First(ish) Indie Polish!!!!

I have been super duper excited to do this post! I got this nail mail this week and I'm pretty sure I screamed like a little girl haha. The reason this is titled first(ish) is because I have another indie polish but because of some indie polish drama, the people who got the polish were asked not to post it online, so I get to enjoy it all to myself :)

 This is Margarita from Aphrodite Lacquers and it is amazing! Its a green jelly base with green glitter, green holo glitter and some silver micro glitter. The holo glitter isn't super noticeable but its definitely there! It doesn't really remind me of a margarita, maybe its just too green but either way its gorgeous and I am in love. Application was a dream and I only needed 2 coats to make it opaque but I did three because I wanted it a little darker. I am so in love with this polish, I can't even tell you. I'll be wearing this for a while. Win! All three pictures were taken outside but it was overcast. Lame.

 

LOVE the depth of this polish... mmmm... squishy yummy-ness!

I really want the other 2 polishes from this collection, they are just so pretty and I love the jelly polishes with glitter.

What do you think??

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard!

Finals are over! YAY!! This semester has been rough so I'm really glad to be able to breathe for a few weeks before summer school starts. All this extra time means more nail art!! 

I am not a big fan of gold or metallic/foil polishes so I don't own any. I decided to buy the OPI Just Spotted The Lizard from the Spider Man collection for a couple reasons. 1- I don't own anything like it and I thought I should give it a shot and 2- I know its a dupe for Chanel Peridot and I thought it would be kinda cool to have this one since I can't afford the Chanel. I actually like it a lot more than I thought I would and I think its because of the duo chrome and the slight sparkle that makes me like it more. It applied really well but it was a little sheer so I did 3 coats for good coverage. I probably should have done thicker coats because you can see some of the air bubbles in the gel through the polish but oh well!

In the first picture you can see a little bit of the green shift. A lot of other bloggers have better swatches with the color shift but I just couldn't get it :(

On the ride side of my nails you can see the green better.

 

And because everything is better with glitter...

So, overall, this is not my favorite polish. I like it better than I thought I would and I like it much better with glitter. Maybe another color duo chrome would be better for me..

Gradient with stamping

It seems like I can never get to posting anything on the weekends. I will try to work on that after finals are over. I have 2 more finals this week then I'm done! WOO HOO!

Anyway, I LOVED my galaxy nails but all good things have to end sometime (And I really needed a fill). So I came up with something fun and I think it turned out pretty well.

For this mani I used 2 coats of Ulta Mint Condition then created the gradient look using Mint Condition and Ulta Plum Perfect. I was really happy with the application of both colors, not too watery and not too thick. I was also surprised at how good the coverage was on them since they are lighter colors. I will start investing in more Ulta polish, for sure! I added the dots using stamping plate CH6 from Cheeky and Revlon Impulsive. It looked good but it was really light, I thought Impulsive would show up better but I guess its too close to Plum Perfect. I decided adding some pink dots would look good so I used OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips and did a double stamp. I wasn't trying to match up the two stamps but some of them ended up that way anyway. I followed with 2 coats of some random off brand quick dry top coat. I wish I had been more careful with the second layer of stamping but I think it looks pretty cool!

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What do you think of this gradient?

Galaxy Nails

I loved my Revlon Scandalous manicure but it was a little boring for my taste so I decided to change it up a bit. I thought about stamping but I do that a lot, then I tried matting it and that was alright but just wasn't doing it for me. Then I had an epiphany! I decided to try galaxy nails.

Here's a picture of my little work station and all the colors I used.

This first picture is in the sun

 

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I'm pretty proud of this mani! I know its not perfect but I thought for my first try it turned out pretty well! What do you think??