Hmm more polish? yes!

Ok, so lately all I have been doing is painting my nails. And working. Pretty much those two things. Actually, I went to a women's retreat with some church ladies ... and was pretty much focused on my nails the whole time.

I have a one-track mind.

Anyway, here are some of my more recent manis:


Wet n Wild Fast Dry's How I Met Your Magenta. Such a bubblegum pink. So not me. But I wore it anyway because of its cool name :) Base of China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat, three coats of polish and top coat of ORLY Sec'n Dry. It was very a very smooth application. Lasted with no chips, too. Until I took it off for...


 
 Wet n Wild Fast Dry's Sagreena the Teenage Witch. Beautiful green. Again, a base of China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat, three coats of polish and top coat of ORLY Sec'n Dry. The only problem I had was the slight wearing on the pinky nails. Like the polish wouldn't cover the tips of my pinkys - and only my pinkys.

 
Wet in Wild's Party of Five Glitters. I tested this one on a lot of different bases. My pointer finger is just three coats of PoFG. My middle finger is two coats of Sagreena topped with three coats of POFG. My ring finger is two coats of Wet n Wild's FuschiaRama topped with three coats of PoFG. My pinky is two coats of China Glaze's Ruby Deer (my favorite red!) topped with three coats of PoFG. Yeah, lots of coats hahah I found PoFG chunky and hard to work with on top of other polish. I dunno if I'm applying it wrong or what ... but it worked better on its own.




**DISCLAIMER**  I was not paid for this review by anyone. I am not a professional nail tech, nor do I want to be. I'm just someone who enjoys polishing my own nails :) All of these polishes were purchased by me or my friends at CVS or Rite Aid for $1.99 per bottle.


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Buffy the Violet Slayer is the new black

So it's no secret that I love nail polish. And it's no secret that I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But a polish that is named for my favorite stake-weilding heroine? And there's two of them? HOLY MOLEY.



I had painted my nails previously with the Craze version. It's a nice grape-y purple with a nice shimmer running through. I found that bottle all on my own at a CVS store. It took me looking through like 5 CVSs, 2 Walgreens, 2 Wal-Marts and a K-Mart before I found it.

But I couldn't find the Fast Dry version anywhere.

Enter my friend Tammy, who just happened to take up the mission of finding said bottle of polish for me. Luckily she was able to find it at a Rite Aid! We don't have Rite Aids around here.


In the sunlight, they don't look all that different! Like I said, the Craze version leans more heavily on the grape side; and the Fast Dry version leans more to the blue. As for consistency, The Craze version was thinner and required four coats; however, I had no coverage problems, streaking or  VNL. The Fast Dry version was thicker and took two coats for an even finish. I used a base of China Glaze's Strong Adhesion and top coat of ORLY Sec'n Dry.

But the real difference is on the nail.

Isn't the difference just crazy? I am soooooooo glad I have both bottles. I love both colors. This isn't something I bought only for the name - altho the name certainly helps :)


**DISCLAIMER**  I was not paid for this review by anyone. I am not a professional nail tech, nor do I want to be. I'm just someone who enjoys polishing my own nails :)
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