Quick Friday Manicure

I had 30 minutes before I had to leave so this is what I came up with..

WnW "Caribbean Frost"
LA Colors" Treasure Island" (Dollartree find)

2 coats of the WnW and 1 coat of the LA Colors, then topped with Seche Vite :)

You can't see how pretty this glitter really is, I need to do this one again over black or white or something, but I had no time to think....LOL, ever have one of those days?
 

The glitter is actually teal and green...so pretty!

Dried fast and I was out the door...*whew* :P

Have a great weekend!

Swatches and another GIVEAWAY!!!!! CLOSED

I found this great set of "LA Colors: Color Craze Metallic Polish Series" in my local CVS, and I grabbed it quickly.  2 jelly shimmers and 2 foils...awesome!   Then, when I got the package home I realized there are no names for the colors? How odd is that?


Pink
3 coats

A gorgeous fuchsia jelly with pink and blue glass fleck shimmer.  It was opaque in 2 coats, but I thought 3 coats would show the jelly color and shimmer better.  Easy to apply, no issues, dried smooth, not gritty. :)


Purple
3 coats

Really pretty, this one is awesome!  Deep purple jelly with purple and blue glass fleck shimmers...gorgeous too, perfect for winter...deep and sparkly.  No complaint either, same formula as the pink :)


Grey
2 coats

Now this is a definite foil, it actually more platinum and graphite colored than I originally was expecting.  Awesome color, I love the silver and graphite foil effect, dried quickly and smooth.


Green
2 coats

This is an awesome green foil.  It leans more aqua green than kelly green, but it is awesome! A great green foil.


This set is awesome and considering it was only $2.99...that is a better deal than the Dollar Tree, so you know I had to grab an extra for a giveaway....for my followers! :)


So here ya go followers, here are the rules :)

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More L.A. Colors

Hey Peeps-

Here are 5 more LA Colors, that are not in the "blue family"...I like to branch out every once in awhile and buy something that's NOT blue...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Now I really like the value of these polishes, $1.....decent formula...nice colors...BUT sometimes the names just don't fit the polishes.

Here is "Phenomena"

2 coats

Dark Fuchsia, nice color, but nothing special. Phenomena....its NOT!

Here is "Electric Charge"
3 coats

Now this is a name that fits...WOW!
Bright Pink, almost neon but not quite..not bad! Now this name fits the color...NICE!















Here is "Electrified"
2 coats
Nice pink metallic. Glides on like a foil effect, real smooth, not bumpy like a glitter.  The name fits well!

Here is "Live"

2 coats

Nice silver metallic, glides on smoothly, not bumpy at all and it leaves no brush strokes. A good name here too!

Last is "Nuclear Energy"

3 coats

Nice purple jelly, but this is far from Nuclear.  3 coats was necessary on this one, but it dried to a nice shine, so that made up for the sheerness.

Whats your favorite nail polish name?

Electric Blue Boogie!

Don't ask me what the title means, I literally name these post after whatever pops in my head. LOL 

I am determined to post about as many blues as I own so you'll be seeing a lot of blue post intermittently added to my blog....  and hold on to your bra straps...I have  A LOT of blues.:)

This was done when my nails were shorter and just growing out.  I like to cut my nails about twice to 3 times a year to start over and give them a break, that way I have fewer breaks and splits in between.

This is

China Glaze "Frost Bite"

Sally Hansen "Blue It"

L.A. Colors "Wired"

2 coats each

Frostbite is on the  Index and Ring finger.

Blue It is on the middle finger

Wired is on the pinkie

Frostbite leans more neon and is a lot more brighter than the other two.  Blue It is a great electric blue that stays true to its "Royal Blue Roots".  Wired is like the "in-between" between Frostbite and Blue It.  

Its as if the two got together and had a baby ...a blue baby...LOL!

Wired had visible brush strokes, but still delivered on the color, not bad for a buck.

I definitely like Frostbite and Blue It the best!

Blue cremes and one Jelly

More blues you guessed it.

I did several post on "blues" two weeks ago and almost forgot about them

O.P.I.  "Dating a royal" (jelly)

O.P.I. "Suzi says Feng Shui"

L.A. Colors "Static Electricity"

O.P.I. " Ogre the top blue"

O.P.I. "No room for the blues"

3 coats of each

I could have done 2 coats of each, but "Dating a royal" was thin and definitely needed a third coat, so they all got third coats.

These nails are painted in the order of the bottle pics above, thumb to pinkie. 

This pic is are more color accurate. But still a little darker, just a tad :)

They are all so different, I have to hand it to O.P.I., they may not have much quality control when it comes to "My Private Jet", but when it comes to variety they got it right.

Even though "Dating a Royal" was thin (I'll give it another shot later) I really liked it ans all the OPI cremes...but then again they are blue and I LOVE me some blues ya'll!

 I think this blurry pics shows the richness in each color better, without distracting you with details :)

I was most surprised with "Static Electricity", even though the name does not suit it, it held its own against the big brothers of O.P.I.

Which one do you like most?

Navi anyone?

I really did not like Avatar, but I love the color of the Navi's skin soooo BLUE, can you tell I've been on a blue kick lately? :)

So here I am continuing on with more blue tips, with Sally Hansen HD "Pixel Pretty" and L.A. Colors "Radiation"

"Pixel Pretty"

3 coats

This color was a bright aqua blue, very pretty, but sheer and needed 3 coats to combat the evil "V.N.L.- visible nail line".

I found it difficult to apply this without showing all the brush strokes, but it was inevitable. 

I think this polish would be best over an opaque blue of the same color. It is a nice color, but I could have passed on this one.

"Radiation"
2 coats

This was far more opaque than the Sally, but was a deeper color blue with these shimmer and "light".

Very nice, but I think I prefer this one to the Sally's.  I purchased this at my local Dollar Tree for a $1 of course...you can't beat that with a stick!

It looks a lot smaller, but they are very close in volume. 

The Sally's holds 0.45 oz and the L.A. Colors hold 0.44 oz.

Let's compare the two...

L.A. Colors on the index and ring finger, Sally's on the middle and pinkie. The Sally's really reflects the light well and shimmers in the littlest amount of light!

Yeah I like L.A. Colors "Radiation" more.  It offers more depth in color with the aqua shimmer. Plus the L.A. Colors' was less runny and I experienced less pooling, easier to control. 

I'm going to go back and get more of these. 

Have you tried any of the L.A. Colors?