L.A. Girl 3D Effects Sparkle Ruby

Yet another polish being rescued from the infamous untried pile.  I couple of years ago LA Girls came out with it's 3D Effects collection which consisted of scattered holos.  Sparkle Ruby is the red of the bunch.  I'm in love with it and I'm wondering why I don't own the whole collection.  The holo isn't super obvious and the jelly base it's in almost makes it look like silver flecks covered in red instead of holo.

Application on this was very nice.  Cleaning up is another story, but reds just tend to get all up in the cuticle.

This is 2 coats.

China Glaze Meteor Shower

So since it's Thursday, I decided to put on sort of a throwback.  China Glaze Meteor Shower.  This one comes from that collection China Glaze put out in 2009 that consisted of 50 glitters.  I was so pumped when they came out with all those glitters and I wish I could have gotten them all.  I think most of them are discontinued now.

Meteor Shower has a very dark navy base filled with opalescent glitters.  Now I'm going to be blunt, the formula on this was HORRIBLE.  It was in desperate need of thinner (of course I've run out) and it had somewhat of a mud like consistency.  But let's face it, this polish is going on 5 years old and some it may have evaporated a bit.  I don't remember it being this hard to apply.

This glitter is also a top coat eater.  I used a coat of Gelous and a coat of Seche Vite and after drying, it's still not as smooth as I like it.  I expected that.  Over all it's a lovely polish.

This is 2 coats.

Wet n Wild A Day in Venice

A Day in Venice is a limited edition polish from Wet n Wild's All Access Beauty Collection for Summer 2014.  It's a pretty yellow cream with a bit of "squishiness."  Crelly if you will.

Since it's a crelly, it showed a bit of vnl (visible nail line) even at 3 coats.  Despite this, the application was pretty decent.  I did have a hard time with the brush.  I normally don't have a problem with wide brushes, but the bristles on this one was just all over the place and I ended up having to do more clean up than normal.

This is 4 coats.

Crows Toes Huginn & Muninn

Today I have for you Crows Toes' Huginn & Muninn.  Now, I must admit I had to google what Huginn & Muninn was because I had never heard these names before.  Apparently they are apart of Norse mythology.  They're ravens that fly around the world bringing information to Odin, a Norse god of wisdom.  Huginn (pronounced HOO-gin) is Old Norse for "thought" while Muninn (pronounced MOO-gin) means "memory." (source: Wikipedia)

Huginn & Muninn is a part of Crows Toes' latest collection.  It's a gorgeous duochrome.  Who doesn't love a good duochrome?  This one has a dark blue base and it shifts from green to purple.  The duochrome in this is pretty strong, but looks best in the shade or at certain angles.  When looking at it straight on, it often looks like a purple shimmer.  Still gorgeous.

Application on this was nice.  It was pretty opaque and layering definitely isn't required.

This is 3 coats.