The Fancy Side

Today I have two very important women in my life hand modeling on the blog today. You might remember that I mentioned I was spending the week with family. Whenever I visit, I do my moms nails. This time my grandma wanted in on the action and I was more than happy to oblige. First we'll start with my Moms! These photos were taken at the the island in my grandma's kitchen, so I apologise if the color is a little off.

Linda, Lindy, Willard, Aunt Lindy, or Moms are just a few of the names she answers to in our family. She usually lets me do whatever I want when it comes to her nails. We started with a base of OPI First Class Desires a deep vampy purple filled with gorgeous sparkles. I then did a few Christmas Sweater accent nails using Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Winstonia Plate W-120.






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Remember when I introduced you to The Lacquer Ring a few weeks ago? Today the ladies and I are back with the very first prompt. The prompts for May were chosen by Nicole of Polish Me, Please! and for today, she choose the color Orange. We can do whatever we want, it just has to be orange.

To start I laid down a base of Salon Perfect Exploded! It's a matte polish glitter bomb that includes orange and some yellow matte glitters. It was so bright it flipped my camera out, but I managed to get a few spot on pictures of the color.




Next because I'm a cheeky bastard and I like to be literal, I stamped on the Orange Slice pattern from BM-308 in Konad White.

Bang is a micro matte glitter bomb packed with neon orange and neon yellow glitters. I've done three layers of Bang on all fingers except my ring finger. On the ring finger, I've layered one coat over Sally Hansen's Ivory Skull.






This is Zapped. Zapped is a micro matte glitter bomb packed with neon green and neon teal glitters. I've done three layers of Zapped on all fingers except my ring finger. On the ring finger, I've layered one coat over Sally Hansen's Ivory Skull.




Finally we have Kaboom. Kaboom is a micro matte glitter bomb packed with neon teal and neon green glitters. I've done three layers of Kaboom on all fingers except my ring finger. On the ring finger, I've layered one coat over Sally Hansen's Ivory Skull.




Four out of these six polishes have a match so to speak. They are the same color combos they just switch which color is dominant. I've done a comparison here. Bang and Jolt both have the neon orange and neon yellow glittlers, while Zapped and Kaboom both have the teal and neon green. Personally I feel like Exploded (neon pink) looks so similar to Bang, I would have liked to see them do a more neon blue with the magenta like Shocked and continue that theme.

Formula wise, I was a little terrified. I first swatched Jolt, and it was terribly thick and gritty. However, I think this was a fluke as all the others applied beautifully, layered well, and dried fairly smooth. I'm going to apply thinner to Jolt and I have a feeling it will right all the problems I experienced. These polishes build up to opaqueness by three layers so are easy to wear on their own or they layer well on top of polish undies. I've also discovered that Seche Vite doesn't go well with these polishes. I think its because there is no color in the base pigment, so it has nothing to grip to. If you use a normal (not fast dry top coat) they last much longer.

Personally my picks from this collection are Shocked and Kaboom. If you want an orangey one, go with Exploded.

Which color is your favorite?

Enjoy & until tomorrow, Amy Lee