Belated

*sigh* I feel like I have been so behind on posting. So much is going on lately I feel like I hardly have time for anything anymore, it's always go, go, go! I actually compose most of my posts now on my iphone with the blogger app on the bus ride home from work!

So speaking of many of my posts being late, I have my late festive St. Patrick's day mani. This was also my first ever tape mani :)

I took some tape and placed it diagonally across the nail making sure there were no bubbles. I then swiped a layer of China Glazes Mistletoe Kisses over the nail with slight overlap on the tape. I waited about a minute, added another coat then carefully peeled the tape off. A lot easier than I thought!

I did this to all the nails then used Bundle Monster plate BM03 to stamp some four leaf clovers on my ring fingers and thumbs. The polish I used for stamping was China Glaze's Re-fresh Mint

Pretty festive and fun, even if only for a day. I can see myself trying different tape manis in the future, so easy and fun!

Luck of the Irish

Today I'm sporting a festive green in honor of St. Patrick's day on Saturday. I took a good look through all my greens and decided this was the shade I wanted to wear, the name of the polish wasn't even a factor at the time. This is Orly's Lucky Duck, how fitting!

If you recall I did a Dopplegangers post on this polish here, however now that I am actually wearing it on my nails, I feel like it's the tiny bit lighter than Jade's The New Black. Maybe it's a skintone thing, the last time I wore Jade is the New Black was mid August and I was sporting a tan.

I applied two coats to each nail, the formula was nice and smooth. I love the size of Orly's polishes, but I'm hoping they do something to improve on their brush sometime soon. It's not horrible, but I would prefer something a bit wider. OPI's pro wide is my favorite at the moment.

Cotton Candy

Today I have a refresh I did with Revlon's Whimsical. It looked really blah with my skin tone not wearing a base blue, so instead or removing it entirely, I decided to stamp over it.

I used Bundle Monster plate BM-223 and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lively Lilac to stamp.

The lavender polish really brought out the grey tones in Whimsical. But for some reason it reminds me of cotton candy lol maybe the pink and blue glitter peaking through? I was happy with the stamping and wore it for almost a week before removal.

Whimsical...

Today I have a much sought after polish, Revlon Whimsical. As you probably already know this is also dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in The Air.

Since my nails are shorter than normal I figured I would build up the polish on it's own without a base colour, I wouldn't wast as much polish on longer nails, right? Four coats later this is what I got:

For some reason this doesn't look so dreamy on my nails alone, it almost looks murky. I regret not using a pale blue base. There are many that come to mind as a great base too, like China Glaze's Sea Spray or $OPI, Havana Nights. I will definitely layer one coat beneath Whimsical the next time I wear it.

Some good points about the polish are it applied well, no real issues. I got some bubbles since I did not let the (four) layers dry fully before application of the next coat. The good thing is you can't really tell, it's like the final coat of Seche Vite froze them in time lol.

Another great thing about this polish is the depth between the layers, I love polishes like this. I don't love it on it's own, but I know I will with a base of light blue. So how do I cope without removal of a fresh new mani? Why stamping if course ;)

Some Moody Polish

Today I have a brand spankin' new polish for my brand spankin' new nubbins lol. I chopped all my nails off and it doesn't really bug me. This is the last polish I purchased to be exact. I picked up Hyper/Relaxed at Claire's over the weekend, they seem to be clearing their mood changing polishes, they are 2 for $5, some are reduced to $2.50. The regular price is $5 USD or $5.75 CAD each. I had been eyeing Hyper/Relaxed, but held back because it was more than I wanted to spend on another mood polish.

cold

In the bottle the colour is a red based purple with a sparkling teal shimmer. On the nail in the cold state I didn't see purple, closer to a blurple if anything, but mostly a royal blue.

cold

Two coats were used for full opacity, although with careful application 1 coat will do. I was distracted while polishing, watching Celebrity Apprentice :). The formula is thick but manageable and dries to a matte finish, so a topcoat is a must!

warm

warm

During the warm state (the two above photos) I found the base changed to a bright teal blue! So pretty. This colour tends to shift based on the lighting source also, different lighting effects how the shimmer looks. The shimmer really brings this polish to life, it adds a lot of dimension.

A Sparkly Refresh + BIG NEWS FOR NFU OH LOVERS!!

More glittery nails! Last week I showed you Teenage Dream in it's own, I loved it so much I didn't want to take it off! What to do...

When in doubt, Konad :)

I actually used a dupe plate or fauxnad plate for Konad M77. I call this design the necklace design. I stamped with Konad white special polish, the design came out perfect! I got this plate from the Born Pretty Store, but I find their image plates to be hit or miss, sometimes they work and sometimes not so much :( this one worked great however.

For the thumbs I stamped another design from this plate (you can see this in the first photo above), it has a bow, a heart and some flowers. I added a pink rhinestone to each thumb in the middle of a flower. Loved this! I must do more fun glittery manis like this :D

One last bit of news before I end this post, I just got the word over the weekend that Nfu Oh's are now available to order through NailPolishCanada.com! They are decently priced too considering you get free shipping with any purchase over $29! PLUS you earn polish points towards free polish gifts!

I was lucky enough to be included in a private pre-sale event over the weekend and ordered myself some holos and flakies so I can't wait to try them out, as you can tell I just could not hold in my excitement! I have never seen, let alone tried Nfu Oh's, I hope they arrive soon!

Snowcone Toes

I wore some open-toe shoes to an event last week so you know I just had to coordinate with my then Sea Spray nails. I chose a surprising pastel, a bright Spring blue, Orly's Snowcone.

The formula on this one was awesome, I got away with one coat on my smaller toes and two on my bigger ones. I have some crazy ridges/imperfections on those nails.

Too bad I forgot to take a photo with my hands on my feet, the polishes went together quite well..

Such a beautiful spring shade, I will have to wear this on my fingernails soon. I picked this up in one of my last U.S shopping hauls. I actually headed there again on Friday, not too much polish, but I picked up some stuff worth sharing, expect a post soon.