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. 

China Glaze Fast Track

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday!

China Glaze Fast Track is a light taupe filled with gold shimmer flecks. The application is great and goes on perfectly opaque in two coats. It reminds me of Essence Irreplaceable, although Irreplaceable is a few shades lighter. Actually the similarities are the reason I bought this particular polish. Its the perfect blend of neutral and fun. 

Fast Track is part of the China Glaze Capitol Colours Collection. Its currently on clearance in most stores. It retails for $3-6 at various stores and websites (including Sally's Beauty Supply, Ulta, Head2Toe Beauty, and Amazon).

Sparkling Tips

I hope you are enjoying you're Friday! I seem to be solving all my polish related wear issues with glitter lately. I didn't have time to change my nails after wearing Zoya Skylar, so I did a glitter gradient to the tips. It freshened up the look and hid any tip wear. I wish I had decent pictures of right after it was done. I made the mistake of taking them in the kitchen. The lighting made my skin appear yellow and threw off polish color accuracy. I did not notice this until I had already taken my nails through a hard day. So the tip wear is very noticeable.

Despite the wear, I wanted to post them. It was such a sparkly combination. I literally got distracted by my own nails reflection in my laptop screen as I hit a key trying to wake it up from hibernation. 

Over Zoya Skylar, I did a quick glitter gradient with Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe. It is a clear base with light green and holo glitter. The light green complimented the steel blue Skylar rather well in person.

Skylar is part of the Zoya True Collection and retails for $8 on their website. Beyond the Mistletoe 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.  

Zoya Skylar

I hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday! Sorry that I have been a little scattered in my posting as of late. I have been so busy with things and a little stressed as well. My polishes have been neglected. But I promise to get back to my regular posting schedule soon. :)

Zoya Skylar is a slightly dusty medium steel blue with silver and gold shimmer. The gold is only visible at certain angles. But adds a gorgeous something to this already gorgeous polish. The application is great and opaque in two coats.

Skylar is part of the Zoya True Collection and retails for $8 on their website.

Bright Gradient

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! Today, I have a bright fun combination to show you. I wanted some cheer me up nails, so I decided to do a bright color and holo glitter.

I started with Color Club Limelight, a bright green creme, as my base. The application is great. All the brightness of a neon without needing to layer it over white. It was opaque in two coats. Once it was mostly dry, I sponged Color Club Golden Coast on the tips. I love Golden Coast. Its a clear base with with small gold and holo glitter.

I purchased a small bottle of Seche Vite to see how it compares to my Poshe top coat. I wore this manicure for truck day at work. We are talking eight hours of unloading boxes, opening boxes, stocking shelves, and whatnot. It takes a toll on my nail polish. Yesterday I only had two tiny chips. Normally I would have major tip wear and chips. I'm going to test it with another polish later and see if it was a fluke.

Fingers retail for $2 or 3/$5 at Five Below. Cosmetic Arts retail for $2 at Ross (I'm unsure where else they are sold, if anywhere else).