Wheel S: Snowman Cremes and Glitters

I hope you're not tired of the snowmen yet, because here they are on Nail Wheel Wednesday.



1. Peachy pink creme (5 coats) [the 5th one was entirely my fault because I needed to try and cover up an oops I made by jabbing my finger into the wet polish after coat 4]
2. Coral creme (3)
3. Watermelon creme (3)
4. Hot pink creme (3)
5. Pinkish red creme (2)
6. Red creme (2) (I swear #5 and #6 are different, though possibly so subtly that having both is just silly)
7. Light lilac creme (3)
8. Periwinkle creme (3)
9. Lilac creme (2) [should have done 3 coats of this one]
10. Turquoise creme (3)
11. Mint creme (3)
12. Green creme (3)
13. Silver holo (4)
14. Light red holo (4)
15. Red holo (4)
16. Red glitter (4)
17. Blue glitter (3)
18. Lime scattered glitter (3)
19. Red violet scattered glitter (3)
20. Hot pink scattered glitter (3)

I added top coat to the glitters (#13 to #20) but left the others topless. #4 turned out to be a neon, and thus dried matte, which didn't surprise me too much given how bright it is in the bottle. I didn't expect so many of the others to dry satin, though; #7 through #10 and #12 all did. #18 and #20 dried matte as well, and those base colors seemed to obscure the glitter a great deal even after I added the top coat.

I was happy to see that the two red holo glitters (#14 and #15) are different, as I had at first thought but then pretty much talked myself out of. #15 has the transluscent red base like #14 but most of its glitter is the same as #16, the red in a clear base that I swatched the other day. That the blue glitter (#17) was so opaque surprised me; I thought it would go on like the red one.












I know I've posted the bottles before, but I took new pics so I'd have them in the order that I swatched them on this wheel.

Bottles 1 through 6:


Closeup of 5 and 6:



7 through 12:


13 through 17:


Closeup of 14 and 15:


18 through 20:


Alert readers will notice that this is only about half of the snowman army; I bet you can guess what next week's installment of Nail Wheel Wednesday will feature.