NOTD: Layla Hologram Effect Ocean Rush

Another gorgeous Layla holo - Ocean Rush is probably the most vibrant blue holo in my collection.  China Glaze DV8 is close but leans more teal, this is a deep turquoise touched kind of blue & I loved wearing it:

Here's a look in motion:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: The Evolution of the Aubergine & Turquoise Water Marble + Tutorial

Up late again - lots & lots of pics for this one, because I kept it on for quite a while & so kept switching it up. It actually turned out better than I expect at every stage =)

I started out with a base color of Finger Paints Black Expressionism, a basic black. Then the marbling is done with NK Green Apple & NK After Dark - I was super pleased with how evenly I managed to place these chevrons on the nail:

Here's the tutorial:



After a few days I topped it with Finger Paints Motley:

And then topped that with Warpaint Beauty Mattify:

Which version is your favorite?  Leave a comment & let me know!

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

TOTD: Claire's Fresh Water

Gorgeous, gorgeous turquoise blue - Claire's Fresh Water:

I was very disappointed that it didn't marble well =(  I wanted to have a matching design on my fingers =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: L'Oreal Blue Marine

This is from L'Oreal's Summer Siren collection - Blue Marine on first glance reminded me a lot of Zoya Charla, but next to each other they are different enough that I didn't even end up taking any comparison pics, Charla is darker & has gold sparkle to it, while Blue Marine is slightly greener & has a flash of like, glowy lavender duo-chrome that did not want to cooperate very well with my camera:

Only a few more manis until the chop!  I'm almost looking forward to it in a weird way LOL.  Just to see if it will feel as odd as I anticipate to have shorter nails again.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Zoya Apple + OPI Turquoise Shatter

Well, so far my holiday weekend is going great - lovely sunny weather, warm but not as hot as it was Thursday & Friday, and I just went out & had a VERY successful polish haul that I hope to share with you guys soon.  The only thing not going well is my whole plan to get caught up - comments, emails, posts, other blogs ... I feel so out of the loop right now, I don't even know what collection I should be looking forward to LOL.  Well, I still have one more day tomorrow & the rest of this evening, so I'm just going to have to get done what I can - starting with this.

Zoya Apple is a vibrant green sparkle from the Sunshine collection:

I wore it plain for a day, then I added a layer of OPI Turquoise Shatter - well, actually since the shatters overall don't play well with not fresh polish, I added another layer of Apple, then Turquoise Shatter on top of that.  I liked the results but I wish I'd stroked for a little more shatter so I had more green peeking through:

Off to edit the rest of the pics for my 4th of July mani, which I posted the vid yesterday ... I'm actually about to take it off so I may do one more holiday mani =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Icing Roger That + China Glaze Crushed Candy

Played some more with the Crackle polish, and I liked the way this one turned out - which is a good thing since I ended up wearing it for so long LOL.  I started out with Icing Roger That for my base color.  Bit of a VNL at 2 coats but OK since I wasn't wearing it solo:

 

 

Then I added China Glaze Crushed Candy, again using kind of random diagonal strokes:

 

 

I had this on for 5 days!  Hoping real life will slow down a little this week.  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

Guest NOTD: Zoya Irene + China Glaze Flyin' High

Mom did her very first sponging - and she did do it, I didn't help her past supplying the sponge & of course the polish.  She'd already been wearing Zoya Irene for a couple of days, and decided she needed to cover up the tip wear so she sponged on China Glaze Flyin' High.  She loves it & so do I, it's a really cute combination for some reason:

 

I love that I've so thoroughly corrupted her LOL =)  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Aqua Swirls Drag Marble + Tutorial

Still playing a bit of catchup - although I had this one on quite a while, from Thursday through most of the weekend.  Base color is BB Couture Hangover Blues, marbled with BB Couture Blue Bahama:

 

 

My favorite nails, left pinky, left ring & right pinky:

 

& here is the tutorial:

 

 

Thanks for reading =)

 

~Colette