Make Up Store Greta and Layla FlashBlack

HOLOHOLOHOLO. I'm addicted to it. This is my most expensive mani to date (I'm a penny pincher, since I have to be. :P )
There's kind of a funny story behind how I picked up Greta. I had submitted to the probability that I would never own this polish, but on the first day of my trip to Southeast Asia back in January, I noticed that there was a Make Up Store in Hanoi, which I was visiting later in the trip. Even with the awesome exchange rate, it was still about $17. I didn't even care, it's a gorgeous polish and now a cool souvenir of my awesome trip. I don't have a story behind FlashBlack though, I'd seen it online and then saw it in Ulta and splurged (for me).

I don't have any special base for holo polishes, so I did experience some drag and bald patches, but it all evened out. All pictures are taken with two coats MUS Greta and three thin coats Layla FlashBlack, no top coat, OPI Nail Envy base, sunlight.

Enough of my rambling, on to the liquid rainbows!!

"Do You Believe In Magic?" Neverland Nail Blog nail art contest!

When I saw this nail art contest, I knew I had to enter and do a unicorn inspired mani! I have a unicorn pillow pet and might even get a unicorn tattoo someday... We'll see though. :P Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. This is the first nail art contest I've entered, so I hope I did okay! Here are the pictures:

I used a load of colors, so I'll just list them all by finger.
Base on all: Cult Nails Let Me Fly
Ring and pinky: Cult Nails Clairvoyant (what unicorn mani would be complete without a good dose of Unicorn Puke?!)
Middle and thumb: Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet, Essie Pansy, OPI Planks a Lot, Makeup Store Greta (for some silver lining, hahaha)
Ring: Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet, Essie Pansy, OPI Planks a Lot, Sinful Colors Pull Over, Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune, Sally Hansen Black Out, Makeup Store Greta


I had a lot of fun doing this contest, and I hoped you all enjoyed it too! :3

Sally Hansen Fruitie Petutie (with special polka dots!)

Soooo here I am sitting in this building working on a philosophy paper due tomorrow by 9:00 and I'm on the struggle bus... So I'm taking a break to blog and share a mani I had on a while ago!

I got Sally Hansen Fruitie Petutie at CVS and couldn't wait to get it on my nails; it's such a bright, spring-y shade and that is just what I needed in the tail end of a dreary winter. To brighten it up even more I added polka dots in Make Up Store Greta. I'd been looking for a way to use this polish before I do a full mani with it (I'm waiting til my nails are longer) and I think this ended up pretty good looking!

These picture are one coat OPI Nail Envy, three coats Fruitie Petutie and then the polka dots. I added a top coat to the ring finger, to see how bad it deadened the holo and I decided to leave it off the rest. The first picture is the most color accurate of FP. The second showcases Greta a little better, but shows FP more red than it actually is. This is also my first time using a bobby pin as a dotting tool, so the results were a little shoddy. I'll get better though!

Thanks for reading! <3