China Glaze Shell-O

Hi, there!  Super quick post today...I'm headed out for work in a few minutes.  I'm a little nervous about this because I'm headed to Grant Park to help set up our booth for a show this weekend.  Grant Park is where the Blackhawks held their rally today.  They still don't know how many people showed up for it, but it looked like more than the amount that showed up for Obama's rally in 2008!  In any case, go 'Hawks!  Great job on bringing Stanley home :)

On to the nails!  I picked up a bottle of China Glaze in Shell-O a few days ago.  China Glaze's 2013 Sunsational collection is split into cremes and jellies.  Shell-O is from the jelly half.

First off, I LOVE the color.  This photos show it as a touch more orange than it actually is.  Neon brights like this always make my camera go haywire, but these really aren't too bad.  Shell-O is super, super sheer.  I'm showing 5 (!) coats here and I've still got a bit of visible nail line.

From what I've read, most of the jellies in this collection are like this.  So if you aren't patient, don't buy them lol

Now, as my boyfriend will tell you, I just can't leave well enough alone.  A single color all by itself on my nails?  No way!  So I jazzed it up a bit :)

I decided to sandwich 2 coats of Kleancolor's Chunky Holo in Candy between layers of Shell-O.  As you can see, Candy gave this manicure a lovely golden flash in the sunlight and a nice depth in other light.  A perfect summer combo!

Thanks so much for reading!

Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Hello, everyone.  It's been a rough few weeks for myself and my friends and so I haven't been posting regularly.  I haven't even been doing my nails.  One of my favorite people in the world passed away two weeks ago and I miss her terribly.  It was a sudden and unexpected thing and it seems very unfair.   Shannon was one of my biggest blog fans and I'll miss her support immeasurably, here as well as in every other aspect of my life.  I'm not going to go on and on about it here, because it's just not the place for it, but it felt wrong to continue on here as if nothing had happened.  It's been hard to be creative, but I know she wouldn't want me to stop doing something I love so much.  

My nails look pretty terrible cuz I just haven't been taking care of them.  I broke almost every single one in the last 2 weeks and then got a "manicure" at a salon over the weekend.  I use the quotes because she really kind of messed up my nails and the color smudged within 5 minutes of leaving the shop.  Bleh, that's what I get for letting some one else touch 'em!

A few weeks ago, I scraped some pennies together and bid on eBay for a particular polish I HAD to have for my stash.  I won the auction but hadn't gotten around to swatching it yet. Here's what I came up with:

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Kleancolor Chunky Holographic Teal

I have been a very bad blogger.  I think it's been over 3 days since my last post!  I can't believe anyone is still hanging around to read this.  Have you ever just needed a technology break?  Sometimes, I feel like I spend all my free time on the computer and I just needed a little time to get out of the house.  In any case, I'm back on track and I have a new manicure for you today.

Sorry for the wear along the edge of my nails, I've been wearing this one for a couple of days.  And I haven't been taking care of my cuticles again, so they look a little rough.  I'll get 'em back in shape in no time!  I started with one coat of Sinful Colors Why Not, a beautiful ocean blue creme.  On top of that, I applied 3 coats of Kleancolor Chunky Holographic Teal; tons of small holographic glitter in a clear teal base.  This was such a simple manicure, but I've gotten a lot of compliments on it.  Just goes to show that sometimes, simplicity is best.

I hope that there are some folks out there still reading my posts and that you enjoyed this one.  Have a great evening!

Kleancolor Bluebell

Howdy all!  Just a quick post this evening, cuz it's Friday and I know most people have better things to do that sit around and read nail blogs :)

I have another Kleancolor swatch for you today.  Post-swatching, I decided to add a little something extra on top.  Here it is:

 

This is 3 coats of Kleancolor  Chunky Holographic Bluebell over 2ish coats of China Glaze First Mate.  Bluebell is a small, green to orange holographic glitter in a clear blue tinged base.  I love the colors in this one!  I decided to go back over top of the glitter and add some stripes of First Mate to finish this manicure off.  I've got vertical, horizontal and diagonal stripes going here, lots of fun!

Once again, I'll try to snag some daylight shots of this so you can see the color better.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the post!

KleanColor Chunky Holo Black

Howdy everyone!  So, I know I was supposed to do a 4th of July manicure next, but when I got home from work, I found my order of 9 KleanColor polishes had arrived!  It was mandatory that I try at least one of them out.  Busy week for me, first Julep and now KleanColor...I really need to stop spending money on polish lol  

The set I got today is KleanColor's Chunky Holographic line.  Anything with a holographic finish is OK by me.  I decided to try out one of the darker colors first.

This is 236 Chunky Holo Black. I used 3 coats layered over 1 coat of Wet 'n' Wild's Wild Shine Black Creme.  236 really covers most of the rainbow with several different sizes of holographic, hexagonal glitter, primarily greens and oranges, but there are yellows and reds and even some flecks of blue when the light hits it just right.  You can see why I just HAD to swatch it first!  I'm hoping to get some photos in the sunlight tomorrow, I'll add them if I do!

Oh, and don't worry, Independence Day mani will be forthcoming!  Thanks for stopping by!

 **Edit:  Here's the sun photo I promised.  I'm so excited to swatch the rest of the polishes in this collection!