My Polish Collection Swatches: Part 1, Nail Wheel 104

The numbers in the first photo correspond to the list, which indicates the brand, polish name, line/collection/edition (if applicable), and bottle number.

Indoors, with flash, white b/g.

Nail Wheel 104

1. NYC Park Ave. 246 - Quick Dry
2. NYC Mulberry St. 212 - Quick Dry
3. NYC Magic Moments 148 - Sheer French Mani
4. NYC Foil for You 252 - Foil**
5. NYC Cozy Cottage 145 - Sheer French Mani
6. NYC 142A - Long Wearing
7. NYC 126A -  Long Wearing  
8. Maybelline Timely Turquoise 899 - Express Finish
9. Maybelline Sheer Satin Slip 35 -  Express Finish
10. Maybelline Sea Thru Blue -  Express Finish
11. Maybelline Racy Red 160 -  Express Finish
12. Maybelline Mod Mauve 70 -  Express Finish
13. Maybelline Mocha Blast 290 -  Express Finish
14. Maybelline Grape Times 896 -  Express Finish
15. OPI Yes...I Can-Can! F24
16. OPI  Tickle My France-y F16
17. OPI  I Do! I Do! R24
18. OPI  Bastille My HeartF17

Indoors w/flash, black b/g.

Outdoors, natural light (early evening), white b/g.

Leave a comment if you want to see a full review of any of these  polishes featured  in this series! 

* = Discontinued

** = Discontinued and hard to find (HTF)

*** = Discontinued for ages and VERY HTF

My Polish Collection Swatches: Part 1, Nail Wheel 103

The numbers in the first photo correspond to the list, which indicates the brand, polish name, line/collection/edition (if applicable), and bottle number.

Outdoors, natural light, white background

Nail Wheel 103

1. Essie Pink is Powerful 619
2. Maybelline Go Go Green 900 - Express Finish
3. Maybelline Blushing Bride 40 - Express Finish
4. Mary Kay Shock Wave 9V17 - 2000 Watts line**
5. Mary Kay Light Speed AA06 - 2000 Watts line**
6. Mary Kay Lightning 9X16 - 2000 Watts line**
7. L'Oreal Vintage Red 309***
8. Estee Lauder Pink Clouds 60 - Pure Color
9. Estee Lauder Frozen Fantasy 69 - Pure Color
10. Essie Van D'Go 710
11. Essie Topless & Barefoot 744
12. Essie The Cove Copper 605
13. Essie Super Bossa Nova 859
14. Essie Sugar Daddy - mini
15. Essie Sand Tropez 745
16. Essie Rock Candy - mini
17. Essie Pretty Edgy 725
18. Essie Poor Lil' Rich Girl 496

Indoors w/flash, black background

Indoors w/flash, white background

Again, if you would like me to do a full swatch/manicure with any of these colors, just post a comment letting me know which one you would like to see featured in an upcoming blog!

* = Discontinued

** = Discontinued and hard to find (HTF)

*** = Discontinued for ages and VERY HTF

Day 14 of the 30 Day Mani Challenge: Animal Print

Okay, since I really don't like animal prints on anything other than animals and I don't like to wear bright colors, I decided to use all my brightest nail polishes and stamp all of the animal print patterns at once. Why not, right?

I actually really liked the final result. It took me FOREVER and it was tedious but when I was finished I was rather surprised on how much I actually liked it. I even wore it for a few days (most of my manicures are lucky to make it a full 36 hours before I get the itch to do the next one).

 Left Hand, Indoors w/flash

 Right hand, Indoors w/flash

Outdoors just before sunset, no flash

To Get This Look: I've numbered each nail on the above photo so I can list the base polish, polish I used to stamp with, and image plate (in that order) for each nail.

1. SH Insta-Dri "Lightening" (base), Wet N Wild "Black Creme" (stamp), m61 (image plate)
2. SH Insta-Dri "Lickety-Split Lime", Revlon TopSpeed "Grape", m78
3. Maybelline ExpressFinish "Go Go Grape", Revlon TopSpeed "Electric", BM221
4. Wet N Wild "Sunny Side Up", SH Insta-Dri "Brisk Blue", BM211
5. Maybelline ExpressFinish "Timely Turquoise", Konad Light Pink Special Polish, BM223
6. SH XpressFinish "Twisted Pink", Wet N Wild "Black Creme",  SH25
7. Sidenote: I decided that animal footprints technically fall under the "animal print" category heh heh. Maybelline ExpressFinish "Go Go Green", Revlon TopSpeed "Espresso", SH08
8. Sinful "Pull Over", SH Insta-Dru "Rapid Red", m78
9. SH XtremeWear "Blue Me Away", SH Insta-Dri "Whirlwind White", BM211
10. SH XtremeWear "Caribbean Coral", Revlon TopSpeed "Electric", BM223

There ya go. Lot's of time for something I thought I'd hate but ended up liking. I hope the other challenge I'm dreading turns out so good (I'm scared of water-marbling...).