Purple to orange gradation & nail art stickers

Purple to orange gradation & nail art stickers

Oh my... I had such a hard time photographing this mani that I'm just going to post this single pic of it... I'm sorry. :/ The puple base is Golden Rose Classics Metallic Nail Lacquer #10 (phew!) and the orange is Jessica Pumpkin Delight (Scrangie has an awesome swatch of it on her site). As usual, nail art stickers, blah blah blah. ;)

Blue and brown dotticure

Blue and brown dotticure

The blues:
Golden Rose Fantastic Color 181 (base)
KIKO 300
Gina Tricot Monaco Blue

The browns:
P2 Color Victim 670 Elegant (base)
KIKO 373
Flormar Holographic 820
Wet 'n' Wild The Gold & The Beautiful

Royal purple & silver nail art

Royal purple & silver nail art

The purple is Golden Rose Fantastic Colour 180 - and boy, oh boy did I spend at least half an hour trying to fix the colours. My camera insisted that I was wearing a bright blue polish instead of this beautiful rich purple (and that I had a serious case of lobster hands).

Golden Rose 185, Gina Tricot Viva Glam & nail art stickers

Golden Rose - 185, 2 coats

Golden Rose 185 & Gina Tricot Viva Glam, 2 + 1 coats

Golden Rose 185, Gina Tricot Viva Glam & nail art stickers

Pink gradation & floral nail art stickers

Pink gradation & floral nail art stickers

Hi everyone, I'm back from my hiatus with a mani very that is very "me" - a light pink base with nail art stickers. I started with two coats of a generic white polish, then a coat of Delia No. 1 #206 (a super light semi-opaque pink) after which I sponged on Delia No. 1 #13 (a warm toned opaque mid pink) almost all the way to the cuticle, and Golden Rose Fashion Color #24 (a semi-dark shimmery pink) along the free edge. After adding a few stickers the mani was finished, easy peasy.

Black holo comparison!

Color Club - Revvvolution, Eveline - 470, Golden Rose - 119 & China Glaze - Let's Do It In 3D, 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 coats

W00t, black holo polishes! ^o^ These were all swatched over Nfu-Oh Aqua Base which eliminates any cuticle dragging. The China Glaze packs the most punch in the holo department, then Eveline followed closely by Golden Rose, and finally dragging far behind comes poor Color Club. I do not know if my Revvvolution is a dud version as it has some holo to it but it's quite subtle. China Glaze Kaleidoscopes still pop up on eBay quite often and Revvvolution ought to be pretty easy to find if you don't care if you're getting the original or a dud version. As for the more unknown brands, Eveline originates from Poland and Golden Rose hails from Turkey (?).