Tuesday, December 11, 2012

nail nation 3000 - happy holo-days

i was planning on getting this uploaded this morning, but that didn't happen.  i went out at 7am to go get the cats food and found out that my battery had died.  my dad thankfully came out with a new one and put it in for me.  so instead of writing this up like i was planning to this morning, i was outside with him.

this is 2 coats of nail nation happy holo-days #104.  this applied great like all of maria's other polishes.    i then decided to do a gradient with butterfly net #16.  shaped glitters like animals, hearts, etc arent' my thing, so i just used an orange stick to take the butterflies that came out on the brush off.

i love holo-days on it's own.  it looks jade in some lights, celery colored in others.  i don't have another holo that is anything like this one.

after butterfly net i used 1 coat of gelous and 1 coat of seche vite.  it is glass smooth.  usually bar glitter will try to stick up, but not the case with with one.

no cleanup was done in the first pictures since i knew i'd be adding to it.





Thursday, December 6, 2012

ludurana supernova - onda de luz

this collection is available at llarowe.  i haven't seen holos that are this strong like ever.  this is 2 coats of onda over 1 coat of cult nails - nevermore, 1 coat of seche vite over the top.

all of these photos are with flash, but it does glow like crazy in lower light as well.  the holo was not as strong under the shitty lights we have at work.

i'm also uploading a video of this.  i'll probably start doing these for holo polishes.  this was taken on my itouch with the light on.




Wednesday, December 5, 2012

nail nation 3000 - sock monkey #51

i chose to layer this one just in case it wouldn't cover on it's own.  the base i used was really light and looked more like a french manicure than anything else, i used opi's care to danse? so this one would have been fine with 2 coats by itself.

this is 2 coats of sock monkey with 1 coat of seche vite.    i love how light this is...its been a while since i've worn anything really light and non-holo.  maria's description on her facebook photo for this polish is:

SOCK MONKEYYYY!!!! # 51

A creamy base of sock monkey colors!!! Great layers of awesome sock monkey-ness!!!! Get your sock monkey on !!!


i think next time i won't bother layering it over anything.  still loving it how it turned out though.






Tuesday, December 4, 2012

llarowe and nail nation 3000 mail

these are a combination of a few orders.  1 was from llarowe's black friday sale, another was the enchanted polish release and the last group is my latest package from nail nation 3000.

i love the new packaging on the enchanted polishes.  the printed, square bottles look so much better than the ones that had the paper labels.

also i'm loving the all silver stickers on the nail  nations.

first up....black friday order from llarowe.  i have to say that all of the other pictures that i've seen online doesn't capture the holo in holo'ween like seeing it in person.  this is one amazing polish.  of course the glitter gals are also amazing, i'm debating on throwing on citrine first.



Sunday, December 2, 2012

nail nation 3000 - naughty or nice? #39

this was 2 coats of naughty or nice? and 1 coat of seche vite.  the holo in this one is crazy.

here's the description of the polish from nail nation 3000's facebook:

Naughty or Nice? #39

A triple silver holo with red and holo glitters too spice up any list! Are you naughty or nice?
2012 only color next years version will be very different! ;)


 a lot of the glitter stuck to the side of the bottle on this one, it's from when it shipped.  going to have to keep shaking it and hope it mixes back with the polish.

i love the color change on my thumb in this first photo.






straight flash...speckles are the red glitter





Friday, November 30, 2012

nail nation 3000 - fierce #5

this is 1 coat of fierce #5 over cult nails - nevermore and 1  coat of seche vite.

i received a mini bottle of this with my first purchase of nail nation 3000 polishes.  it's really pretty in person, like her other polishes it does change depending on the lighting, some of the purple isn't as pronounced  in some light.  my only wish is that it were a darker red.  layering it did seem to darken it a bit, but i love dark, dark reds.


blah, looks like i missed some black near my cuticles with cleanup.  oh well, it happens ;)













Tuesday, November 27, 2012

nail nation 3000 - daddy's girl #180

so, this one is in honor of leah ann's mother.  she posted on facebook that her mother passed a year ago today and that pink was her favorite color.  it's also mine, though i haven't posted pink manicures on the blog.   i thought this would be a good reason to pick a pink polish to wear today.

this is daddy's girl #180 by nails nation 3000.  1 coat of seche vite was used, no clean up done.  her polishes apply perfectly.  this isn't a super strong holo, like kizmit, however it is still gorgeous.

llarowe will soon be carrying nail nation 3000, mine were purchased through the facebook page.