Rica Squishy Rainbow Collection Part 1

As soon as I saw that @justricarda was going to be selling a new line of jelly like polishes I knew it was time for me to order from her. I had been eyeballing her white and black polishes for a while but I kept talking myself out of it for some reason. She describes them on her website as "This squishy/jelly polish is NOT opaque in one coat. They will not work for stamping. This polish is like a sheer tint that looks squishy/jelly when you put a few coats on it." They are great if you are looking to do a jelly sandwich or something like the leadlight technique were you just tint your polish. She has swatches on her page of them on a nail wheel. I wanted to show what they looked like on real life nails. Each pictures shows the polish applied once, twice, three times, and over white to give you an idea of what they look like once built up. Now on to the swatches.

 First up we have Squishy Strawberry. It is a very accurate name. It is a sheer strawberry like color. This would be perfect to use over a floral stamping image. Please excuse my white unevenness. It took me a few tries to get use to the consistency of the white polish. I will be doing a full review of her white polish as well.

Next up is Squishy Grape. This is my second favorite color from this collection. I actually prefer it as 3 coats on it's own instead of over the white. Maybe if I had done two coats over the white it would be a little brighter. This color makes me want a popsicle.

Squishy Plum is a very rare color. I have only seen a very few sheer darker colors like this one. I did not see a lot of difference between 2 coats and 3. Over white I feel like it changed the tone of the polish. I would probably say use this on it's own like the grape one.

I broke this collection up into two posts. I wanted to put the reddish tones in the first one and I will do the more random colors in the next post. Overall I have to say that I am very pleased with this collection. I do want to praise the formula of these. With it being a thicker polish you can go in with a heavier coat then normal and not worry about flooding your cuticles. I had to do very little clean up due to having such control over the polish actually applied. I have quite a few jelly polishes and they all tend to be a bit watery.

I did use my usual Duri Rejuvacote base coat but I left off a top coat. They have a very nice gloss on their own. I would recommend using one just to prolong your mani.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day.

-Samantha

A TNPC Inspired Skittle

The wonderfully talented Kelli from The Nail Polish Challenge posted this amazing look in the past few days and I knew I just had to try it. I didn't want to copy her exactly so I changed it up to make it my own. Her look that I drew inspiration from is this chevron mani. I went with one glitter accent nail and two solid colored ones instead.

Sadly I am still learning to use the nail vinyls without flooding my cuticles. Somehow I am happier with how my right hand came out then my left. Go figure!

I feel like the chevrons are crisper on this hand. I am looking for a new tripod so taking good photos of my right hand are a bit tricky at the moment.

Closeup of the chevrons

Polishes used: Duri rejuvacote, Sally Hansen Insta-dri Presto Pink, Color Club Pucci-licious, and Orly Silver Pixel
Chevron Vinyls:Linda at Nail Vinyls
Top Coat: Inm Out the Door

Hope you are having a wonderful day

-Samantha

Glistening Lotus

Every so often I need to take a step back from all the nail art and just have a simple look. This is my palette cleanser you could say.

There is not a whole lot I can say about this look, but I can spam you with lots of pretty photos.

Polishes: Duri Rejuvacote as base, China Glaze Lotus Begin and Glistening Snow
Top Coat: Inm Out the Door

I am loving the trees in the background

 

Just look at that sparkle

Hope you all are having a great day

-Samantha

Galaxy Nails Mani Swap

The ever so lovely @mvargas_nails from Instagram and I decided to do a mani swap. I had been wanting to go a pastel galaxy look for a while so this was the perfect opportunity. She chose my purple floral design that you can see here.

I was fine right up until it came time to do the stars. Unfortunately my brush that I have been using is starting to fray so it is not as crisp as it used to be. I am looking into ordering a new one. I tore apart a latex free makeup sponge to be able to do the different colors. I usually cut them with I do gradients but tearing them seems to give better results for this look.

I painted the light purple as my base color before I went in with the different colors. I sponged on the blue first, then the pink, yellow, and finally I went back in with the purple to add a bit more dimension. I free handed the stars. Once it was somewhat dry I used Northern Lights to help blend the colors a bit more.

Polishes: Duri Rejuvacote and Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac as base
Sponged with: Opi Can't Find My Czechbook, Color Club Je T'aime and Macaroon Swoon
Stars: Look, Don't Tusk
Top Coats: Inm Northern Lights and Out the Door

You can see the original look here. Be sure to check out the rest of her photos, she has some wonderful designs.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day

-Samantha