TIME FLIES . . .

Wow, a whole week got away from me and I didn't post anything! I had a mani planned to show you today but the pictures I took of it were absolutely awful! I will post something today, even if it is just some old swatches!

Hope your week is off to a good start!

NOTD - PURPLE STARS

Well I finally dug out and unpacked my konad stamping stuff! Go me!! I used one of my bundle monster plates, I think it was 21 or 22, something like that. The full nail designs on the BM plates are really small, so it wouldn't cover my thumb nail without doing a double stamp, so I decided to just use the star image instead. I added some silver flashy stars and added a matte coat.





And here is the look with a coat of seche over the top:










I used a Confetti brand polish for the base coat, forgot the name! And for the stamping design I used Diamond Cosmetics Crushed Velvet.

ZOYA - ASTRA, LUNA & NOVA

ASTRA
This is a red tinted base with magenta and light pink glitter. This is packed with glitter and by 3 coats the nail is totally covered and opaque. I thought this was going to be my favorite of three, but this one actually came in last. There is nothing wrong with it, it just wasn't my favorite.









LUNA
This is a milky white base with silver glitter. This one surprised me. I really loved how this looked on. I thought it was just sort of boring looking in the bottle, but one I put it on, it was anything BUT boring.









NOVA
I thought this was going to be the same as Astra, but it wasn't. This has much more of a purple jelly base to it and the glitter isn't as packed as Astra. However, like Astra, it has a purple and pink glitter mix to it. I really liked the jelly factor in this one.

NICOLE BY OPI - SUCH A GO-GLITTER

I'm sort of torn on this one. On one hand I like it with the sparse glitter, that's what sort of makes this unique. On the other hand, I want it to be a total glitter bomb party like Glitz and Glisten was.

Shown is 4 coats, so I don't think it gets built up any better than this. Of course you could always do a darker blue base with this over it if you really wanted the illusion of a glitter bomb party. The base is clear with small round glitter in blue and sparse sprinkling of silver holo glitters. I couldn't tell if there was some sparse black or darker blue glitter or if it just looked that way in different lights and angles.

NICOLE BY OPI - GLITZ AND GLISTEN

Sooooo pretty! I couldn't stop looking at this one when I had it on the other day. I really like glitters like this. The pieces are small but pack a punch. I also love how versatile a glitter polish like this is. You could wear this as a once coat top coat over another base coat OR by doing 3-4 coats you get a completely opaque glitter bomb party on your nails.

CHINA GLAZE - DRASTIC

Dark red jelly. This really reminds me of Sally Hansen Cocktail Party that I swatched last week. Same concept, a dark red jelly. This was 3 coats.

CHINA GLAZE - HAWAIIAN PUNCH

oh la la! This is what I'm talking about baby!!! Bright red polish with nice shimmer. I also love the name too. I like to drink Hawaiian punch as well. I know alot of you don't like red polish, but I love my red polishes. This color is hot!