Essence ~ I don’t Need Money Honey

Essence ~ I don’t Need Money Honey

Sky blue metallic

I bought I don’t Need Money Honey for stamping but decided to give it a go as a base colour as well. It is a lovely blue colour so I wanted to try it out.

It is opaque in one coat if you’re careful. I wasn’t careful enough so I used two coats for my mani. Drying time was good.

The polish is super brush stroke-y; I’d say it’s pretty much impossible to put it on without seeing the brush strokes afterwards. But like I’ve said before: I don’t mind.

Here’s my final mani:

The two holo glitter dots on each nail is made with Floss Gloss’ Dimepiece and there’s a layer of topcoat over it all to finish it up.

Here are the two polishes side by side.

This definitely works as a base colour too, and I’m pretty sure I could water marble with it as well. Not bad for a polish that costs about a dollar and a half!

Number of coats: 2 – but 1 is enough

Drying time: Okay

Finish: Metallic
Overall impression: Great colour, good polish for many purposes

Buy again: Yes 

Floss Gloss ~ Smoke on the Nail and Dime Piece

Floss Gloss ~ Smoke on the Nail and Dime Piece

Yet another kitchen sink manicure

I was in the mood for a kitchen sink mani – you know, those manis where all the nails are different. I really like it when the nails all don’t look the same!

I used Smoke on the Nail, which is a lovely vampy deep burgundy crème – a very shiny polish. The white polish is from El Corazón and is called m&s-172. The holo glitter is also from Floss Gloss and is called Dime Piece.

This is the end result:

The heart stamp on my middle finger is from the stamping plate BP-61. The hearts are stamped with Smoke on the Nail. It works as a stamping polish on light colours but I don’t think it would actually work on a darker polish.

Here are the three polishes I used.

I wasn’t quite happy with the dots I made. In reality I only wanted a few of them, but all of a sudden there were way too many of them. Argh, I hate it when that happens. But never mind; I loved the rest of it.

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Good

Finish: Crème
Overall impression: I’m impressed with the quality of Floss Gloss polishes, they are really good!

Buy again: Yes

Floss Gloss ~ Lavish

Floss Gloss ~ Lavish

Lavender crème

Here’s another one of my new Floss Gloss polishes. I’m quite impressed with the formula of these! I expected lavish to be a three coater because it’s a soft pastel. In reality I could have got away with one coat! I did apply a second coat to try to even out the irregularities I caused with the first coat :D The drying time is really good.

I made it into this mani:

The glitter I’m holding is #20 from Lovely. I bought it years ago on a holiday. It’s a nice glitter. It smells awful though, but I’m willing to live with that.

The water decals are from Aliexpress and there’s a layer of topcoat over it all.

Here are the two polishes I used.

I’m not done showing you all the Floss Glosses yet :D

Number of coats: 2, but I could have got away with just 1 coat

Drying time: Really good

Finish: Crème  
Overall impression: I’m seriously impressed by the formula!

Buy again: Yes