As Military as One Can Get With Purple Nail Polish and Glitter

So I found a really great blurple in Joe Fresh....colour I can't remember and the internet is not helping me and now feel the need to use it EVERYWHERE. The annoying thing is that it looks different on this monitor at work than it does at home and on, but trust me, it's right in the middle between blue and purple and looks awesome. As I was contemplating using it, my favourite holo gold glitter sprouted a month and yelled at me until I put them together. NOT CRAZY, THAT HAPPENED. I thus present to you the most military-y mani you can make with blurple nail polish and gold glitter! Oh yes, that's a great intro paragraph.

Anyway, the mystery blurple Joe Fresh polish is a really nice to use creme, I only needed two coats to get the coverage I like, and I like a lot of polish. Next, starting with my index finger, I added my military triangles. I know there's a term for the shape, I just can't think of what it is. Googling "fancy names for triangles/arrows" didn't help me either. Starting at the side of my nail, I added the glitter in a slightly zig-zag column. I then built out the rest of the triangle, using my usual technique. For my thumb, I reversed the shape but I was tired by that point so don't look to closely at it. I've found lately that two coats of Seche Vite on glitter makes everything extra smooth and glossy, always a plus.

The Verdict: I love the Joe Fresh polish and the colour combination, just wish I was less tired for the glitter application. Also for being able to type not like a crazy person. Eh, coherent blogging is for silly people!

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

Review: JENsations Stars in Space and S'mores

Guess what everyone? I'm going to review some indie polishes that you can actually buy without having to wait for email messages! Yay! And sparkly too! Imagine all the holo glory as while my lightbox produces lovely even white light, it saps any and all rainbows from manis, leaving me to try to take pictures in my kitchen like a barbarian. It may not sound that hard but when you use a manual focus 60mm macro lens that has a wafer-thin depth of field, it's not the easiest. Anyway, let's take a look at two, that's right, two, beautiful polishes from JENsations , Stars in Space and S'mores. First up, Stars in Space. I started with two coats of Zoya Caprice, a very bright purple creme that you'll be seeing a lot of as it makes for a great base. Next, two coats of Stars in Space, the most fabulous mix of silver holo glitter. There's stars, squares (man, I love square glitter), hexes and micro glitter. I liked this one as there was enough glitter on

I'm a Proper Mermaid This Time Beeeeaches

Ermerger guys, I don't have any glitter on me! Well, I do, just on my nails. I always have glitter on me. And cat fluff. It's funny how often my bf comes home with glitter in his beard. That means it's been there all day... Anyway, new nail vinyls mean something a bit different. I swear I'm not actually obsessed with mermaids, it just seems like it... Anyway, again, shall we?

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