Nail art - Konad and neons!

It's been a dreary spring and an even colder, rainier summer. This sort of situation calls for a neon... but which one? Why not all of them? I used SH Xtreme wear Blue Me Away, Illamasqua Collide, Jo'Mina and Rare from index to pinky. I love the Illa neons, they are so creamy and opaque and don't need underwear! After that, Konad plates and topcoat. Funny enogh, I can never get the designs to go full length of the nail... I have issues stamping because my c curve is very pronounced, so they either end up covering a half of the nail or smudging. However, it does get better with practice, so that's always encouraging. 

Come on, summer! Show me the sun! I want to wear holographics~

What are some of your favorite rainy day polishes?

OPI - DS Original *holographic insanity*

DS Original is the craziest holographic I own so far! I scored half a bottle on my last dusty and I finally got to try it. It's a dusty lilac with the most intense rainbow I've even seen. A bit sheer, 3 coats is enough for full opacity, smells terrible but dries fast. The holographic particles are very fine and the rainbow shows in most lights. It at its most intense in the sunlight of course!

When I first put this on, the cloudy skies of Vancouver parted and the sun came out! Just for me. So I took this wonderful opportunity to show you DS Original in its full sunshine glory! Enjoy the pile of rainbowy pics!

Layering with Nfu-oh 38

This is OPI done out in deco with Nfu-oh 38, which is a clear polish full of iridescent flakies floating about (bottle shown here)

It turned out so pretty! I'm going to need to try layering it on other polishes and try it matte as well.

What do you like to layer your flakies with?

Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac

SH - lacey lilac is a part of their xtreme wear line and it shows! I've worn this for 5 days and no chips! The creams in xtreme wear are FANTASTIC. Most of them look opaque in 2 coats, feels like I'm putting liquid coloured rubber on my nails, dry quick and look really glossy (although I do use a top coat).

Here I also used OPI Ink to stamp with, as well as Sephora by OPI Queen of Everything.

When I got this, I almost regretted it since I already own OPI - Done Out in Deco and they looked similar in the bottle. However, DOID is a dusty lilac, it looks a lot more gray and neutral next to LL; where as LL makes me think of words like "radiant" and "refreshing".

In conclusion, this is a wonderful creamy lilac that dries fast and looks great!