NCLA Nail Wraps: Brillapalooza

A couple days ago I checked my mailbox as usual, only to find a wonderful surprise - a set of NCLA nail wraps sent to me by the lovely Tiffany at Nail Polish Canada!  I really like the mix of designs in this set, so I chose a couple and put together a skittle mani.

I used two of the NCLA Brillapalooza nail wraps for my middle and ring fingers.  My pinky is two coats of LaCC 1999, and my index is two coats of LVX Fantom with a black stud from Born Pretty Store.  All nails (including the wraps) are topped with a coat of Seche Vite.  

I forgot to take a photo of the set of nail wraps before removing the ones I was using, so I've included the photo from Nail Polish Canada. You can find and purchase this set here; all orders within Canada currently ship free (no minimum) so take advantage of that while it lasts! ;)

This isn't a full review post because I've previously reviewed NCLA nail wraps - you can find those posts here.  However, I will mention that I didn't have nearly as easy of a time applying these as I did with the other sets; the wraps now seem to be a bit thicker which makes it a bit more difficult to get a completely smooth finish.  It wasn't too much of an issue though, I'd still recommend these!  

A lot of these wraps are designs on transparent backgrounds or have transparent cutouts (like the ones I used,) so I'm interested to experiment with how I can incorporate the rest of them into nail art.  What do you think of this look?  I'd love to hear your thoughts, leave a comment!  :)

LVX Mynt & OPI My Favourite Ornament

I purchased both of these polishes pretty recently, and when I saw them sitting next to each other on my desk I knew they'd make a good pair!  

LVX Mynt is a beautiful light vibrant mint creme, with full coverage in three thin coats.  (Two thicker coats would probably do the trick too.)  This was my first LVX polish, and I was really impressed with the formula!  I found a ton of LVX polishes at Winners for $6 each a few weeks ago and picked up three, so you'll be seeing the other two around here eventually as well. 

OPI My Favourite Ornament is a full-coverage gold micro-flakie; I used three thin coats for opacity here too.  This one isn't advertised as a Liquid Sand, but it does dry to a textured finish so I chose to leave it without top coat.  I think you'd need at least two coats of a thick top coat to smooth it out.  I really love the lighter gold colour, it's so flattering! 

I'm really happy with both of these recent purchases, and they look so cute together!!  This mani definitely helped get me in the mood for some more spring-hued looks, despite the gross weather.  What do you think?  :)