Happy Glitter!!!

China Glaze

Fangtastic

Yes, yes it is!

I don't think Maybelline knows what "Holographic" means.

 My love of all things holographic got me all excited when I saw Maybelline's "Holographic" display. I was suspicious, because none of the polishes had a hint of holo to them in the store. A bit duochrome, but no holo. But, blue blaze interested me and I had a coupon, so I thought, eh, maybe in sunlight it will surprise me.

 Unfortunately my first instinct was correct. I've seen better holo stuff in Wet -n- Wild polishes. I'm not really sure what Maybelline was thinking.

 That aside, Blue Blaze is an interesting color. It's an icy-silvery-lavender blue. I don't think I have anything quite like it in my stash.

Multi Marble Nails with Ruby Wing

Pure Ice - Jailbait

Ruby Wing - Eternal (teal to purple)

Ruby Wing - Electric Firefly (yellow to orange)

I found the Ruby Wings at my local 5 Below for $3 bucks each. That was pretty exciting because everyone else I have ever seen them, they range from $8 - $12. So I grabbed two!

 For some reason I thought the nice light purple of Jail Bait would look good with these two.

So cute!

 

Hey look, they're changing!

Look at that, they really do change outdoors! Actually, I think it's the cold that activates the change, cause you can see in the bottom picture I'm outside, but the colors haven't changed. It was warmer that day.

I loved this so much I didn't want to take it off! I got some weird looks, but I don't care!

Revlon Moon Candy - Cosmo

 I love the idea of this collection. I love flakies and I love all the unique color combos Revlon came up with. (You sense a but here don't you?) But, the price is high for drugstore stuff - $8 or $9 I think.

 Luckily, I found a basketful of these beauties waiting for me at Ocean State Job Lot (man I love that place!) for $ 2. Now that's much better. I grabbed one in every color they had.

So, I love the base polishes in these. They are a little on the thin side, but they are super-shiny which I like. This took about three coats. Dry time is a bit slow, but definitely wait it out otherwise the flakies make a mess. I happen to love flaky tips, so that's the look I went with.  :)

Ruby Wing - Moonstone

 How cute is this? I first saw these at a new store in my area called XSRE (it took me awhile to figure that out,cause I'm slow like that.) The first time i saw them, they were like $12. Which for a baby blue polish that may or may not turn purple, I felt was a little steep. I did pick up a pretty sweet NYX polish that day, but I digress.

 The next time I went in these were 50% off. Now, that's more like it! So Moonstone got to come home with me. And, look at that, it actually does change color! It was cold, cold, cold out. I own like a million pairs of gloves but never have a pair with me, so i was outside, and looked at my hands and whoa! My nails were sorta purple!

This applies kind of streaky and chalky. Since I picked it up I've started seeing Ruby Wing polishes in other locations. None of the colors/transitions are exciting enough for me to pick up another bottle, but I'm glad I got this one. It's fun and a little different.

Nubar - Reclaim

 I can't remember if I ever posted this. I may have only worn it once before. But, as I rifled through my helmer it called to me. Darn, but this is prettier than I remembered!

 Pug approved too!

Happy St. Patty's Day with Sinful GREEN OCEAN!

 Hehee! I walked into a Walgreens (or was it Rite Aid) a few weeks ago to prowl the nail polish displays. Down on a bottom shelf, tucked into the corner I spotted this tiny Sinful display full of bright green goodness. I'm a sucker for green, especially eye-popping green like Irish green...but then I noticed the flakey. Green Ocean...wait a second, haven't I been looking for this for like two years? And then I gave up? I didn't even care that they weren't on sale, I just snapped them up, and an extra bottle of Green Ocean..just because!

Let me tell you Irish Green is awesome, but man is it a pain in the ass to apply. It's SO thin and watery. I guess it's jelly finish? I dunno, but I had to do this twice because the first attempt was such a mess. Green Ocean was a pain in the butt too, it's super-thick, which did not go well when it too Irish Green forever and a day to dry. BUT, the end reselt was super-pretty! I got tons of compliments, it made me smile every time I looked at my nails and that's really all that matters, right?

Oldie but goodie!

 OPI "Tickle My Francy"

 I forgot just how much I love this classic neutral.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

I've been wanting this for awhile now.

 

I grabbed it yesterday as a little Valentine's Day present to myself!

It's really cool! I love all the different glitter colors and shapes. The pink is see through.

 

This is about 3 coats of Girly. with one coat of Gelous and one of Seche Vite.

Revlon - Nail Art Style Strips in Jungle Gem

I'm not a huge fan of the nail stips in general. I think they are really expensive considering you only get one manicure out of a package, and the one package is expensive usually $8 - $10. Anyway, I found these Revlon nail strips at Ocean State Job Lot for $3.00. I love green and leopardy print stuff, so I snatched them.

LOVE!

We all know I am a bit klutzy, but these applied pretty easily. At least, I was happy with how it turned out!

 

This is 5 days later and still not looking bad.

 

Taking these off was not easy. I guess it was the glitter, but they just hung on for dear life! I would totally get them again though!