Urban outfitters hangover

So I decided every mani 2 days after I'll attempt to "freak" it. I've been trying to do this a while because first I really want to get better at nail art! I see so much inspiration out there from other bloggers. The problem is after I do a mani it's impossible for me to spare another 1/2 -1 hour on my nails especially with the dry time ( I do finally have the life saving quick dry) so me waiting means my mani has set and it's a whole new day to spare time for me nails! I usually wear my mani's 4-5 days unless I get a major chip. So 1/2 will be my "freaked attempt" I also want to wait cuz if I seriously mess up my nails I only have to deal with it a few days. So below we have urban outfitters hangover! I found this polish to be slightly snotty, this is 3 coats at 2 I still had bald spots it was just a bit clumpy on me. I actually like this color which really surprised me! It's a great spring color. On day 3 is my "freaked" attempt. At this point I was getting tired of looking at this color anyway. And if I mess them up I'm probably going to end up taking these off in a few days anyway. I quite like how they turned out ! I'm getting better at nail art!! The freaked version is base of urban outfitters hangover. Blue is American apparel mount royal, white is just old Victoria's secret French white.. The glitter is revlon star with added rhinestones these are huge left over from my baby shower invites. I used a stamp for the print then added white with a dotting tool

Jessica club hoppin

I got this polish from my mom who got it at a garage sale. I have no idea how old it is. The application was easy although it's a tiny bit on the sticky side if that can explain anything.. I got some nail tape from eBay that I added to an accent finger. Sorry I usually don't really clean up my nails, I just rarely have the time I actually ended up nicking these because of course right after my daughter needs me holding her. (she wants me holding her all the time ) This is 2 coats w/ fast dry top coat.

I added to this on the 3rd day the image attached is day 5 I'm probably going to redo these tomorrow you can see some tip wear. This is my attempt at framing freehand kinda sloppy I know

Whimsical

I have seen a lot of swatches of revlon whimsical around and i admit they got me itching to have this polish. I checked at Duane reade and they had it but I wanted to check around a bit more to see if I could get it cheaper well long story short I ended up adding it to a diaper accessory order on drugstore.com to qualify for free shipping. Funny how something looks so good on others is like "...meh" to me. Maybe I need to give it time to grow on me or start out with a darker different base color? I still feel this color screams spring in a good way! And I'm definitely going to try this topper again with something else hopefully it grows on me lol. Below is a suuuper old sinful colors "pastel blue" this has to be like 10 years old!! I'm actually thinking of trashing it I figured if it was goopy after thinner it would be topped by whimsical so it wouldn't matter but it was just so hard to work with,why bother. Plus it still looks bumpy to me :(... has anyone thrown away a polish just because they felt it was too old and goopy?

Smile for the Glam-era

This is another one of my spring kardashian colors although it's a vamp and to me dark colors like this look more like winter fall. I once again love the brushes the short thick ones provide easy coverage for me even with my baby being fussy while I attempted this manicure I was able to have no clean up needed after which says a lot for a dark color like this. I did figure out I've been to heavy handed and that's why I had the bubble issue in the past. I now wait till day 2 for the top coat just to be safe plus things dry fastest this way which works with me constantly needing my hands with an infant. Anyway on to the photos 2 coats and top coat, this is actually similar to a wet n wild I own only much smoother less glitter.

Below deck

This is my first time trying a watermark on my iPhone. It's not really a watermark but it works. I find the only way I post consistently is if I post through my iPhone. This is China glaze below deck. Somehow I find myself with three shades almost exactly like this, I guess I must really like this color!! It's actually nice on applied evenly and is very work appropriate in my opinion. Below is two coats no top coat, I figured out it was my top coat causing my polish to bubble possibly I apply too much? Not sure but I'm waiting till tomorrow to apply it this time

Soft petal

So since I swatched all my polishes I put myself on a no buy until I have worn over 1/2 of what I already own. Recently. I have lots of super old polishes which I probably have worn years back but just don't recall since it was before my official obsession began. I am currently at about 35 percent and today I have a super old bath and body works polish, this must be back from early 2000 which means its probably about 10 years old I looked it up and polish never goes bad ( which sadly only fuels my addiction) anyway I didn't put any thinner in this when I should have so it's a bit clumpy, but it's such a pretty color. It needs thinner and a steady hand when applying
B&BW soft petal
2 coats w top coat

Strike a pose

So this is my first official opi purchase. I have a few bottles but they are steals from my mom. I still have not gotten official opi but I did get some nopi off eBay I got the full Kim kardashian spring line. I don't even like Kim like that but the colors of this line spoke to me! And I found a decent deal on all 7! Incidentally I'm trying to put myself back on a no buy till July we shall see how that goes my swatching has me up to 130 polishes and counting! On to the photos
Nopi Kim kardashian strike a pose 2 coats with top coat!
I love the brushes on these such easy application formula was great also