Mani Monday!

Hello again! Hope you guys had a great weekend. I've been itching to do some nail art lately so I decided to do some striped accent nails. I used Black Creme by wet n wild Wild Shine for the black stripes and piCture pOlish's Vampire as the base. To do the gold stripe I just mixed some gold glitter from the craft store into a bit of clear polish. I cut some scotch tape into really thin strips and used a thin nail art brush to paint the black and gold on. Not the neatest job but I'm happy with it!

piCture pOlish- Vampire

Good afternoon! Today I swatched an indie polish- it's been a while since I last swatched an indie. I love piCture pOlish. Their bottles are adorable! Anywho, Vampire is a deep blood red (almost a bit purple-y) jelly polish. The formula is a slight bit thicker and applied kind of patchy. You would need 3-4 coats to get it opaque and even, but the color makes all work worth it! The photos show 3 coats without top coat.

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Sincerely Polish- Maria Veronica

Hi! Today, I have another indie to talk about and it is Sincerely Polish's "Maria Veronica". I love how Karen includes some nail decorations and a handwritten thank you note in the package, she's so sweet! Maria Veronica is a pale pink crelly polish with all sorts of glitter shapes and sizes. It has matte pink hearts, matte purple circles and two different sizes of metallic purple hexes. It's so cute! There is enough glitter in the polish so that you don't have to fish around for any and the formula is very nice. Because of its crelly base, the polish takes about 4-5 coats to get it pretty close to being opaque. In the photos below I have 5 coats and there is just a hint of visible nail line. Because of the large glitters, more topcoat is needed to even it out as well. The photos below are with topcoat.

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PolishByJessicaJean- Blueberry Frosting

Today I have an indie (my first- I'm so excited!). PolishByJessicaJean's Blueberry Frosting is a glitter polish with a white crelly base. There are large matte blue circles, medium matte blue squares, medium metallic dark blue hexes and little matte black squares. Formula is very good and glitter payoff is awesome. The circle glitters tend to sink to the bottom so you might need to sit the upside down for a couple minutes before using the polish. It takes 3-4 coats to become opaque, but that's to be expected with a crelly polish. Because it is a glitter polish, more topcoat is needed to make it smooth be it extra coats or just a thicker coat. The photos below show 4 coats with topcoat.

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