guest hands and glitter

this is a pic of an old manicure my friend, coworker, and polish addict Mickelle did last winter.  this is china glaze emerald sparkle with hard candy break up glitter polish layered over top. her nails are so lovely :) i loved this combo, very christmasy! i have a ton of back swatches i need to post haha. i'm so bad!

jerseylicious nails

does anyone out there watch a little show called...

well i do. i know i know. it's a guilty pleasure. i can't stop! i am really sad that it won't be on for another two months. it's about a salon in jersey and all the ladies that work there. and i have to say i'm "team olivia" if you know what that means. i'm so addicted to talking jersey style and teasing my hair now LOL!

and...another side effect has become my huge lemming of tracy dimarco's (the blonde in the leopard print above) nails. they're acrylic "flair" type with dark pink and miles of white french style. they look like they're slightly bubbled up too.

it's a sickness. i neeeeeeeeeeed these nails! for no other reason but to fulfill the craving. i know they're horrendous. i know. but i had to share :D

the show is on the style network. if you don't watch but you like reality shows and hair, makeup, beauty, and a little drama ;) then you'll probably like this!

yellow polka dot bikini

the next swatch i have for you from the china glaze "poolside collection" is the neon yellow, yellow polka dot binkini. and yeah i now have that song stuck in my head. so thanks polish manufacturers, whenever you name a nail polish after a song, a million consumers end up with the song annoyingly stuck in their heads. gracias.

this polish was pretty streaky, notorious for yellows and neons alike so i wasn't surprised. this is four coats to even it out. i have white polish underneath on the MIDDLE and PINKY fingers so you can see the difference in opacity. it's more apparent in real life. i think you can skip that step for some of the other neons in this bunch, but for this guy i would definitely start with a white coat to make the color really pop and prevent visible nail line.



flash, no topcoat

lamp light

lamplight, with seche vite topcoat

there's plenty more swatches from this collection coming, but i took a bunch of pictures of them all...as evident by this post so i wanted to split them up :) so be prepared.

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