Candy Lacquer Holiday Ornaments

     My first Candy Lacquer! I never really liked indie polish until recently, but it's all I want right now. I'm kicking myself for selling off my three Nerd Lacquers I had. Yes, I had THREE Nerds. They're all gone now. Please take a moment to mourn for my loss...      Now, for what you really want.

     Holiday Ornaments is a rainbow mix of medium hexes and small sparkling glitter. For these pictures, I used one coat of Cult Nails Nevermore, my go to black creme, as a base. The application for Holiday Ornaments was a bit tricky for me. This polish is really packed with glitters and the base seemed a tad on the thick side. I had to dab the polish here and there to get the larger hexes where I wanted them. Luckily, I only needed one coat of the glitter to achieve this look.

  

     To finish this off, I used a coat of Gelous topped with Seche Vite. It dried to a beautiful glassy finish. I can't stop staring at my nails. The floating glitter is mesmerizing . I'm glad that I went with black as the base for this. I don't think it gets much better than this. 

      What do you think?

Halloween Nail Art: Zombie Flesh

     I'm not very big on nail art, but when Jen of The Polished Zombie announced a nail art giveaway, I knew I had to come up with something. As you can tell from the name, she's a big fan of zombies. My inspiration started with a bruise. That didn't exactly work out, but I'm okay with the end result. I think it actually looks like zombie flesh.

 

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Rainbow Polish Monarch

     Yes, you read that correctly. I actually bought an indie polish on Etsy. 

     Monarch is a great orange, yellow, and black glitter mix in a clear base. This polish is PACKED with glitter. The coverage was great and wear time was just as good. For the manicure below, I used a base of Cult Nails Nevermore, my favorite one coat black. I finished it off with a coat of Gelous followed by Seche Vite. This glitter was a bit gritty, but smoothed out perfectly with the top coat duo. 

     Enough with the gabbing. Take a look at this beauty!

              

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Cult Nails Charming

     Today's polish is Charming from Cult Nails. I've had this on my wishlist since the Fairy Tale Collection first popped up. I'm a sucker for purple polish! My wonderful secret swap partner gifted this beauty to me.

     On the Cult Nails Blog, Charming is described as  "a sheer purple creme with a purple metallic shimmer that can be used for layering or you can use multiple coats for an opaque look."  I'm  not sure I would consider this a creme. It's more of a sheer jelly polish with a purple/blue/pink shimmer. It has such a glowing and squishy feel to it.

     When I first went to apply this polish, I noticed it was much more sheer than expected. Before I made the dreaded mistake of VNL (visible nail line), I opted to back up and add some underwear. The swatches below are two coats over one thin coat of Essie Play Date. I added a coat of Seche Vite to top it off.