piCture pOlish Wisteria Review

Today I have a polish that was very recently on my nails (yesterday in fact) that I just have to share! This is the stunning piCture pOlish Wisteria.

Wisteria might be one of the most beautiful purple polishes I own. I'm usually not a big fan of cremes because they can be boring but Wisteria is anything but boring. It's a bright purple creme, and no pictures I take do it justice. It's a light purple, sort of a neon pastel because it's very bright yet still creamy and white-based.

The formula on this polish was excellent, it was opaque in two buttery smooth coats. A while back piCture pOlish changed their brush style to a slightly wider firmer brush and it's absolute perfection for the perfect application. Wisteria also dried quickly and clean up was a breeze.

What amazed me most about Wisteria was how long I wore it without chipping. I wore this polish for 5 days, compared to my usual two. I just loved the color and couldn't bring myself to take it off. After 1 day I filed my nails, which should have made it more prone to chipping. Instead the polish lasted a full 5 days without any chips!

I absolutely adore this color I can't explain how much I love it. It's bright and soft, feminine but not too girly. Love! I did finally trade it in for a hot pink (Pretty Serious The Pink One) but I'll be wearing this polish again soon! What's on your nails today?

piCture pOlish Wisteria retails for around $12.50 USD and is available from Llarowe (USA), Harlow & Co. (CAN), and directly from piCture pOlish (AUS). Select piCture pOlishes are also available from Ninja Polish (USA) and Mei Mei's Signatures (SIN). 

Butter London Victoriana Swatches

Today I have an absolutely stunning blue to show you: this is Butter London Victoriana. Now, I know people are pretty split when it comes to the Butter London brand, either you love their formula or you hate it (I'm a lover), some of their colors may not be very unique, but you can't argue with me that this blue isn't absolutely stunning and unique.

Victoriana is a medium, dusty, teal toned blue loaded up with foil-like shimmer. The color is deep and rich yet soft. I love this color, there's something about a soft blue that looks great on anyone. Butter London actually calls this one a glitter, but that's definitely large foil particles to me.

Victoriana has a lovely formula, it's smooth yet pigmented, and incredibly fast drying. I used two coats for the photos below, and one thin coat of topcoat.

Just look at those gorgeous macros! I need to wear this polish more often, it's totally unique in my collection. What do you think?

Ozotic 617

Do you ever get in a mood to wear the same color of polish over and over again? I definitely do, and I've been wearing a lot of blues lately. I'm usually a red kind of girl but I just haven't been feeling the reds lately. Today I have the gorgeous Ozotic 617 to share you.

Ozotic 617 was on my wishlist for quite some time when a friend found it for me for a great price. In my experience, Ozotic is quite well known for their duo/multichrome finishes, but they really make a spectacular scattered holographic. 617 is a light sky blue loaded with scattered holographic particles. The particles are so dense than you can definitely see the full rainbow effect in direct light. I love how this polish is light colored without being pastel blue (which would look awful with my skintone).

The formula on this polish was fantastic, I was pleasantly surprised that it was opaque in two coats since it has such a light colored jelly base. It dried quickly and very smooth, and this is pictured with one coat of SV.  I often have problems with polishes in humid weather (humidity really makes polish bubble as it dries) but this dried smooth even with my hot, humid, South Carolina weather.

I just love this color, and it looks fantastic on my skintone. Don't you just love scattered holos?

Pretty Serious BSOD Swatches

Today I have one of the most beautiful blues in my collection, Pretty Serious BSOD (named for the sadly well known blue screen of death).  BSOD is a gorgeous bright teal blue loaded with just so much sparkle!

The base is sort of a neon-jelly teal blue loaded with silvery microglitter. When I say loaded with glitter, I mean loaded, this blue is intensely sparkly and I absolutely love it!

The formula on this one was good, application was smooth and easy (and it dried pretty fast). I did however feel the need for a third coat to hide my visible nail line. Now, the white tips of my nails tend to be particularly bright white, so you may not feel the need for a third coat. Either way the third coat added a significant amount of depth to the mani. This isn't the type of glitter that dries rough and eats top coat, I used a single coat of top coat for a smooth glass-like shine.

I really can't get enough of this sparkly blue, it even looks great on my nubbins! What do you think of this super sparkly blue?

Cartoon Nails!

Some time ago after breaking the corners off of several nails I decided to try rounding my nails. Normally my nails are rectangular in shape, or a rounded rectangle, but after repeated breaks months ago I rounded my thumbnails and I think they look great that way. I had hoped that round nails would look good and break less frequently than my current nail shape. I had round nails for about a week but I ended up hating them with a passion. I quickly squared them off again but I hated most of the manicures I did during that time, except for these cartoon nails.

These cartoon nails were so fun to wear that I just had to share them with you. They aren't very well done technically (as you can see the ring finger is smeared quite a bit) and my nails are extremely short, but I love how fun it looks.

I started with two coats of Zoya Sooki, then used Cult Nails Nevermore (the black) and a striping brush to outline my nails (which is much harder than I expected it to be). I added the white reflection with Cult Nails Tempest and topped it all off with Butter London's Matte Top Coat.

Have you tried cartoon nails? I was inspired to try cartoon nails by my friend Erica with her awesome manicure. I really love how this looks and it was really fun to wear!