DizzyNails

 I finally got around to wearing OPI Metallic 4 Life recently.  I did a coat of Finger Paints Black Expressionism as my base, then a coat of Metallic 4 Life, two coats of Seche Vite, and finished with two coats of Essie Matte About You.

I know that sounds like a lot of coats and a lot of nonsense, but it was really relatively quick and easy.  I did it kind of late at night, too, and was able to go to bed pretty quick.  That, of course, is the beauty of Seche Vite.

The bummer-oosky of Seche Vite, though, is that at a day and a half of wear time my polish began to chip and lift.  I knew it would happen.

For being such a relatively simple glitter polish, I really really love this.  It just plain makes me happy.  Go figure.

Here is a picture of Georgia lounging around on her couch.  It cracks me up that her tail is between her legs!

 I am the proud new mama of Rainbow Honey's Equestria collection!  I am wearing The Worst Possible Thing (which, clearly, is a really, really, terrific thing!) over black, matted.

 I needed something easy and suitable for my new uber nubs, so it all came together quite nicely, I must say.  I started with a coat of Diamond Cosmetics Matte Black.  Then I used a coat of Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing.  Instead of worrying about multiple layers and glitter smoothing and possible shrinking and all that nonsense, I opted for two coats of Essie Matte About You.  Hoorah!

 I definitely love the result!  It reminds me of space, stars, and magic.

 This is three coats of Sephora + Pantone's Tangerine Tango Glitter.

 I was worried that I would need four coats for opacity, but it worked out fine with three.  Yay!

 This polish would be great for layering over other colors, and it's awesome on its own.

 Here it is shown with just a coat of Gelous over.

 It's so bright and fresh and fun!

 I love how the glitter looks so firey in these pictures.

 Weirdly enough, I decided from the beginning that I was going to wear this matte.  I pretty much never do that.  :)

 Here I've added two coats of Essie Matte About You.

 I really like it!

 I know most of you are probably thinking, "I LOVE MATTE GLITTER!!!"

 I do, too, it's just so hard for me to sacrifice the SHINY.

 Sometimes it's good to break out of the comfort zone, though, right?

 I can actually see myself wearing more matte glitters in the future.  Watch out!

I'm loving the Pantone polish set so far.  I recommend that you get one!  I'll be posting about the shimmer polish in a few days.  The creme one is the only one I haven't worn yet.

 Here is Pantone + Sephora's Tangerine Tango Matte polish, from the four piece polish set.

 I used two coats of polish here.

 I started with a coat of base coat.  Then I used a coat of polish.  Next I used a coat of top coat.  And finally I finished with another coat of polish.

 It was all very quick and easy and the application was great.  Everything dried very quickly, as well.

 This is a very vivid, deep orange that borders on neon - if that's possible.  It's not neon, but it's super intense.  It leans a little red, as well.

 For your reading and (mostly) viewing pleasure, I present yesterday's deep space nails on MATTE.

 I used two coats of Essie's Matte About You.  I realize that they still don't look 100% completely matte in all places.  I think the lesson learned (thanks to asking friends on MUA) is to not be stingy when using matte top coats!  :)

 You probably know me well enough to understand how much I like the shiny and the sparkly, yet for reasons fully unknown to me, I felt compelled to try this matte.  

Here are the newly glorious nubs! I wanted them to feel super fabulous, so I picked Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop for them.

I used two coats and it is shown without top coat here.

For being so glitter-packed, it is actually rather well-behaved in application.

The hardest part of application, as you may imagine, is being mindful of the tips, where the larger glitter pieces like to hang halfway off the ends. :)

When that happens, I usually take the end of my small nail file and just gently push them all the way onto the nail.

Candy Shop definitely makes me happy, even if it feels like it's missing some beloved square glitters.

I decided to mattify it! I used a coat of Gelous, a coat of Poshe, and then a coat of Essie Matte About You.

They are quite smooth and even.

The overall effect is somewhat matte yet shiny all at the same time.

I did end up with some shrink at the tips, which you don't see in these "fresh" photos. I think it was probably inevitable, since the base formula of the pink polish is a jelly. I can live with it, though. It's really quite minor.

I have only one picture of this, taken in my bathroom. I did two coats of Orly Viridian Vinyl, no top coat.

It's been entirely too long since I've posted. I apologize for my absence! I'm not sure why I've been dragging my heels about blogging lately. Maybe just a rut? Maybe just tired from work. I n any case, I'm still around, still painting my nails...oh so frequently! So I do have lots of catch up pics to show you. :)

That's the Mermaid bottle above. It looked very streaky and uneven, so I threw on China Glaze Shooting Stars, which has a way of making everything look better! (And it did!)

The color change was fairly subtle and showed just like french tips that were a bit more corally than the rest of the nail.