Famous Polish Trailer Park Rash

Hey guys! For today, I have another Famous Polish to show you guys. This time, it's Trailer Park Rash. I think it's supposed to be Trailer Park Trash, but it says Rash on the bottle, so that's what we're going with. Either way, it's hilarious.

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Trailer Park Rash is a bold shimmery teal. In person, it's much more green than it appears in these pictures. Not sure what shenanigans my camera was up to. 

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I really like Trailer Park Rash. It looks kind of boring in the pictures, but in person, it's more interesting. There's more green like I said, and in some lights, the shimmer almost looks kind of duochrome-y. It did have a tendency to bubble though...I had to apply it three different times to get it presentable, which was not fun. But I don't think there is anything to be done about that...I will probably just not use it so often and when I do, I will have to be extra careful. 

   Formula-wise, Trailer Park Rash was pretty good besides the bubbling. It went on smoothly and only needed two coats to be opaque. It also dried quickly and wore very well. The pictures are after three full days of wear, going on four, and besides a little tipwear, it still looks good. I should also mention that there's no topcoat in the pictures because I couldn't find mine, so really, the dry time and wear is doubly impressive. 

And that's all from me today!!

Thanks for reading, and I hope everyone has a very happy Friday! (I'm sad because I want to see The Avengers and can't because I have too much homework. ;___; If you go, enjoy it doubly for me, okay?)

Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud

     Hi folks! As some of you may know, I have a slight problem when it comes to rare polish. After painfully lusting after them, hunting them down to the ends of the Earth and finally acquiring them, I can't bring myself to wear them. Instead, I keep them locked tightly in my polish drawer, only taking them out to gently caress them and make sure that they are okay. For today, I have one such polish, Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud.

Opulent Cloud is a silvery-lavender base with lots of golden shimmer.

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  Opulent Cloud is just okay for me. I like the slightly fuzzy finish the shimmer brings to it, as well as how Opulent Cloud seems to shift colors according to the lighting. It just has this really nice ephemeral and soft feel to it that I enjoy. But I don't like the actual color. It seems kind of dingy, and I don't think it flatters my skin at all. I'm still going to keep Opulent Cloud though, because it's not ugly and I put in way too many hours hunting it down. Letting it go would be like capturing a unicorn and then setting it free because it kicks you. Just silly, you know?

   Opulent Cloud's formula was also okay. It needed three coats to be perfectly opaque, and went on pretty smoothly, without bubbling, dragging, or brushstrokes. 

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and enjoy your Labor Day!

Color Club Snakeskin

    Hey peeps! For today, I have Snakeskin from Color Club's Untamed Luxury Collection. 

Snakeskin is a slightly frosty green-toned pewter base studded with tons of gold microglitter

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    Snakeskin is fab. I really like the slightly grungy quality of the base and the microglitter gives it a luxe feel that really makes it at home with the rest of the collection. I also love how Color Club managed to imbue the shade with a snakeskinness without making it too literal. Like, it doesn't have the visual texture of snakeskin, but you can see where the inspiration comes in. My only sadness is that these pictures definitely do not do Snakeskin justice, so at some point, I'll have to take another run at it. 

   But anywho, Snakeskin wasn't particularly tough to apply. I did have a bit of an issue with brushtrokes and bubbles, but I'm willing to chalk that up to user error because I rushed this swatch a bit. Next time, I'll just take more time and it'll probably turn out better. On the upside, Snakeskin was really opaque...I only needed two coats to get full coverage, and it dried quickly to boot. ^_^

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading and have a happy Friday!!

Uncle Sam's Tuxedo

    Happy Fourth of July guys!! For Independence Day, I did a tuxedo mani with a bit of an Uncle Sam twist. 

So this was actually pretty easy to do. I started with two layers of Color Club Pretty in Platinum, and then drew on the suit with Zoya Kimmy. I used Funky Fingers Alice and a bobby pin (I lost my brushes and dotting tool...maybe they got left at school) to make the tie and then put a gemstone in as a tie pin. I finished it by using the bobby pin and Pretty in Platinum to make a vaguely lapel-ish thingy, and sealed everything up with a thick coat of Poshe.

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     Even though this came out janky (as usual), I actually like it. In person, you can't really see all the mistakes, so it looks better. And the sparkliness from Kimmy and Alice make it really festive and fun, and distracted people from noticing how many hot dogs I shoved into my face. I'd like to try it again though when I actually have some real tools, because I wanted a bow tie and not a neck tie. 

I'm gonna go away now because I'm still in a haze from my hotdoghamburgerothermeatsvegetablefruitsodaicedtea rampage this afternoon, and can't really think clearly or even breathe right.

Thanks for reading, and I hope everyone is having a fabulously amazing Fourth of July! And if you don't celebrate this particular holiday, I hope your Monday was fabulously amazing all the same. ^_^

China Glaze Go Crazy Red + Fairy Dust

    Happy first day of July!! Can you believe that it's already July? This year is flying by so quickly. But it is July and on this fine day, I have China Glaze Go Crazy Red, which I believe is from the core collection. 

Go Crazy Red is an apple red, slightly metallic base with tons of gold microshimmer. 

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     As soon as I saw Go Crazy Red in the bottle, I was like omg no. I just knew it was going to be another boring red. But I was very pleasantly surprised once I got it on my nails, because it's actually quite pretty. Bright and punchy, it's a great summer color and its slight metallic quality  makes it look super smooth and sexy. If Jessica Rabbit was real, she'd totally have Go Crazy Red in her stash. But my favorite part of this polish is that I can actually see the golden shimmer! I couldn't get it to show up too well on camera, but it's very visible in person, especially in sunlight. That's always been my annoyance with similar colors, because the shimmer would be prominent in the bottle and then pull a disappearing act on the nail. Go Crazy Red doesn't do that, which I appreciate.  

    Go Crazy Red's formula was pretty unremarkable, in a good way. It took three coats before becoming completely opaque and although it wasn't perfect, it also did not engage in any polish-related tomfoolery (dragging, streaking, etc.). 

As much as I liked Go Crazy Red, it made me restless after a while (ya'll know how I am with the reds), so I tried it with some Fairy Dust on top.

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       I really like this combination! You can't see that well in these pictures (yes, I suck extra hard today), but the glitter is so sparkly and holo in most lights. I also think it looks great against the base color.

And that's all for today! Thanks for reading, and enjoy your Friday!! ^_^

*Go Crazy Red was provided for review.  

Milani Molten Rock

        Happy Father's Day guys!! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make a Father's Day mani, but I do have something that I ended up liking quite a bit. This is Milani Molten Rock, from last year's Liquid Metals Collection. 

        

Molten Rock is a saturated and rich ocean blue foil, speckled with lighter blue flecks. 

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       I have no idea what molten rocks have to do with this color, but I love it alot. The light blue flecks sparkle in the sunlight, and in the shade, Molten Rock creates this pretty metallic glow. I also really like the shade of blue that they chose for this color...it's so saturated and rich, not frosty at all, and I think it would flatter a variety of skin tones. 

      The formula for Molten Rock was also really good. It was opaque in just two coats, and dried quickly. The only thing to be careful of was letting it dry well between coats or else I got some dragging, but besides that, everything was nice and easy. 

And with that, I'm all done for today!! Thanks for reading, and don't forget to be nice to all the fajahs in your life! ^_^

A-England King Arthur

        For today, I have my last A-England Mythicals polish, King Arthur. 

King Arthur is a tungsten silver base with lots of microshimmer in it. You can't see it in this picture...maybe if you enlarge the others, you can, but the shimmer is kind of pink and green, instead of just silver. 

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   King Arthur is teh sex. It's so deliciously cold and industrial-looking, and made my nails look like they were encased in armor. I was also pleased by the way that King Arthur looked in sunlight. It has this really lovely metallic glint to it, and isn't dull at all. And as a bonus, it made my nails look longer and thinner. My only regret is that I don't have  talons to wear this on...then I could be like Wolverine. *sigh*

   Formula-wise, King Arthur was perfect. I used three layers for full opacity, and they went on super smoothly, with no dragging, bubbling, or other such foolishnesses. I also love how it dried pretty much brushstroke free...it helps preserve that "why yes, I do sprout metal from my fingers" look that I so yearn for. And I really do think that someone with better polishing skills than I would be able to get it perfectly smooth.

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading! n_n