Past week of manis

Hi girls! Sorry I went another span without any posts. I figure you'd rather wait for the real thing than read excuses. Here's my past week of manis, starting with my Valentine's mani inspired by Danielle's Valentine's mani. This is Zoya Reece with Sinful Colors Show Me White, Finger Paints Easel Come, Easel Go!, and Zoya KI layered over each other on the accent fingers with Bundle Monster plate (I forget the number, but it's the three hearts!):

Next up is Color Club Gossip Column. This is about 12 hours of wear and there are huge chips all over. I forgot a picture earlier in the process, so unfortunately this is all I've got! Sorry. Formula was good on this and I loved the color, but wasn't impressed with the wear (obviously).

Next up I have two Milani Holos, Hi Def (purple) and Digital (pink). They were scattered, beautiful, pigmented holo and I adored them. 

Next was Petites Figi. I imagined from the bottle this was holo too, but instead I got metallic. Highly disappointed by that! It was pretty easy to use and lasted forever, but I didn't like the color on me so it didn't last long. Into the swap bin!

And finally, I got in my China Glaze Crackles (!!!!) and couldn't resist. This is Cracked Pavement over China Glaze Ahoy! which I forgot to take a picture of on its own. This was amazing all in all, even though I didn't expect to be layering over this color since it was beautiful on its own.

More crackles are in for the next post as I made some swatches, but I have to run for now! What did you guys think of my manis? My nails are naked right now, so perhaps I could use some advice for the next mani?

xoxo,
Amanda

First nail post! Petites: Wild Plum

Hey everyone! In trying to keep my word, I'm posting my first haul and even a NOTD!

Rite Aid (who knew they still existed!?) was having a buy one, get one half off sale, so I picked up a few gems:

Chameleon Calypso; Petites Figi; Petites Wild Plum; Jesse's Girl Confetti

Then, after trying a Misa polish, I decided to order some others:

Top: Looking for Trouble, Sailor Beware, It's Electric

Bottom: Glitz, Glamour, Smile for the Camera; The Grass is Greener on my Side; Like it Like That

Very successful haul overall and picking a color was hard, but I finally decided to try the Petites Wild Plum:

 

Sorry for the mess - I was in a rush to make sure I could post my first NOTD :)

 

Wild Plum is an A+ in my book. I always go for lighter colors, so when I find a dark color to wear for fall and winter, it has to be good. This has all the qualities I look for in a polish: highly pigmented, nearly holographic (I say nearly because we have no sun to check!), beautiful color, and cheap (about $3 normally but I got it for $1.50).

 

What do you guys think? Have you had luck with Petites polishes before? What about Misa?