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

Massive Accumulation of Polish!

I figured I would make another post dedicated to the amount of polish that found its way to my house within the past couple weeks.

Here are all of my new bottles huddled together :)

My friend Traci sold me OPI- Glow-ink in the Dark and Boo Berry, I purchased OPI- Hoodoo Voodoo?! off of ebay, and OPI- Black Spotted finally found it's way to me! I purchased that one from a seller in France.

New A-Englands from the promo. Luckily I ordered early in the promo and they were able to ship in the US. I hope they can ship to the US again soon so that I can order more! Here is Lancelot, Dragon, Saint George, Holy Grail (new version), and She Walks in Beauty.

OPI Skyfalls: Moonraker and Live and Let Die, ORLY-Synchro, China Glaze- Jungle Queen, and Sinful Colors- Beau Khaki

New Color Club Halo Hues! Beyond, Over the Moon, Kismet, Eternal Beauty, Miss Bliss, and Cosmic Fate

Chiralitys; Special BTK, Raisin Gein, Bundy Berries, Dahmer Crunch, Bloodshot, Kale, and Katydid

Cult Nails- Scandalous, Sally Hansen- Diamond,  and Nailtini- Frappe

Color Club- Electro-Midnight, Nails Inc- London Town, and Revlon- Hearts of Gold FX

Wet n Wild Saved by the Bell Collection: Pom Pom Kelly, Straight A Jessie, Pin 'Em Slater, Nerd Alert: Screech, Chick Magnet Zack, and Fashionista Lisa

I won a Rescue Beauty Lounge Lot on ebay. Here is Mismas, Scrangie, and Orbis Non Sufficit 

I received these goodies from a Valentine's day swap that I participated in. Here is China Glaze- Awakening and Unpredictable, Savina- Hearts (my first Savina!), OPI- Bling Dynasty, and Essence- Make it Golden

Naturistics- Galaxy over Angelica- Genius

I have a pretty neat combo to share today. This is Naturistics- Galaxy layered over Angelica- Genius.

Naturistics- Galaxy is a vintage gem that I came across in a blog sale a few months ago. It is filled with larger bar glitters that are silver and prismatic. I only used one coat of these because although I like bar glitter, I find that if I go overboard with it, it will stick up on portions of my mani. I do not know a lot about Naturistics. I remember that they were a whole cosmetics company and I saw items at drugstores years and years ago. I own a few polishes from the brand, but I have no idea why this brand disappeared altogether.

As my base color, I used Angelica- Genius. This picture is without the flash. I received this polish in a surprise grab bag and I didn't know anything about it. This is the only Angelica polish I own. After a little bit of research, I found out that Angelica is a brand sold in Ireland.  It was a fun discovery!

Here's a picture with the flash. Although the application of this shade was a breeze, it needed three coats just because the color was a bit sheer. It is a gorgeous green apple shimmer! It reminds me a lot of Zoya-Midori only this has a bit more yellow to it.

Here are some new polishes!

OPI- Man of La Mancha, Milani- Dress Maker (dupe for Chanel- Jade), ORLY- Visible Violet (vintage bottle), and Covergirl- Blue Moon crackle.. That one is really special!! 

Some indie orders- Darling Diva Polish- I'm Fwee and Pendragon and Wicked Polish- Hematoma and Priapism

OPI- Redipus-Oedipus with Sephora by OPI 18K Gold Topcoat

Here's a great combo: Sephora by OPI- It's Real 18K Gold Topcoat layered over OPI- Redipus-Oedipus

I absolutely love the concept of these real gold flakes. This one has really tiny gold flakes instead of the larger chunks seen in the Zoya-Gilty or OPI- Man With the Golden Gun topcoats. I used two coats of this in order to see the gold more.

The gold flakes look really neat in various types of lighting! I was very impressed with how long this mani lasted. I wore it for about four days and there was very minimal tipwear. I pretty much wore this mani while I was sick, because I didn't have the energy to change it.

OPI- Redipus-Oedipus is from the Spring 2004 Greek Isles collection. This one has a black label. It is a medium red with fine pink shimmer particles. This picture was taken indoors without the flash.

With the flash. This only needed two coats in order to be opaque. It had such a smooth, shimmery finish.

Here are some new polishes I got through sales, gifts, or through using my ULTA gift card :)

OPI Liquid Sands from the new Mariah Carey collection: Stay the Night, Get Your Number, and Can't Let Go

Amy's Nail Boutique- Ecopolo, Hare Polish- A Positive, and China Glaze- Whirled Away

OPI- Pink Yet Lavender, Sprung, and A Butterfly Moment

OPI- Ghostess with the Mostess, Merry Midnight, Suzi Says Da!, ORLY- After Party, and Layla- CE 51

LA Colors- Treasure Island and Pixel: Extreme High Frequency, Oh Goly Gee, Deep Dark & Handsome and The Midas Touch. These are my first Pixels. I got them in my Christmas stocking! 

Wet n Wild- Believe Me it's Real

This is Wet n Wild- Believe Me It's Real. This was released in their color icon series around the holidays last year. I was lucky to pick up the set of these when they were on clearance. 

Believe Me It's Real is bright blue micro glitter with some bigger particles of purple glitter. The texture of this was pretty gritty, even with Gelous and Seche Vite. I also had to file down my nails because the mirco glitter hung off of them.

Overall this was very bright, unique, and long-lasting. 

Here are more new additions.

The Milani holographics were on clearance. I got the whole set of them with the exception of the silver because I already had it. The shades are 3D, Hi-Tech, Cyberspace, Hi-Res, and Digital.

New holiday Candy Lacquers and Pretty & Polished- I'm Not a Banana!

Marshall's finds: Sation- Calorie Countess, ORLY Color Blast- Ablazing Aqua and Twilight

Sephora by OPI- Hollywood if I Could, Caged Bird Lacquer- Rose Golden, and China Glaze- 5 Golden Rings

Butter London- Shambolic, Jack the Lad, Scuppered, Fairy Cake, and Fishwife

China Glaze- Running in Circles and Water You Waiting For, Seche- Collage Overlay, and Finger Paints- Santa's Magic