Color Club ~ Secret Agent with Mohda glitter

Color Club ~ Secret Agent

Vibrant silky frosty purple

Secret Agent is from the Alter Ego collection from spring 2011. I bought the entire set, and since I have so many purples, I just really wanted to try it on and then find a new home for it. But - after having tried it on, I have actually made the decision to let it stay here for now.

The formula is a bit thick, but the polish applies easily and almost non-streaky. Drying time is fast, and this could be a one coater. I almost went with one coat, but decided to add another, just to make sure to give the polish the best conditions to be pretty. The polish is frosty but it still dries up with a silky surface. A great polish, even for girls with many purples ;)

Here’s what two coats and no top coat looks like:

Then I taped my nails and applied a coat of Mohda “Ametista” which is a paler purple with holographic glitter in it. I am sure that this is opaque enough to just take two coats to build up to full opacity, but today I used it for layering. It’s a polish I got from the sweetest girl in Brazil.

I removed the tape while the polish was still wet, and then I covered up the line between the two polishes with Essence’s striper “04 Pink !”. And I finished my mani with a coat of BK top coat. 

Here is a picture of all the polishes I used:

 

I’m liking this myself and hope you do too! Wouldn’t you let Secret Agent be a keeper?

Essence ~ Exits on your right with Chinese doodles

Essence ~ Exits on your right  

Pastel green crème

For this mani I started out with two coats of Essence “Exits on your right”, which I won in Maria’s giveaway. It’s from their “Ready for Boarding” collection from summer 2012. If I had worn it on its own I would have applied three coats, but since I had plans with this baby I didn’t mind a few thin spots.

Here’s the two coats, no top coat:

Then I applied glitter. I used a Mohda polish. It’s from Brazil and it doesn’t seem to have a name, but it’s a very pretty holographic glitter. I applied one coat down the middle of the nail.

Here’s how that looks like:

And here’s a blurry pic to show off the holo effect:

It’s pretty cool already, don’t you think?

Then I took my black striper from Claire’s and painted random stripes down the middle of my nails. I almost felt as if I could write Chinese. Take a look, I think it’s looking great:

And I should definitely have stopped here, but no, I had to go on and ruin it all. It’s so typical me! *very irked @ self*

I taped the middle of my nails and painted the edges with L A Girl Metallic “Chromium Green”. I bought this with stamping in mind, because I thought it was a one coater. It might be, but fact is that it couldn’t cover up the edges of the black stripes. And the colours weren’t quite right together either.

So I was left with this mess:

I will try this mani again, but I’ll be more carefull with picking colours that go well together and make sure the dark one actually covers the lighter shade.

What do you think? Do you like my Chinese doodles? :)