Cute explosion - Japanese style nails

Cute explosion - Japanese style nails

Dark pink - Nubar Pink Crème

Light pink - Nivea Turbo Rosa

Black - Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme

Royal purple & silver nail art

Royal purple & silver nail art

The purple is Golden Rose Fantastic Colour 180 - and boy, oh boy did I spend at least half an hour trying to fix the colours. My camera insisted that I was wearing a bright blue polish instead of this beautiful rich purple (and that I had a serious case of lobster hands).

China Glaze Calypso Blue, Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal & Nfu-Oh 50 (Picture heavy post!)

China Glaze - Calypso Blue, 1 coat

China Glaze - Calypso Blue & Sally Hansen - Turquoise Opal, 1 + 2 coats

China Glaze - Calypso Blue, Sally Hansen - Turquoise Opal & Nfu-Oh - 50 1 + 2 + 2 coats

H&M Notoriously Beautiful & glitter funky French

H&M - Notoriously Beautiful, 1 coat

H&M - Notoriously Beautiful & glitter funky French

American Apparel California Trooper, American Apparel Meteor Shower & LaRosa Sea Weed

American Apparel - California Trooper & American Apparel - Meteor Shower, 1 + 2 coats

American Apparel - California Trooper, American Apparel - Meteor Shower & LaRosa - Sea Weed, 1 + 2 + 1 coats

KIKO 320, 606 & 607

KIKO - 320, 1 coat

KIKO - 320 & KIKO - 606, 1 + 1 coats

KIKO - 320, KIKO 606 & KIKO - 607, 1 + 1 + 1coats

Guppy 19

Guppy - 19, 2 coats

Revlon Tropical Temptation vs. Depend 244

Revlon - Tropical Temptation (index & ring) vs. Depend - 244 (middle & pinky), 2 + 3 coats

Here's a tiny comparison of coral polishes that I did a year ago... a day (=year) late and a dollar short, that's me. ._. I always get this super strong urge to wear corals in the summer, and at least one of these polishes is still widely available. In the bottle, these two are exactly the same. The differences are that the Revlon is a creme whereas the Depend is more jelly-like and dries slightly darker than it appears in the bottle. Tropical Tempation is good to go with two coats, but 244 needs three to eliminate VNL.

Claire's Mood Peaceful/Confident & Finger Paints Art You Wondering?

Claire's Mood - Peaceful/Confident, 2 coats

I only got a VERY subtle colour changing effect with Peaceful/Confident - perhaps my bottle has gone bad already? In any case, I really didn't care that much for this colour, so hello all the layering possibilities...

Claire's Mood - Peaceful/Confident & Finger Paints - Art You Wondering? 2 + 2 coats

...Um, nope, Art You Wondering? didn't really manage to save this mani. In IRL the polish has way more blue glitter particles in it than you'd think based on these pictures, but my camera wasn't going to co-operate with me or the polish.