Day 22: Nail Polish Advent Calendar

Getting close to the end! Today was OPI Yodel Me on My Cell and e.l.f. Chic Confetti.

Yodel Me on My Cell is a bright aqua blue with micro shimmer. My favorite from the Swiss collection. Chic Confetti is a multi-glitter.

This is the second e.l.f. glitter I've used this challenge. It stank so badly just like the last one. So crappy.

OPI - Miami Beet & Finger Paints - Twisted

This nail of the day is what I would call a mixture of old and new. Sometimes I think it's fantastic to show off something that is most likely long forgotten now.

Miami Beet from OPI came out way back when in the spring of 2009! Back when I was just leaving for my first trip and long term summer visit to Switzerland.

Here I am wearing it on a weekend getaway to Varazze, Itay in August of 2009...

I used two coats of this lovely magenta color.
 

I really do love this color. Shame I haven't used it since 2009! But I wanted a little something special to top it off. I have the whole set of Finger Paints Flakes, but I've really haven't used them yet. So for my bling I added two coats of Twisted. It has pretty multi-colored iridescent flakes. Mostly blue, yellow, orange, and green.

I think it just looks stunning!

So have you ever rediscovered a nail polish color you used to love but have now mostly forgotten? I challenge you to put that forgotten color back on your nails.

LCN - Tropical Tulip & Essence - Circus Confetti

Hello nail fanatics! Okay, getting back into the swing of blogging right... now!

So I'm going to show off a manicure that I had on for a few days last month. I've had Essence Circus Confetti is sitting in my untried's for awhile trying to figure out the best base color to use it under. Then amusedPolish sent me some polishes. One of which was LCN Tropical Tulip a lovely electric purple creme.

I think the glitter really vibrates off of this shade of purple. What do you think?

I used two coats of Essence Circus Confetti for this look. It's a multicolored hex glitter along with micro circle gold glitter. It can be compared closely to Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday and Milani Gems but not an exact dupe unfortunately.

This is my favorite close up of my mani! I think it looks beautiful.

Essence displays can be found in parts of Europe, but for sure in German speaking countries. They do have small displays in the US and Canada, but I' not sure if they have this polish stocked. I paid about $4 for Circus Confetti in Zurich.

LCN is a German brand. I can find a small display at Swiss Marionnaud stores. Recently LCN did break into the US market. You can order them here. The price for the size bottle I have pictured is $5.90. P.S. They also sell a few different colors of magnet polish!

OPI - Mod About You & Barry M - Silver Cascade

For New Year's Eve, I wanted a glittery manicure. I started out with OPI Mod About You from the 2006 Brights Collection. This color is not easy to work with the formula is crap and it stinks. I needed four coats to smooth everything out. I dealt with it because it is the perfect bright light pink and I've got noting similar to it.

  

The next step was putting the glitter on. I used Barry M Silver Cascade. It's a multi colored glitter in a sheer pink base. This picture shows it as only one coat over Mod About You. As you can see the sheer pink base has changed up Mod About You.

Here are three coats of Silver Cascade. These pictures were taken on New Year's Day the manicure is pretty much wrecked at this point. Mod About You never really dried so the manicure was still tacky when I took it off 24 hours later.

China Glaze - Jolly Holly & Party Hearty

China Glaze Jolly Holly is from the Tis' the Season collection. It's a nice green with a very small amount of gold shimmer. I used two coats. I like the color but I'm not head over heels for it. There's definitely other similar greens.

With flash.

China Glaze Party Hearty is the stand out of the collection! This is a glitterpalooza. Big red hex glitter, medium green hex glitter, and small silver square and round glitter. It is the perfect topcoat for silver, white, red, and green polish. I put three coats of Party Hearty over Jolly Holly.