Orange Swatch Spam!

Hi Goddesses

I'm going to be making a conscious effort over the next few weeks to really clear out some of the stuff in the vault.  I think the oldest swatch I've found is from May!  Lol!   I don't deliberately send them to the vault to die, I just think I look at the finished mani and realise I have nothing to say.

And now that I've changed my lighting set up .... well, it's going to be a dead giveaway if any of these resurface now lol.

First up - Slutty Pumpkin from Darling Diva Polish.  A brand I love, a hilarious polish name, and a polish named after my big fat cat ?   I thought this was a guaranteed winner.

Sadly, I didn't like this one on me.  I found the orange a little muted, although the holo effect was good, but more than anything, the glitter just distracted me.  The thrill of holos (for me, anyway) is watching the dance of the rainbow, and the glitter felt like an intrusion that stopped me feeling that.

Next is Color Club Sparkle and Soar from last year's summer collection - gorgeous.  Hot and icy at the same time.

Pretty much the perfect summer polish.  Hideous photos though!  Ugh!

And then here is the w7 dupe - Sunset Island.  As you can see, it has less subtlety and also less yellow.

I then layered this with an orange Red Carpet Lacquer polish - I can't remember the name of it now.

Then we have a Flormar polish I got in a swap.  Doesn't this dazzle!  This is Jewel Gold JG453 and I feel like I bought a lot of polishes "similar" to this last year - stunning, and flecked with gold.

And then for the hell of it, I did a tape mani, but I can't remember what the darker colour is.   Bad Crumpet.

This is Zoya Reva, not an orange, but she has her heart in the same place!  I didn't like this at all.  I really don't like these colours with gold foil bases, even though they look great on others.

And then finally a Lynnderella post I had prepared before the Midsummer brouhaha.  These photos were taken on the 7th May, and I was trying to persuade myself I didn't need both The Glittering Crowd and One Nutty Fruitcake.  

As fate would have it, just a few weeks later I would be selling both.

Enjoy! xx :)

Summer Challenge Day 28 - Summer Chevrons

Hi Goddesses

Sorry sorry sorry, not only is this post a day late, it's also my 2nd version of Summer Chevrons.   Originally I chevroned over my parrot nails, but .. well, it just didn't look summery, so here we have something that's insanely sunshiney instead - you can't deny the summer credentials of this one !!

This mani uses 2 polishes from Color Club's amazing Take Wing collex - the orange is called Sparkle and Soar and the yellow is called Daisy Does.

Both polishes ... well, I don't know whether to stare at them, lick them or suck them.  Juicy or what!!  They are just amazing in all their beautiful glass-flecked shimmerytasticness.   I've deliberately taken a few angled photos so that you can see the dappled variety in these polishes.  They are just WOW and perfect for summer, or any moment when you need an infusion of happiness.

This mani was 2 coats of Sparkle and Soar, and then I taped off the chevron to do Daisy Does.  When you're using tape, you can't let the polish dry, but I really needed 2 coats.  I'd decided by then that I would also use a striper, so I freehanded the 2nd coat on top of the chevron I'd already created.  Because of the simple angles, it was easier than I'd expected AND - secret tip - if I had gone wrong, I knew I could hide it with the striper or even dots (if I went REALLY wrong lol).

The striper is from the Fraulein 38 range which is ridiculously cheap and available in all sorts of variety on ebay.  Don't get me wrong, they are not as good as the Orly or other posher ranges, but if all you're looking for is the ability to stripe, they are well worth the money.  Usually, the brush bristles tend to be cheaper and therefore too floppy, which means anything else can be too tricky.  As you can see here, it's done the job it needed to do perfectly.

So all in all, I loved this mani - now if only I could persuade the British weather to interpret it.  Seriously, we've got torrential rain again today, half the country is flooded, the British Grand Prix might have to go ahead without any spectators ..... jeez!   Ou est le sunshine ????

Enjoy xx :)