You know how you always have good intentions to do something specific but then life gets in the way and those specific things have to be put on the back burner? That is what has happened with my blogging. It has been put on the back burner.
On to the good stuff without any more ado.
I was recently playing around with the Paris Sparkles Celery Stalker indie polish. I was trying to decide if I wanted to do undies (a polish under the Celery Stalker) or not. I thought about doing green but ended up using Sinful Colors Candy Coated. Candy Coated is a lavender with shimmer. I didn't realize there was shimmer in it until I had it on my nails. Nice surprise! However, I do now regret using underwear that was a different color family from Celery Stalker. Hindsight is 20/20! Next time, I will use a green underwear or no undies at all!
All photos are after 45 hours of wear. I had hoped the Paris Sparkles Celery Stalker would be milkier than it is. I used one coat of Seche Base, two coats of SC Candy Coated, three coats of Celery Stalker, one coat (which was not enough) of Out the Door top coat. I thought one coat of INM would be enough to make the manicure slick and shiny. It did not. I did not like how the manicure looked after one coat of Celery Stalker probably because of the lavender underwear. I was not too fond of how it looked after two coats of CS either. So, I opted for three coats. The first coat was thin and each coat after that got a little bit thicker. I see I failed to completely cover the undies. I also see there is tip wear after 45 hours but I did hand wash dishes and do every day tasks during that time frame. Celery Stalker also pooled in some areas around my fingernails. I didn't clean this up during clean up just so my readers could see this.
The photos were taken in the sun and in the shade. None were taken indoors or using artificial light. Stacy describes Celery Stalker as "a soft green base with beautiful holographic glitter and tiny explosions of color." Per the etsy listing, "Paris Sparkles nail polish stands alone [and has] no need for a base coat, top coat or anything in between like so many other polishes." I will try Celery Stalker again with no underwear but not sure about the base coat or top coat. In my opinion, a top coat is most certainly needed.
Do you always use undies in the same color family? If so, why? If not, why not? Do you have Paris Sparkles Celery Stalker and does it look like mine? You can see Stacy's creations here.
Disclosure: Celery Stalker was sold to me by Paris Sparkles at a discounted price for review. All of the opinions in this review are completely my own.
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I have so many posts in the works. I have some nail mail and haul photos to blog about. I have not really done a manicure this week so I do not have a post about swatches or nails of the day, etc. I have been recovering from the stomach flu, still! I got better for a day or two and then it returned. GRR!
I have posts I am working on for the Versatile Blogger Award and for the Liebster Award. Thank you so much for the nominations ladies! However, I need to find more blogs to nominate myself. I can't publish those blog posts until I have all the blogs I need to nominate. So, if you know of some that qualify, please let me know!
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Do you have any special plans?
Sorry for my absence as of late. We have all been sick in my house. I may have gotten the worst of it. I am still not back to 100% but am much better than I have been in the past week or so.
With that said, here is Glitzology Cotton Candy over Color Club Hydrangea Kiss. I like this combination. Cotton Candy was easy to apply (my first time using a Glitzology polish). It was not too thick nor too thin. I used two coats of top coat but could have used three, or added Gelous to the mix. If you want your nails to be completely smooth, you will have to use more than two coats of top coat.
Per the Glitzology shop on etsy, which you can find here, Cotton Candy has a very light lavender jelly base with pale blue holo glitter, white and pink satin glitter, matte and satin pastel blue, white, pink, lavender squares, hexes and shreds in various sizes. I purchased several mini bottles of Glitzology polishes because I wanted to try them out before investing in full sizes....and because I found so many I wanted!
These were taken three days after application. I did not do any clean up since I was not feeling well. Not too shabby if I must say so myself.
This is one coat of Seche Base, two coats (I think, I was ill remember?!) of Color Club Hydrangea Kiss, one coat of Cotton Candy, two coats of INM Out the Door. None of the indoor photos turned out well. No where near close to being usable. Therefore, all of these are sun and shade shots.
