Mustard is not one of the most flattering colors on me but I keep buying it because I am drawn to the odd and unusual.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Wet 'n' Wild Potassium-Rich and Miami Mami
Today I have some photos from ages ago that I never got around to posting, of two of the Wet 'n' Wild Fast Dry AF colors. Potassium-Rich (yes, the name has a hyphen; no, I do not know why), a mustard yellow creme, and Miami Mami, glitter topper with pastel matte hex glitter in various sizes and colors: yellow, orange, blue, and pink. I did three coats of the creme and topped with one of the glitter on all but my index finger.
Mustard is not one of the most flattering colors on me but I keep buying it because I am drawn to the odd and unusual.
Mustard is not one of the most flattering colors on me but I keep buying it because I am drawn to the odd and unusual.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Wheel B16: Glitters from Butter London
This episode of Nail Wheel Wednesday is all about Butter London glitters. I don't remember the last time I bought a BL polish. They were always sort of out of the way at Ulta, and I guess I stopped looking after a long while of not seeing anything new. Most of these were unopened; that strip of tape along the side of each bottle keeping the removable cap on made that very clear. What a shame I didn't wear more of these. I mean, I still can, but given how few liquid polish manis I do these days, not sure when that might happen.
Several of these bottles were involved in the great box crash back when I lived in Michigan; I started cleaning them but the lettering was coming off the glass and black color was coming off the caps, so I stopped. The polish inside is still fine.
(all have clear topcoat over glitter coats noted below)
1. Butter London Frilly Knickers (2 coats over half black base)
2. Butter London Stardust (1 over half black base)
3. Butter London Fairy Cake (1 over half black base)
4. Butter London Lucy in the Sky (2)
5. Butter London Dust-Up (3)
6. Butter London Bit Faker (2)
7. Butter London Lushington (1 over half black base)
8. Butter London Stratford Honey (2 over half black base)
9. Butter London The 444 (2)
10. Butter London Brass Goggles (2)
11. Butter London Gob Smacked (3)
12. Allure & Butter London Disco Nap (2)
13. Butter London Titchy (2) [pretty sure we've got some bleeding glitter here]
14. Butter London Inky Six (2)
15. Butter London Scallywag (2)
16. Butter London Swinger (3)
17. Butter London Indigo Punk (3)
18. Butter London Shambolic (3)
19. Butter London Lovely Jubbly (3)
20. Butter London + Pantone Living Coral (2) [peel-off glitter]
Bottles 1 through 3:
4 through 6:
7 through 9:
10 through 12:
13 through 16:
17 through 20 (yeah, I got that little one backwards in the first pic):
(all have clear topcoat over glitter coats noted below)
1. Butter London Frilly Knickers (2 coats over half black base)
2. Butter London Stardust (1 over half black base)
3. Butter London Fairy Cake (1 over half black base)
4. Butter London Lucy in the Sky (2)
5. Butter London Dust-Up (3)
6. Butter London Bit Faker (2)
7. Butter London Lushington (1 over half black base)
8. Butter London Stratford Honey (2 over half black base)
9. Butter London The 444 (2)
10. Butter London Brass Goggles (2)
11. Butter London Gob Smacked (3)
12. Allure & Butter London Disco Nap (2)
13. Butter London Titchy (2) [pretty sure we've got some bleeding glitter here]
14. Butter London Inky Six (2)
15. Butter London Scallywag (2)
16. Butter London Swinger (3)
17. Butter London Indigo Punk (3)
18. Butter London Shambolic (3)
19. Butter London Lovely Jubbly (3)
20. Butter London + Pantone Living Coral (2) [peel-off glitter]
Bottles 1 through 3:
4 through 6:
7 through 9:
10 through 12:
13 through 16:
17 through 20 (yeah, I got that little one backwards in the first pic):
Monday, January 9, 2023
Orly Holo Jellies and Friends
Despite having a goal to continue buying less polish than I did in my stash expansion heyday, I'm still signed up for all sorts of brand newsletters and text alerts, including Orly's. I saw they were having a sale and went to look and noticed it included the shades from the Holo Jellies collection released this past summer. No better time then for me to share swatches of the bottles I bought a while back, along with two glitter toppers I ordered at the same time. Left to right: Party Animal, As If, Peace Out, Chill Pill, Like Totally, and Dancing Queen.
I first Skittled the Holo Jellies, doing three coats plus topcoat. They're not quite opaque at three coats, but close enough. All have a generous helping of silver holo glitter in a jelly base. As If is a soft orange. Peace Out is lime green. Chill Pill is a blue between turquoise and sky. Like Totally is purple, such a pretty purple, not too red and not too blue. I like these; the formula is good, with the jelly base being buildable, not too opaque so it hides the glitter.
I then reached for the glitter toppers, grouping them each with the Holo Jellies shade(s) they were most compatible with. Party Animal has pink, orange, and yellow matte hex glitter in various sizes plus silver holo microglitter in a clear base. I layered one coat of it over As If, finishing with clear topcoat.
Dancing Queen has lime, purple, and sky blue matte hex glitter plus silver holo microglitter in a clear base. It seems made for the remaining shades of Holo Jellies. I did a gradient over a creme base that matched my skintone, then Peace Out on my middle finger, Chill Pill on my ring, and Like Totally on my pinky, topping the three non-gradient nails with one coat of Dancing Queen plus clear topcoat. This whole look made me happy. I really should take the time to do manis like this again because they do make me smile.
I don't regret getting these at all despite having more polish than probably all the nail salons in town put together. They're mood lifters for me. And I'm proud of myself for resisting the plain jellies that Orly came out with sometime after Holo Jellies. Maybe I don't have exactly those shades of blue, pink, and yellow in exactly that consistency, but I do have blue, pink, and yellow jellies in my stash. If you don't, those are also in the sale going on now on the Orly website. Five dollars a bottle is a deal. Dancing Queen and Party Animal are available still at full price. I'd pay it because I'm a fool for glitter still, even though the nail world has mostly moved on to other things for now.
I first Skittled the Holo Jellies, doing three coats plus topcoat. They're not quite opaque at three coats, but close enough. All have a generous helping of silver holo glitter in a jelly base. As If is a soft orange. Peace Out is lime green. Chill Pill is a blue between turquoise and sky. Like Totally is purple, such a pretty purple, not too red and not too blue. I like these; the formula is good, with the jelly base being buildable, not too opaque so it hides the glitter.
I then reached for the glitter toppers, grouping them each with the Holo Jellies shade(s) they were most compatible with. Party Animal has pink, orange, and yellow matte hex glitter in various sizes plus silver holo microglitter in a clear base. I layered one coat of it over As If, finishing with clear topcoat.
Dancing Queen has lime, purple, and sky blue matte hex glitter plus silver holo microglitter in a clear base. It seems made for the remaining shades of Holo Jellies. I did a gradient over a creme base that matched my skintone, then Peace Out on my middle finger, Chill Pill on my ring, and Like Totally on my pinky, topping the three non-gradient nails with one coat of Dancing Queen plus clear topcoat. This whole look made me happy. I really should take the time to do manis like this again because they do make me smile.
I don't regret getting these at all despite having more polish than probably all the nail salons in town put together. They're mood lifters for me. And I'm proud of myself for resisting the plain jellies that Orly came out with sometime after Holo Jellies. Maybe I don't have exactly those shades of blue, pink, and yellow in exactly that consistency, but I do have blue, pink, and yellow jellies in my stash. If you don't, those are also in the sale going on now on the Orly website. Five dollars a bottle is a deal. Dancing Queen and Party Animal are available still at full price. I'd pay it because I'm a fool for glitter still, even though the nail world has mostly moved on to other things for now.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Wheel A16: Gold Shimmers
More gold shimmers today for Nail Wheel Wednesday, back from the holiday break. I'm using "shimmer" broadly here; some might be more precisely called metallic or foil or chrome, but if I take the time to sort that finely, I'll never get all my polishes on wheels. And I still very much want to accomplish that.
1. Kiko Smart Fast Dry 834 Golden Tiffany (3 coats)
2. Zoya Severine (2)
3. Orly On the Dunes (3)
4. Orly Color Blast Golden Chrome Foil (2)
5. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Wedding Glitters (3)
6. OPI Sand on Your Own Feet (2)
7. OPI Love Angel Music Baby (2) [such a pretty satin finish]
8. GOSH Gold (2)
9. Wet 'n' Wild Fergie Grammy Gold (2)
10. Dior 148 (2) [from the Golden Jungle duo, which I swatched here]
11. Elle Gold n' Glitz (3)
12. Elf Pot of Gold (2)
13. Kiko Quick Dry 859 Metallic Gold (2)
14. LA Colors Color lst Champagne Sapphire (2)
15. Sephora + Pantone Latte (2)
16. Essie Getting Groovy (2)
17. Milani Color Statement Gold Plated (2)
18. Avon Brushed Metals Brushed Gold (2) [looks sort of textured without topcoat]
19. Zoya Peterhof Palace (2)
20. OPI 50 Years of Style (2)
Bottles 1 through 5:
6 through 10:
11 through 15:
16 through 20:
1. Kiko Smart Fast Dry 834 Golden Tiffany (3 coats)
2. Zoya Severine (2)
3. Orly On the Dunes (3)
4. Orly Color Blast Golden Chrome Foil (2)
5. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Wedding Glitters (3)
6. OPI Sand on Your Own Feet (2)
7. OPI Love Angel Music Baby (2) [such a pretty satin finish]
8. GOSH Gold (2)
9. Wet 'n' Wild Fergie Grammy Gold (2)
10. Dior 148 (2) [from the Golden Jungle duo, which I swatched here]
11. Elle Gold n' Glitz (3)
12. Elf Pot of Gold (2)
13. Kiko Quick Dry 859 Metallic Gold (2)
14. LA Colors Color lst Champagne Sapphire (2)
15. Sephora + Pantone Latte (2)
16. Essie Getting Groovy (2)
17. Milani Color Statement Gold Plated (2)
18. Avon Brushed Metals Brushed Gold (2) [looks sort of textured without topcoat]
19. Zoya Peterhof Palace (2)
20. OPI 50 Years of Style (2)
Bottles 1 through 5:
6 through 10:
11 through 15:
16 through 20:
