Day 2 - Untried Polish Challenge

For the 2nd challenge of the Untried Polish Challenged hosted by Jonochi @ Just Add Polish we were to select two polishes we hadn't used before.  I chose Glints of Glinda by OPI and a new OPI matte top coat that I bought today. I hope the top coat counts since it manipulates the look of the polish....

I started with two coats of Glints of Glinda followed by a coat of the matte top coat.  The Glinda is so close to my natural nail color that it made for an interesting nude effect in matte.

I stamped a dot matrix / snakeskin'ish stamp to some nails too.  I left them matte and finished with a glossy pseudo french tip.  I used Seche Vite to give the black a very slick look.

I know the photo is a little weird but it was the only way I could get good light on my left hand.

I wanted a separate shot of my right hand since I had used a special nail wrap for my accent nails.

I'm hosting an online party for Jamberry Nails.  I've used a few different brands of wraps and these are by far my favorite.  They were the easiest to get flat and smooth.  They also have over 200 different styles so my next few manicures will have a wrap accent nail (hopefully I can get them all to match so well!)

Anyway if you're interested you can check out my their page for more info.

I picked out an adorable mustache pattern.  I used most of the long wrap on my index finger, then used the 'leftovers' for my middle finger (It's a little to narrow but that's my fault for underestimating the width of my nails).

Remember to check out the other ladies doing this challenge as well!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Day 1 - Untried Polish Challenge

Lately I've found a ton of nail polish blogs doing these cool nail art challenges.  Until now my obsession with polish has been restricted to Facebook, but no longer!  I decided that I would participate in a great introductory challenge being hosted by Jonochi @ Just Add Polish.  This one will use 19 previously unused polishes.  Thank goodness I have a ton to choose from.

For the first challenge we were to use only 1 new polish.  Since I can't stop myself from adding something, instead of using another polish to add art, I glued a dried pressed flower I received from Bornprettystore.com and a few purple rhinestones.

Liquid Sky Lacquer - Sugared Berries

Application - smooth

2 coats for full coverage

1 coat SV top coat

Drying time - average

Indoor without flash

I really love these polishes.  The holo is pretty spectacular on this color, especially in the sun.  Sugared Berries is a light lavender base leaning more to blue.

Outdoors direct sunlight

Overall this brand, and this color, are really top of my current favorites list.

This an every 3rd day challenge, so as I was supposed to start it yesterday, I'll be doing the next one Wednesday (2 days from now) to keep up with all the other ladies.  Speaking of, check out this great group also doing this challenge.

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect