A big thank you! :)

This is a very special post! I want to give a big thank you to all my facebook friends for voting for me and the amazingly talented Wing Dust Collections. She can be found on facebook as well, here https://www.facebook.com/WingDustCollections and at Llarowe. 

I actually won this polish! I've never won anything that I can think of. I want to say thank you to Wing Dust for this generous gift and I hope the creator feels these pictures do her amazing and entirely unique creation, Steel Town Girl, justice.

I have to say that for a holo and for any polish really, the application on this was just flawless. I used Nfu-Oh aqua base, but I didn't have to. It was a smooth application, even with the beautiful steel blue shards and generous helping of chunky gold flakes. 

Another crazy thing about this polish I would not have expected was the staying time. I wore this for four days with no chipping or peeling O.o whaaaaa? Unheard of with a holo. I did use G+G Hk Girl topcoat. 

It is much more holo-y irl, and in the light box for some reason it did not photograph as holo as out of the lightbox (click to make bigger!!). 

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

Steel Town Girl. Natural Light.

A Charm

My third and maybe final post on Pretty and Polished's Jawbreaker--the first polish I ever posted. I think I got it right this time.

Bottle shots are on my very first post which is oh my gosh over one year ago! See the bottle here.

Jawbreaker.

Jawbreaker.

I don't know if I've ever gone so long without posting. Here's a nice gold foil from the OPI James Bond collection. It's surprisingly sheer, but flashy while wearing, so worth it. It's a little on the yellowish side, but I would say it's a true gold. It took about four coats. I'm not sure if this is indoor or outdoor. 

Goldeneye.

Goldeneye.

Goldeneye.

a dupe?

Or not a dupe? I found this gorgeous Chelsea polish, named Baja Green, on eBay--said to be a dupe of OPI's famed Creme de Menthe. This is two or three coats. I think it needs a bit more of the bright yellow gold flash to be closer to CdM. Since I probably won't ever have Creme de Menthe, what do you think? 

Baja Green. Natural Light.

Baja Green. Natural Light.

Baja Green. Bottle. Natural Light.

GTL

I had a lot of trouble at first with this one going on and because it was so gorgeous, I was worried that I would. It had that “eating itself” problem that holo polishes tend to have, though it's not a holo. Somehow I thought to use an aqua base with it and it applied perfectly. This is 3-4 coats—it lasted a long time and I didn’t want to take  it off, it's so perfectly coastal. This Dollish Polish is great for a mermaid! Gym, tan, laundry, and beach :)

Gym, Tan, Laundry. Natural Light.

Gym, Tan, Laundry close up. Natural Light.

Gym, Tan, Laundry bottle close up shot. Natural Light.

a special green!

We may be moving into another Green period, big surprise. Dominica Green—I’m not sure why it’s so difficult to find a good dupe of this color. It’s awesome, great for any season (it is, right?), and it’s so crazy that while you may not feel like you can wear it, anyone can wear it!

I have seen a few non-US brands that have looked very close though. DG was actually the first I came across. 

What surprised me is how wicked it looked—it’s shocking and startling and has that sort clear shimmer (maybe glass fleck), but very fine. Also, it’s super sheer and has a bit of a jelliness to the finish—this was 3-4 coats. Make sure you have some time on (or off!!) your hands for this one, it seemed to take forever to dry. It lasted for at least five stressful days during finals though, so it had a big payoff.

Dominica Green. Natural light through the window.

Dominica Green. Natural light through the window.

Dominica Green. Natural light through the window.

Just in Case

I haven't posted enough texture manis...here's one more OPI Liquid Sand. Pretty much the same formula and such--it was a bit more sparkling in the sun than some of the others--it reminded me of Lynnderella "Thank Blue" or "I Don't Mean Rhinestones..." if they were texture polishes, ha. 

BUT! STAIN ALERT! At least when I used one coat of base. Consider yourselves warned!

Tiffany Case. Natural Light.

Tiffany Case. Natural Light.

Tiffany Case. Natural Light, Shade.

Tiffany Case. Natural Light, bottle.