NPC Day 10: Most Expensive

Hi girls!  Okay, I kind of love and hate this prompt.  Love it because otherwise I probably wouldn't have dared to use this precious, but hate it because I don't want to admit how much I paid for it!

Here is Enchanted Polish "Ciao Milano":

Unfortunately it was rainy and overcast when I took these pictures, so the true beauty doesn't really come out.  "Ciao Milano" is a blue-teal-purple duochrome glitter.  This is two coats over a black base.  I have a bracelet from Gosia with this polish on it and I've had people ask if it was a mood bracelet because it kept changing colors!  That's what actually started my lemming for this polish, and like other Enchanteds, it's super hard to get.  It was restocked a couple weeks ago, but I missed out on it and no one knows when the next restock will be, if there even is one!  So I bought this unopened bottle from someone in a Facebook group...for $35! :x   Worth it though!  This color is so much prettier in person!

This next picture is a little blurry, but it shows off the color-changing glitter a little more!

What's your most expensive polish?

Thanks for reading!

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NPC Day 4: Frost

Hi girls! Today's NPC called for "Frost". I knew I probably had a couple frosts, but I actually had to open my polish spreadsheet and ctrl+F to find them. The first one I found was totally dried out, boohoo. But I did find two other frosts in my Julep collection. Here is "Piper":

"Piper" is a sort of minty-sort of Robin's-egg blue frost.  The formula was really good as far as frosts go.  It didn't show brushstrokes, but did show every imperfection on the nail, as you can see on my index and middle fingers!  These next two pics show off the frostiness more.

I'm sort of conflicted about this one!  I like the color and I think it works with my skin tone, but the frostiness turns me off a bit.

I went to the Botanical garden for a health fair the day I did this mani, so I decided to add some flowers with my other frost, Julep "Sandra", and used Julep "Lexie" for the centers:

"Sandra" is a pink frost, although you can't tell in these pictures.  I can definitely see myself wearing this on my toes this summer!

What do you girls think of frost polishes?

Here is a bonus daffodil picture from the garden!

Thanks for reading!

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Alter Ego "Beach Comber"

Hi girlies!

I'm so glad this week is halfway over!  My test today wasn't too bad, and we have a quiz tomorrow, but I think it'll be okay too.  I got some exciting news today!  I'm participating in a market research study about cat food, where the company gives me a bag of food to feed to my cat for a month and record any changes in his behavior, health etc.  It's been a week so far, and Mr. Tumnus really like this brand!  It's one that I haven't bought before cause it's a little too expensive.  Anyway, there are different "levels" of the study, and we got a call today that someone from the company is going to come out to our house to see how Tumnus does around strangers, and if all goes well, we'll be video taped next week!  I haven't asked what exactly they're taping for, but Ben is convinced it's for a commercial.  That would be awesome!!  My kitty could be a star!

Anyway, on to the polish!

Alter Ego Nail Enamel is a new brand to me.  I had never heard of it before picking it off of Gosia's polish wall, but I love aquas like this, so I had to give it a try!
Here is "Beach Comber":

"Beach Comber" is a beautiful aqua with a scattered holographic shimmer.  It dried to a satin-matte finish, but I really wanted the shimmer to come out, so I added a coat of Seche Vite.

Beautiful shimmer!!  The formula on this was a little sheer-it took 3 coats for full opacity- but it flowed wonderfully.  Hardy any clean-up needed!

I know I've said on here before that my favorite color combination is aqua and purple, so I decided to add some stamping with Julep "Morgan" and MoYou London Suki plate 06.

Alter Ego Nail Enamel can be found on Etsy and Storenvy.  She has some really awesome colors AND a "Three Spree" where you can pick any three full-size colors for $19.99!  I'll definitely have to take advantage of that once my no-buy is over!

And now, so you can say you knew him before he became famous, is the star-to-be!

This is his "Treats?" face :)

Thanks for reading!

Liquid Sky Lacquer "Blue Lightning"

Hi ladies!  How has your Friday been? I don't have classes on Fridays, but I have been working ALL DAY on this big assignment that's due Monday, and I'm exhausted!  I really didn't think it would take more than a couple hours, but it took me most of the day!

Today I have yet another borrowed polish, Liquid Sky Lacquer "Blue Lightning"

 As usual, I could not get a picture that really does this justice.  "Blue Lightning" is a textured blue holo microglitter with some larger blue hexes.  I used two coats with a top coat.
 

I think you can see some of the hexes in these last two photos.  This polish is WAY more sparkly in person.  Like disco ball, '80s cocktail dress sparkly.  I almost don't want to take it off, except that I want to try more polish!

This is the first Liquid Sky Lacquer I've tried, and I love it!  Unfortunately this one was a limited edition, and is no longer available :(  I'm going to have to keep my eye out to get my own bottle!

Rescue Beauty Louge "Aqua Lily"

This might be my new favorite polish.  I'm not even going to bother with an introduction, let's just get to the prettiness!

I took these pictures with my phone in between classes earlier.  I was sitting under a big skylight, which explains the weird reflections!

"Aqua Lily" is a dusty aqua creme with a lilac microshimmer.  Of course the shimmer wouldn't come out to play while I was taking pictures, but it's there I promise!  I think you catch a hint of it in the last photo.

Aqua or teal and purple is my favorite color combo.  I just love this!  And the formula was exquisite!  Two coats that practically applied themselves; no cleanup needed!

Unfortunately, Aqua Lily is discontinued and is CRAZY expensive on ebay.  I borrowed this color from Gosia, and she may not get it back!

Other Rescue Beauty Lounge beauties can be found at rescuebeauty.com

What do you girls think of this color?  You can trust me when I say pictures can't do it justice!