31DC2016 - Green glitter gradient

Simple but beautiful, green toned gradient with green glitter. <3

Polishes used:
Sally Hansen - Sweet Tulip
KIKO - 851
Golden Rose - No. 05

Smitten Polish - Girl Sprouts, swatch

It is green, holographic and from Smitten Polish, 3 positive things. ;) I bought this in a facebook group and I really like it. The color is grass green and vibrant and I used 3 simple coats. This also happens to be perfect for Green Wednesday.

And some personal update. Last week I started my regular daily reposting again, then suddenly I got the information that I was able to go an education. So with some enormous stress and hazzle I was able to get some place to live in that new town where the education is held, with distance relationship with my beloved boyfriend as a side effect.. Preparing, moving and all around took my focus..but now I've settled.. And feel that I will be able to post more regularly again. I have 3 (!) NCC posts waiting from last month coming up too (photographed, but they has to be edited first). So, that's the latest info, thanks you for reading this. :)

Pure Ice - Wild thing, swatch

Finally I got to try a Pure Ice polish which I bought in Canada. This avocado green creme is called Wild Thing and is almost a one-coater, but it needed 2 coats to cover in the end. A nuance I really like, even though I'm not sure how wild it is? but nevertheless, a good first acquaintance with Pure Ice. And finally I can join Green Wednesday again, after my long blog pause. :)

Bought at Walmart in Canada for I think about 2 $

31DC2015 - Day 4; green - Green drip drop nails

Here's my green nails for the 31 day challenge. As a base I used an El Corazon Polish (swatch here) and matched it up with some green dripping. I really like this nail art type, and a funny thing is that I had such problems with it 2 years ago, but now it's feels simple, even on both hands (even if cindy always will be less good). Hope you like it too. :)

Polishes used:
El Corazon - Bloggers - BL-5, Alla, Alla nails (swatch here)
Essence -
R de L young - Black

Also I'd like to make a shout out to some of my blogger friends joining; Traces Of Polish and My Nail Polish Online. Also you'll find them and more people in the inlinkz below. Also a big thank you to Chalkboardsnails for hosting this challenge. <3

An InLinkz Link-up

El Corazon - Bloggers - BL-5, Alla, Alla nails; swatch

Today I have a LE collection polish from El Corazon, which is a bloggers collection and each polish is named after a blogger. Mine is from a blogger called Alla, Alla nails, a blogger I haven't heard about before, but that doesn't matter. :) This is a light green crelly with small matte green hexes, small white hexes and square glitters and black matte chredded glitter. There's still some slight VNL after 3 coats but not annoyingly much. This is REALLY my type of polish, just LOVE it!
This is also my contribution to Green Wednesday.

From a mani swap with lakobotan, she nailed this one! ;)

Also, hope you haven't missed my post about the 31DC which I'll jump in and join the 1st of September. :)

Dance Legend - Kiwano, swatch

Kiwano is a neon green jelly with black shredded glitter in it. And when I say neon I mean VERY neon, it looks like it is glowing, yet it isn't. And my camera freaks out in the process. Anyhow since I knew it was sheer (as jellies are) I decided to layer it over Kleancolor - Bikini Green. I used 3 coats to get the jelly sandwich effect for the shredded glitter. I'm not only liking this, I just LOVE it and wish I had all the colors in this collection. First I have some photos taken in direct sun light and after a few in natural light.
For more green shades, visit Green Wednesday.

Below are photos taken in natural light. As you can see the camera has problem with the neon and in effort to capture the color my hands looks slightly darker.

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - Bikini Green
Dance Legend - Kiwano

Kiwano I got from a nail polish swap with Lakobotan. :)




Oh, and also. This was my Mid summer manicure from this year! ^^

Essence - Mint-Blowing, swatch

Mint-Blowing is part of the LE Fun Fair. It claims to be satin matt and candy scented. The color is the palest of pastel green, it could definitely be mistaken for off white, especially in sun light. So brace your self Karin, it is green, I promise! ;) For more green mani's you can check out Green Wednesday.
In the mint pastel green shade there is also some sparse shimmer, but that only shows in the bottle. On the nail it looks like a pastel creme.

The result looks more chalky matte than satin matte, but it looks nice still. But sure, I prefer matte top coats over matte polishes for a much more even surface. Without tc if feels a bit unforgiving if you know what I mean. Mint-Blowing had the scent of mint, the scent was strong but not bothersome (unless you're eating a sandwich xD) when freshly painted and is almost gone the day after. The formula was butter like and easy to control, almost reminded me of acrylic paint and I needed 2 simple coats. Drying time was on the slower side since I didn't use tc, obviously. I'm surprisingly happy with this polish even though it feels like a spring polish more than a summer polish, think I'm more into brighter shades during August.

Price: 10ml/1,79€ which I bought at Rossman.