all that glitters - night fright

these can be purchased on etsy, i actually got mine when she was taking pre orders.

these were my first 'all that glitters' polishes.  they're all very pretty.  this one was from the BOO-tique halloween collection.  very cute name.

for this one i used cult nails - vicious for my base color then 1 coat of fright night.  i used glitter food, gelous and 1 coat of seche vite to get everything glass smooth.

vicious did not want to clean up well around my cuticles...now i know to be more careful with that one.  it just wanted to stain everything.  

love the orange glitters in this on.

i've had this on for 3 days now with the white glue method as my first coat.  i think it's held up pretty well with 1 small chip on my thumb.  hopefully it makes it through the rest of the day...

enchanted polish - witchful thinking

here's another from enchanted polish's falloween collection.   these were purchased from llarowe.

really really love this one, though it was hard to photograph.  too much sparkly was going on...not that that's bad.

the is over 1 coat of cult nails - nevermore.  1 coat of witchful thinking, 1 coat of glitter food and 1 coat of seche vite were then used.

enchanted polish - practice safe hex

here's another falloween collection glitter.  i used opi's you don't know jacques as my base, 1 coat of practice safe hex, 1 coat of glitter food, 1  coat of gelous, and one coat of seche vite.

i''m also trying the glue method for removing glitter polish.  you apply a coat of white glue, like elmer's school glue, let it dry completely, then continue with your manicure as normal.  the first time i tried this i didn't let the glue dry long enough.  i gave it 10 minutes.   it peeled up the next day while at work.  gotta say i love how easy it came off as opposed to doing the foil method for 10 minutes per hand.   this time around i let the glue dry for 30 minutes, applied my usual "get it on" basecoat then went on to the rest of the colors.  this is day 2 with no peeling.  i was also very careful to not get it anywhere near my cuticles or the edges of my nails as it seems like that would make it peel up faster.   when you're ready to change polishes all you do is take an orange stick and gently push at the edge near your cuticle.  everything should come up in one sheet.  when i took off my first manicure using this there was nothing wrong with my nail. 

when i first started this i was worried that it would come off while washing dishes, taking a shower, using lotion, etc, but there's been no issues this time around.  this isn't something i'd use on every manicure, but when i wear glitter this is definitely how i'm going to do it.  the foil method of removal is so drying, but it's really the only other way to get glitters totally off without scrubbing for minutes per nail.

has anyone else used this?  a friend on facebook had suggested it and thank her so much for it!

anyhow, here's pics of practice safe hex.  this one is my 2nd favorite out of the falloween collection by enchanted polish.  these were purchased from llarowe.  love love love this polish.  hell, this whole collection is just awesome. 

no flash:

with flash:

enchanted polish - big city lights and beatles collections

these polishes were released at the same time.  there is another from the beatles collection that i didn't pick up since it looked a lot like an ozotic that i already had.  that one was magical mystery tour.  waay to similar to ozotic 505 for me to want to have this bottle since i already have a backup of that one.

these are basically like ozotics on steroids.  the elytra glitters and the multichromes by ozotic were discontinued a while back, these are a very good replacement.

i should do a comparison post one of these day.  i still love my ozotics, don't get me wrong, but these are sooo much more dense.

these bottles are so pretty in person.

here are the ones from the beatles collection:

mean mr. mustard:

i am the walrus:

enchanted polish - ola rio walrus

these are from enchanted polish's big city lights and beatles collections.

they are like ozotic 530 and 502 on steroids.  seriously, they're packed with so much color.   my camera was only wanting to pick up on the maroon/gold.  i wish i had better light from windows in my apartment.  oh well.

the bottle shot is awesome.

i used 2 coats of i am the walrus (beatles collection), 1 coat of ola rio (big city lights collection), and a coat of seche vite.

enchanted polish - falloween collection

i can't even begin to choose a favorite from this collection.  i've already done a manicure with dexter...i still have it on.  it will probably be on all weekend.   i already know the next manicure i want to do will be with practice safe hex.

these are colors that i would wear all year long.  i love pretty much everything i've seen enchanted polish put out.

these are available from llarowe.  i was somehow fast enough when she first put them on the site to grab all 7.  these sold out within minutes of being available.  a restock should be happening soon.

enchanted polish - dexter

this glitter is from enchanted polish's falloween collection.  it can be found on llarowe.

for my base i used a-england's ascalon which is a charcoal colored holo.  application on both were good. 

2 coats of each color was used.  gelous topcoat and seche vite were used over the whole thing.

so i cut my nails way down today.  had a bad break on my middle finger on my right hand.  the whole nail didn't break, so i was able to fix it with a silk patch.  they did need to be trimmed down though, typing was getting slower with them the length that they were.

bottle shots of the falloween collection will be posted soon.  they're amazing.


before dexter and cleanup: