Dopey's Glitter

It's purple-mani-day! :-)

My base color is Essence Dopey (Snow White Limited Edition), a pale lilac filled with silver microglitters that look white when covered with a thin coat of polish. As always with my purple hating camera, imagine the color just a mite warmer, more red toned. I used three easy coats and had no isses with application. Due tue the microglitters, Dopey dries a little gritty.





Then I added one coat of a Claire's polish which apparently has neither a name nor a number. It has a clear base filled with purple hexes and blue microglitter. For a glassy finish, I added one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

 

St. George's Diamond

Today's mani is a copy of something I've seen more than a year ago at Steffels. And yes, I have to admit, these polishes were waiting with my untrieds for all that time...

My base color is a England Saint George, a absolutely gorgeous teal scattered holo. I already used Saint George as a stamping polish here; it's perfect for stamping as it is very opaque. I used two coats for the pictures, but I'd say if you're not as fussy as I am concerning opacity, or if you got shorter nails, one should be enough.

Direct lamp light

Then I added one coat of Crows Toes Triple Black Diamond, a clear base packed with small black, purple and holographic hexes.

Application of both polishes was a dream, I wish all polishes would apply that easy. I finished this mani with one coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer.

a England polishes are available at various places, you'll find a complete list of retailers here.

Crows Toes polishes are available at Llarowe, Shoppe Eclecticco and Overall Beauty.

Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Turquoise

An important thing to know for a time traveler is that time isn't linear. It's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey... stuff.

If you think that I'm completely nuts, you definitely need to watch some Doctor Who ;-)





I started with three coats of Essie Turquoise & Caicos, a slightly blue leaning green. It's definitely more green than turquoise, kind of pastel but still vibrant (I suck at color description...). Formula was not as good as I hoped, a little too thin with the tendency to flood the cuticles. I used three coats for opacity.





On top of Turquoise & Caicos I added one dabbed coat of Digital Nails Wibbly Wobbly. "Wibbly Wobbly is an insane blend of grass green holographic, teal, aqua, chartreuse, & hot pink glitters, in a multitude of shapes and sizes suspended in the sheerest of blue jelly base specially designed to hold up lots of glitter. This polish has matte, metallic, blue microflakies, HUGE dots, tiny holos - it's an explosion of sparkle."
(Source: Digital Nails)

Application was easy, only the big dots needed some placing, but no fishing for them was needed. I finished with one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

Digital Nails polishes are available on Etsy.

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July to my american readers! About 1/3 of my readers live in the US, and to honor their national holiday, I have a mani in red, white and blue to show you.





First I sponged a gradient using Essie Blanc and Bouncer It's Me (Neon 2013 Collection).





Then I added one dabbed coat of Emily De Molly Ruby Soho, a clear base filled with red glitters in various sizes and shapes (hexes, circles, bars). Some of the glitters are just "normal" red glitters, some are matte and some are even holographic.

I had no issued with application, but due to the mass of glitters Ruby Soho dried a little gritty. I added one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri for a glassy smooth finish.

 

Emily de Molly polishes are available on Etsy (Australia only), at Llarowe, at Shoppe Eclectico, and at Norway Nails.


BTW, as you can see, I'm experimenting with a new, dark background. How do you like it? Better? Worse? Just different?

I Smell... Children

Today I have another one of my beloved black jelly base glitters to show you: 365 Days Of Color I Smell... Children.





The black jelly base of I Smell... Children is filled with purple hexes and purple microglitter. I used one easy coat over a black creme (Manhattan 1010N) and had no issues with application. I added one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri for a smooth finish.

365 Days Of Color polishes can be bought at their own store and on Storenvy, but I Smell... Children seems to be no longer available.

Hylian Princess On The Plank

This is another mani my boyfriend chose the polishes for. He seems to develop a brand preference: it's the fifth time I let him choose, and the fourth Dollish Polish he took. Dollish Polish seem to attract men ;-)

My base color on this mani is OPI Planks A Lot (Pirates Of The Carribean Collection), a medium lilac creme. I used three thin coats for full opacity.





Then I dabbed on one coat of Dollish Polish Hylian Princess, a clear base filled with lilac, purple, white, navy and yellow hexes in various sizes plus navy blue squares and microglitter.

Application was easy, no fishing for glitters needed. I finished with one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and one coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

Dollish Polish are available at their store, at Llarowe and at Overall Beauty.