Kleancolor Holo Pink

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! I'm a little behind on posting my voted on swatch. The new poll is up; please check it out.

Kleancolor Holo Pink is a pink jelly filled with holo micro glitter. The application requires some patience. The first time I tried this (a couple of weeks ago), I gave up because it was thick and would not layer evenly. I was more patient this time around and let the coats dry properly. The result was great. There is a bit of visible nail line after three coats, but nothing so noticeable that you would want more coats.

Kleancolor retails for $2-4 on various online sites.

"This Is Halloween" Challenge: Gradient

I hope you are enjoying your Monday! I have another post for the This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge to share with you. Today is gradient. 

I wanted something without orange or black, but still Halloween-ish. So I went with green and purple. After   base coat of white, I sponged on a gradient of Kleancolor Neon Green and Beauty UK Electric Purple. Little more sheer than I wanted, but I still like it.

Kleancolor Shooting Star

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! Today I have a glitter packed manicure to show you.

I layered Kleancolor Shooting Star over two coats of OPI Lincoln Park After Dark. Its a slightly orange tinted base packed with small silver hex glitter along with gold, turquoise, and red medium hex glitter. Its gorgeous over a dark base. I would love to layer it over a bright color next time.

Kleancolor retails for $3.50 on their website. 

OPI Houston We Have a Purple with Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! Today I have a very pretty jelly to share with you.

OPI Houston We Have a Purple is a deep magenta jelly, or as they've been deemed, sorbet. As with most jellies, there is a bit of visible nail line, but not as much as it appears in the picture. In person, its practically opaque. I used two coats for most fingers and an extra third for two fingers. On my thumb and ring finger, I used Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple as an accent. Not quite holo, at least in my opinion. It flashes red, orange, yellow, and green. Regardless, its gorgeous. The application on both of these is great.

OPI retails for $8.50 at Ulta and Target, also various places online. Kleancolor Chunky Holos retail for $2-4 various places online.

Colorful Gradient

Its Stamping Sunday! Two themes were neck and neck for winner. So, we could do either. Stamping over a gradient or using two stamps. I went with the former. I have been wanting to try a sponge gradient for awhile.

I was inspired by this blog post on Laynie Fingers. I did one thick coat of Pure Ice Super Star! as my white base. For my sponging, I used L.A. Colors Phenomena, Kleancolor Neon Green, and L.A. Colors Shock.  I love this technique! Automatic gradient. Now for the stamping. Using plate BM10 and Color Club Blue Topia, I stamped on little flowers. Since Blue Topia is a jelly, the petals are slightly faded. But I like that. Using a dotting tool and Super Star!, I dotted middles for each flower.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge Day 8 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! I have the last design for the Girly Girl Nail Challenge for you today. This challenge lasts a month and includes eight different days of nail art. Instead of trying to keep up with a new nail design each day, we have two each week. Day Eight is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: It's true, we do! Let your mani show us how fun-loving you are!

Nothing says fun like multicolor glitter! I did each finger with a different polish to amp up the fun. From thumb to pinky, they are Wet n Wild Silvivor and Essense Hello Holo, China Glaze Sunshine, Zoya Kissy, Kleancolor Puppy Love, and Color Club Holiday Splendor. Silvivor is a pretty silver metallic, opaque in two coats. Hello Holo is an amazing polish with a clear base packed full of holo glitter. Sunshine is a yellow jelly with small holo glitter. Its rather sheer, so it took three coats, but I imagine it would be opaque over white or a yellow base. Kissy is full of red, pink, purple, and holo micro and bar glitter. So much in one bottle. It took three coats to be opaque and would look lovely as a layering polish I imagine. Puppy Love is a barely blue base with small blue glitter. It was also three coats. Finally, Holiday Splendor is a one coat green jelly with holo glitter. The application with Hello Holo, Silvivor, and Holiday Splendor is perfect. Puppy Love is very good as well. Kissy and Sunshine need to be dry between each coat or they will drag a little. But other than that, the application was good.

Wet n Wild retail for $1-2 at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Ulta, and many other stores, all of which are listed on their website. Essence Special Effect Toppers polish retail for €1.79. Given I'm not located in that part of the world, I am unsure of which stores carry Essence in Europe, but their website has a store locator for you. Sunshine is part of the China Glaze Specialty Collection. It retails for $3-6 at various stores and websites (including Head2Toe Beauty, and Amazon. Kissy is part of the Zoya Gems & Jewels Collection and retails for $8 on their website. Kleancolor retails for $3.50 on their website. Holiday Splendor is part of the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe Collection. It retails for $4-8. I purchased mine in a collection set of all six for $8 at Ross.