tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22740373561943757852024-03-05T11:37:01.262-08:00Life. Love. Nailpolish.A Nail Polish Convert, still discovering the joys and nuances of polish.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008765786403081892noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274037356194375785.post-35935005205168349912013-03-25T19:00:00.001-07:002013-03-25T19:00:27.829-07:00Purple Franken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello all! I'm back after a very long, very unscheduled hiatus! You wouldn't believe the madness that was happening...but you didn't come here to hear me talk...you want polish!<br />
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Today's polish is a gorgeous franken made by Becca over at<a href="http://www.frankenfemme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Franken Femme</a>! If you haven't checked out her blog yet, click the link and follow her blog! She makes creative and gorgeous frankens!<br />
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And because it reminded me of OPI Visions of Sugarplum, I did a quick comparison. The OPI is more blue-toned and doesn't have as much dimension as the franken...which I should really name. Any suggestions?</div>
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Don't forget to go visit <a href="http://www.frankenfemme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Franken Femme</a>!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008765786403081892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274037356194375785.post-26614136534041745422013-02-08T20:29:00.000-08:002013-02-08T20:34:06.190-08:00Valentine's Day Nail Art 2!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh yes, I'm back with another nail art post, this time for those who don't want to be quite as obvious with their nails. We're doing leopard print today!! Leopard print is one of my favorites, and I finally got a decent looking leopard print now that I decided to use a dotting tool! So you can use any colors you'd like, but seriously, what nail polish is sexier than a holographic polish? I started off with a base of Nfu Oh 459, intending to do hearts or something girly, but I decided not to waste my time since the formula was a pain in the butt. It would have been easier to apply glue. The color is a gorgeous, almost neon coral though, so I had to photograph it with flash and the lights off. I then topped it with Seche Vite, since I was at work and needed it to dry fast. I only kept it on because I really needed to sleep after work. Later, I added Sea Lore Arista, a gorgeous peach jelly base with golden flakies. Of course, I needed to add more, so using Color Club Beyond, a black holographic polish, and Color Club Cosmic Fate, a peachy copper holographic polish, I created leopard print! Hope you like this, and if hearts aren't your style, maybe this will be!<br />
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Sorry for the sudden absence again but life was getting a little hectic so I had to stop blogging for a bit, but as always, I kept painting my nails.<br />
So this nail art idea came from a picture one of my friends found on facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=507778529273621&set=a.191800447538099.66645.189067657811378&type=1&theater" target="_blank">here</a>. I changed some things up but feel free to do it like the original or add your own twist on it!<br />
I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Champagne Kisses as my base colors, A-England Perceval for the hearts, loose glitter from Born Pretty Store, and acrylic paint for the black details. Then I decided it needed a little more and added Lynnderella Undead Red to the tips for a glitter gradient on my red nails. Ok, onto the pictures! Hope this gives someone an idea for nail art!<br />
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I love Undead Red! If you want a similar glitter for a lower price, Sea Lore Arista is very similar! The glitter shapes aren't exactly the same, but the types of glitter are super similar including the holo pieces.</div>
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Hope you enjoyed the first of my nail art series, and let me know in the comments if there's something you want to see in this series or otherwise!</div>
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KBShimmer is excited to announce the addition of 9 new colors to their 3-Free glitter polish line. Owner Christy Rose says “With Easter, warmer weather, and Spring Break fast approaching February is the ideal time to introduce softer pastels to our line up, but also to add a splash of bold color.” <br />
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The spring lineup includes three glitter top coats, two bold jellies, and four creamy pastels, one of which is scented. “Our new line was created to play off the softer palette of spring, but also to accent unique glitters like small black dots and spring 2013 Pantone colors like the color of the year, Emerald Green. We are also excited to debut this collection in our new printed bottles. With the printed bottles, and our glitter grabbing flat brush, we feel our polish is a solid addition to any collection.” says Rose. <br />
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A Dot Mess– Fuchsia and black dots, hexes, and micro slices in a clear base – Top Coat<br />
Pastel Me More –Pastel colored glitters in a rainbow of colors and range of sizes – Top Coat<br />
Squared Away –Square glitters in a variety of sizes, colors and finishes including metallic and holographic in a clear base – Top Coat<br />
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Spring Training – Soft green crelly full of pink, purple, blue and green floral toned glitters, scented with a floral freesia note - Full coverage in 2-3 coats<br />
Where My Peeps At –Soft yellow crelly with circle and tiny hex glitter in fun jelly bean like shades - Full coverage in 2-3 coats<br />
Lottie Dottie – Turquoise and fuchsia dots and coordinating glitters micro slices in a soft white base - Full coverage in 2-3 coats<br />
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Iris My Case –Violet pastel crelly with glitters in purple, pink, silver and blue - Full coverage in 2-3 coats<br />
Get Clover It – Emerald green jelly with micro shimmer and circle glitter in shades of green, gold and turquoise- Best in 3 coats or layered over coordinating polish to cover nail line<br />
I Got A Crush On Blue – Royal blue jelly with holographic silver glitters ranging from micro to extra large- Best in 3 coats or layered over coordinating polish to cover nail line<br />
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KBShimmer products can be found at <a href="http://www.kbshimmer.com/">Http://www.KBShimmer.com</a>. For sales outside of the US visit <a href="http://www.harlowandco.org/">http://www.HarlowandCo.org</a>.<br />
KBShimmer was founded in 2008 by the husband and wife team of Jason and Christy Rose. KBShimmer offers unique and colorful nail glitter nail polishes that are Big 3 Free, with all glitter formulas being completely free of chemicals such as toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP). KBShimmer glitter polishes feature a flat glitter grabbing brush for easy application. KBShimmer also offers a 2-free quick dry polish top coat, olive oil lotion, sugar scrubs, lip balms, cold process soaps and other skin care products.<br />
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Look at the foily goodness! The silver looks prominent in the bottle but it's a perfect foil on the nail, so don't worry about your bottle being unmixed.</div>
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This pic does not do Carly justice!</div>
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Slightly better, but nowhere near as beautiful as it is in real life.</div>
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Ok, I tried. Carly is a plum colored foil that is opaque in one coat if you do thick coats, but I tend to do thin coats, especially with Zoyas, so this is two thin coats. No topcoat here, and it still dried shiny. Is Zoya awesome or what? This is like the foil version of Zoya Keiko, just darker. Keiko and Carly would look good together...perhaps in a tape mani? </div>
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I apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures! My camera was on the wrong setting (for some strange reason) and these pictures came out grainy and I didn't realize until after the design was removed from my nails. I plan to have more nail art on the blog in the future, so I will make sure the settings on my camera are right before photographing next time. =)</div>
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So, Valentine's Day is coming up and I figured it was a good excuse to do some nail art! I started out with a base of Zoya Pippa on my nails and my accent nail was one coat of Deborah Lippmann Ray of Light over 2 coats of Color Club In The Limelight (a supposed dupe for DL I Know What Boys Like). The hearts were drawn with acrylic paint and then topped with topcoat. Pippa had a decent formula, a little streaky, but if you let it dry a little between coats, it evens itself out. It was very strange. I used 3 coats here but it was fine with 2 to the naked eye.</div>
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I bring to you today one of my favorite layering combos ever! First, the creme, the famous Nails Inc Baker St!</div>
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Oh yes, the glorious blue! Nothing will ever compare for me...</div>
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I drool every time I wear it! I may need a backup bottle...</div>
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And it dries so shiny! No topcoat here, just two coats of glorious blue!</div>
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Now, what makes everything better? Flakies! I finally used my bottle of Nfu Oh 53!</div>
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I could just drown in this polish! It's so pretty! It's like a glass-flecked polish had a baby with a flakie polish like Nubar 2010 or Essie Shine of the times!</div>
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So pretty! At least it is to me! </div>
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And, since I know somebody out there wants to know if this gets opaque by itself, I used 3 coats of the Nfu Oh by itself on my thumb. I still had some VNL, but my short-nailed friends will be able to wear this with ease. Beware that it is sort of thick, so I would definitely recommend layering rather than building it up by itself.</div>
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Side shot of my thumb! Catch a load of the shimmer and the flakie color shift!</div>
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Looks so pretty! You can hardly even see the VNL!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this splash of color in the middle of winter, and if you want to know anything, just ask below in the comments! I purchased Baker Street from Sephora and Nfu Oh 53 from Fabuloustreet.</div>
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I break all the rules over here at Life.Love.Nailpolish, because it's my blog and I can do what I want! But today, I'm actually posting a pink polish on a Wednesday! So I guess I can say "On [some]Wednesdays, we wear pink!" Ok, onto the rambling about the polish. Nubar Pink Lily is a very light pink creme with fine shimmer that lines up in strands. I'm terrible at descriptions. It's got shimmer like Zoya Marley. That's the best I can do. I got this in a grab bag I purchased in a Facebook group. I used 3 coats for the pictures. It was streaky on the first, but managed to get mostly evened out by the third. I've shown it without topcoat. I also have a comparison for you after the inital swatches!</div>
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It's really light! And the fine shimmer is really invisible. I just thought of a better description of the shimmer - pearly shimmer! But it still looks like a creme.</div>
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It makes me look so tan! </div>
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Here you can see it was a bit lumpy. I'm sure topcoat would help with that. I think it may also need a 4th coat. Keep in mind that these were pretty thin coats though, so maybe I just needed to polish a little thicker and I might have been able to get away with 2 coats.</div>
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Comparison time! I compared it to 2 other light pinks in my stash, just to see how similar it was. I have China Glaze Something Sweet on my index finger and OPI Mod About You on my ring finger. I used 3 coats of each.</div>
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I couldn't decide what to post today, I figured I'd show you the gross swatches now and the nice ones later. I feel like I've been showing a lot of work-appropriate polish here lately, so why break that streak? I promise I'll have something brightly colored later on this week! I have no idea why I took so few photos, so hopefully, you get the gist of this polish - Zoya Erika.<br />
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Erika is a light pink with gold shimmer that sort of looks green at certain angles. It's like the pink version of Zoya Gaia! This photo is a little too pale but the bottom two are more accurate. I've shown it at two coats in all the photos. There is VNL at 2 coats but I liked how it looked. If you would like to build it up more, I believe it was opaque in 4 coats the first time I wore it.</div>
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Very work-appropriate, and not boring at all! And I'm sure you could use it for jelly sandwiches! It's very versatile!</div>
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Hope you don't mind, but it's the third Orly polish on a row here on Life.Love.Nailpolish! Nite Owl was one of my must-haves from the Birds Of A Feather collection released in Fall of 2011. I've worn it before, but as with most Orly polishes on me, it chipped in a few hours so I don't wear it very often. It's a sort of chocolatey taupe color with silver shimmer. I thought it would be more nude but it's a bit too dark and cool-toned on me. I'll have to look it up in my notebook later, but I used either 2 or 3 coats here. It was a little thick and lumpy, but I don't know if that's because it's been sitting around for so long since the last time I used it. On to the pics!</div>
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See what I mean about it being a little lumpy? I'll thin it next time before I wear it. I hope my bottle of Royal Navy thickened up a bit since it was on the thin side.</div>
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Orly Gilded coral is a peachy nude with gold shimmer. I have an obsession with nudes, so I had to get this polish. If you're fair-skinned, this may lean more peach to a point where it looks like a light coral on you. I can't remember how many coats I used but I want to say it was 3 because I remember it being sheer.</div>
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Ok, that's enough photos. If you want to see more photos of this polish, you can see them <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16397352@N00/sets/72157632489816424/with/8364246267/" target="_blank">here</a> in my flickr account. </div>
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Oh yeah, I've been a naughty blogger. Sorry about that! I haven't been feeling too well, so I've been laying down in bed...a lot. Quick post today though because I'm at a meeting and I'm required to be sitting up. The polish is Orly Au Champagne which was released in 2011 for the holidays. It's a satiny pearly off-white that many people liked, but it didn't tickle my fancy. It took too long to dry on me and it's on the sheer side to me. I did 3 thickish coats here. It dries to a satin finish and I didn't use any topcoat.</div>
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But it looks really pretty in the bottle. I'm sad that I couldn't get it to work this time, but I'll try again to make it work.</div>
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So it's totally my type of polish, and I will try to make it work in the future, but I say it's not worth hunting this polish down. My fave shimmery white is still a toss-up between China Glaze Frosty and Zoya Gaia. They're both sheer, but to me, the color is worth it!</div>
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I'd like to start off the New Year with a big bang, so I chose a holographic polish to show you today! Hope it's celebratory enough for you! </div>
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Layla Jade Groove is a very pale (almost silver) green holographic polish. I used 3 thin coats over Nfu Oh Aqua Base and had no streaking or balding spots. I recommend using this polish over an Aqua Base instead of buffing your nails. I got my Nfu Oh from <a href="http://www.fabuloustreet.com/index.php/bestsellers/nfuoh-aquabase.html" target="_blank">FabulouStreet</a> and my Layla from <a href="http://www.aveyou.com/laylamagneffect.aspx" target="_blank">AveYou</a>. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008765786403081892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274037356194375785.post-70581356711934860422012-12-31T09:47:00.001-08:002012-12-31T09:47:29.504-08:00Zoya Happi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's the last day of 2012! Hurrah! Today I'm showing you a polish I lusted after for a while, bought during Earth Day, and didn't wear until November. But goodness gracious, it is gorgeous! I'm talking about Zoya Happi!</div>
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I'm drooling over this macro of the bottle! Happi is a gorgeous medium pink with tons of gold/green shifting shimmer. It's kind of an everyday duochrome!</div>
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When the shimmer is more prominent, the color looks more coral because of the golden tones. Ugh...so pretty!</div>
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I know it looks a little brushstrokey, but I promise it's not! It's just the shimmer and the way I polished my nails. If you polish straighter than me, you won't have any issues.</div>
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Seriously, this is a perfect glowy holiday green. I should have posted this before Christmas, I apologize. But now that you know, you can get it for next year...if you can find it. I believe that it is no longer being manufactured so you have to resort to either eBay or a swap. I managed to get mine in a blog sale for about a dollar, but it's on eBay for about $7. So still less than a full price Essie or OPI. I used three coats for the following photos, because it was a little on the sheer side.</div>
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Sorry about the lack of posts guys! I have plenty of pics, but it's been crazy hectic around my house since I got home. But on the plus side, I went to the dentist last week and I don't have any cavities! Ok, that shouldn't be an accomplishment, but to me it is. So I managed to snag this set of polishes from a blog sale a while back and I meant to wear just the creme as a full mani, but I ended up smudging my right hand and decided to just have a swatch-a-thon that day. First up, bottle shots!<br />
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Ok, I'm sure you're bored of bottle shots by now, so just a little bit about the application. I used two coats of Plum Truffle and then added one coat of Plum Truffle Sparkle. Plum Truffle was almost a one coater, but I used two coats to cover any bald spots. Polish was a good consistency, and the brush is nice, although a little soft and wide for my liking. If you have wide nail beds, you'll love the brush, but it's not too bad for smaller nail beds since the brush isn't as big as the OPI Pro-Wide. I didn't do any cleanup, so it's a bit sloppier than I would like. And that's about it!</div>
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Hope you enjoyed this post, and if you're looking for this set, you can find it for a very reasonable price on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=cnd+plum+truffle&_sacat=0&_from=R40" target="_blank">eBay</a>. </div>
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They were all taken under a lamp except the last picture which is taken by a window. Overall, I liked them, but not enough to spend $10 a bottle on them regularly. I'd rather save that money for HARE polish and other awesome indie brands.</div>
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Yes, I added even more to the combo!! If I was any good at stamping, there would be a part four, but I guess I'll just have to practice over Christmas break. So far, I added Hare Afterglow to Nubar Blueberry, but what makes any combo magical?<br />
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Ok, so remember me telling you about how I used Nubar Blueberry as the base for some awesome layering? Here's the first part of what I layered over it: Hare Afterglow!! I got my first Hares from one of the lovely ladies in one of my polish groups and Afterglow is the only one I've used so far.<br />
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Hey guys, I'm blogging from a school computer because I really wanted to get a post up, and everything to finish fixing my computer should be here on Monday, and I should be back blogging by Tuesday!! So tomorrow, I'm taking the LSAT, so wish me luck!!! I wanted to show you guys a polish I used for an amazing layering combo a few weeks ago - Nubar Blueberry from the Jellybeans collection. It's an awesome jelly blue, and I used 3 coats of it in the following photos.<br />
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The last two photos are the most colour accurate, although this was a hard colour to capture. I still had a little VNL after 3 coats, and I managed to smudge my index finger (as I always seem to do) so that had a 4th coat. It applied beautifully and would be great for jelly sandwiches! I think this is a must-have blue in any blue lover's collection!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008765786403081892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274037356194375785.post-9069528687086808832012-11-14T00:31:00.001-08:002012-11-14T00:31:48.911-08:00No Computer<div><p>Sorry everyone, my hard drive crashed this weekend so I'm unable to post until my new hard drive comes and I can get Windows installed on it. I'm having computer withdrawal. Can't wait to be back blogging!</p>
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So umm....yeah, I took these pics and was supposed to post them earlier, but I got busy...so here we are! This is 1 coat of Sassy Lacquer Nutty As A... over my previous manicure of Zoya Midori and Cult Nails Nevermore. It has gold micro-glitter and matte red, green, and purple hexes in a slightly tinted base. The slight tint of the base only affects pastels and white underwear. </div>
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So, is it any good? Of course! I usually have a problem applying glitter polishes from mini bottles, but I didn't have to fish for glitter or dip my brush back in the bottle to finish a nail. I didn't apply any topcoat here, but from the feel of my nails, I'm sure it would be smooth with one coat of Seche Vite or Wicked Fast. So my verdict - if you're looking for a great Christmas topper polish, I'm sure Nutty As A... will not disappoint. I'm dying to try it over red and gold...but right now, I'm loving it over black, and it even looks great over hot pink! You can purchase it and other great quality indie polish <a href="http://sassylacquer.storenvy.com/products/551843-nutty-as-a" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I meant to use this polish a long time ago, I really did. I just got caught up with other polishes. After all, I do have over 800 polishes in my stash...I really need to destash. I wore Midori with accent nails of Cult Nails Nevermore, my all time favorite black. It dries so shiny and it's so sexy! Seriously, as pretty as Midori is, I couldn't stop staring at my nails that had Nevermore on them.</div>
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I used 2 coats of each polish. Nevermore was almost opaque in one coat, but I lean towards really thin coats, so I did 2 even though some nails didn't require 2 coats. If you usually do medium or thick coats, you won't need more than one coat. Midori is a 2 coater, but I flubbed up my index finger so I did 3 coats on that nail. Both polishes are topped off with one coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast. I hardly had to do any cleanup, and I highly recommend both polishes for their phenomenal formulas.<div>
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Happy Voting Day! Hope you're heading out to the polls and exercising your right to vote! It just so happened that I painted my nails red, so it worked out perfectly for today's post. I bring you Zoya Nidhi, which is a gorgeous glass-flecked red that only took 2 coats for full opacity. I have a feeling that if your nails are longer though, you may need 3 coats. Enough blabbering from me, pictures!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16397352@N00/8161540785/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Zoya Nidhi by winniethepooh751, on Flickr"><img alt="Zoya Nidhi" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/8161540785_7c74eb4c64.jpg" width="492" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is one delicious bottle shot, if I say so myself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16397352@N00/8161572898/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Zoya Nidhi by winniethepooh751, on Flickr"><img alt="Zoya Nidhi" height="300" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8161572898_bd487dceec.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know you wanted to see this macro...look at those flecks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16397352@N00/8161539873/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Zoya Nidhi by winniethepooh751, on Flickr"><img alt="Zoya Nidhi" height="330" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8161539873_f1fb4c02ff.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, I wouldn't be able to capture the pink flecks on my nails.</td></tr>
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It's ironic that I could see the pink flecks the most on my nails, but the camera only captured the gold flecks. I think the flecks are color-shifting (duochrome) though.<br />
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Ok, that's enough pics for now, so I hope you enjoyed this, and if you're a fan of red polish, Nidhi is a must-have! It's gorgeous!</div>
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Happy Polishing,</div>
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