Stop Look Go - Dance Legend Danger Danger

Gosh, it's been a while! Life got a bit crazy there and I had bare nails for weeks (gasp!). But here we go again... =)

[Bottle to nail: Dance Legend Danger Danger (2 coats)]

As usual, whenever I need to get back into the swing of things, I go for a nice red polish to pep up my nails. This one is Danger Danger from Dance Legend, a red shimmer with large scattered holo particles.

[2 coats: Dance Legend Danger Danger]

Great formula as I've come to expect from Dance Legend. These pics show two coats - dries fairly quickly and applies evenly. 

[2 coats: Dance Legend Danger Danger]

I've been on the lookout for a nice bright neutral red holo but for some reason I keep collecting ones that are just the slightest bit off. This one pulls slightly darker in real life than in these photos, and as you can tell, it's a bit more raspberry than a true red. 

[2 coats: Dance Legend Danger Danger]

Still a gorgeous polish though, and even though the holo particles give it a bit of sparkle, it's not over the top rainbows so it makes for a pretty worksafe polish in my opinion!

Royal Cruise - Sally Hansen Pacific Blue

I'm a heathen, so I'll admit it... I really like Sally Hansen's Pacific Blue... :D

[Sally Hansen Pacific Blue]

I know there were many upset fans when Sally Hansen replaced their original Pacific Blue formula with something different, and many people didn't like the new colour they got. But I kind of love this jelly-ish, royal blue shade with the slightest shimmer. It's my go-to royal blue colour and I feel no shame about this!

So I've been away for a few weeks due to moving shenanigans. Hopefully we'll be back to regular schedule after this!

Flutterby Fancy - Dance Legend Stratus Quo, Born Pretty BP-L088, Hit the Bottle Whiskey Latte

Continuing on from my last mani - I as usual ended up stamping over it...

[Flippety-flap]

...I'm really not too sure about this colour combination - I just couldn't figure out what shade to use that wasn't silver or gold because I use those far too often!

[Bottle to nail: Dance Legend Stratus Quo (2 coats)]

Anyway, my base from last week was Dance Legend Stratus Quo - a dusty cornflower blue creme with fine holographic particles.

[Base: Dance Legend Stratus Quo (2 coats);
Stamping: Born Pretty BP-L088, Hit the Bottle Whiskey Latte]

I used the butterfly pattern from Born Pretty plate BP-L088 and a latte/cream shade from Hit the Bottle called Whiskey Latte.

[Base: Dance Legend Stratus Quo (2 coats);
Stamping: Born Pretty BP-L088, Hit the Bottle Whiskey Latte]

It's cute enough, but nothing outstanding... Oh well!! I will try to plan these things better next time... =)

Dancing Cloud - Dance Legend Stratus Quo

I'm back after a bit of a break, things have been crazy busy and I haven't been doing my nails (gasp, I know!)

[Bottle to nail: Dance Legend Stratus Quo (2 coats)]

At any rate, I have this lovely shade on now - this is Dance Legend Stratus Quo. What a great name! It's a cornflower blue creme with fine scattered holo particles, giving it a very delicate look.

[2 coats: Dance Legend Stratus Quo]

Formula was excellent as always - I used two coats here but with such short nails I could probably have done with one. The holo is not very obvious but adds just a little bit of sparkle for interest.

[2 coats: Dance Legend Stratus Quo]

Overall, a lovely muted shade which I'm tempted to call worksafe? Maybe my standards are skewed!

Sweet Candy - Orly Orange Punch, LA Girl Glissand

I've got some edible looking manis today...

[Sweet Candy]

The base of this nail polish is Orly's Orange Punch, a jelly-ish vermillion nail polish. The tips of my nails and the polish on my ring finger is LA Girl Glissand which is a pink textured matte polish. Glissand isn't terribly textured to be honest, and it dries slower than most matte polish.

After I sealed it all with Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, the combination of high glossyness on jelly polish against the frosted matte reminds me of hard candy and chewy soft ones.

[Base polish: Orly Orange Pinch
Tips and ring finger: LA Girl Glissand]

Using free hand to do my tips resulted in doing them a liiiiittle bit too deep. Oops!

Mossy Pond - OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, OPI Thanks A Windmillion

A simple one today! A coworker gave me these nail polishes and I thought they went really well together.

[Cool Shades]

The accent nail is painted with OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, a faded blue creme polish and the rest of the nails have OPI Thanks A Windmillion, a pale jade green creme polish. Application was smooth and easy, opacity achieved with two coats.

[Accent nail: OPI Can't Find My Czechbook
Remaining nails: OPI Thanks A Windmillion]

Every time I look at these two nail polishes, I feel the urge to use them together just because I feel like they really match and I always like how they turn out!