Wheel E16: Pewter-ish Shimmers

Today for Nail Wheel Wednesday I have one of those groups that I have trouble describing. These are mostly shimmers but also some are sort of metallic. As for color, I went with pewter, since they're dirtier than silver, and some definitely lean brown/gold/olive. Regardless of what to call them, they all looked like they went together when I was sorting polish. I like these sorts of murky shades. This is the last wheel I've painted and due to other committments it might be a while before I paint more, but I will paint more because I like the process of sorting and swatching and seeing what's in all those bottles I've collected.

 

1. Revlon Carbonite (2 coats)
2. Revlon Rich (2)
3. Chanel (2)/> 4. Sally Hasen Complete Salon Manicure Shoot the Moon (2)
5. Sally Hansen Color Therapy Therapewter (2)
6. Urban Decay Addiction (2)
7. Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy Smoke and Mirrors (3)
8. Funky Fingers Total Eclipse of the Heart (3)
9. Avon Brushed Metals Dusky Copper (1) [this might properly be considered a texture]
10. SinfulColors Aced Out (2)
11. Estee Lauder Chaos (3)
12. L'Oreal Miss Grey (1)
13. 2B Mega Colours Suspicious (1)
14. Pure Ice Pot of Gold (2)
15. Maybelline Express Finish Brown Aluminum (1)
16. Revlon Parfumerie Italian Leather (2)
17. Zoya Tris (3)
18. Pure Silver Pure Silver (2)
19. China Glaze Choo-choo Choose You (3)
20. Avon Nailwear Pro+ Tempted (1) [shimmer is way more subtle on the nail than in the bottle]

Bottles 1 through 5:

 

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Wheel C16: Silver Chromes

Yes, Nail Wheel Wednesday is back! Today it's silver chromes, mostly. It's hard to know where the line is between some types of finishes, so there are some on this wheel that are more shimmers than chromes, and some that could better be called metallic than chrome, and even a weaksauce holo (though I don't know that weaksauce holo is an officially recognized nail polish finish). I just need to keep chanting "finished is better than perfect" as I continue to work on this massive project of getting all the colors in my stash onto nail wheels.

 

1. Wet Paint Always Buy Platinum (2 coats)
2. Studio M What a Drag (2)
3. Wet 'n' Wild Wild Shine Metallica (2)
4. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Pumping Iron (2)
5. Bonita unnamed (2) [from a set, but I don't know the name of that set either]
6. Kiko Quick Dry 857 Metallic Silver (2)
7. Kiko Smart Fast Dry 043 Silver (2)
8. OPI Push and Shove (1) [used the special base that came with this)
9. OPI Silver Canvas (2) [silver base that came out with the Color Paints collection of jellies]
10. Sephora + Pantone Universe Lunar Rock (2)
11. Sephora Formula X Shocked (2)
12. Sephora Formula X Platinum Prime (2) [from their Infinite Ombre jellies set]
13. Sephora Formula X Need for Speed (2)
14. Revlon Silver Base Coat (2) [came out with the Color Charge jellies]
15. Revlon Top Speed Sterling (2)
16. Essence Marble Mania Silver Twister (2)
17. Beautifully Disney Drive You Wild (2)
18. Essie No Place Like Chrome (2)
19. SinfulColors Casablanca (1)
20. Finger Paints Chromatic Creation (2) [has a very weak holo effect]

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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)

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Vacation NOTD

I'm back from nearly two weeks road tripping around Idaho with my mister. Because apparently I no longer know how to get ready for a trip, I had just a treatment base coat on my nails when we left. I had grabbed a set of imPress nails and brought it with me, figuring I'd put them on in the car while Mr. was taking care of a last minute errand he had to do before we could leave town. This set of short squovals is called Bells & Whistles and has matte navy nails with gold nails for accents.

 

I didn't look closely enough when I chose this set, and it turned out that I'd already used it at some point (the missing nail should have been a clue), so when the time came to apply them, I didn't have all the sizes that were the best match for my nails. Did the best I could, which meant some fingers had oversized nails. Probably I was the only one that noticed. I hope.

 

They held up pretty well, especially considering all the extra handwashing I was doing since we were in more public places than usual. One of our stops was a place that had cream pies that were about three times as tall as any I've ever seen. I couldn't finish my piece. (You may notice that lotion and sunscreen have pretty much done in the matte finish by this point.)

 

I'd neglected to pack the thick treatment coat I usually use to stick these back on when they pop off (gentler than glue I feel), so the size matches got ever more random as the trip went on. Near the end, I had two accent nails on my right hand.

 

My nails usually get healthier in the summer but so far this year that hasn't happened. Feeling like I might want to do a couple weeks of treatment only to help them along. But that may take patience I don't have for looking at plain nails. Must ponder more.

Wheel P14: Pink Chromes and Metallics

Today's Nail Wheel Wednesday is all about pinks with a harder edge: some smooth chrome polishes, some metallic shimmers, a few that looked like they'd be one or the other in the bottle but maybe are just regular shimmers, one that probably should have gone on a purple wheel. So, the usual sort of of assortment.

 

1. Nicole by OPI Miss Independence (3 coats)
2. Nicole by OPI Chrome for the Holidays (3)
3. Ulta Professional Will Work for Polish (3) [not as pink as I thought it was looking at the bottle]
4. Essie S'il Vous Play (3)
5. L'Oreal Look at Me (2)
6. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pink Satin (1)
7. Essence Colour & Go Pink & Proud (2)
8. Butter London Fairy Lights (2)
9. Cosmetic Arts unnamed (2)
10. Studio M Foil Me Once (2)
11. Studio M Dashing (2) [yep, we got dupes here]
12. China Glaze Admire (2)
13. NYX Shimmery Pink
14. Funky Fingers Favorite Girl (2)
15. BeYu 216 (2)
16. SinfulColors It's About Valen-time (2)
17. Wet 'n' Wild Chrome Precious Petals (2)
18. Ulta Professional Raspberry Mojito (2)
19. Ulta unknown (1) [I'm pretty sure this has a name, but it's not on the label and I didn't cut out and tape the name from the box set onto the bottle like I sometimes do, or I did and it fell off in all the moving around I subject my polishes to]
20. Maybelline Wet Shine Diamonds Jewels 'n' Berries (2)

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