NYC #145 Rock the Party! Interesting color..

Hi!

I recently picked up a new polish at Target (its so hard not to look!) and wanted to show you - NYC #145 Rock the Party!

It is an interesting polish, for sure. It is SUPER translucent - I don't think you'd be able to build a full coverage of it by itself even after layers and layers of it. In the bottle it shines in dark purples and greens, and in my opinion it has a sort of pearly finish.

I decided to try it over one coat of NYC #264 Lincoln Square Lavender. Here it is by itself...

I absolutely LOVE this color! It is a tad bit more purple in person. It reminds me of Essie's Splash of Grenadine from their 2010 collection (which I have). Maybe I'll compare the two sometime for you guys.

I topped it off with NYC Grand Central Station as a top coat (NYC day, anyone?) With only one coat of Rock the Party, it appears much more purple but with two it is much easier to see the different shades in the polish. I want to try this another time over a green or blue color.

Thanks for reading!

Creeper nails

I haven't blogged on here.. in so. long.

I am such an on and off person with stuff like this.. but I'd love to change that.

Lets get straight to the point, shall we?

I decided the other day to do creeper nails. If you don't play Minecraft, here is a couple reference pictures for you:

This bad boy likes to sneak up behind you in game and blow up! Certainly not fun. But makes for an interesting idea for nail art, I suppose.

I didn't have proper tools handy, unfortunately, so the black part of the nail is done with a toothpick. Not bad, considering.

I can't decide what I should do next. I've been stuck and just painting my nails plain colors (not that that is a BAD thing.. but I love my nail art). Hopefully I'll figure it out soon.

Until next time..

New Camera! Ultra Pro - Solar Flare, OPI - Black Shatter

I have an actual camera now!

This is Ultra Pro in Solar Flare.. my boyfriend told me to pick 2 polishes (it was buy 2 get 1 free at Sally's) as a present, and he would pick the third.. and this was his pick.

It looks greenish for some reason.. but it's highlighter yellow.

It is super bright.. and quite thin and easy to apply, although it needs many coats.. this is 3 coats of it.

My nails are terrible (still) from the acrylics from months ago.. so that probably didn't help.

So I decided to put some OPI Black Shatter over it.. much better. It's actually a really great color with the shatter! Not only is it bright and shows through super well, but it is a smooth polish when it dries, so it crackles really well.

A top coat of Out The Door and it's all set. (:

Thanks for reading.