Wednesday, March 16, 2011

APAW 49/52 China Glaze Water Marble and Revlon Jade

Brand: China Glaze
Color: Entourage (lime green) and Jolly Holly (dark green)
Coats: 1
Application: Water marbled
Finish: Shimmer, not as pronounced in Entourage though.
Base Coat: Nail Quencher
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Wear: A day so far and no complaints!
Purchased From: Sally Beauty Supply
My Polish Spreadsheet
Inspired and taught how to do this by Colette of My Simple Little Pleasures from this tutorial.
Close up of my Clover!

xoxoJen's swatch of China Glaze Water Marble
xoxoJen's swatch of China Glaze Water Marble
xoxoJen's swatch of China Glaze Water Marble

Gah! Can't believe I have nearly a year of weekly manicures. Time goes by so fast!
This is my first water marble and I'm quite pleased with it. The intent was to get a four leaf clover, and the first nail I did (thumb), has one! Beginner's luck, for sure! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Undies for the marble:

Brand: Revlon Top Speed

Color: Jade

Coats: 3

Application: sheer, streaky evened out kind of after third coat.

Finish: cream with hidden shimmer

Base Coat: Nail Quencher

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Wear: an hour before getting covered up. its underwear for my St.Pat's mani, had to have a photo!

Purchased From: Walgreen's



its definitely a peaceful, happy color! Reminds me of spring time and of calm waters. SH XW's mint that was released just recently is dead on dupe of this - though it was difficult to tell if the sh had shimmer. Perhaps the formula is better in that one!


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

APAW 48/52 Essie Marshmallow, SH HIdden Treasure and China Glaze Fault Line

Brand: Essie

Color: Marshmallow

Coats: 3

Application: Hell.. very streaky and awful, next to impossible to get a smooth coat.

Finish: jelly

Base Coat: Instant Artificials

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Wear: 1 day so far

Purchased From: CVS

I fought the battle with this polish and almost won! And yep, that's my right hand - it actually looks better than my left hand this time. I can't stop noticing the streaks so I'm covering this with Hidden Treasure. :D

xoxoJen's swatch of Essie Marshmallow

Topped with Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

xoxoJen's swatch of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

xoxoJen's swatch of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

China Glaze Fault Line over previous mani for this week. ;)

xoxoJen's swatch of China Glaze Fault Line


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Sunday, March 6, 2011

APAW 47/52 LA Girls Hustle and China Glaze Lightning Bolt

Brand: LA Girls

Color: Hustle

Coats: 3

Application: easy

Finish: Jelly

Base Coat: Instant Artificials

Top Coat: Quicken

Wear: like iron

Purchased From: Cherry Culture

xoxoJen's swatch of LA Girls Hustle

Brand: China Glaze

Color: LIghtning Bolt

Coats: 1 Over my Hustle mani

Application: dries fast, have to work quickly!

Finish: Crackle

Base Coat: Instant Artificials

Top Coat: Nail Tek Quicken

Wear:3 days, so far no chips.

Purchased From: Sally Beauty Supply

xoxoJen's swatch of China Glaze Lightning Bolt


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