Polish All the Nails

Ohh it was a good day the other day: I finally found China Glaze Luxe and Lush at a non-ridiculous price! The hard part is finding a way to use it that everyone and their cat hasn't already done.  Of course I did whatever I do when I can't immediately think of what to do with glitter: glitter gradient! I started this one off with two coats of Sally Hansen Sonic Bloom, a nice bright red-coral creme.  It applied well, considering it's one of the cheaper ones, only needing two coats.  I then used my normal technique for the glitter gradient for Luxe & Lush, painting 2/3rds of the way down the nail, then half, then the top third.  While it's pretty, it's not as gobsmacking as I was expecting.  I may have been spoilt with "real" flakies and so shredded iridescent glitter just isn't that exciting.  Take a look, compared to something like this or this .  

A few weeks ago I did an experiment with a competition.  It was a resounding success and I was so happy to be able to share the gorgeous China Glaze Prismatic collection with a lucky reader.  One of the ways to enter was to answer a question as I want to really know what your #1 favourite polish was.  Again and again, I Lily Love You from OPI came up so I just had to track it down.  I'm so glad I did as it's the prettiest pink based, square and shredded iridescent glitter I think I've ever seen! When I swatch a glitter like this - colour tinted base - I like to pick a base colour as there's no point me trying to layer 25 layers to get this to be opaque.  I think I found a pretty good match with Essence Ultimate Pink, a sweet bubblegum creme.  I'm so excited about this actually as mini Essence polishes just started showing up in Shopper's Drug Mart!  So cheap too at $1.69 a bottle, can't go wrong with more brands to choose from.  Any...