31DC2016 - Simple yellow nail art

The days past quickly and I'm only up to date at instagram with the 31dc2016. Trying to get that fixed. ;) So here's my yellow mani.

Under neath it's a neon yellow to yellow gradient but since I'm rolling with my phone camera the beautiful transition didn't show.. At least the rhinestones looked cool. :)

Polishes used:

Pure Ice - Show Stopper
Orly - Glowstick

Essence - Bee My Honey, swatch

Picked this out at DM, it's a special collection called Nail Candies containing 5 shades. The bottle says "6 in 1" and on the back I can read "Soft skimmering nail candies with 6 benefits for beautiful manicured nails; hardening, protecting, ridge filling, fast drying and fruity scented with a high gloss finish."

Well, I picked out the pale pastel yellow Bee My Honey. So to start with the positives, this yellow shade is awesome, fresh, pale and with a retro feel, the soft shimmer is subtle and not so visible but probably adds some depth to the colour.

I'd guess that the formula is jelly since it doesn't seem to cover that well. I don't mind jelly but this one has streaky problems which means that after 5(!) coats it still looks streaky. The 6 in 1 quote makes me suspect that they meant that it needs 6 coats perhaps? ;) The brush isn't like the good rounded flat as in the standard collection so it's a bit hard to work with. Especially since the formula is thin and drippy. It also isn't fast drying at all, even with SV it feels slow drying, probably because of the multiple coats.

As mentioned it is scented. I don't mind scents so it doesn't bother me. It isn't intense, only if I put my nails to my nose. The actual scent is hard to describe, chemical candy like fruit of some kind.

Basically I sadly can't recommend this, way too many coats, and sadly too streaky with fewer coats. A pity considering that awesome nuance.. I would have bought the other nuances too, but now I'm not in the mood.. :/

Price: 1,79€ at DM.

P2 - Honey Fluff, swatch

Honey Fluff (isn't that name fun btw?) is a yellow pastel with red and that dark brown/violet shredded particles in it. I was hoping for the yellow to be more bright and clear yellow, but it reminds me more of a muted nude/orange yellow tone. It's nice but will not be the super favorite I assumed it to be, even though I of course like it a lot. Application was easy and I needed 2 coats.

2.45 euro at DM.

Alanna Renee - Butterbeer, swatch

Butterbeer is a honey yellow/yellow toned orange crelly filled with tiny matte white glitter and "semi-shiny" off white hexagons. The proportions of glitter feels very well calculated/tested and the formula was surprisingly good even though the glitter makes the formula feel dense. In the end I only needed 2 coats for it to cover. This could easaliy have been like the horrible formula of Lush Laqcuer glitters but it wasn't at all and I really like everything with Butterbeer. :) Totally a "Gelic'-polish".

This was $8 (ex. shipping) from color4nails.

Essence - Love Is In The Air, swatch

Love Is In The Air is a light yellow creme shade from Essence. It is not a pastel in my eyes, it's too colorful for that but still slightly less bright to be an ordinary yellow. At the first coat it looked super opaque to be a yellow but for this I needed 4 coats to make it fully opaque (even though I did a nail art earlier on one nail where I only needed 3, but guess that was luck) Anyhow, I like the polish, this light yellow without being a pastel actually fill a gap in my stash..didn't have that particular nuance before.

Bought this at DM for 1,55 euro. DM is a german drog store.

El Corazon - 423/122 Fenechka, swatch

Today I'm showing the russian brand; El Corazon - 423/122 Fenechka, which is a yellow neon crelly/jelly with matte black and white glitter. I think I used 2-3 coats and application was easy. Sadly the images came out a bit crappy but I really liked the polish so this wasn't the last time you'll see this. ;) 

Oh extra info for the curious. Lakobotan tells me that "Fenechka" is the word often used for handmade bracelets. Often thiner types of bracelets. :)

From nail polish swap with Lakobotan.

Adena - No.51, swatch

I really like a good creme yellow and especially when my nails are long. Adena is a budget brand I've bought in a local food store here for like 10-15 SEK (which is about 1-1,5 euro) The color in No.51 is like a a "cold" toned yellow creme covering in 3 coats. I really like it! :)

As I said I've bought it in a local food store so there's only a few colors. Which I had more because the quality and colors are awesome. :) Have you tried any Adena's?

Paris memories - #293, swatch

What is your opinion about yellow shimmers? Like it or not, here I have some photos from last year with Paris memories - #293 (which actually is one of my moms polishes). I think this could have had high potential, being almost "honey colored" but the 4-5 coats makes me a bit negative towards it. However, considering the price it's not too bad even though I prefer creme yellows over shimmers.

Isadora - Lemon Soda, swatch

I'm rarely a jour with polishes which is new released. I usually just wait until they inevitable come on sale. Isadora - Lemon Soda is pretty new (and yea, found it on sale) and is a yellow pastel texture polish from Isadora. I'd say the formula is shimmer and there is also some golden glitter in it. It's very beautiful and the name is spot on; lemon! The problem with this polish is that it is thin..I needed 4 coats to avoid the VNL and you can see the line of just ONE manicure below. Next time I'll layer it over a pastel yellow. :)

Can you see the fill line? This is one mani (10 nails) and using it like this it would probably only last for 4 more manicures!

Natural light.

Sunlight.

I also tried this polish as shiny which the two photos below are but I must say I prefer the textured look.

Do you have this polish? What do you think about it? Do you prefer the texture version or the shiny version?