Base Color: Essie Who Is The Boss
Stamping Color: Konad White
Stamping Plate: Cheeky Jumbo Image Plate I2
A-England Galahad & Guinevere
I have two cream polishes from A-England to show today. The first is Galahad…
And the second is Guinevere…
The application for both was the usual spectacular A-England application, although these definitely needed two coats. The first coat for both was a bit sheer and streaky, but the second coat evened everything out. Such pretty, soft colors. I love these two, especially for summer. And we all know I love aqua polishes. ;)
Pin ItA-England Bridal Veil
Whew! This week is flying by. Sorry for no updates for a few days. I had a chance to swatch all the A-England polishes that I own that I haven’t shown here yet. Oh, they’re so yummy!
So for the next few days I’ll be showing them. The first one up is actually the very last one I swatched yesterday so I kept it on my fingers. It’s what I’m wearing today.
A-England Bridal Veil is a deep black with little itty bitty specks. From far away, it definitely looks just like a black polish. Fun to apply, though! I got away with only one coat! :)
Here’s a close up shot…
Essie Mojito Madness
I adore this green… So summery…
BTW, I had a marathon cleaning session in my kitchen tonight. I hate cleaning. Boo. Anyway, the only way my nail polish can survive cleaning is to wear rubber gloves. SO attractive, let me tell you. And I hate the way it makes my hands sweat. But on the other hand, at least my manicure comes out unscathed. :)
Orly Skinny Dip
Loving the bright blue of Orly Skinny Dip. Perfect for summer. Lots of shrinkage on this one with Seche Vite, though. When I wear it again, I’ll have to switch up the topcoat with something else.
Pin ItA-England Lady of the Lake + Stamping
Base Color: A-England Lady of the Lake
Stamping Color: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri 420 Lively Lilac
Stamping Plate: Cheeky Plate B
A-England Saint George
Oh, my word. I am in love with this polish. There’s a lot of hype around A-England polishes and now I know why. The formula is just dreamy. Love love love this dark teal color called Saint George…
(I ordered this color and a couple more from nailpolishcanada.com).
Aqua Blue Polishes Swatch Comparison
It’s no secret that I’m loving all the aqua blue-ish green polishes that brands are coming out with these days. Even though all the shades I own are rather similar, I just. can’t. help. myself. LOL! So, I broke out all my aqua polishes and thought I’d show the differences.
A line up of polishes are shown after the swatches. Bottles are in the order shown in the swatch photos. Enjoy!
Left to Right: China Glaze For Audrey, Zoya Wednesday,
Eyeko Vintage Polish, Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqualily
Left to right: China Glaze Aquadelic, Color Club New Bohemian,
Dior Saint-Tropez, Zoya Bevin
The problem with blogging about nail polish is…
it’s painfully obvious when your nail breaks super short. :(
The nail on my ring finger on my left hand always seems to break once it gets to a sufficient length. Boo. Because I hate having one short nail, I trimmed the rest down to be a similar length. Definitely not as super short as my ring finger, but generally a better length to grow them all out at the same rate…
Today I’m wearing Butter London Pink Ribbon. It’s a very sheer pale pink polish. So sheer that I had to do four thick coats to get it this opaque. It’s a pretty, neutral color. Not sure if I like it on my nails, though. I used the Butter London basecoat and topcoat as well.
I think dark nail polish looks awesome on short nails, so I think I’ll switch this out for a dark polish later today.
On a positive note, with my new shorter nails it’s much easier to type on my iPhone. :)
Pin ItStripe Ombre Nails
A couple of weeks ago I saw the above set of nail polishes and ordered it. I thought the range of green colors was really pretty. :) The bottles are pretty small and tiny, though.
I was inspired by a manicure I saw on Pinterest and decided to do a stripe ombre design using striping tape. I wasn’t familiar with striping tape until a couple of weeks ago, too. I ended up ordering some from a seller on Amazon. It came super fast! I ordered and it arrived 2 days later! :)
So first I painted my nails with China Glaze White on White and applied a topcoat (Seche Vite). Then I cut strips of the tape and applied four to each nail. I pressed down the edges really well, and then carefully painted each of the five colors from the ombre set of polishes. I then removed the tape revealing the white polish underneath, and then applied another layer of topcoat.
NOTE: I painted one full nail at a time and removed the tape while the polish was still wet. There were a few spots where the surface of the polish had started to dry and dragged when I was pulling the tape off (see the ring finger?). I think I need to practice with the tape masking technique a bit more to master it. :)
