Lime Crime Splits and Studs

So sorry I haven't posted in so long! Finals came along and I got really busy, but I'm back :) I'll try to stick to more regular posting again.

Today I have some fun nail art featuring the Lime Crime polishes again.

To do this mani, I started by painting all of my nails in the lighter of the two colors I would use. So for my thumb, I painted it entirely yellow, my pointer blue, etc. I let all of that dry.

I was lazy (oops) so I didn't use tape for this mani. I painted another Lime Crime color over half of each nail. Then I used some silver square studs from the Born Pretty store and put them in the center of each nail. Added some top coat, then we're done!

The colors I used were all Lime Crime:

Orange: Peaches <3 Cream

Yellow: Crema de Limon

Green: Pastelchio

Blue: Once in a Blue Mousse

Purple: Lavendairy

I really, really love the Lime Crime polishes!

Saran Wrap Contrast

I've only tried the saran wrap (or plastic wrap, whatever you call it) technique once before, but I remember thinking it was really cool! So I decided to give it another go.

I wanted to use two colors that would really pop against each other, so I chose a bright neon and a dark creme. I started with a base of China Glaze White on White then layered two coats of ORLY Melt Your Popsicle over that. I let that dry completely.

When that was dry, I layered a coat of Barry M Indigo over one nail at a time, pressing a piece of crumpled plastic wrap against the coat of Indigo to remove some of the polish. And voila! Instant nail art.

I added some rhinestones from the Born Pretty store for extra detail.

I'm surprised at how dark Indigo wound up looking - it looks purpler in the bottle. But oh well, the effect is still cool.

It looks like fire! Thanks for reading :)

Pirate Polish: Companion Polish

Today I have a very unique polish to show you! It's called Companion Polish by Pirate Polish, based on the Companion Cube from the game Portal. I've never played the game, but I hear it's pretty good. Anyway, the polish:

Companion Polish is a glitter topcoat: tiny white squares, big white squares, white hexes, silver hexes, and translucent pink hearts. The square glitter and the addition of the really metallic silver glitter really set it apart from my other heart glitter polishes.

I used just one coat of Companion Polish over China Glaze Liquid Leather. As you can see, it's really glitter dense! I had to do some dabbing to get everything to disperse evenly, but it wasn't particularly difficult to work with.

I also wanted to do an accent nail, so I added some round silver studs in a heart shape to my ring finger.

I'm really pleased with this polish, I just have to figure out what else to layer it over! You can purchase Pirate Polish from their Etsy store, and you can purchase the studs from the Born Pretty Store.