Sinful - Summer Peach and UFO

Despite its name, Summer Peach is in no way peach, and if I saw a peach this color I would not even think about eating it. Summer Peach is a bright screaming orange neon. UFO is the orange version of Nail Junkie and Hottie.
UFO looks more muted than it is only because Summer Peach really freaked out my camera.

Basecoat: Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (2 coats)
Color: Sinful Summer Neon (4 coats)
Color: Sinful UFO (3 coats)
Topcoat: Seche Vite (2 coats)

I originally was just going to wear Summer Peach. I got to four coats and it wasn't streaky or anything but I still had really noticeable VNL. What's a girl to do? Add glitter.

Summer Peach had a sort of difficult application. For the fourth coat I added some thinner to my bottle and that really helped. UFO had typical application for a Sinful glitter bomb.

This is a lot of coats and I fully expect to have shrinkage tomorrow, but that's fine. I really love these Sinful glitters - I think I have all the colors they made, but if they make more I'll be buying those, too.

OPI - What's With the Cattitude?

What's With the Cattitude? is a sky blue creme.
I love the OPI Prowide brush, but this one was a little screwy. I had trouble with a few wild bristles and streaking.

Basecoat: Nailtek Foundation II (1 coat)
Color: OPI What's With the Cattitude? (4 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)

This took four coats to even out the streakiness. I still have some VNL and it's visible both in photos and in real life. I'm not sure I am thrilled with the color, either, but it's late and I'm tired and I'm not going to change it now.

I'm feeling dissatisfied with my polishes lately and I think it's because I am ready to wear my fall colors, but it's still about 90 degrees daily here. It's just too hot.

Zoya - Alegra

Alegra is a berry colored glitter bomb.
Application was typical for a glitter - it flowed nicely but cleanup was a real biatch. I can still see VNL after three coats but I'm probably the only one who does.

Basecoat: Zoya Get Even (1 coat)
Basecoat: Zoya Anchor (1 coat)
Color: Zoya Alegra (3 coats)
Topcoat: Zoya Armor (1 coat)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)

This is a lot pinker than it appears in these photos. As usual, sun photos would help, but it's already dark outside. Very glittery - removal is going to really suck.

LA Colors - Atomic and Nfu Oh 54

Atomic is a pretty teal jelly.  Nfu Oh is a green-blue flake in a clear base.

This is two coats of Atomic.

If I were going to wear this alone I would use another coat.  I intended to layer Nfu Oh 54 over it so I didn't bother.  Atomic is a vibrant teal that dries shiny and is just short of neon.

Here is two coats of 54, layered on top of Atomic.

Basecoat:  NailTek Foundation II (2 coats)
Color:  LA Colors Atomic (2 coats)
Color:  Nfu Oh 54 (2 coats)
Topcoat:  David (1 coat)

Application for both colors was really good.  Atomic was smooth and flowed nicely.  54 applied like my other Nfu Oh flakes - a little jelly-like in consistency, but that makes it easier to apply and get even flake distribution.  Overall this is a really pretty combination and I will definitely be wearing this again.

Sally Hansen - Snappy Sorbet and Orly - Heat Wave

Snappy Sorbet is an Insta-Dri polish. I've been trying to use Heat Wave for a while, but it's so sheer I knew it would have to be on top of something else.

Snappy Sorbet was kind of an application fail. It is on the thick side for an Insta-Dri, and while it covered really well (I used two coats), it didn't self level at all.
Heat Wave is a sheer orange sparkle. Snappy Sorbet is a pink-leaning orange/coral, but Heat Wave was enough to push it to the orange side, as well as adding a ton of sparkle.

Basecoat: NailTek Foundation II (2 coats)
Color: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Snappy Sorbet (2 coats)
Color: Orly Heat Wave (2 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)

A short housekeeping note: I think I'm going to delete the tags for color names. My tag cloud is getting ridiculous, and so far I haven't worn something twice since I've started this blog.

Have a great Monday!

Color Club - Age of Aquarius

Age of Aquarius is a turquoise jelly. 

I had a hard time color-correcting this polish both in the bottle and on the hand.  This is a little brighter than it is in real life, but all my bottle photos came out looking dusty blue.

Basecoat:  Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (2 coats)
Color:  Color Club Age of Aquarius (4 coats)
Topcoat:  Seche Vite (1 coat)

Application was pretty typical for a jelly.  I felt like three coats was too sheer, so I went with four.  I still have VNL in real life and in photos, but it's not as bad.  One thing I didn't like is that this does not self-level at ALL, not even to the extent that most jellies do.  So, even though my bottle of Seche is thick almost beyond repair I used it anyway - I love the David topcoat but it doesn't level quite as well as Seche.  Sure enough, the next day I had shrinkage at the tip and the cuticle.

Cleanup was about average - blues and greens stain my skin a little so it could have been better, but nothing I wasn't expecting.

Savina - Purple Confetti

Purple Confetti is a berry jelly with multicolored glitter.  Think China Glaze Atlantis, only the red-violet version.

I had a lot of trouble capturing the glitter colors in this.  But, I'm wearing Atlantis on top of my For Audrey pedi, and the bottles are right next to each other on my table - it is the same glitter.  The only difference other than the base color is that Atlantis has a lot of silver glitter plus some holo, while Purple Confetti has pink glitter plus some holo.

Basecoat:  Gelous (2 coats)
Color:  Savina Purple Confetti (3 coats)
Topcoat:  Seche Vite (2 coats)

Application was pretty bad.  This is a thick and goopy polish.  I may try to thin it a little to see if helps, but with this much glitter I think it will always be a problem.  Cleanup was a beeyotch.  This dried shiny but lumpy - I needed two coats of Seche to smooth it out.   So, I'm thinking I will have some shrinkage tomorrow.

Still, this is a gorgeous polish and an absolute glitterbomb, though I couldn't manage to get it on camera. Sun photos might have helped - of course it's dark now.