OPI Just Spotted the Lizard and Zoya Edyta

Lalalalala simple, picture heavy post today. We all know that Just Spotted the Lizard is a great Chanel Péridot dupe, and of course I had to get it since I don't have Péridot. I also need to thin out my untrieds, so I grabbed Edyta as I thought the greens would go together nicely, and I think I was right. I layered JSTL over Revlon Royal to try and coax out the bluer tones just a teensy bit more. It does of course go opaque, but I layered it anyway to try and conserve even a little bit.
This is one coat Royal and two coats JSTL on the thumb, middle, and ring and then two coats Edyta on the index and pinky.

under Ottlite

Artificial light

Artificial light

Sunlight

Sunlight

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Layering experiment with Nubar 2010 and Pure Ice Oh! Baby

So alright. I have a bit of a problem with having things in chronological order, and as such, I have been posting in the order in which I wore these manis, with the exception of the Neverland Nail Blog nail art contest and just a couple others. This isn't necessarily something that is important, I just wanted to throw it out there I guess, since today it's rainy and grey and sad outside but the pictures I'm posting today are from the end of March when it was nice outside! Hahaha.

Today's post is a layering experiment! I always love doing these kinds of things because I never really know how they're going to turn out. For this, I used one coat Sinful Colors Black on Black, two coats Pure Ice Oh! Baby, one coat Nubar 2010, one coat Oh! Baby, one coat Nubar 2010. In that order. :P 


All pictures were taken outside in the shade. I recommend clicking on them to make them bigger. :3

Straight on

At a slight angle, Nubar 2010 shift more obvious

Extreme angled back, Oh! Baby shift blue, purple, pink more obvious

Side shot! This way, you kind of get the whole effect.

I took these pictures over a span of about two days, so there is some pretty terrible chip wear... This mani didn't last to incredibly long since it was so thick. :/ It was fun while I had it on though.

What do you think? What's been your favorite layering combo you've tried?

Spoiled Paying with Platinum

A while back, there was a two for $3 Spoiled by Wet n Wild sale at CVS. One of the one's I got was Paying With Platinum, which I'm sure is just Wet n Wild's Gray's Anatomy but just for the Spoiled line. I don't have it so I can't be sure, but I really don't find the point in buying GA since it's all really just Wet n Wild anyway. I love me some WNW, but not that much. :P

This is one coat Sinful Colors Black on Black with two coats Paying with Platinum to make the duochrome really pop. I was pleasantly surprised to find some pink shimmer peeking out from the purple at certain angles, but overall I wasn't really too excited about this polish. The color shift is striking, but for me, the colors were just not saturated enough and my hands almost reminded me of  zombie hands because the colors were so dull. :X I got bored with it quickly and added a coat of China Glaze Black Mesh on my index and pinky but even that didn't satiate my need for a new mani. I think I wore this about two days, when I had it on.

That yellow in the bottle is just a reflection of a light in my room. It's not a part of the polish, as much as I wish it was!

taken with flash

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