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

Hectic Week!

This week has been one unfortunate event after another, so I apologize for not taking the time to post. I have still been able to keep up with my daily manis, so I'll be periodically updating them in group posts.

First is F4 Polish- Drunken Zombie. This was released as part of F4's 2012 Halloween collection. This polish reminds me of the result of a bath-salt user overindulging.

Drunken Zombie is filled with prismatic glitter, green, purple, and black hex glitter suspended in a murky yellow green jelly.

I wore three coats of this in order to give it full coverage. The yellow/green base was quite sheer.

Indoors without the flash

Indoors with the flash- You can see how the glitter is suspended in the jelly.

Next is Barielle- Buddah-ful. This is a skin-tone jelly filled with green flakies. This is one of those pre-made jelly sandwich in a bottle shades.

This shade was very close to my skin tone. This is a great palette-cleanser if you're a glitter/flakie lover and don't want it to be too plain.

I am wearing three coats of this. Buddah-ful was way more opaque than I thought it would be. It was somewhat opaque in two coats, but I added a third one in order to get more flakies.

Indoors without the flash, this is really close to my skin tone!

Here it is indoors with the flash. You can see the base color more and the distribution of flakies.

Last, I have one of the Sephora exclusive Pantone Universe shades. This is Parachute Purple. It is a good alternative to Scrangie (which I haven't been able to get my hands on yet). It is slightly darker than Scrangie, which has more of a blue flash.

I just love this dark purple with blue shimmer!

I took this in my car. You can see the blue flash more.

This only needed two coats and applied flawlessly.

Although this shade was so gorgeous, it did not last very long. I had some tipwear within 24 hours. Next to one of my all-time favorite dark purples (OPI- Lincoln Park after Dark), this is up there with them!

F4 Polish- Who-ville over NARS- 15 Minutes

Here is F4 Polish-Who-Ville layered over NARS- 15 Minutes. This combo kind of reminds me of egg nog! Perfect for the holidays.

Who-Ville was recently released as part of the F4 Holiday collection. It is filled with small pieces of yellow-green matte and red matte hex glitter and some larger red matte hexes.

The glitter was very concentrated and I only used one coat via the dabbing method because I didn't want to cover 15 Minutes too much. 

I took a couple pictures of NARS- 15 Minutes because 1 it looks so nice and shiny, 2 the yellow looks different at various angles, and 3 it's a higher end polish, so I figured I'd get my money's worth by sharing with everyone! 

15 minutes is a pastel yellow creme. It was released in the recent Andy Warhol holiday collection. It reminds me of the Andy Warhol banana piece. 

Application on the first coat was streaky, but the second coat smoothed that out. NARS retails for $18 and can be found at Sephora. I don't own many yellows in my stash, and I enjoyed this one!

OPI- Melody in Mocha and China Glaze- Pure Joy

I got a little bit behind with posting in order to keep up with my manis, so this entry will feature two polishes. This first one is OPI- Melody in Mocha. This is from OPI's 2004 Holiday Harmony collection. It is a black label.

Melody in Mocha is a medium brown shimmer. It is so beautiful in the sunlight! It was a very nice neutral shade.

You can see how reflective it is from this picture taken indoors without the flash.

This picture was indoors with the flash. This polish had a very thin formula and it is somewhat sheer. It needed three coats, but applied and built up smoothly. Sometimes it was streaky.

Next is China Glaze- Pure Joy. This is a new one that was recently released for the China Glaze Holiday Joy Collection. This is a brilliant red glitter filled with gold glitter. This shade just screams Christmas!

This shade can be very versatile. It can be used as a layering glitter or worn by itself. I really enjoyed wearing this alone. It took three coats to be opaque, but it built up nicely.

With this blurred picture, you can see how the gold glitter is scattered throughout it.

Here's yet more polish that I've acquired during Black Friday sales!

Butter London: Henley Regatta, Chimney Sweep, and Thames.

New Kawaii Lacquers!

F4 Polish- Mr. Mouse, Who-Ville, S'Mores, Granite, and a mini Minty Melon they threw in for free :)

I got these from a blog sale. MAC- Al Fredo, Barry M- Silver Cascade, and Enchanted Polish- Gummy Worm