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Today, I have three shades from the China Glaze Sunsational Summer 2013 collection. Out of the jelly half of this collection, these three were the most attractive to me.





All of these are sandwiched the same: 2 coats jelly, 1 coat glitter, 1 coat jelly, 1 coat glitter, and a final jelly coat for a total of 2 coats of glitter and 4 coats of jelly. These are are shown with topcoat.







China Glaze Keepin' It Teal swatch Finger Paints Motley nail polish
China Glaze Keepin' It Teal and Finger Paints Motley







China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts swatch Essie STroke of brilliance nail polish
China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts and Essie Stroke of Brilliance


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China Glaze Shell-o swatch sally hansen glass slipper nail polish
China Glaze Shell-O and Sally Hansen Glass Slipper





These jellies don't self-level at all. Floating the brush and avoid going over the same spot twice helped tremendously. I think they are worth getting if you're willing to be patient with them.
11 May 18 comments


I only picked up one polish from this little collection because I have enough pinks to last a lifetime, and I'm really trying to cut down on purchasing full collection just for collecting's sake. So here's the most interesting color from the collection, in my opinion.




Essie Using My Middle name swatch nail polish purple shimmer





Essie Using My Middle Name is a medium violet with pinky red shimmer. The shimmer is subtle, but it is visible on the nail. I really like the color of this, and I don't have anything quite like it.



The formula is nice. I had no application issues with this one.





Essie Using My Middle Name retails for $8 and is available at Ulta.
08 May 2 comments
I wanted to do something fun to get me excited about blogging again. I debated between Swatch Dump Sundays and Sandwich Saturdays for a while and decided that I'd have more fun making jelly sammies every week. So here's the first installment - two of my favorite polishes in one awesome mani.






Verity Deep Violet Urban Decay Burnout jelly sandwich sponged manicure swatch review
w/ OttLite




purple shimmer jelly sandwich duochrome
w/ flash




purple shimmer jelly sandwich duochrome
w/ flash

This is 2 coats Deep Violet, 1 coat Burnout, 1 coat Deep Violet, and 1 final coat Burnout, with tc.



Because of its milky base, Burnout has a tendency to lighten whatever it's layered over. This can sometimes lead to a cloudy mani. I tried to avoid that by sponging Burnout to get more shimmer and less base.



I'm obsessed with Verity Deep Violet, and if you don't already own it, I suggest you go to Amazon right now and get it. I have a post with it swatched on its own coming up soon.



Urban Decay Burnout has been long discontinued, but the shimmer is that same amber to green shimmer that  is pretty ubiquitous at the moment. I'm sure you can recreate this look with something similar.
04 May 12 comments
Although I have several Nina Ultra Pro polishes, I'd never actually used any of them until this mani. I have a habit of falling in love with a color, buying it, and then forgetting about it as soon as I put it away. Well no more, I say! I'm probably totally going to break that habit.







fuchsia cream with pink and blue glitter nail polish
2 coats Violet It Ride w/ 1 coat OPI Polka.com, with topcoat


Nina Ultra Pro Violet It Ride is a...what is it? The name makes me want to call it violet, but there's nothing violet about it, in my opinion. It's a fuchsia creme that definitely has some neon pigment in it because it dries to a satin finish.





The formula was just okay. It was on the thick side, but I had no issues with the application. The wear was also not spectacular. I experienced a few chips on day two. I'll have to try this with a different base and top coat combo.





Nina Ultra Pro Violet It Ride retails for $4.69 and is available at Sally Beauty.

30 April 6 comments
If you haven't seen my review of Illamasqua Venous yet, check it out here.






green nail polish cremes comparison
Misa Dirty Sexy Money, Illamasqua Venous, Barielle Sweet Addiction




green nail polish creme comparison
2 coats of each

No dupes here! Misa Dirty Sexy Money is similar, but it's not as vibrant and has a touch more green than Illamasqua Venous. Barielle Sweet Addiction's difference are obvious.



I'd say they are different enough to own all three, but if I had to choose one, it would definitely be Illamasqua Venous.
28 April 6 comments



Nails Ince Soho Mews tan texture nail polish
2 coats



Nails Inc. Soho Mews is a lovely shade of tan. For me, that's where the loveliness ends. Textured polish without any sparkle just looks gross to me. Soho Mews certainly doesn't look like any leather I own. I gave it a shot, and I'm now positive I won't be purchasing anymore of this particular finish.



I'd love this color in a creme finish. Any recs?





Nails Inc. Soho Mews retails for $12 and is available at Sephora inside JCP.
23 April 10 comments
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