grasshoppa
Different Dimension-  Orchid You Not (Spring Collection 2014)

All were two coats, and very easy to work with. My only negative comment would be that Woodstock kind of stains :(, and both of the Colors By Llarowe polishes are no longer available, but the Different Dimensions are!

Green Skittlette

My nails have been naked the last couple days :( This was the last manicure I wore, and it was chipping so bad that I just took it off, but no time of course to do them again! I barely have time to do my blog posts now! I am still pushing through, and I will still be happy if I do some posts rather than zero. Here is the green skittles I did:

The green glitter is KB Shimmer- Toucan Touch This. It is a fairly sheer green jelly base, so It required three thicker coats. It is packed full of rainbow bar glitters, and rainbow bigger glitters, no purple though. I haven't wore my KB Shimmers in a while, and when I pulled this out you can see a white layer on the the bottom of the bottle... No matter how much I shook it it wouldn't really go away, has anyone else had this problem? It is happening to some of my other KB Shimmers, and my Lush Lacquer's as well.

The green holo is Jade- Oasis. It is very similar to the new Enchanted Polish I got, but it is slightly more yellow. good formula, opaque in two coats.

Lastly, the green textured on my pinky is China Glaze- In The Rough. A Lime green matte textured. I surprisingly got more compliments on this polish than the others! I used two coats.

Pastel Skittle

I sometimes get overwhelmed with the amount of polish I have, and I just can't pick what I want to wear. So, picking a bunch to wear together is usually what I do...

The chunky glitter used is Sephora Formula X- Thunder. Part of their indie-esque glitter line, and quite amazing! I got so much glitter onto the brush and it was so easy to apply! I am very impressed with these glitters!

The textured polish on my middle finger is Sally Hansen- Sour Apple (Sugar Coat Collection 2013). I used two coats.

Both creme polishes used are from Illimasqua. The minty turquoise color is Illimasqua- Nomad and the purple is Illimasqua- Jo' mina. Some of the best creme polishes out there, expensive, but well worth the pretty penny! Both were two coats, but almost one coaters.

Barney Nails

I have always loved green and purple together, especially if they are holos! A girl at work said I was wearing Barney colors, so I decided to just stick with calling them that! Here it is:

I believe the holos are both from Colors By Llarowe's Spring collection for this year, I could be wrong though.

The green is Colors By Llarowe- Mojito, and the purple is Colors By Llarowe- Flip Flops & Tank Tops. Both were two flawless coats, they seriously went on like butter! I unfortunately couldn't get the holo to show up as strong as some other swatch photos show them :( They are still amazing regardless.

The green textured polish is Kiko- Spring Green. Probably my favorite textured polish of all time, it is just the perfect shade of spring green, super sparkly, and almost a one coater!!

Here is a photo of them at a different angle showing a little more intense of a holo effect:

Floss Gloss Skittles

Floss Gloss was having a 20% off sale for Valentine's day, so I thought that was an excuse to get some, especially their newest shade they just released!

Probably the hardest bottles to hold...

The purple is their newest shade, and it is Floss Gloss- Lean. Such a beautiful purple! And amazing formula too. I used two coats on my index finger. The pale blue used as the base color for the half moons and smaller dots on my index finger is Floss Gloss- Moon Baby. The formula on this one was a little runny, but still good opacity, I used two coats. Lastly the bright blue on my pinky and the second color used for the half moon is Floss Gloss- Wavepool. OH MY GOSH! This polish is so beautiful, and the color saturation is to die for. It is pretty much a neon, and glided on like butter. You can get away with pretty much 1 coat if you have smaller nail beds, but I used to coats.

The textured polish used on my ring finger is Dance Legend- Vernazza. I used two coats as well.

You can get this Dance Legend polish along with their other textured polishes on Llarowe. And you can get Floss Gloss on their website and also various boutiques in the SF area.

Simple Swatch: Black Cat Lacquer

Black Cat Lacquer- Let Them Eat Cake, swatched on 5 different Jessica Polishes:

Sunlight

Shade

Indoors

I had no difficulties with this polish at all! I got plenty of glitter on my brush to cover my entire nail, I have one coat shown here. Let Them Eat Cake consists of large pastel yellow, blue, and pink glitters, and tiny holographic glitters all in a clear base. I have been eying this for a while, and finally caved and got it!

The base colors are all Jessica polishes from the Gelato Mio Collection from Spring 2012, except for the color on my pinky. Trust me, there is a reason Jen The Polishaholic named this the best collection of 2012. I have all but two since they aren't that unique, but the hoarder in me wants them all just so I can have the entire collection! Starting from the thumb to the pinky: Banana Peel, Tangerine Dreamz, Lime Cooler, Barely Blueberry (Gelato Mio Collection 2012), and lastly, True Blue (It's A Girl Thing 2013). All apply like butter, and are opaque in 2 coats!

Texture Skittles

I finally got some of the Sally Hansen "Sugar Coat" polishes. I only wanted the ones that were different colors than my China Glaze and Milani's, and I used the rest of my untried ones all at once. Here is the first ones I used, making a Rainbow. And here is what I came up with to use the rest:

Sunlight

Shade

And just for fun, here it is with the bottle

Lets start with the colors starting from the thumb to the pinky: Milani- Yellow Mark, China Glaze- Itty, Bitty, & Gritty, China Glaze- Unrefined, Sally Hansen- Bubble Plum, Sally Hansen- Sour Apple, and the black used for the dots is Sally Hansen- Lick-O-Rich.

Each polish was two coats. I really do love the formula of these. They are nearly one coaters, and don't dry as slow as the OPI textured polishes. I have yet to wear my Zoya Pixiedusts, so I can't compare them to those.

As you can see, the texture doesn't make easy dotting. But at least I don't have to worry about the top coat ruining it. I haven't used any of these with a top coat yet, so I might do a quick post tomorrow showing them with a top coat!

Skittles Using Mod Lacquer

I just discovered this indie brand, and haven't really heard much about it. The polishes are amazing! I got three to start off with, and now I want them all! This glitter was pretty much made for me, and I couldn't quite decide what to wear it over, so I did another rainbow (sorta).

Here are the colors I started off with:

From thumb to pinky: Wet n Wild Megalast- Candy-licious. Sinful Colors- Orange Cream (Sugar Rush 2013) This shade is pretty much the same as Orly- Cotton Candy, but it has a bunch of tiny shimmers in it! CK One- Current (Summer 2013) Not unique to my collection, but it is my goal in life to get every Jennifer Green from every brand. So far, this one is my favorite! Barry M- Mint Green, and lastly, Sally Hansen Insta Dry- Mint Sprint.

And here it is with the awesome glitter!!

Sorry for the variety of lighting. I took some yesterday as the sun was setting, and some this morning as the sun was going in and out.

But either way, you can tell how amazing this glitter is! This is easily one of my top glitters, and I have a lot of glitter. It is my top three favorite colors all into one, and the formula is amazing!

The glitter is Mod Lacquer- Technicolor Noise, such a fun name. It has all sorts of glitters in it, including squares! My favorite. There's tiny green and blue micro glitters, large and medium green and blue hexaganols, large and small pink squares, and medium red glitters! It is the perfect balance, and I don't ever want to take this manicure off.

I may wear one of the other Mod Lacquer's I got next.

You can buy Mod on Etsy. Full size for $9.50, and minis for $4.00. She also has some good deals on entire collections! I have a feeling the maker, Jennifer (awesome name) is going to get huge later this year. I don't understand why people aren't going nuts over this brand!

Texture Rainbow

I have been itching to do this for so long, like over a month once I got the full set of the China Glaze Textures. But I had no yellow! I did a recent nail swap, and my girl got me the yellow one from Milani!! Here it is:

 

 

 Shade

I will never get tired of rainbow nails.

Starting from the red > blue, here are the names: China Glaze- Bump & Grind, China Glaze- Toe-Tally Textured, Milani- Yellow Mark, China Glaze- In The Rough, and China Glaze- Of Course!

The formula on these is pretty awesome. Most of them were almost opaque in one coat, and unlike the OPI textures these dry almost like a normal polish. The wear time is pretty good, too. I haven't removed them yet, so hopefully the removal is just as easy as the OPI's!

Oh yeah, Toe-Tally Textured is the exact color as Papaya Punch. Of Course! is the same as Sunday Funday, and In The Rough is almost the same color as Electric Pineapple.