Orly Beach Cruiser nail art

Last one for today, I promise!

I saw a review of the Orly neon collection that just came out and I got super excited about them! So, like a true collector, I had to get them! I went to Sally's and I got Beach Cruiser, a NEON pink, and Glow Stick, an awesome neon yellow. A few days later I went back and got Melt Your Popsicle, a neon construction cone orange! Since my favorite color is pink I had to try Beach Cruiser first... here it is!

I love stamping but I'm not very good at it so please forgive the light spots in the stamping :(

This was taken in the sun

 These two were taken in the shade

I used 2 coats of Beach Cruiser, then stamped using Finger Paints Black Expressionism, and 1 coat of Seche Vite. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't capture how neon this is, but believe me you need sunglasses with this baby!!

China Glaze Peachy Keen vs. Finger Paints Circus Peanuts

I was looking at random polish on amazon last week and came across China Glaze Peachy Keen and I had to have it. I contemplated ordering it on amazon but something told me to wait and I'm glad I did! I randomly (or not so randomly.. hehehe) went to Sally's Beauty and they had it! woo hoo!

I used 2 coats with 2 coats of sech vite then I decided to add a coat of Essie Lux Effects A Cut Above. The application was a little frustrating. The first coat went on really thick and gloppy so I waited a while to do the second coat and I had a lot of dragging and uneven spots. Yuck! I'm hoping I can thin it out. After I finished this mani I realized that it looked super familiar then I remembered that I did the same thing with Circus Peanuts from the Finger Paints Gumdrops and Lolipops collection. The formulas are about the same crappy mess and they are near dupes! I haven't swatched them together but I just happened to have pictures of the Finger Paints mani. I'll add those at the end.

 

This photo was taken in the sun

Shade

 Here you can see the color of the glitter a little better.

Just for S's and G's I decided to add a coat of Essie Matte About You. It looks pretty cool in person and pretty much just makes the glitter blend in with the polish. I like it. It was fun!

Here's the Finger Paints mani. The pictures suck because I hadn't yet figured out how to get clear pictures with my camera.

Pretty close, eh?? I think Circus Peanuts is a little brighter and a little more on the orange side while Peachy Keen leans more.. well, peach! lol 

Revlon Scandalous!!

Since my last post I have gone through like 4 manicures and I have pictures of some of them but the first is my favorite by far!

Scandalous by Revlon is probably my favorite polish right now. Its a black jelly base with purple hexes and purple micro glitter. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this polish!! Application was awesome, 3 thin coats to make it opaque.

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking!!

These 2 were taken in the sun

 

Taken in shade.

For this mani I used 2 coats of OPI base coat, 3 coats Revlon Scandalous, and 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat. LOVEEEE!!

(P.s. looks like I need a fill too! LOL)

Hit No Olimpo Collection

Hi Everyone!!

I meant to do this post yesterday but I have just been soooo busy with finals coming up! So, anyway, here it is a day late! I am quickly becoming a "Holo whore" so I was super excited to get this nail mail this week!!

Again, please excuse the bad photos! (And my sad cuticles!!)

These two colors are from the Hits No Olimpo Collection. The orange I used for this mani is called Demeter. It is a really pretty linear orange holo. The formula was great and I used three coats to get the color nice and opaque. It probably could have used another coat because it is pretty light but I was happy with three. The red accent fingers are Ares; a bright red AMAZING holo! I can't even begin to tell you how in love with this polish I am. Formula wise it was ok. It was a little funky but with 2 careful coats it was completely opaque. I used 1 coat of seche vite for this mani.

 This is in the shade. The holo isn't great inside but you can see that it's not super blah either.

 Both of these were taken in the sun. I tried so many times to get these perfect but my camera just did NOT want to work with the holo! There were actually a few pictures where there was so much glare that they just ended up being a horrible blurry mess!

You can order these from llarowe for $10.