Purple Holo Blocks

Monday, Monday it was all I hoped it would be...

Well it is with this manicure. This is something I wore over the weekend to a friend's birthday dinner. Was there purple in my outfit? No. Doesn't stop me from using it! I was itching to do a color block (actually more triangle like I guess) and this is how it turned out. 

The gorgeous nude holo base is BBN by Lacquer Lust. I now know why everyone dies to have this. It's an amazing nude with the slightest touch of holo. It was the perfect base for this. I then taped off random sections of nail and filled it in with A-England Sleeping Palace and Different Dimension Dueling Unicorns. The holo is strong in this one...

I also am going through a water mark font identity crisis. Excuse the inconsistencies while I find myself. I was pretty pleased with the way this turned out. Especially in the sun. Holo polishes never fail to brighten the mood. I hope you enjoyed this look! 

You've Got A Friend In Me!

Happy Saturday! I have two swatches to share with yall today. They are both by the indie brand Different Dimension (one of my favorites) and they are based off of Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story! So they were an insta buy for me! Check out the link above to buy them as a duo (not sold separately because I'm pretty sure that'd be a sin somewhere to separate Buzz and Woody!)

First is Reach for the Sky! a yellow based polish with red small and medium round glitters, medium hex square yellow glitters, and my eyes may be deceiving me but I definitely see some iridescent pieces in the bottle! And literally one lonely bar glitter. Haha! I don't know what's up with that.

Woody looks a little creepy here, sorry. But how spot on are these colors?! Ugh. So in love. This is three coats with Out the Door top coat. I still have really visible nail line, but I am 100% positive that's just me. I always have a lot of free edge even with short nails. You could definitely layer this though!

Ahhh, and second is To Infinity and Beyond! an awesome clear based polish with all sorts of assorted glitter goodies in there. I spy white rectangles, small and large NEON green hexes as well as neon round glitters, and small purple round and hex glitters. *whew* that's a generous amount. Shown is one coat over China Glaze - Tart-y For the Party (probably the most perfect lilac around). You can see the glitter payout is pretty good also. I had to do a little fishing for the rectangle and larger green hexes but seriously just turn it upside down before applying and you're good to go! You'll have so much glitter you won't know what to do.

As another option I layered it over China Glaze - Pelican Gray and I am having a tough time deciding
what I like better.

 Anddd of COURSE Missi is a genius for making it GLOW!!!! Photo below is about a minute under a lamp.

Do I make you want these?! I hope so! I love her polishes so much and these are no exceptions. If I could have every glitter I own be like these formulas it would be perfection. They were thick but the kinda thick you want for glitter. Easily spread and good glitter amount. 

Do you like To Infinity and Beyond over Pelican Gray or Tart-y For the Party? Thanks for reading! I think I'll go find my Toy Story movies somewhere right now..

Happy INAD!

A day late. Haha. Yesterday was the first International Nail Art Day! A thanks to Mimi for putting this all together!

Here's a short post on the simple mani I wore yesterday.

I started with a white base on all my nails, and on my middle, ring and pinkie I did a gradient using Essie - Van D' Go and China Glaze - Peachy Keen and I lovvve how it turned out! Subtle, but there. Who can ever get enough of gradients? 

And on my index finger are some "disco squares" from this tutorial by Sam using the same colors as above, and China Glaze - Mimosas Before Manis.

Thanks for reading :)

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. 

To Infinity and Beyond!

 Today I have a polish from an awesome indie brand named Different Dimension! This is named To Infinity and Beyond and if you don't already know, it's based off of the character Buzz Lightyear from the Disney movie Toy Story! So I obviously needed it.

It's a glitter topper that has these amazing white squares, medium neon green hexes along with smaller neon green hexes, with some more green more iridescent small round glitters. And then small round purple glitters with medium purple hexes in a clear base. (Whew!) It's the perfect representation of the character!

PLUS! It GLOWS in the dark! Yeah. If you weren't already tempted to buy it, you should now. It's pretty densely packed also. The above swatches are with one coat painted straight on (some fingers needed the dabble method) and all the glitter shapes were pretty much at the top but I did have to do a little fishing with the large green hexes and the white squares. But not too much difficulty!

I'll have to insert a picture of it glowing because I forgot to take one when I wore it! The base is two coats of China Glaze Pelican Gray :)