Julep Felicia

You may have noticed that I haven't had many posts for my monthly Julep subscriptions. Well...that's because I haven't really been getting them. I've skipped 10 of the last 12 months *cringe* because there wasn't anything new or exciting about the boxes. But, I will say that the 2 boxes I've taken have been as of late because of some special products. 

Anywho....one of the add-on polishes for April was a mint green creme with black speckles. This is such an unusual polish for Julep and it was gorgeous in their swatches. I'm happy to say that it didn't disappoint in person.

This is two swatches of China Glaze Concrete Catwalk with Julep Felicia and Essie Matte About You.

I love that the dark grey matted looks like a chalkboard!

I wore this for a few days, adding another topcoat after 1 or 2 days since they tend to get a little shiny due to oils, etc. Loved this look and I hope to see a lot more special polishes coming from Julep. 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Linda

Funky Fingers Green Metallic

Hi Guys! I must be on a metallic kick because today I'm showing you Funky Fingers Sold Out Arena. This is a metallic minty green polish with a really great finish. I actually grabbed this from the clearance bin for only $1.

You can see exactly how metallic this polish will be just by looking at the bottle and on the nail, it didn't disappoint. This color meets my love for all things mint but does lean just a hint more light green than mint. Application was really good and I had zero dragging. This is two coats with top coat.

I ended up adding an accent nail using a few different colors and a fan brush. I used Julep Sienna, Color Club Wild at Heart, Julep Harley and China Glaze Deviantly Daring vertically across the nail (from left to right in picture below).

Thanks for stopping by!

~Linda

China Glaze Frostbite

Today I've pulled out China Glaze Frostbite from the 2007 Ski Collection. This is an amazingly bright blue polish like I've never seen before. It has a great depth of color rather than being a flat blue and without all that shimmer or sparkle you see in colors like this.

I did want to add a little bling so I grabbed my Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing, and put one coat over my thumb and ring finger. This really pops over a darker color since it's packed with  purple, blue and holographic glitter as well as some opalescent flakes. This blue is dark enough to really make the colors pop. Love It! I've topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite.

 

This came from a pretty old collection but I believe they sell this with the open stock polish now. Do you have a favorite polish from an old collection that always finds its way to your fingertips?

~Linda

Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing Upgrade

I got my new bottle of Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing in the mail yesterday so of course I had to check it out. My only problem?....I'm still loving this NOPI (Nicole by O.P.I) mani I showed you yesterday. *sigh*...What's a girl to do? Ohh I know...upgrade my mani!

Oh yeah, and BONUS...I finally got NOPI Count on Me to photograph pretty good without looking like an oompa loompa! 

So the upgrade consists of two coats of Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing added to my ring finger. But of course that wasn't enough, so I pulled out my handy craft scissors and scotch tape. I layered the tape with the design facing the same way on each finger and then put another coat of Orly Liquid Vinyl (which was my base color under Count On Me). When you pull off the tape you get this cool 'split' look. I used the same tape on my ring finger for a french tip type effect. No top coat.

As usual I got camera happy and took a bunch of pictures for you guys, so I hope you like what you see. I know I love it!

 

 

And how cute is this packaging?!? The Worst Possible Thing comes from Rainbow Honey's Equestria Collection which was inspired by Hasbro's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This collection has 8 very unique polishes that you can check out on Dee's website here. The Worst Possible Thing was a bit thick in consistency, but it definitely allowed for great coverage of the glitter. It's described as shimmering with opalescent flakes in purple and blue and a multitude of holographic and iridescent glitters. And boy is it!

I totally think that The Worst Possible Thing and Count On Me compliment each other really well! What do you think?

~Linda

Finger Paints Hue Rang?

Happy Friday! I'm getting antsy for my July Julep Maven Box to get here. I am craving a 4th of July mani and am dying to use the free America The Beautiful polish they are sending!

Onto the good stuff...This is two coats of Finger Paints Hue Rang? which is a lovely purple with a slight purple/silver shimmer. For an accent nail I have two coats of Ulta Mint Condition with two coats to Spoiled Pet My Peacock. I don't think that Mint Condition is a good name for this polish, as there really is nothing mint about it. The color in the bottle is much nicer than on the nail, as it becomes "smokey" once on. Does that make sense? It's different from any of my other light blue polishes so that's okay but I'm not too sure if I'll wear it that often. It doesn't look that smokey in the following pictures and I'm thinking that the glitter is hiding it. Somehow I got a few bumps under the polish and I think it might have been some sneaky file dust that crept in. Oops

*Insert Cartoon "Bling" noise here*

 

Pet My Peacock is a multi colored glitter in a clear base and it has a wide flat brush that allowed the glitter to disperse quite evenly. This is my favorite style brush because I have rather wide nails and it provides good coverage in minimal strokes. 

Have a great day!

~Linda