Pure Ice Rio and Sally Hansen Multi-Faceted

When I was home for spring break a couple weeks ago, I went to Walgreen's since there isn't one where I go to school and I saw this little Sally Hansen display of polishes I didn't recognize! Usually I see the previews or press releases online (since I'm always on here looking at polish, lol) but I hadn't seen any of the polishes anywhere online. I must have missed it somehow! Since my hands were already full with a small Sinful Colors haul, I only had room in my budget for one, Multi-Faceted. I decided to pair it with an untried I got a while ago, Pure Ice Rio.

The following pictures are three coats Rio and one coat Multi-Faceted.

Rio is a squishy hot pink jelly with blue shimmer. Loved how bright it was! Multi-Faceted has medium sized silver, black, and iridescent glitter.

Since I didn't layer it over a darker color, my camera was having difficulty picking up the iridescent bits on the nail. Sooo here's a bottle shot for fun!

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Purple holo glitter goodness!

It's been so long since I've posted! I'm going to try to keep up a more regular schedule, even if I'm super busy.
Today's post isn't super long, unfortunately I reall only got one kind of good shot of this mani when I was wearing it (which was actually about a month and a half ago, oops!). Here it is!

After a coat of OPI Nail Envy on all fingers, I did two coats each of OPI Planks a Lot and Color Club Sugarplum Fairy on the thumb and ring finger and then two coats each of Revlon Plum Night and Studio M Purple Medallion and Warpaint Beauty White Noise on the index, middle, and pinky. Topped it all off with Revlon Extra Life No Chip Top Coat. The only reason I added the extra holo glitter on the darker nails was because Purple Medallion is in a deeper purple jelly base, and Sugarplum Fairy isn't, so the holo ended up being a little muted. Overall, I seriously loved this mani and got a bunch of compliments on it! It was super fun to wear.

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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!

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Tiger Pride!

So, as you may know, I'm currently a college student, and I study at DePauw. I don't get a lot of time to blog, but I do sure take a lot of time doing my nails! I see it as my own personal time to myself. It's a break from the stress of being a student. However, I really do love it here and I thought a cool way to show my DePauw pride was (of course ;] ) by doing a mani!
Since our mascot is a tiger, I did tiger print and a growling mouth on my pinky and thumb. For my index finger, I did a kind of university block letter D. I attempted to recreate the silhouette of a building on campus on the newer logo that they've been using on my middle finger. This took a really long time, and I know I could have perfected it even further, but I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Finally, no mani is entirely complete without glitter, so I used a fine silver glitter polish underneath a chunky gold and  small/medium black glitter on my ring finger. And now on to the mani! :]

And for reference, here's a picture of the logo. 

Polishes used: Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Black on Black, Pull Over, Vacation Time, Pure Ice Beware, China Glaze Cross Iron 360, LA Girl Glitter Addict Uninhibited, and then a random chunky gold glitter from PacSun :P

Let me know what you guys think! :]

Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed

Today I've got a mani that I  had on a few weeks ago, when I got my shipment of Cult Nails' Toxic Seaweed. Since it's part of the Let's Get Nekkid Collection, I decided to pair it with a nude half moon. I used 10 Moonlight as the base color, then Revlon Emerald so that Toxic Seaweed would really pop and also so I could conserve it, as it is a limited edition polish.

I absoulely loved this polish and couldn't stop looking at my hands! I felt terrible when it came for a new mani too, I had such minimal tip wear. Maria makes some really incredible polishes with such a good quality. I hope she keeps crankin' 'em out! The upcoming collections look promising. Can't wait!

Have a fab day, thanks for reading :]

Julep Leighton and China Glaze Marry a Millionaire

Soooooo for this post I've got two gorgeous polishes that aren't new, but new to me using them! Hahaha. I've had them for a while and decided to use them both since I hadn't before.

After a base of OPI Nail Envy, I used two coats of Julep Leighton. This is a beautiful silver chrome that applied very nicely, despite the brushstrokes which I can overlook because of the awesome finish of this polish.

Then I added China Glaze Marry a Millionaire in a gradient starting from my cuticle. It was like beauty flowing off the brush. I absolutely love this glitter! It was a little difficult to photograph, though, and get all the colors in. Removal was also kind of difficult, but oh well because it's so beautiful.

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Hard Candy Beetle and Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black

Eeeee it's my second post! I'm not really into Valentine's day manis, other than the kind of anti-Valentine's  one the other day. Soooo I decided to do a layering idea that popped into my head the other day, Kleancolor Chunky Black Holo over Hard Candy Beetle.

Beetle is a really pretty multichrome that shifts from burgundyish purple (what a description :P) to an olive green. I used three coats for depth, but you might be able to get away with two thick coats. I'll probably layer it over black next time I use it.

OPI Nail Envy base, three coats Beetle

Please excuse my super dry and red cuticles! Winter wreaks havoc on my hands.  :C

Then comes the fun layering part! I added two coats Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black, which applies like a dream. I didn't have to worry about distributing the glitter evenly across the nail by hand or getting the glitter off the brush at all. It just flowed out like a nice little glitter stream, hahah. :] The blackened base did something I wasn't quite expecting. It made Beetle look way more purple than it does on its own.

OPI Nail Envy Base, three coats Beetle, two coats Chunky Holo Black

Like I said, winter dries out my skin so bad and I forgot to apply moisturizer before photographing. I would take more today so my skin would look better, but after my frivolous night last night all my nails had been ruined, lololol. So expect another post soon with my next mani! :D

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