Just Keep Swimming!

Greetings~ I have a proper swatch of Just Keep Swimming! By the amazing indie brand Different Dimension! Her holos never cease to amaze me and when she posted her new creation... I jumped to my computer. And missed. So I had to wait for the restock. Sooo worth it!

It's an amazing indigo shade of blue that has a scattered/slightly linear holographic finish. Plus it's soo shiny. I used two coats for opacity.

I was out on the field for a Geology trip in a boat. It was only appropriate to stop paying attention to the professor to take a picture on the water! Just Keep Swimming hellllo!

More procrastination! We were also looking at samples under this fancy shmancy microscope and of course I had to stick my fingernail under. The teacher told everyone to look at their cuticles under their microscope. & My friend actually suggested it first and I pretty much screamed looking at this brilliant holo rainbow up close!! (P.s diascoping is hard.. this is a picture through the lens of a microscope haha) but wheewwww! look at it shine!!

Thanks for reading! I love Different Dimension polishes. Check out her Etsy shop because she also has super cute Disney themed collections that you absolutely need. 

Gray Weather... Grey Nails

Boo! Some summer I'm having here on the coast of California. Today was soooo gray/foggy. Hard to believe it's the middle of July! Anyhow, I let the weather guide my choice for a color today and I chose China Glaze - Pelican Gray.

It's definitely one of my favorites. I love that it's not your typical gunmetal gray, rainy blue/gray. It's just a very pretty light, muted gray. Gray, gray, gray!

 Formula was a little thin but it's buildable and dries quickly. I'm wearing three thin coats.

 I lovvvee it. Decided to add a little flair! (Spectraflair 35 to be exact!) My bottle is from KPT but many other indie brands have it out there. Gives any polish you have a holographic finish! How cool is that?! And I'm diggin this over the light gray. Gives it such a subtle look.

 Don't know why I put it on if the sun isn't out though! Haha. So here's some directly under my lamp.

Thanks for reading ;) Do you prefer gray or grey? I think I asked that before. I switch back and forth between the two!

A-England St. George + Gradient

A swatch of A-England's St. George. A very saturated, gorgeous teal color. How have I been without A-England polishes this long!? Especially this color! Don't even get me started on the scattered holo on this. It makes it that much more unique. It isn't super strong but it's definitely there in direct sunlight.

 Two easy coats and NYC top coat on top!

Ignore my thumb.. I was testing a design! :p

I'm also a sucker for pretty gradient combos, and I was really inspired by Chalkboard Nail's post a few days ago. So I wanted to recreate it! Minus the hex charm. (but I really need to get my hands on some of those) These polishes work great for gradients! Some are definitely on my wishlist for creating more gradients.

Yesterday was pretty foggy but the sun is out and about today! So much the lizards are sunbathing. Happy Sunday everyone!

China Glaze Hologlam

I was definitely one of those people who was SUPER excited to hear that China Glaze releasing a new HOLOGRAPHIC collection! I started on my nail collecting game a little late and unfortunately missed out on a lot of awesome collections, the OMG CG collection being one.

When I saw swatches online. Mannnnn I was disappointed! What happened to the strong holographic that was in the previous collection? And they did have a lot of blue tones so a lot of 'em weren't very unique in my eyes.

But wait! I pushed past that and purchased these two! And I sure did change my mind! They are definitely very subtle compared to the old collection and even compared to other holographic collections by other brands (Color Club Halo Hues being one that most people compare them to).. and I actually liked it! I found myself really liking the not so strong holo in them. This post will be slightly picture heavy! So here are my two picks: 

When Stars Collide, a super pretty purple color that's more reddish based. Which I really like because most of my purples are blue based!

I swear this polish looks so good on it's own. I could be doing the most awkward hand pose and this polish would find a way to make my hands look good!

 Above is a photo in the shade! At  first I thought "meh" with this color because I thought it clashed with my skin tone but I actually really like it. A lot. Can you tell? I would definitely recommend this one! It's two easy coats and all of these photos include top coat. If you're worried about your ridges showing any (which they do a bit on my finger nails) I'd definitely go with a ridge filler base coat/ aqua base.

Strap On Your Moonboots: A dark navy blueish color that is pretty in the sun and in the shade! The holo is strong in this one.

 Above photo in the shade! Again, two easy coats with top coat. But this could almost be opaque in one with a steady hand and a medium/thick coat.

After these two I decided I do like this collection! But not all of them. I for sure want to pick up Infra-Red also. Thanks for reading!