Ash Diamond - Sally Hansen Glitz Gal

There are not enough hours in a day! I wish I had more time to do more complicated manis and longer posts, but I'm still so busy all the time... =S

[Bottle to nail: Sally Hansen Glitz Gal (2 coats)]

This is Sally Hansen Glitz Gal from the Gem Crush collection. Jme has previously posted this polish, so it's not even a new one! You can check out her post here.

[2 coats: Sally Hansen Glitz Gal]

Glitz Gal is a charcoal glitter polish with holo hexes sprinkled throughout. Formula is good, great glitter density, and nice even coverage. I used two coats for these photos.

[2 coats: Sally Hansen Glitz Gal]

It dries rough, as expected from a glitter polish, but I think the finish actually adds to the sparkle. Of course, a layer of topcoat doesn't hurt!

Voices of the Mountain - Glam Polish Harmony Wind

This is a beauty, another gift from Ev. It's Glam Polish's Harmony Wind. What a gorgeous name to go with a gorgeous polish.

[4 coats of Glam Polish Harmony Wind]

The flakie craze meant that we have so many different flakies for us to choose from now, which I absolutely love. These are metallic multichrome flakies that colour shift from teal to green to purple. The colour shift is strong and beautiful in this one. The manicure looks almost textured because of the flakies.

I did these with no coloured base but it did take about 4 coats to build it to opacity. You can sponge it for quicker application.

[4 coats of Glam Polish Harmony Wind]

I'm including these pictures where I photographed at a more acute angle because the purple looks so pretty here. You can still see the greens at the edges in the first one. At this angle, you can see that it colour shifts to gold as well. What a pretty polish!

(And yes, I'm slipping in some Pocahontas in the title. I thought Colors of the Wind was an apt choice for this post!)

Floriental Change - Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104, Konad White, BP-28

So I couldn't leave such a lovely creme polish from last week alone... so I did some stamping over it!

[Spring flowers in winter??]

This is definitely one of the stamping experiments that I was pleased with!

[Base: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104 (2 coats)]

 Just a quick reminder - the base was Born Pretty thermal Color Change Polish in #104 which shifts from a blurple when cool to a candy pink when warm.

[Base: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104 (2 coats);
Stamping: Konad White; Born Pretty BP-28]

Uhmm this is another Born Pretty plate, BP-28. I used that swirly flower pattern you can see on the lower right there. Using Konad special polish in White, I stamped it on then finished with topcoat. Once again, using good stamping polish makes a difference when picking up the fine details of the curlicues.

[Base: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104 (2 coats);
Stamping: Konad White; Born Pretty BP-28]

And this is the finished product when warmed up at the tips! I rarely saw it pink though, but that's okay because I really like the contrast of white against the blurple!

Armoured in Style - CrowsToes Dragon In Drag, Kleancolor Metallic Black

I rediscovered a nail polish that was given to me by Ev for my birthday this year. This is CrowsToes' Dragon In Drag.

[Base: Kleancolor Metallic Black
Topper: CrowsToes Dragon In Drag]

Isn't it pretty? The colour combination makes it really stand out.

[Base: Kleancolor Metallic Black
Topper: CrowsToes Dragon In Drag]

First, I think Dragon In Drag is a perfect name for the nail polish. It has green, teal, purple and iridescent hex glitters of all sizes. It looks like a flamboyant, scaley polish!

I have to admit that I think I overloaded it with glitter. I should have stuck with one or two coats instead of going for a third. There really was no reason for that third except for greed. My top coat bubbled as a result because I had to really lay it on.

Blurpink - Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104

Here's another thermal colour change polish I picked up from Born Pretty a few months ago! These are pretty terrible photos though because my hands are always cold in winter...

[Bottle to nail: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104 (2 coats)]

This is Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104 which is a blurple to pink temperature shifter, where blurple is cold and pink is warm.

[2 coats: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104]

Evidently I did this mani in the dead of winter and my hands were freezing... I warmed up two fingers to show you how it looks when shifted pink.

[2 coats: Born Pretty Color Change Polish #104]

And here's some funky gradient effects from my nails cooling back down. On my thumb, you can see where I've heated just the tip. Overally, I'm pretty happy with this polish. Love the 'cool' colour and application was perfect in two coats. The finish is semi-matte, but I just popped some topcoat on over for a full gloss look!

Sweet Sprinkles - No. 8405

It's been pretty busy around here so let me keep this sweet and short. This was a surprise find for me! I picked up this nail polish when I was in Malaysia earlier this year, at a random market stall that sold a few different nail polishes from China. I quite like it!

[No. 8405]

As I was about to post this, I realized that a picture of the bottle was necessary because this seems like a brandless, nameless nail polish. 

[No. 8405 in bottle]

Meet No. 8405. Sounds like a prison number. The bottle cap looks like it could be an old lipstick.

[No. 8405]

No. 8405 is a pinkish-champagne-ish foil, with blue and pink hex glitter and small white hex glitter. It's almost completely opaque in three coats, with the faintest visible nail line. It doesn't have a strong smell and the consistency is pretty good. A great payload of glitter too!

So that's it. Random purchase No. 8405 was a success!