Glitzology -- Cotton Candy

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.

An Epic Manicure Failure, Twice

This post will be short and sweet.  I did this manicure twice.  What a time-consuming waste it was. The glitter polish I used on top was so thick, it caused air bubbles.  I used (or tried to use) thin coats but that didn't remedy the problem.  Removed the polish, added lots of thinner to the glitter polish and tried again.  Below is the result.  See it and weep, or laugh if you so choose.

What do you do when you get a manicure full of air?  I know I didn't use thick coats; I think it is the super goopy, thick polish. 

This is with no clean up and no top coat -- why waste products!?

Models Own -- Boogie Nights

Today I have for you Models Own Boogie Nights over American Apparel L'Esprit.  Whenever I see the name of this polish, I always think of the Mark Wahlberg movie with the same name.  Shame on me!

Boogie Nights (the polish) looks fun but was not necessarily fun to apply.  The smell of the polish was awful.  The glitter didn't apply uniformly and I had to dig in the bottle for glitter and then try to apply it where I wanted it to be on my nails.  Even after two coats of top coat, I still had glitter sticking out past my fingertips.  Hungry glitter that definitely needed Gelous.  I didn't have any when I did this but I have since purchased some.

Boogie Nights is part of the Models Own Mirrorball collection.  This polish was one of the extras I received in a swap and was part of my first post showcasing my epic nail mail day.  Models Own classifies this as a "nail frosting" and a "glide on glitter".  I am not so sure I agree with either of those descriptions.  But, I am not part of Models Own (wouldn't that be awesome?!) and did not have the luxury to try and come up with descriptions.

I used one coat of Seche Clear base coat, two coats of the AA L'Esprit, varying coats of Boogie Nights depending on what nail needed what, two coats of INM Out The Door quick dry top coat.  In the future, when I use glitter polishes such as this, I will add Gelous before my top coat.

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Inside using artificial light

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Boogie Nights can be purchased directly from the Models Own website and L'Esprit can be purchased directly from the American Apparel website.  I found L'Esprit much easier to apply than Coney Island (as used in my last post).

What do you think about all the different shapes, colors and sizes of glitter in Boogie Nights?  

Would you like to see bottle shots on the blog?  Do you think the pictures are too large?  Do you prefer smaller pictures on the posts and then the ability to click on an image to enlarge it?  Do the watermarks going different directions bother you? (Remember when I said I am a perfectionist with some things!)

Do you have short fingernails, too?  I enjoy seeing blogs where the blogger has fingernails like mine. That way, I know what a polish would look like more so than on really long fingernails.  Again, remember my cuticles are a work in progress :) but I did purchase a curette today so that should help.

TreasuresByTan -- Dolphin's Cove

I hope everyone had a good Monday!  As promised, here is my swatch of Dolphin's Cove from TreasuresByTan.  Tanya told me this is one of her favorites and was her second creation ever. I can't wait to see this over a light blue, a lavender, a white and a black!  

I chose American Apparel Coney Island as the undies.  Due to the AA polish being so streaky and thin, I used three coats on top of Seche Clear base coat and I followed everything with INM Out the Door top coat.  

Excuse the cuticles ~ they are currently under construction.  I have short fingernails but don't a great many of us?!  I do a lot around the house and can't seem to keep long fingernails.  I think it is a refreshing change to see a nail blog with not so perfect hands, don't you?!

The polish was super easy to apply.  The glitter was easy to work with and move around when I wanted to.  I did thin coats on my index, ring and pinkie fingers; thick coats on my thumb and middle finger.  Therefore, I had to apply another thin coat to the three fingers while the thumb and middle finger remained at one thicker coat.  

Tanya's store describes Dolphin's Cove as being made up of blue and turquoise glitters in varying sizes and shapes.  There are also multi-color shifting glitters (which I tried to show in my pictures). The base is clear....my favorite "color" for a glitter base!  Her polishes are all custom blended using cosmetic grade mica, glitter, stainless steel balls.  They are all made from scratch -- no store bought polishes are used!  Tanya's polishes are also 3 Free (meaning they do not contain any Toluene, Formaldehyde or DBP) and they are cruelty free.

Be sure to check out Tanya's shop on etsy and tell her 10FickleFingers (or 10FF for short!) sent you!

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Inside using artificial lighting

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Inside using artificial light, blurred

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So, what do you think about Dolphin's Cove?  What do you think about my photos?  Too many? Not enough?  Need more lighting options?  Email me or leave a comment here!