Aly Loves Lacquer

Here's another beautiful blue for Autism Awareness Month. This is Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Extreme Wear in Pacific Blue. Whew, what a long name! This is a super pigmented blue. It is hard to describe the color itself; it's a very bright cornflower-type blue. It's a crème, and it applies super easily.  For being a drugstore polish, Pacific Blue is downright awesome. I had no application or drying problems, it's very pigmented, and I love the color!

The pictures are 2 coats of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and 1 coat of Seche Vite.

As Autism Awareness Month continues, I'm swatching all of my blue polishes. This is Nubar Indigo Illusion, a really strong duochrome lacquer. It covered incredibly well, with two thin coats for maximum opacity. It also dried very quickly, something that seems to be typical among Nubar polishes. The duochrome shines blue, green, gold, and mauve. I tried to capture some different angles, so you can see the different colors within Nubar Indigo Illusion. Trust me, a picture can't do this polish justice -- it's very beautiful and complex in real life.

China Glaze For Audrey is a very well known color, and that's for a reason. It's almost the exact color of Tiffany blue, and it's gorgeous. It also applies incredibly well, and was opaque in 2 coats. Though these pictures lean a bit green, the color really is more of a robin's egg blue. Perfect for springtime!



Wow! I love this color. I had been lemming it for awhile and finally got it on ebay for about 3 dollars. It's gorgeous, and doesn't give me lobster hands like some colors in this family do.

I got a little bored after a day, so I decided to add some Tiffany jewelry inspired fauxnad to China Glaze For Audrey. I used Bundle Monster plates for the chain and diamond stamps, and China Glaze Delight to do them. Delight is a really good polish for stamping.


I liked this combo, it really looked like golden bronze jewelry. Swatching blues for Autism Awareness Month is getting tough. I'm really wanting to put some other colors on. I will probably run out soon, because I don't have nearly enough blue polish. Anyway, remember to check out Autism Speaks and maybe paint your nails blue too. :)

- Aly

Since it's Autism Awareness Month, I am swatching my blues for you. Here is Nubar Mali-Blue with China Glaze Harmony fauxnad. I used Bundle Monster plates for the design. Nubar Mali-Blue applied well with full coverage in 2 coats. It also dried very quickly, so that was nice. The pictures show 2 coats of Mali-Blue with China Glaze Harmony on top, and 1 coat of Seche Vite.



Hope you had a good weekend!

- Aly

April is Autism Awareness Month, and today is World Autism Awareness Day. Yesterday night and tonight, many buildings are lighting up their buildings with blue lights to bring awareness to autism. In honor of the  cause, I'll be swatching all my blue polishes this month. I have a little cousin with autism, so this topic is near and dear to me. Please go to this website if you'd like to learn more: Autism Speaks.

Okay, on to the polish! :)

OPI DS polishes are always great, and OPI DS Sapphire is no exception. I have yet to be disappointed by one of them. I picked up DS Sapphire on sale in my hometown last summer. That was my first true linear holographic polish. Every time I wear DS Sapphire, I feel like I've got little holographic stickers on my nails. It's very pretty.

OPI DS Sapphire is a light blue holographic polish, with a pretty linear holo effect. It's beautiful in the sun. The application wasn't the best, but I think that that is specific to my bottle. It's getting about halfway used up and is a little older, so I think the formula needs thinning. It took me 3 coats to get even coverage. Once again, I didn't wear any top coat with this so as not to diminish the holo effect.

Here's another polish I picked up at the school salon. OPI Go On Green! has a finish very similar to that of OPI Significant Other Color. Both are semi-sheer duochromes with greenish finishes. I'd consider them nail polish cousins. They apply very similarly as well. Go On Green! started out incredibly sheer, and took 4 coats to build up. I actually enjoy the process of painting my nails, so it wasn't a problem for me, but I know this drives some girls crazy. One bad thing I noticed was a small amount of bubbling. You can see I have one annoying little bubble on my pinky fingernail.

The pictures are color accurate. OPI Go On Green! is a hazy blue polish with a green shimmer flash. I enjoyed wearing this polish and seeing the colors change as I moved my hands. The pictures are 4 coats OPI Go On Green! and 1 coat Seche Vite.






I tried to include some different angles to show off the green flash, but it didn't translate to the pictures as well as I had hoped. In real life, the green is more prominent. This polish glows on the nail. Very pretty!

- Aly