Two Swatches !

Sorry for my lack of posts this week - Valentine's Day certainly kept me busy (^_^) and I because of the tiles I work with in glass art, my nails get wrecked... pretty fast.

Anyways, here's two manicures I did for Valentine's day.

First off is a bright red from Rimmel London. This one is called 310 Red Carpet, and from what I've seen they don't make it anymore.

 As you can see above, I attempted to add some flair to this mani and added on a sticker. They were nifty, but I must've applied them too fast because it got all yucky after I applied my Seche Vite.

Note: these pictures were taken about three days after wear. No major chipping, and only two coats ^_^

Here's the second one I did, simpler this time. This is Claire's Mood Changing Polish in Calm/Wild. It's a really shimmery pink-when-warm/purple-when-cold polish. It does not change by mood, it changes based on your body temperature. It looks really cool with longer nails! Anyways, this polish USED to work for me. I always use three coats, but this time I got a maaaaaajor chip (I blame you, Seche Vite!) so I took it off pretty quickly.

Hope you had a great Valentine's day!

-Melanie

Claire's Innocent & Daring Mood Polish

Sorry for the break, I had a cold and didn't feel up to much!

Anyways, here is Innocent/Daring by Claire's.

Three coats, no top coat.

This stuff is really cool if you have long tips! Since this "mood changing" polish is based off your body temperature, if your body is room temp. it looks like this. Otherwise, when I go to school they turn all grey, like cement (my school is freezing!).

In between transitions from the two colours, when they're switching, it does look very...Sickly. My mom said it reminded her of dead people and zombies coming back to life, but I liked it. It's definitely something to pick up for Halloween, if you wanna be a dead person...Or a dying person.

Application wise? I love these mood ones. When they dry, the nailbed changes colour, so I know when to put on another coat. I took three coats to get this look.

Next time? A two matte polishes from Icing!

-Melanie.