Black & Yellow

Hello, hello!  Once again I must apologize for going AWOL a bit.  This week has been hectic at work and my birthday was Tuesday, so I've been a bit busy! Additionally, I've managed to break about 5 nails in a matter of 2 days.  Quite irritating!  I've done a couple of manicures since my last post, but have really hated everything I've put on my nails lately.  Not so this evening.  I took a trip over to Walgreen's earlier tonight and picked up some new pretties!  I was delighted to find that Wet 'n' Wild has a new line, "Fergie"...yes, that Fergie, from The Black-Eyed Peas.  Musical preferences aside, I'm digging her nail polish line.  Some great glitters and some dupes of more expensive things that I've been coveting for a while.  The line retails at my local Walgreen's for $3.49 a bottle, definitely affordable!  I also picked up some new colors from Sinful Colors so, for tonight's mani, I decided to combine them!

As you can see, with all the nail breakage, I just decided to start over with short nails.  *sigh* It's not that I think short nails can't be fun, it's just that mine are prone to hangnails when they're shorter.  And, sure enough, I have 3!

Anyway, here I started with 3 coats of Sinful Colors in Pull Over.  This is the yellow I've been looking for; bright, without being a neon.  Pull Over is a creme and a bit troublesome to apply.  The formula is a bit streaky and kind of gloppy but the color is worth the extra care to apply.  Over top of that, I used 2 coats of Fergie's Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night (yes, they're all named things like that); small black glitter and large gold glitter in a clear base.  This one was also a little trouble, the black glitter came out of the bottle just fine, but the gold didn't want to cooperate.  I did have to fish it out to get a decent application.

I love the way this turned out and I'm looking forward to trying the other 7 polishes I bought today in the very near future.  Come back around to check them out!

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!

Purple Hex

Hello, everyone! It's been a few days since I posted, sorry about that.  Everything I've put on my nails the last few days just made me very unhappy and I didn't even want to take pictures of those failed manis.  Yesterday, however, I stopped by my local Sally's Beauty Supply to pick up some new pretty, sparkly things!  Yes, yes, I know I said I wasn't buying any more until I'd tried everything I had, but I've gotten through most of it and I was jonesin' for a fix lol

So, today I have a fun, purple-y, sparkly manicure that I'm a little bit in love with.  Here it is (in the shade)!

The base color here is actually four(!) layers of Sally Hansen HD Hi-Definition in DVD alternated with Nina Ultra Pro Nail Lacquer in Purple-Xing, with an extra layer of Purple-Xing on top.  I got a little impatient waiting for all of that to dry, but I LOVE the color!.  DVD is a turquoise to lilac semi-duochrome with lots of glittery flecks.  Purple-Xing is small holographic, round glitter set in dark blue to purple base.  Both are gorgeous alone, but I dig the way they look layered.  On top of all that, Sally had a BOGO coupon for Cina Nail Art products so, of course, I had to buy a couple of those!  The large hexagonal holographic glitter you're seeing on top of my nails is from their Midsummer Dream kit.

Purple-Xing is my very first bottle of Ultra Pro and I love the formula!  It has a nice consistency and goes on very smoothly.  And the color was such a knock-out in the bottle, I had to have it!  My Sally's is having a sale this week ($3.49 per bottle) so I may have to go back and purchase a few more bottles!

 

Here's a sunlit shot:

I'm so glad this manicure worked out well...I was getting worried, after several "meh" manis that I was losing my touch!

Thanks so much for stopping by and leave a comment if you liked what you saw!  :)