Top 19 Polishes of Now!

Ok so a while back I mentioned doing a top 25 post, but when I was going through my melmer I only found 19 nail polishes that I can call 'favorites', although I'm sure that once I finnish off my untrieds I'll have 25 favorites, but I haven't so they don't count.  The other thing is that I went through and pulled out my favorites, and got to my favorite 5 when I realized that I couldn't figure out where the rest of the polishes stood in 6-19th favorite.  So I have my top 5 and the other 14 favorites in no specific order.

(From L-R: Essie 'French Affair', OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It', 'Mermaids Tears', 'Hot and Spicy', ALDO 'Teal the Spotlight')

This is the TOP 5!  Essie being #1 and the ALDO being #5  This shows I have a thing for cremes doesn't it?

(OPI 'An Affair in Red Square', Essies 'Shine of the Times', Wet n' Wild 'Cost is No Issue', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie', Jessie's Girl 'Glee')

(Sinful Colors 'See You Soon', Avon 'Classic Fit', Nails Inc. 'House of Parliment', Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy', OPI 'Steady as She Rose')

(Color Club 'Hot Like Lava', Revlon 'Poppy', Finger Paints 'Twisted', Essie 'Power Clutch')

There you have it folks, my top 19 of 2012.  For most of these you can see my swatches, but not all have been posted, but if you want to see swatches of a specific polish tell me and I can try to rush-blog :D

What are your favorite polishes??

Top 19 Polishes of Now!

Ok so a while back I mentioned doing a top 25 post, but when I was going through my melmer I only found 19 nail polishes that I can call 'favorites', although I'm sure that once I finnish off my untrieds I'll have 25 favorites, but I haven't so they don't count.  The other thing is that I went through and pulled out my favorites, and got to my favorite 5 when I realized that I couldn't figure out where the rest of the polishes stood in 6-19th favorite.  So I have my top 5 and the other 14 favorites in no specific order.

(From L-R: Essie 'French Affair', OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It', 'Mermaids Tears', 'Hot and Spicy', ALDO 'Teal the Spotlight')

This is the TOP 5!  Essie being #1 and the ALDO being #5  This shows I have a thing for cremes doesn't it?

(OPI 'An Affair in Red Square', Essies 'Shine of the Times', Wet n' Wild 'Cost is No Issue', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie', Jessie's Girl 'Glee')

(Sinful Colors 'See You Soon', Avon 'Classic Fit', Nails Inc. 'House of Parliment', Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy', OPI 'Steady as She Rose')

(Color Club 'Hot Like Lava', Revlon 'Poppy', Finger Paints 'Twisted', Essie 'Power Clutch')

There you have it folks, my top 19 of 2012.  For most of these you can see my swatches, but not all have been posted, but if you want to see swatches of a specific polish tell me and I can try to rush-blog :D

What are your favorite polishes??

Day 10: Gradient Nails

I've never done a gradient mani.  I'm not really too sure this counts as one but look and see for yourself  it is pretty though.  And this is the last one in the first chunk of the challenge!  here's a reminder:

So for this I used this polishes one coat of everything except 'Nail Junkie'  (I LOVE that name!)

(l-r: Sally Hansen Inst-Dri 'Brisk Blue', Sinful Colors 'Love Nails', Jesse's Girl 'Glee', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie')

I started out with one coat of 'Brisk Blue' then a coat of 'Love Nails'.  I sponged on 'Glee' on 2/3 of each nail.  Covered the top third in a coat of 'Nail Junkie' and re-sponged on top of that again.

Here's a close up.  There's a lot of gold shimmer and glitter in 'Nail Junkie' and 'Glee'.

This picture shows the truest color but it looks so bad.  See what I mean most gradients look like this.

Day 10: Gradient Nails

I've never done a gradient mani.  I'm not really too sure this counts as one but look and see for yourself  it is pretty though.  And this is the last one in the first chunk of the challenge!  here's a reminder:

So for this I used this polishes one coat of everything except 'Nail Junkie'  (I LOVE that name!)

(l-r: Sally Hansen Inst-Dri 'Brisk Blue', Sinful Colors 'Love Nails', Jesse's Girl 'Glee', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie')

I started out with one coat of 'Brisk Blue' then a coat of 'Love Nails'.  I sponged on 'Glee' on 2/3 of each nail.  Covered the top third in a coat of 'Nail Junkie' and re-sponged on top of that again.

Here's a close up.  There's a lot of gold shimmer and glitter in 'Nail Junkie' and 'Glee'.

This picture shows the truest color but it looks so bad.  See what I mean most gradients look like this.

Day 5: Blue Nails

Omg I'm not having to do some lane and depressing proof post!!!! Ok so I had a but load of blue untried polish so I decided to do a water marble and swatch two polishes in one post. Actually I think the saying has something to do with birds and homicide. Oh well. On a side note as I type this I'm watching CRIMINAL MINDS. I LOVE THAT SHOW!! "you may leave school but it may never leave you". Sry it's a quote from the show (did you see the end with Morgan's iPod?). 

On to my water marble I used so many colors. Four Sinfuls, a Sally Hansen and a Jessies Girl. And I used them on different nails like on my ring finger I only used two but on some I used all eight. 

PICTURES!

Left thumb

Left pointer

Right Hand

Sorry this is so messy but clean up is a pain in the but normally with water marbling I just pick at it the next day during school but today with the whole take pictures five minutes later thing...   But this is defiantly not my best water marble the Black and White wm I did.  Tomorrow is purple and I'm going away for the weekend so either Mimi's gotta go into super-posting mode for me or I'll have to schedule post.    errr they both seem impossible!

Day 5: Blue Nails

Omg I'm not having to do some lane and depressing proof post!!!! Ok so I had a but load of blue untried polish so I decided to do a water marble and swatch two polishes in one post. Actually I think the saying has something to do with birds and homicide. Oh well. On a side note as I type this I'm watching CRIMINAL MINDS. I LOVE THAT SHOW!! "you may leave school but it may never leave you". Sry it's a quote from the show (did you see the end with Morgan's iPod?). 

On to my water marble I used so many colors. Four Sinfuls, a Sally Hansen and a Jessies Girl. And I used them on different nails like on my ring finger I only used two but on some I used all eight. 

PICTURES!

Left thumb

Left pointer

Right Hand

Sorry this is so messy but clean up is a pain in the but normally with water marbling I just pick at it the next day during school but today with the whole take pictures five minutes later thing...   But this is defiantly not my best water marble the Black and White wm I did.  Tomorrow is purple and I'm going away for the weekend so either Mimi's gotta go into super-posting mode for me or I'll have to schedule post.    errr they both seem impossible!