NOTD- Two-for-one

If I remember correctly this started with a base of Rimmel French Cafe, a nude jelly. Then it was Nubar Holographic on top. The tips were made using Nailene tip guides and Color Club Disco Dress which was then topped with Fing'rs V.I.Purple, a glass fleck with pink iridescence.

the polish is so glittery you need to wear shades

the glare is awful

This is all done over a base of Wet n Wild Spoiled Black Mamba, a grey glass flecked black. On the pinky it is topped with Orly Bubbly Bombshell, a fab fuchsia glitter. On the ring finger it is Pure Ice Wide Awake, a blue glitter. The rest have ncLA Sugar Fix, a gorgeous grey jelly with fuchsia and blue glitter. 

Tried hard to get a good picture of this but It's tough. This is super glittery and shiny and looks so much better IRL.

NOTD- Spider Webs and Shattered Glass

excuse the crappy clean up job...

NOTD- Vacation Nails

Of course I would get sick just in time for my trip to NYC to see the Twins of Evil tour (which was awesome even though I thought the smoke machines were going to kill me)...

Any way, here are my nails after 1 week of wear:

middle finger nail, y u no grow?

The pink skulls are Sally Hansen appliques and the blue is two coats of Color Club Otherworldy with one coat of Kleancolor Holo Blue. There is some moderate tip wear and the cuticle area is looking a bit rough but I think it all held up quite well.

The SH appliques are easy to apply but never quite fit my nails right. They also don't stay on worth a damn unless I keep them well away from the cuticle area (hence the huge gap), they'll peel up with in hours if they're even touching the cuticle.

NOTD- Night Sky

Playing around with some striping tape, as you can see on the index finger...

Thumb and ring finger: 1 coat of Sinful Colors Blue By You, then 1 coat of Color Club Otherworldly on top and then 1 thick coat of Color Club Sexy Siren to finish it off. The result is a glittery blue with some depth.

The rest of my nails: 1 Coat of Sinful Colors Visually Slimming, 2 coats of Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor then one thin coat of Visually Slimming. Using a dotting tool I applied just a teeny bit of Color Club Sexy Siren in random places.

NOTD- Glitter Tips

Got inspired by Nail Blog... this look is a little bit different though. I went for a darker base color and skipped the flakes. As pretty as they are they never lay flat and catch on EVERYTHING, thus driving me nuts.

NOTD- Purple Smoke

Another gradient YAAAY! *waves arms around like Kermit*

Here's what I did:
1. 1 coat Glitter Girl Frappe to all except ring finger
2. 1 thin coat Nubar Hologram Glitter to all except ring finger
3. 1 thin coat Revlon Grape Icy to nail tip to all except ring finger
4. 1 thin coat Revlon Grape Icy to the top 1/2 of nail to all except ring finger
5. 1 thin coat Revlon Grape Icy from tip to 3/4 of the way down the nail to all except ring finger
6. 1 thin coat Nubar Hologram Glitter to all except ring finger
7. To ring finger, 2 coats of Color Club Teal Twinkle
8. To ring finger, 2 thin coats of Glitter Girl Frappe from cuticle to middle of the nail

the gang's all here!

Color Club Teal Twinkle is a pain in the ass to work with, it's a nail art polish so it has one of those super long and thin brushes. I don't have a problem doing a whole nail with one of those usually but this polish is THICK and kinda goopy. It's so annoying to work with which is a shame because it's a gorgeous grey with multi color sparkle.

Revlon Grape Icy is a polish I hated before I did this manicure. It's a scented polish that smells really good but it's too thin to use on the whole nail. It's impossible to get a full even coat (even doing this I had trouble). When I first got this I tried to use it, wound up doing 6 coats and it still was patchy and took eleventy billion* years to dry so I tossed it banished it like an evil queen to my polish drawer and forgot about it.

* Actual time it took to dry