Pam's Girly Bits Shift Happens

This mani is Girly Bits Shift Happens over Essie No More Film.
This manicure features a polish from another indie polish designer. Pam's Girly Bits can be purchased from her blog here:
pamsgirlybits.blogspot.com (keep in mind she's based in Canada) or from Llarowe (in the US).
Shift Happens is a clear base chock full of color shifting pigment that shifts from red to orange to yellow to green to teal. I haven't been able to spot blue or purple outside of the bottle yet. This polish is a beautiful attempt to dupe the famous Clarins 230 aka Unicorn Pee.
No More Film is a very saturated and dark blue toned purple creme from the new collection Sure Shot. The bottle pic above is not color accurate on this. It's not so blue or so bright...
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, one coat of No More Film, one coat of Shift Happens, and one coat of Seche Vite.
RED

ORANGE

GOLDEN YELLOW

YELLOW GREEN

GREEN

TEAL GREEN

RAINBOW

RORANGE

YELLOW

TEAL

200th Post. Lynnderella Matter of the Heart and Nosegay (take 2)

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Photos taken in full sun:

This manicure is Lynnderella Matter of the Heart from her most recent Lovely Is As Lovely Does collection over Jessica Rolling Rose from their most recent collection Heavy Petal.
Matter of the Heart is a pale pink base with salmon, red, and purple square and hex glitters; and a few holo hex glitters and shimmer in the base. The glitter is a bit sparse and probably best carefully placed. I ended up doing three coats and letting glitters fall where they may...
Rolling Rose is a milky pink with blue-green shimmer. The shimmer actually shows up better on the nail than in the bottle.
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, two coats of Jessica Rolling Rose, three coats of Matter of the Heart (on all but the ring finger), and one coat of Seche Vite.



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Photos taken in full sun:

This manicure is Lynnderella Nosegay over Jessica Born 2 Pansy.
I tried Nosegay once before over a bright yellow base here:
nosegay part 1
Nosegay is a sheer milky base with purple and lavender small glitters, square glitter, and hex, some iridescent glitter, and blue-purple shimmer.
Born to Pansy is a bright, yet pale purple with blue-green shimmer. As with Rolling Rose, the shimmer actually shows up better on the nail than in the bottle.
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, two coats of Jessica Born 2 Pansy, two coats of Nosegay (on all but the ring finger), and one coat of Seche Vite.

China Glaze Capitol Colors Hunger Games Riveting and Electrify

In honor of the upcoming film and the story's heroine, the girl on fire, Katniss Everdeen, I am wearing two colors from the new Hunger Games collection from China Glaze. Riveting is a fiery red-orange macroshimmer with gold flash, similar to an old China Glaze release, Orange-Pacific. Electrify is a mixture of gold glitter and chunkier red glitter in a clear base.
Have you gotten tickets for the midnight show yet?
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, one coat of Riveting (two on the middle finger), one coat of Electrify (on all fingers except the middle), and one coat of Seche Vite.

Lynnderella Nosegay (kind of a fail)

Pictures taken outdoors in natural sunlight:

I received my package of Lynnderella's new collection, Lovely is as Lovely Does, yesterday. You should be able to purchase them here in the near future:
llarowe.com
Today's manicure is Lynnderella Nosegay over Hard Candy Just Nails Splendid.
Nosegay is a sheer milky base with purple and lavender small glitters, square glitter, and hex, some iridescent glitter, and blue-purple shimmer.

I first tried this polish layered over Sephora by OPI Taxi Cab. Taxi Cab is a sheer yellow shimmer and the results were abysmal. I didn't consider that Nosegay is not a clear base, but a milky one and the combo of sheer yellow and milky lavender was vomit-inducing. Not that this result is amazing, but it's much better. I'm sticking with this because I have decided to try doing the new collection of lynnderella varnishes over complementary bases. I usually do mostly tonal bases, but after seeing cilucia's amazing swatches (which I doubt I could equal) I decided to take a different approach.
This manicure is one coat CND Stickey bc, two-three coats of Splendid (not the best coverage, so some nails got another coat), ONE coat of Nosegay (any more makes the contrasting base coat look weird and milky), and one coat of Seche Vite.

Revlon Rain Forest (and Comparison to China Glaze Glittering Garland)

Today's manicure is Revlon Rain Forest. I know some people have discussed a similarity to China Glaze Holiday's Glittering Garland, so I decided to compare the two. They are similar and can look dupey in low light, but you can see the differences in bright lighting. The Revlon is a little darker/more blackened in base. The Revlon is a little streaky; I think the China Glaze has a better formula and brush.
Rain Forest is a blackened green base with golden green macro-shimmer.
This manicure is one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of Revlon Rain Forest, and one coat of Seche Vite.
Pictures taken outdoors in natural sunlight:


COMPARISON

nails inc primrose hill

Today's manicure is nails inc primrose hill. I bought it from Sephora for $19.50. It's a limited edition polish that is only available in the more expensive, decorative crystal cap bottle.
primrose hill is a mellow grayish lavendar with pinkish purple shimmer. It's fantastic because it has a secret color shift. As a massively crazy nail polish addict and collector, I can't tell you how many times a beautiful duochrome/color shift that looks entrancing in the bottle just doesn't show up on the nail at all. It's such a disappointment. I can't really catch the color shift looking at this bottle, but at certain angles to the light, the normally pinkish purple shimmer flashes green.
Sorry about the tipwear. I did this manicure on Sunday night and it was raining on Monday, so I had to wait until Tuesday for the sun.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of nails inc primrose hill, and one coat of Seche Vite.
Pictures taken outdoors in natural sunlight:


Here's the color shift:



Pictures taken indoors with artificial light:

Nars Super Orgasm from Yorokobi Set

Today's manicure is Nars Super Orgasm from the Yorokobi set. I bought the set at Sephora for $39. It contains mini blush, lipgloss, and nail polish in quantities as follows:
- 0.12 oz Blush in Super Orgasm (peachy pink with gold glitter)
- 0.14 oz Lip Gloss in Super Orgasm (peachy pink with gold glitter)
- 0.25 oz Nail Polish in Super Orgasm (peachy pink with gold glitter)

Super Orgasm is a sheer salmon pink base with pink shimmer and loads of chunky gold glitter. It swathed sheer in three coats on my wheel, so I decided to layer it over Rescue Beauty Lounge Smitten since it's a mini bottle and I didn't want to waste layers and not achieve opacity.
I like this polish, but the quality is not up to NARS standards and it could be duped easily enough with a pink shimmer and gold glitter layering combo.
Sorry about the tipwear. I did this manicure on Sunday night and it was raining on Monday, so I had to wait until Tuesday for the sun.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of RBL Smitten, one coat of Nars Super Orgasm, and one coat of Seche Vite.
Pictures taken outdoors in natural sunlight.


Pictures taken indoors with artificial light.