St. Patty's Day green manicures!

It's a bit late but over the last couple weeks I've compiled a post of almost every green nail polish I own! These were all taken in window light unless otherwise stated.

 OPI Sit Under the Apple Tree 4 or 5 coats with flash

 Sinful Colors Olympia 2 coats

 Sinful Colors Olympia with 1 coat of Finger Paints Motley

 Sinful Colors Open Seas 2 coats

 Zoya Gemma 3 coats

 China Glaze Electric Pineapple 3 coats, ring finger is OPI Did It On 'Em 3 coats. 

 Sinful Colors Innocent 2 coats

 Wet n Wild Give Me A Price Quote 2 coats

 Maybelline Go Go Green 3 coats

 Jesse's Girl Fire Fly 1 coat on middle and ring fingers over Go Go Green

 Sally Hansen Hi-Def 1 coat over black

 Sally Hansen Hi-Def 1 coat over black (different angle)

 Sinful Colors Exotic Green 2 coats (a close dupe of China Glaze Gaga Green)

 OPI Jade Is The New Black 2 coats

 Zoya Yara 3 coats

 Little Mouse Ears Cosmetics (indie brand) Alligator 2 coats with topcoat (not as teal as in pictures, more green toned)

 Revlon Emerald City (matte) 2 coats

 2 coats of Revlon Emerald City and 3 coats of topcoat (OMG Gorgeous!)

China Glaze Glittering Garland 3 coats

 Sinful Colors Last Chance 2 coats

 2 coats of Sinful Colors Last Chance with 1 coat of Jesse's Girl Fire Fly

 China Glaze Zombie Zest 2 coats (VNL wasn't as noticeable in person but it could've used a 3rd coat)

 China Glaze It's Alive 3 coats

China Glaze Wagon Trail 2 coats

ANA

Wet n Wild Dancing in the Clouds trio review, swatches and look

For this look I used Wet n Wild limited edition Dream Weavers eyeshadow trio in Dancing in the Clouds. When I first saw this collections I was happily surprised by the choice in colors, though I didn't really see how they were "space" themed. After looking at each individual trio I noticed they have rather unusual color combinations.
I was especially unsure of how well a bright purple with blue shimmer would go with metallic copper and an old gold/pewter. The proof is in the pudding!

 The pigmentation is amazing! Except for the purple... The prettiest one of course. It takes quite a bit of work to get it to actually look like the color in the pan. So worth it though. This trio is gorgeous!

 Left to right the purple is packed on over NYX jumbo pencil in Slate, NYX jumbo pencil in Yogurt, elf eyelid primer, Maybelline dream mousse eyeshadow in Vanilla Veil, Covergirl Shadow Squease in Cloud and Almay concealer in Light. None of them worked that well except for NYX jumbo pencils.

This is swatched over NYX jumbo pencil in Slate, Yogurt and Milk. Slate really brings out the blue shift, Yogurt does a decent job but changes the purple shade a bit (I wouldn't use it), Milk sorta makes the purple look muddy and kinda funny looking.

I ended up using NYX eyeliner in Purple as a base for the purple eyeshadow and NYX jumbo pencil in Yogurt as a base for the copper and pewter.

I Used:
elf eyelid primer from lashes to brow

NYX eyeliner in Purple as base on outer V and bottom lashline
NYX jumbo pencil in Yogurt as base on rest of lid and inner corner
WnW Dancing in the Clouds followed suggested placement except for pewter on inner corner not browbone.
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner in Black on top lashline
Revlon Extra Curl eyelash curler
Maybelline Colossal mascara in Classic Black
L.A. Colors auto eyeliner in Black (lasts all day on my waterline without fading)
NYC limited edition blushable creme stick in Golden Radiance (cheek highlight)
Meow Cosmetics Wild Child blush in Snarky
Rimmel Vinyl Bronze lipgloss in Golden Goddess

WnW Fast Dry nail polish in Buffy the Violet Slayer

The Fast Dry formula isn't as smooth and glossy as the Wild Shine polishes, but it does dry a bit faster. I have a coat of Color Club Vivid top coat on.

 

Dancing in the Clouds is a great dupe for Urban Decay Summer of love palette (obviously the purple is not as good as the Urban Decay purple). I know I've seen comparison swatches online. Summer of Love palette is around $20 on eBay. I don't think you can buy it in stores anymore... So for three dollars WnW is a good alternative.

ANA

Wet n Wild nail polish

These are the Wet n Wild nail polishes I got when I was in LA in June. First up is Blackmail from the Megalast line. I searched everywhere in SF for this color after finding out that Sally Hansen "Midnight in NYC" was a more expensive, less sparkly version of Blackmail. I finally found it at a Rite Aid for BOGO %50 off. Basically it is a black creme with multicolored micro glitter. The only down side is that some of the glitter that is underneath the black comes across as varying shades of  bronze and copper. Still gorgeous but not as much multicolored, rainbow-i-ness as I had hoped for. The formula is a little thin making the black take two even, medium coats to become opaque. But its very easy to work with and not runny.

Next is "9.0.2.1.Orange" SOOOOO sparkly and pretty, alittle sheer and takes three coats to be opaque. Formula is a little thick and goopy but dries quickly and isn't hard to work with at all. It's an orange jelly base with goldish/yellowy/orange glitter. Since its a jelly base and somewhat translucent the glitter takes on different shades depending on how deep it is in the polish and the angle you're seeing it from.

Lastly is my unexpected favorite "Buffy the Violet Slayer". I like purples, but I don't usually go crazy over them. That is until I saw Revlon's summer line Sweetly Seductive. (Glittery, almost flakies looking, scented jellies. OMG so in love with these!) I bought the purple "Grape Fizz" but wanted a vibrant purple base to layer with it. That's when I saw WnW "BTVS" and got it too cuz it was $1.99 lol. Turns out its super bright and vibrant and very hard to capture with a camera. It comes out much more blue than purple. It's a shimmery purple and in the sun you can see pink and purple sparkles peeking out from the shimmer. It reminds me of China Glaze "Flying Dragon" (which I also LOVE) because of the similar shade of bright purple and the pink and purple sparkles. (Though I think Flying Dragon is a almost matte-ish creme? And much more neon and dramatic than BTVS.)

The bottle in this is the most accurate picture I have of the color. It still doesn't have to vibrant OOMPH as in person though.

 

You  can kinda see some of the pink sparkles on my index finger here. It's more noticeable in person.

ANA