The Fancy Side

On Saturday Frosso from Lacquer Me Silly took the train into the city and we had all the fun shopping at a giant craft fair, where Cirque happened to have a booth. Okay, so we went mainly for Cirque but we scored some other awesome stuff too. I'll show you my haul soon, but first I want to show you the nails I wore for the momentous meet up.



Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

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

Tight Knit is made up of royal blue and white matte bar glitters. I've layered it over Essie First Timer.

So what do you think of these colors? Do you have a new favorite? I do!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

So I've really been into Dots lately. My dotting tool and I are quickly becoming best friends. I swear every other manicure I do, I reach for the dotting tool. It's so easy and such a quick way to add interest to a manicure without investing a lot of time. With this manicure I started with a base of OPI's Ski Teal We Drop. This is another pretty that I snatched up in the random buy 1 get 2 sale.




The photo with flash is closer to the color in the bottle. I'm a horrible person and forgot to take a photo of the base color for ya'll before I dotted it up. Forgive me? Please? I'm so glad we got that out of the way. I promise to be better in the future.



Here it is with flash. Again, you get a better color representation, but it washes everything else out. The dots were done with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Ivory Skull. This is a great white and I find myself reaching for it more than the other more expensive ones I own.

What is your favorite color? I'd love to hear.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee