NOTD: Thursday April 02 2009

This is a funky looking NOTD, but a little challenging. I applied Rimmel Passion over my nails, and then painted the underside of my nails with Rimmel Tip Whitener. In retrospect, I definitely should've done the white first. I don't think I'd do this again. It looked really cool, but my nails are too short for this to be anything but terribly difficult.

NOTD Thursday March 26 2009

I was super busy working on homework on Thursday, but my nails were calling! I didn't have a lot of time to do them, so I just swiped one coat NYC Big Apple Red over the coral pink I was wearing. Result: red with a pink flash! Cool!

NOTD: Friday Dec 19 GUITAR HERO

So here is basically the greatest mani I've ever done: The Guitar Hero Manicure. (Tim: I bought the green and yellow nail polishes just for you!!!)




These first two colors are so so so sheer. I put four coats for each one. I was disappointed, to say the least. Especially since the other polishes I have from Icing are super pigmented. The other colors are two coats each.





Note: don't you think these Icing polish bottles look a bit like China Glaze bottles? I don't own any CG, so I can't be sure.

Nail Swatches!!!

Some nail polishes I bought a while back. They are all 99 cents each at Rite Aid! Pretty sweet deal! Each of these swatches is two coats with a top coat.

N.Y.C Big Apple Red Creme
This picture makes it look more orange-y than it is.
It's actually a darker red. Pretty bold actually.

Wet'n'Wild Wild Shine in Caribbean Frost

Yeah, again, the color a little off. It's a bit greener than this
It's a shimmery sea green color. Makes me think of mermaids. :-)

NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme
This color is spot on. A bright orange, very autumn-y color. Love it.

This color is spot on, too. NYC Charming Rose Creme
Rosy pink frosty color (I am so bad at color descriptions)

Wet'n'Wild Wild Shine in Bijou Blue
This is a frosty aquamarine color. It's the only one out of the five that needed a third coat (can you tell in the photo? I'm not sure.) In the bottle it looked a bit darker, so I was a little disappointed at first, but it's growing on me. The color reminds me a bit of Cinderella (but I suppose her color would be a bit lighter)

Sigh... NOTE TO SELF: take photos in better lighting. Try doing nail swatches when it's light outside!!!