Holo Club Franken Nails to distract me during jury duty...On my birthday :(

The county I live in decided to hand me a Christmas present...jury duty on my birthday, tomorrow.  I fear that tomorrow will be a tedious event whether I am picked for a jury or not.   Might as well have some shockingly holo'd out nails, right?

For this manicure, I chose to use Color Club Over the Moon and a franken I mixed a few months ago with a shimmery light blue base with gold, green, pink, and blue glitters of varying sizes and matte orange club glitter.  I call it Club Med.  

I think I shall be suitably entranced by this manicure while contemplating meting out justice!

Super Quick Mani: Another Chirality Mystery Polish and a Peita's Polish LE

I know, I know-- it has been a while.  Since I last posted many, many milestones of epic proportions have occurred.  For one, I am now fully graduated with a masters degree.   Additionally, it wasn't just my last semester of grad school that was making me feel very tired and nauseated.  (drum roll)

We found out we are expecting our first child at the end of June!  Perfect timing right?  Well, let me tell you...all my good intentions to begin blogging again went to the wayside during the duration of my first trimester because I couldn't handle strong smells.  BBQ, citrus, nail polish, cleaning supplies, etc made me want to hurl. 

In two years I have never had as many sets of naked nails as I have these last 14 weeks.   But I do feel better, the holidays were great, and the fumes don't bother me as much so I painted my nails tonight and took pics.

Onto the polish...

You know I adore Chirality polishes, especially the Mystery ones.   This was my most recent Chirality purchase and its a beauty.  The color is a sooty violet holo that I am calling Burnt Amethyst.  Its an understated scattered holo with highly pigmented color.  Chirality polishes can be purchased here and more specifically you can get your own mystery polish (at your own risk) here.  Of course, you may or may not get a holo!

Also, although I didn't mix up a lot of polish in the last few months, I did participate in a polish maker swap with a handful of ladies from Austrailia, Denmark, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.  Peita of Peita's Polish participated as well and sent everyone a special matte and metallic glitter topcoat full of purple circle glitter varying finishes and sizes.

I do love circle glitter and it works well with the Chirality Burnt Amethyst polish.  Take a chance on either of these indie brands and you won't be disappointed.  You can buy Peita's Polishes here but just be aware that since Peita is in Australia, your shipping will be steep, $15 for just one bottle. Dotti, as far as I know, is not available to buy but keep an eye out and she may post it or a similar polish!

As for bebe, we don't know if it will be a boy or girl yet but that should be easy to figure out by my next ultrasound.  Maybe I'll announce with a franken!  We'll see.

New Weekly Post: Essence and Indie Tuesdays

So I've recently went wild buying $1.99 essence colour and go polishes and I have a crap ton of indie polishes that I have yet to swatch so I devised a new weekly post to help me along with the swatching process!

Introducing....

Today, is my very first essence and Indie Tuesday and I have an essence polish in one of my favorite colors paired with one of my ultimate lemming polishes, recently acquired.

essence colour and go:  oh my glitter!
indie:  Candy Lacquer Sugar Skulls

First, I applied essence base coat and then two coats of essence oh my glitter!  The picture above doesn't do these polish justice.   Oh my glitter!  is a vibrant purple polish with blue and hot pink shimmers.  It is pretty by itself, dries wicked fast,  and provides the perfect canvas for Sugar Skulls.   You can find essence polishes at Ulta Beauty stores, ulta.com, eBay, and H-E-B grocery stores.

 

I added Candy Lacquer's Sugar Skulls to this manicure and matte glitter overload! Its packed with pink and white heart glitters, white, blue, yellow, and pink hex glitters of various sizes, and yellow daisy glitters.  This polish is a must have if you collect indies.   Its so unique.  You can buy Candy Lacquer polishes here.  

 I have twenty more essence polishes and 100 plus indies so I expect a long run with this weekly post and you get two swatches for the price of one:)  Stay tuned!

2 Chix Sully Review

One of the latest glitters I have acquired is 2 Chix Sully.  I thought that Klean Colors Pastel Teal would be a great under color for Sully because it reminds me of the Monsters, Inc.  character. 

While I love the look, Sully goes on very thick even when I tried in vain for thin coats.  Not sure what to do here but perhaps add a few drops of polish thinner?  Even with the thick coats and major drying time, I still like the look of it.  Matte glitter makes me happy...so tick tock goes the clock and I'm still sittin' here waiting for my polish to dry.  Buuuuut....I have pretty neon, wet nails!

Lucky Me! Nail Mail from 2 Chix, Pahlish, and Zambia Trip

Much to my husband's dismay all of these came in today.  I've been occasionally buying a bottle or two of polish here and there and while these 2 Chix polishes are expensive...aren't they awesome?

I can't wait to try them both on!  Sully has lime green matte micro glitter with large blue and purple squares.  Kur-Age has neon yellow matte micro glitter with small red, blue, green, and purple squares.

Every time I look at this polish I have to laugh....because of the name.   Pahlish's Glittoris is glorious hot pink jelly base with red, fuchsia, pink, aqua, and silver glitters of various shapes and sizes.

 

Last, there was a mix up way back when I ordered from Zambia Trip Nails on etsy and she came back from her trip and sent me Grape Crush, which I had originally ordered.  She also threw in two other polishes as a bonus JazzBerry Pie and Fly Me to the Moon.  

Love the look of these polishes and they will all be swatched sooner rather than later!

 

Naild'It Unique Polishes Froggy Pond and Vegas Sands

My order from Naild' It Unique Polish from Andeevie's Etsy Shop.  I saw Froggy Pond and Vegas Sands and I am on this matte glitter obsessive kick so I had to get them.

As usual, I couldn't wait to put on one of these bad boys so I applied two coats of Sinful Colors Neon Melon and then two coats of Vegas Sands.  Last I applied a topcoat.  Vegas Sands applies evenly and easily and its insanely neon and bright.  LOVE IT!