Hard Candy: Sky

Great color. Horrrrrrrrrrrrible application. This was 6 coats. 6 horrible streaky uneven coats. And the shimmer isn't nearly as apparent on the nail as it is in the bottle. I kind of want to franken with it to try to make it better. 

Hard Candy: Lava

Here is a great orange polish, Hard Candy Lava. The base is deep orange and there is a lot of gold glitter in it that gets coated in the orange polish. It is pretty neat. The first time I wore it, it was a bitch and a half to remove. But since then I've switched to using felt to remove my polish and I didn't have any issues whatsoever this go around. 

And a not so good macro shot...

Hard Candy: Mr. Wrong

  Here is a polish I picked up at Walmart by Hard Candy called Mr. Wrong. Definitely the most famous of the Hard Candy line, and it's for a reason. This is one cool polish. Sometimes it looks silver, sometimes it looks purple. But all the time it looks awesome. Veryyyyyyyy sparkly. Go buy it! It's only five bucks. 

[Edit: My apologies for calling this polish Mr. Wong. Apparently I have penises on the brain]

Blue and Yellow Tiger Stripes

Howdy, 

This is my mani from a few days ago. I used a sponge to paint on the blue and yellow, which were Hard Candy's Frenzy and Ulta's Sun-sational respectively. I then used a regular old black nail art bottle from Walmart to paint on the stripes. 

I really loved this mani. Very bright and colorful. 

and very shiny, right? Not any more! I added Diamond Cosmetic's Matte Top Coat, which I received in my moderately sized haul the other day. I love this matteness! I really didn't think I would, I just wanted it for the ability to do 

I feel like the matte top coat dulled the colors a little bit, and I'm fine with that. I think it looks pretty neat. Unfortunately I had a issue, but only on one nail. When I put the matte TC on, it seemed to kind of crack or split the sponged on polish from the white basecoat of polish I had first put on. It was a bit strange, but not that noticeable, and like I said that only happened with one nail. So I will have to try it again and see what happens. 

Damn. I intended to alter the schema of my blog to include less bs and more pics. Alas, my goal to reduce bullshit didn't work. Surprise, surprise. Perhaps I'll have better luck next time. Sorry for the rambling. 

Frenzy French w/ Holo Top Coat

Hey. This is my mani of the day. I used Hard Candy's Frenzy, which is a gorgeous turquoise creme. Great coverage, great color. Overall fantastic value. 5 bucks at Walmart - covers better than the 8 dollar Essie's I have. 

So I think I'm getting much better at cleaning up French manicures. And I really love the look - though of course I have an uncontrollable impulse to put glitter and sparkles on everything I do. But if I didn't do that, I think french manicures are a great way to wear some colors to work or school that maybe you wouldn't normally wear. Anyhoo - on to the pictures. 

...and the requisite blurry picture to show the glitter. Didn't work too well.. but it's the effort that counts, right?