Guppy 19

Guppy - 19, 2 coats

Watermelon nail art

Watermelon nail art

The polishes I used were:

- Guppy 19 (neon pink creme) & Nicōle by OPI You're An Angel (warm pink jelly w/ golden glass fleck) for the base, also Sinful Colors Forget Now (dark pink jelly w/ glass fleck) near the eponychium to give the pink watermelon flesh some depth.

-  As for the gradation, I first sponged along the free edge with an opaque white creme, then with NYX Girls Sour Apple (chartreuse shimmer) and a franken of mine (lush light jelly green w/ golden microglitter), then applied smudged, squiggly lines of Rimmel Camouflage (mid-toned green w/ golden shimmer) with a nail art brush.

- The seeds were painted with white & brown acrylic paints and a nail art brush.

Guppy 77 & SpaRitual Optical Illusion

Guppy - 77, 1 coat

77 is an olive green lacquer packed with golden shimmer. The formula was wonderful and application trouble free - very nice for a cheapo polish! Guppy is a Korean brand and not widely available outside Asia, but can be purchased from the seller jolieeeee on eBay for under two euros each.

Guppy - 77 & SpaRitual Optical Illusion, 1 + 2 coats

SpaRitual Optical Illusion is murky olive green glass flecked jelly with two nearly identical siblings: Orly It's Not Rocket Science and China Glaze Zombie Zest. I found the Orly slightly more saturated and "prettier"; I don't own the China Glaze polish and thus cannot compare the two.

Purple spam! Pt. 4

Claire's - Magic, 3 coats

 Rimmel - Night Before, 2 coats

 Guppy - 59, 2 coats

 China Glaze - Gowgirl Up, 2 coats

Pink spam!

 Rimmel - Electric, 2 coats

 Franken - Squishy Fruit, 4 coats

Franken - Squishy Fruit & Pure Ice - Rio, 4 + 1 coats

Nubar - Amazon Coral, 2 coats

 Color Club - Yachty Yachty Yadda, 2 coats

Franken - Pink Lick & Guppy - 56, 2 + 1 coats

 Orly - Polo Princess, 2 coats

Franken - Rosy, 2 coats