Layered Mermaid

Hi loves! Today we have a mermaid-istic combo.

First up 4 coats of Revlon Royal, no top coat.

Revlon Royal is a navy jelly. It dries to this cool plastic finish while still looking super squishy ;) Formula was a bit thin and I had to be super careful with my strokes. In the shade this look way darker and more like the last picture. 

With 2 coats Spoiled Pet my Peacock   (Peacocks!! YAY)

look at all that beauty in the bottle!!
soooooo many possibilities :)

Spoiled Pet My Peacock a clear based with green, gold, silver, blue, and purple medium sized hexagons.

It had a weird formula where I had to dab the glitters on. I think this would look nice over a light blue...

:D I think that if I experimented a bit more I could get a Deborah Lippman Across the Universe effect.
hummmnnnn...

Suggestions?
thanks for reading!

-Katy

2 quick mani's ;)

Happy Friday!
I have realized more and more that all the posting I do is in short bursts on the weekend. I hope you guys don't mind, but I will try to be a bit better about that.
So here are some quick mani's from the week...

Cookie Monster is one of my only frankens that has a name. Its is a deep turquoise blue and has stray holographic sparkles. 2 coats. It had a bit of a gritty finish so I topped it off with a coat of SV, leaving it still kinda bumpy but a cool texture.

semi sunlight

Special Appearance! Here we have my shy right hand, wearing 2 coats of Revlon Peachy.

Formula was slightly thin, 2 coats for okay coverage, no topcoat.

Definitely not my best pics, but I was in a hurry. Darn I just hate those blurry pics. watevs! 

Two pretty colors, but nothing amazingly specially unique. I promise you I have some treats planned for this weekend! ;)

thanks for watching,

   -Katy

First Comparison! pale blue

Hey polish lovers! (and cookie lovers :)

Today we have my first comparison.....

Trumpets sound!!!! 

We are going to be comparing some of the different sky/pale blue creme polishes in my collection. I feel that this is one color that many polish companies have made dupes too and definitely a very common color. 

Pretty none the less. :) I am especially drawn to this color because I love blue!!! BLUE BLUE BLUE

*sorry in advance for messy clean up, I was too lazy to clean up in between coats*

On the nail, the polishes are in the opposite order that you see here:

pointer- Essie, middle- Wet n Wild, ring- Revlon, pinky-  Cosmetic Arts

Cosmetic Arts (no name), Revlon Minted, Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint, Essie Turquoise and Caicos

All swatches in this post are shown with Orly Nail Defense base coat and no top coat.

 As you can see, the formula for the first coat for all was a bit streaky...

direct sunlight
1 coat

shade
1 coat

After 2 coats, you start to see more apparent color differences and levels of opacity...

sunlight
2 coats 

shade
2 coats

 And with three, almost all are opaque with their semi different colors...

sunlight
3 coats

shade
3 coats

Conclusion: My favorite color was Essie T&C (I just loved the semi squishy jelly like feel)... a close second both color and formula wise would be Wet n Wild INRM. Revlon M turned out to be more of a pale green color. Cosmetic Arts had similar color to Wet n Wild INRM, but came in last formula wise. I think its worth it to buy both the Wet n Wild (only $1.99) and the Essie ($7.99).

Soooooo... what did you guys think?!! 

I <3 comments! suggestions?!

thanks for watching!

-Katy

the green grasshopper hops gaily in the grass

like the title? i do ;) yesterday someone said this color reminded them of a grasshopper
not sure if i agree, but its a fun way to think about it :P

 today i have a Revlon scented polish, "Beach"
this polish does not remind me at all of the beach
and I've been to the beach a whole lot
here are the pics :

4 coats "beach"

one coat SV

Beach is a green-yellow with minimini sparkles that light up in the sun

unfortunately there isn't a sun in the sky at the moment :(

application was would have been perfect, in not for the SHEERNESS

as i said this is around 4-5 coats

unto the smell.....

it does smell slightly beach-ish but a little too on the sickly sweet side for me

then......

i did a konad on my nails and kinda epically failed

for that i used a special konad polish that appeared royal blue but on the nail you can it looks turquoise 

after that i decided to spice it up even more and add some random nail art

i don't know about you, but this deffinelty reminds me of a green grasshopper hopping gaily through the grass ( without the grasshopper hopping part) lol

happy thanksgiving ( in advance)!!!

Revlon Metalic, copper penny

hey all!
i had a major nail disaster and a select few of my nails are reduced to stubs ;(
i guess ill just have to wait to grow them out again...
anyway, today we have one of my fav colors, a Revlon Metalic named Copper Penny
i tots love this color because it doesn't seem like a solid color..
it looks to me like it is entirely made up of there copper and silver flecks ( more copper than silver)
lets see if my camera was able to capture those ...

blurred shot just for fun!!!

sorry i don't have it in normal light ;(

ok so application was AMAZING i swear it was opaque in 1 coat but this is two just to smooth it out.

its a really nice warm color but also works as a metal-y finish 

thanks for watching ;)

Revlon Ocean and a funky french!

today i decided to do a bold blue ;)
i tots LOVE this color <3
a perfect turquoise
though i wish the name was more impressive
please excuse the chocolate smudges

i just can't take enough pictures of this amazing color!!!!

it  has blue green purple gold and sparkle strands!! 

LOVE IT

then............

i added black tips

with milani's "black sketch"

nail art precision brush

AWESOME

right?!!!

combo from heaven

application was great, it was one of revlon's quick dry formulas

it was pretty opaque in 2 coats

i was so proud of myself i did both hands without completely failing!!!

cept for my fail on the right ring finger :O

this mani might actually last more than a day ;)

***edit**** later i cleaned up a bit

final mani

                                       

Revlon Emerald City matte finish

later today i decided to do a subdued mani
i used revlon "emerald city" matte finish
this is my first matte polish!!!

as you can see...emerald city is a very pretty green with tidy sparkles

I love it!!! 

i wanted to see what it would look like without the matte finish 

so i did an accent nail with my SV

the SV makes the tiny green glitter stand out a little more but i still love the matte finish

very sophisticated ;)

for those of you who don't know what a matte finish is google "matte nails"

I'm still awaiting the arrival of my konad stamping plates

funky french!!! brown with gold tips

heres my newest funky french mani
i used revlon "espresso"
and milani "art of gold"

if  you look reallll close up it looks really sloppy lol

but i like it ;)

sweet manicure

today i decided to do a candy/sweet inspired manicure
since my camera wasn't working i had to use the camera on my computer
 i used ( in order from thumb to pinky)

a sheer orly pink ( I'm not sure what this is called, the name rubbed off)
orly Lemonade
OPI Gargantuan Green Grape
Revlon Minted
orly Lollipop

 heres 2 pics of the final mani

this is my imitation of the "sweet" collection at orly

lemonade and lollipop are actually part of it

the third pic is a better representation of the OPI polish 

the color reminds me of mint chip ice cream!!

overall application was good

i think this is about 3 maybe 4 coats on each

yellow was a bit streaky and pink pretty sheer