NOTD: Emily de Molly Oceanic Forces

Hello lovelies!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far! Today has been a nice lazy day, just laying in bed watching Modern Family. No matter how many times I re watch episodes of this show it never gets old! Yesterday my gf and I took a short road trip to Canada and went to Castle Fun Park. For those of you that are unfamiliar I am sorry. You need it in your life. I might be a little kid still but have so much fun every time! Arcade games, mini golf, go carts, bumper cars...I love it! (PS if you are in the area, Groupon has a great deal going on right now!)

Anyways back to nail polish! After I tried Emily de Molly's Cosmic Forces the other day (click here if you missed it) I decided I needed to try Oceanic Forces as well to see how it compared. Oceanic Forces is described as:

Dark teal jelly with turquoise holo dots and hex

This time I didn't make any attempt to get any of the big circle glitters. Surprisingly I did end up with one but kind of wish that I didn't! See for yourself!

 

Shown is 2 coats of Oceanic Forces over Julep Nail Therapy, no top coat. I would definitely recommend adding top coat though since it dries with a little bit of texture. This applied pretty much the same way as Cosmic Forces. I liked the jelly application and it leveled nicely but still am sad about the big circle glitters. I'm also finding out that I have a love/hate relationship with jellies. I love how nicely they apply and how the glitter is suspended in them but I can't stand the vnl!

I may not have had the best experience with these first couple of polishes from Emily de Molly but I have quite a few others to try and am feeling pretty positive about those! Now to decide which to wear next! :)

xo

Brittany Raquel

My Quest to Purge Polish Turns Into An Accidental Ombre!

Hello lovelies!

So I have been trying to be good and get rid of colors that are dupes and/or colors that I won't wear. I usually know if I will keep it as soon as I swatch it on a nail wheel (this is the first thing I do when I get a new polish) but have found that I actually need to try on a polish to know for sure.

So the other day I was looking at my nail racks (because these are on the wall next to my bed I do this way too often) I knew there were a few polishes I needed to try to see if I should keep them. These couple of polishes were also similar in color to some others I have so I decided to try all 4 of them together to compare. The following polishes were used in my test (2 coats of each, no top or base coat):

Colors by Llarowe Zipper on my index finger
Lacquer Lust Sky's The Limit on my middle finger
Liquid Lacquer The Rain Song on my ring finger
Aly's Dream Polish Tiffanytea on my pinky

On to the photos!

So based on the bottle I really thought that Zipper and Sky's The Limit were going to be dupes. And yeah they are close, but still different enough for me to justify keeping them both! They both apply like a jelly and were much more opaque than I expected them to be in just 2 coats! As you can see from the zoomed in shot the only difference really is that Sky's The Limit is a little darker and has a hint of green. They both have just about the same amount of scattered holo.

These 2 really aren't even close to being dupes but I wanted to include them anyways. The Rain Song is definitely more blue than Tiffanytea. The application was very similar with these too! Not at all jelly like, more of a creme application. The Rain Song was nearly opaque in 1 coat and Tiffanytea could have used another thin coat since there was just the teensiest bit of vnl but I'm sure I'm the only one that noticed.

I had my 4 fingers done and was admiring the colors when I realized I had created a beautiful ombre and just needed to add something to my thumb to finish it off! I almost used Enchanted Polish July 2013 but then realized A Little Fishy Told Me would be a better fit. Fishy applied like a dream in 2 coats and is so gorgeous in person!

In the end I decided that all of these beauties were meant to stay in my collection. I love them all and am excited to use each one in a full mani! This is my first ombre and I love how it turned out, even if it was unintentional!

What is your favorite light blue holo that I featured today? Have you ever created "accidental" nail art?

xo

Brittany Raquel

NOTD: Emily de Molly Cosmic Forces

Hello lovelies!

Eeek has it really been a week since I posted last?! Oops! I was happily surprised that my last mani, EP Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth, lasted me all the way until Monday before it had chipped and needed to be removed! I left my nails naked since I needed to bathe my pup (and broke one in the process, ugh!) and finally painted them yesterday!

I have quite a large collection of Emily de Molly polishes but realized I haven't worn any of them! I decided to go with Cosmic Forces since it is a vampy color and felt perfect for the first day of October! Cosmic Forces is described as:

Dark purple/plum jelly with lavender holo dots and hex and pink dot glitter.

I had a very difficult time capturing this, my camera did not want to focus! Here is my attempt!

Shown is 2 coats of Cosmic Forces over Julep Nail Therapy and topped with HK Girl. Application left much to be desired! I did not attempt to get any of the big circle glitters when I did the first coat and I left my bottle upside down for a few minutes before I did the second coat. Unfortunately I still had to fight to get the 2 big circles that you see here! I think in the future I wouldn't even bother with the big glitters, I am learning that I am not a huge fan of the really large circles, I much prefer the smaller ones! Also while I love my purples, this one just didn't do it for me. Vampy colors tend to wash out my skin and this was no exception! Sigh, I can't love em all!

Have you had any polishes that you lusted after but ended up being disappointed once you tried it?

xo

Brittany Raquel