So Many Photos, So Little Time...

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.

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.

I love gold shimmer....sigh....

Very work-appropriate, and not boring at all! And I'm sure you could use it for jelly sandwiches! It's very versatile!

Hope you like pink polish, because I've got another one for you tomorrow!

Happy Polishing,

Janelle

Zoya Happi

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!

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!

This is how the pink looks when you can't see the shimmer. It's a very pretty color, but the shimmer is what really makes it stand out.

And here, the shimmer is coming out!

When the shimmer is more prominent, the color looks more coral because of the golden tones. Ugh...so pretty!

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.

Oh yeah, I used 4 thin coats here because it is kinda sheer, but so are most duochromes. Here you can see the shimmer shifting to green on my middle finger. It's a lot more noticeable in real life.

I think that was enough pic spamming of one polish for today! I'll see you tomorrow with an extra special polish for New Year's!! Hope you ring in 2013 with a bang!

Happy 2013,

J

My first BB Coutures!

Dragon's Breath has been on my wishlist for some time now, and when I spotted it in a blog sale, I knew I had to get it! Love Bug was another one I wanted as well and the same seller had it, so I grabbed it.

Macro of Love Bug

Love Bug has this really small iridescent glitter in it that doesn't show up too well on the nail, but it looks great in the bottle. It is on the sheer side, so it took either 3 or 4 coats for the pics below.

Macro of Dragon's Breath

Dragon's Breath is this deep maroon filled with multicolored glitter. The dark base sort of obscures all the different colors though, so it wasn't as exciting on the nail. I used 2 coats for the pics below, although if you tend to do thick coats, one will suffice.

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.

Happy Holidays,

J

Something Sweet

I meant to post this up before the end of October, but I didn't get around to it, but it's ok, right? We should be concerned with Breast Cancer Awareness (and other cancers as well) all year round. So today I'm showing you China Glaze Something Sweet in 2 coats. Beautiful formula, thin and great flow, opaque in 2 coats.

No cleanup, I wasn't done with the mani yet.

The color is more accurate on a blue background with the flash on.

See, the yellow background washed the color out!

I've got to take pictures of what I did with this polish, but I think you'll like it! If you're looking for a pastel pink with a hint of lilac that has a beautiful formula, I don't think Something Sweet will disappoint.

Happy Polishing,

J

China Glaze Innocence

So if I ever have a giveaway contest and I ask what my favorite polish is, you should definitely answer China Glaze Innocence. Doesn't it look perfect? So the color isn't exactly accurate above, the picture is a little too warm. This is 3 coats to eliminate most of the VNL, but it's worth the 3 coats for me.

In sunlight.

Pretty color accurate.

So all I have to say about this, is I love it!!

Happy Polishing,

J

 Edit: I got the Nfu Ohs I ordered before I imposed my no-buy so expect to see swatches of 52, 64 and 65 soon!!! And one of my Cherry Culture orders came in!