Recent Manis and a Glorious Haul

I have a few more recent manis as well as some new polishes that I've purchased.

First up is Amy's Nail Boutique- Cherry Blossom layered over OPI- Pooltime Lime. 

Cherry Blossom is packed with various sizes of matte hexes in hot pink, light pink, and white. The glitter was so densely packed, that I only needed one coat. I dabbed it around a little bit.

The sun was out when I took these pictures! I really like how the glitter in Cherry Blossom ends up arranging and laying on top of other particles. With the green, this reminds me of cherry blossoms and bamboo.

I took a picture indoors without the flash so that the sun wouldn't be as blinding. 

Amy's Nail Boutique polishes can be purchased through Amy's Etsy Shop.

Here is OPI- Pooltime Lime by itself taken indoors without the flash. This one is a black label oldie from 2004's Summer Splash Collection. Although I really liked the color, it was a streaky brushstrokey mess. I needed three coats and you can see that there are some bare spots. It dried to a shimmery, frosty finish. It's a yellow-leaning green.

Here it is without the flash. The dry time on this took very long. It was denting/smudging hours after I painted my nails. I still love OPI black labels and greens though!

Next is F4 Polish- Granite is just gorgeous. Just a disclaimer that these pictures do not do it justice. When I did my nails with Galaxy, I was in a bit of a hurry. 

Granite is a gorgeous dark blue/gray shimmer filled with various colors and sizes of glitter.

I used three coats of this just because the base was a little bit thin, but it built up to opaque coverage. I used the Elmer's glue base coat with this, so it was a breeze to remove. F4 Polish can be purchased in the Etsy Shop.

Here's a combination that I absolutely love! This is Utopia Polish- Paint Splatter layered over Etude House- Dear Darling Nails 43.

I just love the way these transparent neon glitters look. Unlike it's sister, which is Utopia Polish- Gumdrops, Paint Splatter has various sizes of the transparent glitters minus the blue and green. 

This combination reminds me of funfetti! Paint Splatter was so packed with glitter that it only needed one coat dabbed around.

This is Etude House- Dear Darling Nails 43 taken indoors without the flash. I purchased this one in a blog sale a while ago and I don't know much about the brand Etude House, just that it's foreign. Dear Darling Nails 43 is a white shimmer filled with pink shimmer particles.

Here it is with the flash. Dear Darling Nails 43 was a little bit on the sheer side and needed three coats to be opaque. It was still slightly streaky, but Paint Splatter hid that well.

Now on to new polish!

My order from my Zoya New Year's promo finally came in. It took a while because I wanted to wait until the Pixie Dusts were available to ship. The three free shades I chose were Jo, Suvi, and Indigo. The Pixie Dust collection includes: Dahlia, Chyna, Godiva, Vespa, Nyx, and London.

Nubar- Indigo Illusion, OPI- DS Shimmer, Cult Nails- Coveted and Flushed

Sally's Haul! I purchased the new China Glaze Glitz Bitz n Pieces collection. I got Bling it On, Mosaic Madness, Graffiti Glitter, Glitz N Pieces, Razzle Me Dazzle Me, and Scattered & Tattered. I also got a free ORLY- Wild Wisteria because my Sally's was trying to clear out of their old ORLY bottles.

My very first Nfuohs! I got 51, 52, and 59

China Glaze- Glistening Snow

China Glaze- Glistening Snow was recently released as part of the Holiday Joy collection. It is composed of silver prismatic microglitter. I received many compliments on this and it is absolutely stunning!

This needed three coats to be opaque. China Glaze has come out with a few prismatic microglitter shades before. The ULTA exclusives from last year: Fireside Glow and Ultamate Holiday, I'm Not Lion and I Herd That from the On Safari collection, and also a couple from their new holiday collection such as Winter Holly. The texture was a little bit gritty due to the glitter, but it smoothed out well with a coat of each Seche Vite and Gelous.

Some new hauls!

Liquid Lacquer- Blue Pistachio mini, Amy's Nail Boutique- One of a Kind, Dollish Polish- Dino-mite Yoshi and The Koopa King

Liquid Lacquer Limited Edition Game of Thrones Collection! All of my bottles are marked 4/30. The Drowned God, Storm Born, Mother of Dragons, and Whitewalkers

Essence- Hunt Me if You Can, Sally Hansen- Radar and Shimmer, and ORLY- RIP

Utopia Polish- Paint Splatter, Amy's Nail Boutique- Frosty, Essie- Leading Lady, and Island Girl- Waikiki Sunset

Glitzology was having a 50% off sale so I ordered Guardian Angel, Steel City (My city!!!), Island of Misfit Toys, Neapolitan, and Bad Things (love True Blood)

Funfetti Nails!

This is an amazing combination of polish that is reminiscent of funfetti. I layered Utopia's Polish- Gumdrops over OPI- Miso Happy with this Color. Gumdrops is composed with mega-sized see-through jelly-like pieces of glitter in various colors.

I only needed one coat of Gumdrops, and I just dabbed it around my nails for even coverage. The pieces of glitter came out of the bottle fairly easily and I didn't have to do a lot of fishing. There are some spots on my nails where the clear base bubbled due to spreading the glitter around.

I absolutely loved wearing this and didn't want to remove it. I purchased Gumdrops a few months ago, and it is not currently in stock, but Utopia's Polish can be purchased in the Etsy store.

OPI- Miso Happy with this Color was from the 2005 Japan collection. It is a neutral polish that leans pink. This picture is without the flash and it looks very close to my skintone.

With the flash, you can see that this polish is much lighter than my skintone. It was a creme and applied flawlessly with two coats. This is OPI's old black label formula.

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KB Shimmer- The Square

 This is KB Shimmer- The Square. This is from the Clique Collection released in May but it has recently been discontinued. It has a ton of glitter packed into a medium purple jelly base.

 It was very easy to get opaque coats with this because there was so much glitter! I used three coats. More glitter came out of the bottle than base. Mostly all of the pieces of glitter are square. There is gold, blue, white, and tiny particles of blue glitter.

 This polish devours topcoat! Usually with most polishes, I'm fine with only using one coat of Seche Vite, but even with two coats of it, this polish was still gritty from the glitter. I definitely needed to utilize the aluminum foil and acetone method to remove this, and even with that it was rather tricky!

 I got my Cult Nails order from the recent sale. Here they are wrapped in the lil burritos!

 Here's: Happy Ending, I Got Distracted, and Deal with It

I was waiting for Utopia- Gumdrops to become available again, and it FINALLY is mine! It was so worth the wait and I cannot wait to use it!