NailaDay: Barry M Coral and China Glaze Blonde Bombshell Skittlette

Another mani that's great for summertime. I know. It's almost Fourth of July and I'll have an appropriate manicure for you guys soon but this is one that I pulled out from the vault that I wore last year. It's with Barry M Coral again, what a great polish! I just love all the polishes I have from Barry M. 

The accent nail is China Glaze Blonde Bombshell and the stamped image is from a Pueen Encore plate. I use that set a lot, don't I? It's the only one handy enough for my lazy self to dig out because all of my other plates are currently stuck in boxes and I could use this set 50 more times and still not duplicate myself. It was a pretty good purchase. 

Here we are with Barry M Coral and CG Blonde Bombshell without the stamping. I tell you, I fell in love with Blonde Bombshell in this mani. I love the mix of small and medium gold glitters. It's a simple formulation but the density and sparkle is really nice! This here is about 2 1/2 to 3 coats.

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Born Pretty Holo #4

A long time ago, a time when you weren't tripping over a holographic polish every time you turned around, when indie holographic polish was just starting to become a thing, I found out that the Born Pretty Store carried holographic polishes and they were a reasonable price for a small 6 ml bottle. Well, I surely did get myself a bunch of colors and this is one of them. They don't have any fancy names. This one is just called #4. These days, this would be a fairly ho hum holo polish. Nothing fancy, no shimmer, no glitter, no flakies. Definitely no multichrome pigment added. Just a lovely pinky/red/coral (what the hell is this color? Watermelon?) straight holo. And I wore it that way. This is three coats. No stamping, no gradient, no art. It was very pretty. 

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Barry M Coral with Yellow Topaz Glitter

Holiday weekend is over and we're back to the same old, same old. We're back to swatch posts from the vault again. This is a two in one, Barry M Coral topped with Barry M Yellow Topaz Glitter. I love the coral but I LOVE the glitter. It's so lovely in real life. Great mix of sizes, some are holographic, spreads evenly with good coverage but doesn't overpower the base. I love it. I don't know why I haven't used it more. Oh, wait, I know. I have enough polish to last me two lifetimes. Oh yeah. 

Here's Coral by itself. This is three coats for full coverage. It's really less orange than it appears here but I can never take pictures of coral without it looking too orange. 

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Sinful Colors Island Coral with stripes

Hello lovely polish folk! If you have been following me for any length of time, you'll know that I have a love of Sinful Colors polishes. What I have shown on the blog does not even touch the surface of the collection I have and I need to think of ways to correct that. Today's post features a few of the Sinful Colors polishes I have in the red/orange/pink/purple range. I picked Island Coral as the base to really get into the mood for spring. It shows up more orange in my pictures than it is in real life.

The inspiration for this mani is two fold. I saw a couple of manis a while ago on Lucy's Stash here and here, who in turn got her inspiration from Makeupwithdrawal from her post here.

Here are the colors I used for the accent nail. There are just too many of them to type out and I'm sure most of your eyes will just glaze right over that paragraph so I put the names of the colors right on the bottle caps in the picture. The base of the accent nail is Orly Powder Puff. 

After leaving it like this for a couple of days, I wanted to add a little something so I layered a coat of NYC Flashlight. It's a pretty, fine shimmery gold color that is much too sheer to be worn on it's own. It warmed up the mani even more and gave it a lovely shimmer. This topper is nothing earth shattering but I can see it looking amazing over a lot of different colors.

I loved playing with my striping tape for this mani. After placing the tape strips down, I used a fine nail art brush to paint the colors in between the tape. As each color was filled, I pulled up on the tape strip that came before, just to keep it from dragging. Even trying to work fast and pulling up the tape as I went along, there was a little bit of pulling on the color since it dried so fast.

Overall, I was really happy with the way it came out. I don't think I would have the time or patience to do all my nails like this but it turned out well as the accent nail.