Misa It's Electric & Jesse's Girl Confetti

Hi everyone! Here's my NOTD for yesterday and the day before. I started with two coats of Misa "It's Electric".

The name "It's Electric" is pretty misleading. Don't get me wrong, I love this color - but wouldn't you have expected a florescent, neon blue? I'm glad it wasn't since I'm sure that wouldn't have complimented my skin tone, but still! Anyway... This was one of those polishes that naturally dried to a satiny finish, but I'm still not thrilled about that particular finish. Matte or shiny, there shouldn't be an in-between! So I added Seche Vite for the look above and to force it to go to the shiny side.

(Side note: this was my first time ever using Seche (!!) and I must say, I was totally impressed. I had avoided it for a while as I thought my 99 cent topcoat was working fine, but now I've seen the light! ;) Shiny, dries fast, and the polish stays on FOREVER. Now I understand why everyone complained about glitter taking forever to take off, because mine always just chipped. Those days are behind me now, and I'm not the least bit sad about it!)

I wore the polish with the Seche for about a day but then I started getting bored with it. I decided to add Jesse's Girl Confetti, which was one of my Rite Aid finds. It's kind of a glittery, sheer, duo-chrome that complimented It's Electric perfectly!

In some lights it was purple, others dark blue, others light blue. Overall, very pretty! I'm not crazy about sheer polishes... I get upset because I like the color in the bottle to be the color on my nails, and 15 coats of sheer is not what I intended, nor is layering it over a different color. But this sheer was very pretty especially over this blue. It definitely gave it depth and made it more interesting, so I could wear it another day without being annoyed with my boring polish.

What do you think? Was it better before or after Jesse's Girl?

Next post will be dedicated to a very special man who passed away last evening, and I found out when I was painting my nails, so stay tuned for that (and it's a Tronica!).

xoxo,

Amanda

NOTD: Orly Purple Pleather + Chameleon Calypso

Hi ladies! Sorry for skipping out on you for a few days. I work on Saturdays for a big chunk of the day and then I usually try to have a life Saturday nights and catch up on work Sundays... so I got a bit distracted this weekend! However, today I'll make up for it with not one, but two posts! I'll start with the first, my current Nail of the Day (NOTD).

I originally wanted to try Orly Purple Pleather, from the Plastics collection. I found it at Sally's on clearance for a dollar and I couldn't pass THAT up! So I put it on, this is two coats:

Cool, satiny finish... but I just wasn't a huge fan. Maybe it needed to grow on me... but I wasn't in the mood for a "growing on me" kind of polish, especially because I really wanted to try out Chameleon Calypso, but it was too sheer on it's own. Serendipity!

For those unfamiliar with Chameleon polishes (made by Scherer), they advertise that they are a different color in every direction. This polish is mostly purple, but appears gray, pink, and even green at times. I attempted to show you what I mean in the picture above, but it just wouldn't cooperate! But I insist, it does flash different colors. Even one of my clients noticed it today - a male! So, overall, I'm very satisfied with this find. It was about $2 but I got it on sale for $1 at Rite Aid with their buy one get one half off sale.

That's all for my NOTD, stay tuned for my next post: fimo canes!

xoxo,
Amanda