Indie Polish from Happy Hands

Today I've got indie glitters from Happy Hands Nail Polish, made by Kristi, whose blog is called Hap Hap Happy Hands. I recently bought all four polishes in her inaugural collection, which was inspired by Florida.

Flowers on the Highway is a mix of large and small hexes in yellow, white, green, pinks, lilac, and black, all in a clear base.



I layered it over Barielle Lily of the Valley (which you may recall from yesterday's post). This is two coats of the Barielle and two to three coats of Flowers on the Highway (some got more because I was pushing the glitter around), plus topcoat.





The Swamp is white squares and blue, green, and orange hexes in a soft orange base.



I used three coats of this one on its own, plus topcoat. The base is sheer enough that this would work for layering, too.





Afternoon Thunderstorms has black glitter and gold shimmer in a grey base.



Here's three coats plus topcoat:





In direct light, the shimmer is even prettier:



My favorite of the collection is Springs, which has large pastel and holo glitter plus small white glitter in a turquoise jelly base.



I used three coats of this one, too, plus topcoat.





I think Kristi did a great job with these. I love that they look on the nail like they do in the bottle, with no special contortions required to get the glitter out. I will probably add a bit of thinner to these before I use them again, and also bust out a thicker topcoat, but I was just so anxious to try these that I didn't take the time for this swatching section.

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