Some new old polishes

No pics yet... been too busy and tired...

Recently, I've bought OPI Movin Out, Man of La Mancha, Gift of Gold and SH Bronze ruby. I actually got all of them for regular retail, which is a little surprising considering that the OPIs are available for around $30ish each. I'm not crazy about Bronze Ruby, but its not bad.

Just a little mini update... I'm too tired to care now :)

China Glaze Hunger Games Luxe & Lush & Sally Hansen HD Cyber

OK, so I am a huge Hunger Games fan. When I saw the China Glaze collection, I about freaked out. I did abstain from a lot of them, though. I'll post the others that I DID get another day.

Today's swatch is of Luxe & Lush. In the bottle, Luxe and Lush looks like lovely rainbow flakies.

I started with a base of Sally Hansen HD Cyber



Pretty, red-toned purple. To be honest, L & L confuses me, because its clearly a top coat and I would never want to layer it over a single other polish in the HG collection. A lot of browns, taupes, tans... not really good bases for rainbows.

Anyway. I'm only going to post one picture of L&L



What. The. Hell. Is. This.

These rainbow flakies are actually more like shards of glass. They were lumpy, jagged, not even rainbowy, and all-around unpleasant.

Three coats of gelous could not tame this bish.

Water Marble - Kleancolor Metallics

This is another old picture set.

I decided to try water marbling... again... My first few attempts yielded less than perfect results. This one wasn't perfect either, but I did love it anyway!

I decided to do a rainbow and I chose Kleancolor Metallics Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Sapphire, and Purple.

First, I put on Sally Hansen Celeb City as a base coat.



I figured since water marbling tends to make polishes more sheer, and just in case there were any gaps, the silver foil would look nice.

i don't have any pictures of the cup of water or the swirling process, but i don't think they're really important. For reference, I used a small, ceramic bowl, bottled water, and a knitting needle to swirl.

i didn't tape off my skin because the tape didn't stick... so I had a major cleanup to do.

Here are some pics of the initial mess:






And here is the mani mostly cleaned up and already chipped








(I love that pinkie nail, it looks like a little rainbow in the sky)












Lots of pictures!

Updates and new stuff - flakie edition

So the whole world has been an unending shit show since last october. DF was diagnosed with cancer, my great uncle apparently died in June and this bitch who was "taking care of him" never bothered to tell us (very long story), my beloved grandmother passed away, among other things... its been... bad. I've still been around and about, but I just didn't have the patience to think about writing on this. I would take pictures of my nails but never post them, so i have a lot of them built up O_o

Anyway... on to the polish. Some of you may have seen these already, and I apologize, but I do have a bunch of fun new things :)

Barielle Elle's Spell over red jelly



Isn't it lovely? I waited a long time to wear this, but its worth it :) Elle's Spell is a dark red, sheer jelly with opalescent flakies. The flakies look like every color of the rainbow in the bottle, but mostly appear green and gold while on the nail.



Sooooooooooo pretty :)


Next up: Essie Luxeffects in As Gold As It Gets (over Zoya Sarah)



I really like this one... Its a very sheer champagney gold flake, no opalescence or glitteries in this one



It doesn't get the love of its ultra fantastic friend Shine of the Times, but I still like it :)

Speaking of Shine of the Times...



Whee! I don't know why there's only one picture of this D: Also, I don't have a clue what its over...

Sally Hansen Glass Slipper over Joe Fresh Wave



This one is strange... it really looks like crushed glass... no shimmer, no opalescence, just clear flakes in a clear base.



The thing with this is that it makes polish look pitted, like you had little bits of gravel stuck in your polish at some point. I don't love it...

That's all for now :3

*EDIT*

Of course, I forgot to add one...

Finger Paints Flecked over Chine Glaze Sexy in the City



I really like this one!

Green and teal flakies in a milky base. To look at all of the FP flakies in the bottles, they all look alike... But they turn out a little better on the nail lol

My Private Jet Franken

I have made many, many attempts at frankening this beast. Its not terribly easy, but it IS easy to screw it up.

I made a tester in a bottle cap like I usually do when I'm going for something very specific.



Freaking gorgeous, right? All I had to do was mix about 10 drops black, 5 drops clear, 2 drops SH Purple Diamond and this is what it made. It was beautiful, a true black holo... Not grey, not brown, not charcoal, but actually black.

When I went to make it in a bottle, things went awry.



The holo was now extremely dull. So I added a ton more holo... and it was still extremely dull.

I added more clear, which made it too grey. I added more black which made it too dull again.

My current end result is this:


Mine is the one on the left (the black one) and the original MPJ is on the right (the brown one). In real life it reads very purple, but its finally holo. I just don't really know how to tweak it without starting the process again. So much polish has been exchanged that I now have THREE franken bottles of this stuff, all different degrees of awesome from not so much to pretty awesome. I've added Purple Diamond, Diamond, Ruby Diamond, Blush Diamond, Pink Rose Diamond, DS Original, DS Glamour, and I don't even know what else.

What do you think of the current end result, though? I am curious lol

OPI DS Original and Sally Hansen Purple Diamond Dupe Comp

Since OPI DS Original was in my untrieds and its so sunny out, I pulled it out to take it for a spin, even though I know its a dead on dupe for Sally Hansen Purple Diamond. Purple Diamond happens to be one of my favorite polishes of all time, so this is OK. But I paid a lot for the bottle of OPI to find out I had three full bottles of its dupe in my stash.

Ah well, they make amazing MPJ frankens! Better than the brownish holo by far!



Here is the OPI on its own. I think my camera is a homophobe because it HATES rainbows lol

Now here it is alternating with Sally Hansen Purple Diamond



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To be honest, I actually prefer the Sally Hansen. It goes on less sheer and the holo particles are ever so slightly larger so they refract ever so slightly more.

You may think its cruel to show you two long discontinued polishes like this, but neither of these is by any means impossible to find. Just keep your eyes open :)

Ma.Nish.Ma. Holographic Nail Color - Beyond Opal

Today I'm going to share something beautiful with you!



Ma.Nish.Ma.'s Holographic Nail Color in Beyond Opal!



and in shade



It was impossible for me to capture the beauty of this polish. If you've ever seen Sally Hansen's South Sea Pearl, it has the same colors, just broken into glass fleck form, like a fractured rainbow. Its definitely prismatic and holographic, with a pastel rainbow effect. I know people have been wanting a white holo, but find that spectraflair makes it greyish. Well, here's your answer!

I have seen this polish compared to Jesse's Girl Firefly and it also somewhat resembles China Glaze White Cap, but neither have the pink and blue tones that this one flashes. Both Firefly and White Cap are very strong in the golds and greens, but Beyond Opal litteraly looks like the flashes you see in an opal.

Its a little pricey, though, which I don't like, $4.99 for 0.22 fl oz is a steep price (consider, that would be about $12.50 for an OPI-sized bottle, but I have to say its worth it.

You can find her and her sisters at Rite Aid, but they weren't anything to write home about. There was a silver with holo glitter (like Milani HD except less prismatic), a lavender that looked exactly like Sally Hansen DVD, and a pink (Way Out Fuscia [sic]) that is a dupe to Sally Hansen Byte.

I can't really swallow that creative spelling of "fuchsia".........

Emerald City + Blog Sale Page

Today's polish is Sally Hansen Emerald City



Emerald City is a bright, lovely kelly green shimmer. I wouldn't say its emerald green, because emerald is a bit blue. It took about three coats to hit full opacity, which is more than I like, but its a very unique green in my collection :)

Its no good for konad since its super sheer, but if you don't have a good, solid green, this is one to look for.

Also, if anyone is interested, I've decided to start a blog sale! The fabulous mystery polishes I kept talking about will be on there :3

Check back in a few hours!

2 of 4 past mani updates - Celeb City

This one is Sally Hansen Celeb City. I love foils, especially silver, copper, and gold ones. Celeb City is nice, but a little more "glittery" than, say, Zoya Trixie.



The red is the reflection of my shirt lol

hey guys! want some holo pr0n?

OK, i will be updating the blog tonight, i've just been ill and tired lately, but for now i will post some pictures of GOSH Holographic!!! My nails were in horrific shape back when these were taken, but I hope you enjoy the spam for now :)













And did i ever post pictures of Nfu Oh 64? I don't recall



And for good measure, a picture of Sally Hansen Magicals Purple Potion



and a REALLY messy picture of SH Magicals Blue Aura

Rainboz lolz

NOTD Today is Nfu Oh 64


I'm really on the fence here. On one hand, I don't like the color. If you took the holo away, I wouldn't give it the time of day. The holo, however, is amazing. In sunlight, it's dazzling, bright, strong, and a little mesmerizing.

But the color T.T

I also happened to observe that two of my polishes, OPI DS Original and Sally Hansen Purple Diamond looked very similar...




Can you tell them apart? :P