Dreamland Lacquer ~ Out, Damned Clot!

Dreamland Lacquer ~ Out, Damned Clot!

Bright red linear holo

“Out, Damned Clot!” has been sitting in my box of untrieds for a long while. It’s a beautiful bright red linear holo, which I absolutely adore.

The formula is good and I used two easy coats for full opacity. The drying time is really good.

The stamp is from the stamping plate “QJ-L14” and I stamped with a dark purple stamping polish from El Corazón called “Restless Night”. I had originally planned to stamp with black, but I changed my mind last minute. Purple and red look really awesome toghether.

Take a look at the final result, topcoat included.

This photo is taken in daylight, no sun.

Here’s “Out, Damned Clot!” alone, two coats and no topcoat. The photo is taken with flash to show off the gorgeous rainbows.

Dreamland Lacquer ~ Out, Damned Clot!

This is the stuff I used today.

I love everything about this polish. It’s fabulous! ♥

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: Everything is great about this polish

Buy again: Yes!!

Sally Hansen ~ 540 Frutti Petutie

Sally Hansen ~ 540 Frutti Petutie

Pink crelly-ish crème

I bought this bright pink polish on special. I like Sally Hansen’s polishes but I honestly can’t remember that I ever bought one that wasn’t on special.

The formula is a bit crelly-ish – not quite a crelly but not quite a crème either. I used three coats for my manicure but the third one was for the camera. The drying time is good.

I brushed on a bit of slow drying topcoat near my cuticles and sprinkled a bit of bright blue glitter onto it. Then I topcoated the whole thing to finish it all off.

Here’s the final manicure photographed in daylight.

Sally Hansen ~ 540 Frutti Petutie

I really like this colour scheme.

This is Frutti Petutie alone; three coats and no topcoat.

Sally Hansen ~ 540 Frutti Petutie

Here are the pretty things I used today.

I really like this combination and it feels so good to have glitter on my nails again.

Number of coats: 3 – you can get away with two if you aren’t a nail polish blogger
Drying time: Good

Finish: Crelly/crème
Overall impression: Great colour

Buy again: Yes, if it’s on special

China Glaze ~ Let Your Twilight Sparkle

China Glaze ~ Let Your Twilight Sparkle

Sheer blue base with iridescent flecks that are primarily blue with shifts of violet and pink

I was browsing through my box of untrieds and realized that I buy more toppers than I actually wear. I love a good shimmer/fleck topper, I think they’re amazing. I just don’t use them often enough because I tend to buy polishes that have some sort of effect themselves.

Today I decided to wear “Let Your Twilight Sparkle” from China Glaze. It’s from the “My Little Pony” collection from Summer 2017.

I started out with a vibrant blue base: “Frostbite”, also from China Glaze. I applied one layer of the topper over it and it was absolutely gorgeous!

I added a few star stickers, topped it with topcoat, ét voila: My manicure was done. Here it is:

It was really hard to catch the pinkness in the shimmer, but I can assure you that it wasn’t hard to see in real life. It’s a great topper!

Here’s a layer of “Let Your Twilight Sparkle” over “Frostbite”. The pink shimmer shows itself here.

China Glaze ~ Let Your Twilight Sparkle

Here are the two polish I used.

China Glaze: Frostbite and Let Your Twilight Sparkle

I seriously need to use my toppers more. They look great, also over shimmer polishes.

Number of coats: 1 over a coloured base
Drying time: Good

Finish: Shimmer/fleck
Overall impression: Great effect polish, good over a variety of base colours

Buy again: Yes

Orly ~ Halo

Orly ~ Halo

A mix of silver and gold glitter in a clear base

“Halo” is from Orly’s “Naughty or Nice” holiday 2012 collection. I bought it recently in a blog sale.

The formula is okay. I wasn’t quite sure how many coats this would take to achieve full opacity. It turns out that I only needed two coats. The formula is pretty good.

I stamped on it. The water marble design is from the stamping plate “Mezerdoo35” and a I stamped with a lovely polish from Max Factor called “Burgundy Crush”. Here’s how that turned out, including topcoat.

I love this water marble design and the colours are perfect together.

This is “Halo” on its own; two coats and a layer of topcoat.

Orly ~ Halo

Here’s the stuff I used.

I love this manicure, I think it’s gorgeous!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Glitter
Overall impression: Great polish! Very blingy

Buy again: Yes