Happy Egg Day

Hey guys, how was your Easter Day? Mine was good when went down to the down where my Aunty has a beach house. We took my 18 month old cousin to the beach. It was ridiculously cute. He didn't like water, it was too cold. He is so sweet! He is beginning to talk and he doesn't say words like dog, ball or cat. He says phrases like "What is that?" and "Look at that!" THE CUTEST THING EVER! And he give great hi fives!

I didn't wear this for Easter, I didn't wear much for Easter. I wore Zoya Kieko, I was gunna put pastel dots on it but I run out of time. So this is Essence Black is Back with Nubar 2010, Inglot 203 and 204. YUM!

Excuse the hideous shape of my nails. This was just before I decided to chop then down last week. The idea I was going for was like rainbow of flakies. It'd didn't really turn out I thought but I still like them. I thought because of the colour shift with curvature of the nail, it would colour like rainbow but I don't think my nails are wide enough. I still like though!

Short and Shaped.

OMG I love mah nails now, I don't even care that I lost a butt-crack load of length! And with this kind of mani they look even shorter. I still don't careeeee! Weeee! It really took some grinding, since I didn't use my pathetic excuse for a glass nail. But I just love them when they are all perfectly square. So this manicure is a somewhat failed manicure but I still really love it. I used to do this all the time and use a silver for the reverse tips, but I decided to give it a bit of a twist and use Hit Hefesto.  I have also been wanting to show you Essence Black is Back. It truly is a beautiful glossy black, the formula isn't great though. I think because it's suppose to be quick drying so it's got that QD thick formula and I'm nearly at the end of the bottle and it's extra thick, and a little un-manageable, no matter how much thinner I put in it!

 These were taken outside in overcast.

 And these were taken in the sun, you can see a little holographic effect. If you squint and look hard...

I call this a failure because you can barely see the holographic effect. However, I really like it. It's delicate whilst the black makes it bold. It's like I have a shimmery holographic peachy polish underneath. So I like it in those regards. But I was going for silver holographic. I guess Hefesto is too sheer for that  and I wasn't going to add a second coat of Hefesto and waste that teeny tiny bottle of rainbow for a manicure that was going to be covered by black.

I'm On a Bit Of Layering Bender

When I wrote Bender in the title I said to out loud "Bender Bending Rodriguez" and rolling the R in Rodriguez. I love Bender (Futurama, anyone?). Anyway, I love and hate that Ozotic multichromes are fairly sheer. Great for layering but I'm sick of black undies! I thought I'd change it up a bit and use OPI Metallic 4 Life as well. So this is Essence Black is Back, Metallic 4 Life and Ozotic 504.

M4L is a really messy and clumpy polish. I'd love it to death if it was cleaner and smoother. Now I have to take my puppy for a walk because I mentioned the codeword for walk ie "Plonk" and now he is whinging. Hahaha I love him!

Currently Listening to: Towers (On My Way) by Young Guns

Green, Black and Flakies

I bought a few Essence colours, and I have been using Black is back nearly every second. I love that black!  So this is Black is Back, Essence Choose Me! and Nubar 2010.

If you've seen Essence Choose Me! by itself, it's actually a blue jelly with greeny-yellow shimmers to it. But layered over black it take out all the blue and all you see is the green shimmer. It's so great!

 Currently Listening to: I Was Born, I Have Lived, I Will Surely Die By Young Guns

Layering.

Today I have this amazing layering mani. I haven't use my Kleancolor Chunky Holo too much because I was disappointed when I got them, also they smell rank! I LOVVEEE them in the bottles though, especially Bluebell and Purple. But of course they're the sheerest polishes ever and then they all look the same when layered. Boohoo. So I am really happy with this manicure because it looks better than just layering over a Chunky Holo.

 This is Essence Black is Back, which is the blackest black ever. A one coater. My saviour. Then I added Chunky Holo Purple, then Ozotic 504 and another coat of Chunky Holo Purple.

 I can't tell you much I adore mani. It is dimensional and just colours everywhere.

You can really see the multichrome of Ozotic 504and then the multichrome of Chunky Holo Purple. The only thing I didn't like about this manicure was amount of layers I had. A nail strengthener, a base coat 2 coats of Black is Back, 1 coat of Chunky Holo Purple, 1 coat of 504, 1 coat Chunky Holo Purple, and then 2 coats of Seche Vite. 9 coats! YUCKKK! But looks so pretty!