SHCSM Dorien Gray + Pure Ice Heartbreaker + Nails Inc. the Wyndham

I've shown you Dorien Gray quite a few times now, so I'll spare you another set of swatches. 1 coat of Pure Ice Heartbreaker adds a subtle green shimmer without changing the base color.

I'm actually really happy with how this combo looks!

Yaaayyy more picspam because why not....on a side note, I think I am getting sick of my square nails. They are starting to verge on duck nail territory.....that is a dangerous place to be.....

And to that, I added one coat of Nails Inc. the Wyndham.

I love layering but I think this last addition was a mistake. Boo.

Not to mention, a huge pain to photograph! I couldn't get any sun for the last few posts, and now, there is too much sun! Nail blogger problems, y'all.

Yeah, I don't think I can get used to the square nails. Too weird for me. Love 'em on others, but this is not working for me. Oh well!

Have you ever taken the layering thing a step too far? Ever changed up your nail shape? How'd that go? Loved it? Hated it?

Thanks for looking and commenting, and have a great week!

Sally Hansen CSM Fairy Teal + Pure Ice Heartbreaker

Good...morning? Eh, it's 1 A.M., close enough. Today I have two great polishes to show you. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, despite its obnoxiously long name, has some great cremes (excluding Dorien Grey), and Fairy Teal is one of my favorites. It's a very smooth, very opaque teal creme that dries quickly and applies evenly in 2 coats. Here it is on its own:

That photo was taken a few weeks ago, but this time when I wore it, I decided I wanted to jazz it up a bit, so I reached for Pure Ice Heartbreaker. Heartbreaker is a sheer polish that pretty much looks like green/blue duochrome shimmer in a clear base. I think the base might be very slightly tinted, but I haven't noticed a change in the base colors whenever I layer Heartbreaker on top. It's usually green, and turns blue at an angle, but over Fairy Teal, it usually looks teal, and the green shows up at an angle, like this:

And now I'm off to sleep. Thanks for looking!

Essie Pretty Edgy...Why do you hate me???

Essie Pretty Edgy is such an awesome color - a vivid, grassy green creme. But man, the formula on this one is so terrible! I definitely need to change up my application style next time I wear this one, because I got a ridiculous amount of bald patches on every single coat. Ordinarily, I wouldn't photograph such an awful application, but I figured I'd display the hoops I had to jump through to get this one even and opaque. 3 awful coats.

Believe it or not, the photo actually downplays some of the unevenness. Yikes. I tried adding a coat of Pure Ice Heartbreaker, which looked really cool, but it didn't help even it out much. Even top coat didn't help as much as I would have liked. Here it is with a layer of Pure Ice Heartbreaker and top coat (I use Out the Door).

Le sigh. I am determined to make this polish work for me!