Essence - City That Never Sleeps

This is the new Essence nail colour 3 set. I think there were 5 different sets, but this was the only set that had colors I like. For these nails, I just used City That Never Sleeps Side. I think it is generally supposed to be layered over the other polish, Midnight Date, but I decided to try it alone. I had to use 3 coats, though, because it is so sheer. The shade is really nice. It is a light purple with turquoise flecks. 

Essence - Dress for a Moment

Here's one of my new Essence nail polishes from dm. Pictured below is two coats of Dress for a Moment. Then, I finished with a coat of Seche Vite. (sorry, I forgot to clean them up first) 

With Flash:

Daylight:

Mardi Gras Nails!

When I saw Spoiled - Pet My Peacock in the store, I immediately thought of Mardi Gras. I decided to layer this over Essie - Sexy Divide. I was really disappointed with the quality of Pet My Peacock, though. The base is really thick. This made it hard to apply multiple coats, which was definitely necessary to get enough glitter on the nail. Overall, not too pleased with these, but I thought I'd post them since it's Mardi Gras. 

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Catrice - Forget-Me-Not!

I'm leaving in a few hours to go to Karneval in Venice for the weekend! So, I thought purple would be an appropriate color for this. I started with two coats of my new polish Catrice - Forget-Me-Not! This is a really great color and could have been applied in just one, careful coat. Then, I applied S-he Matte Top Coat. 

This pic is before the matte top coat:

This pic is after the matte top coat:

I can only tell a slight difference between the two, and in the pictures it is even less noticeable. Then, I decided to use my new nail tattoo liner, too. I just created little dots on my ring finger using LOOK By BIPA - türkis. 

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Valentine's Day Stamping

My final Valentine's Day nails before I go to Austria! My flight leaves in a few hours, so I thought I'd publish these nails while waiting at the airport. These were inspired by Beauty & the Glamour's nails. I started with two coats of Pure Ice - Super Star. For the pinky, I used Sally Hansen InstaDri - Pronto Purple with BM09. For the ring finger, Pure Ice - Flirt Alert with BM02. For the middle finger, I sponged on Wet n Wild Wild Shine - Sparked. For the pointer, I used Flirt Alert with BM02 and Pronto Purple with BM03. Finally, for the thumb, I used Pronto Purple with BM17 and Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes with BM03.

Here are the nails with flash:

And without flash:

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Day 14: FLOWER Nails

For these nails, I started with two coats of Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Pronto Purple. Once that was dry, I used Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes with BM12 for the flower design!

Here's a close-up of one of the nails:

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Purple Circles

So now that I have my stamping set, I just can't get enough of it. I did these today starting with Essie - Lilacism for my base. Then, I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Pronto Purple with BM19 for the circular pattern!

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Day 6: PURPLE Nails

These were fun to do. First, I applied two coats of Rimmel London - Ultra Violet, which is really great nail polish. I got this while I was studying abroad in London last summer, and I wish I had gotten more!! I love the wide brush on it, and it could easily be applied with just one coat.

After I let that completely dry, I used some Sally Hansen adhesive guides that came with an old French Manicure Kit. I used two straight edged ones (meant for toes) and create the triangle at the base of my nail. Then I filled the area in with Mattese Elite - Nutty Hat Guy (got this at Ricky's in NYC this past December), and then I peeled off the tape!

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