Fresh Paint ~ Dragon Lady

Fresh Paint ~ Dragon Lady

Green packed with turquoise shimmer

Dragon Lady! Isn’t that just an intriguing name for a nail polish!? I think it is, and I also think it actually fits the polish.

The formula is on the sheer side but it builds up. I think I could have been able to get away with two coats, but I wanted to make sure that I had everything covered for the camera so to speak.l

The drying time is pretty good.

Take a look at three coats in the sun:

The shimmer is really something in this polish. This picture is taken in the lightbox:

I added holo! One layer of Dance Legend’s Top Prismatic, which is a holo topper. It usually greys the colour underneath quite a bit but it went just perfectly with this shimmery green. It actually almost made it look metallic, which is a finish that I like. Score! Here’s a sunshine picture of the two polishes together:

I love it!

I haven’t used Dance Legend’s holo topcoat for a long time, but I’m really pleased with today’s result.

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Pretty good

Finish: Shimmer

Overall impression: I love the shimmerness of this and it’s a really nice green too

Buy again: Yes

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Frogs Alive

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Frogs Alive  

Acid green strong linear holo

It’s been a while since I featured a Lilypad Lacquer on my blog, so it’s that time again. It’s actually also been a while since I purchased any of them. Frogs Alive is my latest buy and today – right here, right now - it’s time for it to flash its rainbows!

Application was easy because the formula is good. It takes two coats to make this look its best and the drying time is good.

No sun available that day, so here’s two coats and no topcoat, taken with flash:

The rainbows are pretty kerrazy in Frogs Alive....

And so is the colour.

I ♥ rainbows!

Here is a low light picture:

I didn’t quite know what to do with this so I ended up with dots – again :D

I made three white dots on each nail and when that was dry I made a green glitter dot on each of the white dots.

My white is a Savina called Fantasy Files, and the green glitter is from McFresh and is called Lady Scales. I applied a layer of topcoat when the dots were dry. Here’s my final mani:

A last shot:

I couldn’t quite decide if I liked this or not. I am not sure why… perhaps it’s because the green is a little bit outside my comfort zone. Or maybe I should have added a darker colour too, that might have helped.

Do you like it?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Durability: Good

Removal: No problems
Overall impression: Crazy colour with crazy rainbows.

Buy again: Yes

I bought Frogs Alive from norwaynails.com.

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