Show Me Your Nails 2.0

[Tamara76]

Due to some technical glitches with the original Show Me Your Nails Thread, I am starting a new thread with @vegchililover78's blessing (She says "hello," by the way!).

Please share your nail looks, nail art and manicures!

...And don't forget to check out @Beadshopgirl's Nail Stamping Thread for stamping inspiration! ❤️  

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Nailed-It/The-Nail-Stamping-Thread/m-p/3328865

[RGbrown]

A little skittle from the OPI Summer whoops, I mean Holiday collection 😋

My original opinion was that I could probably live without these, but then I went nuts gathering them anyways because I can't help myself 😂 And you know what? I was right, I could have lived without them. They are very pretty, yes, and I don't regret getting them (because that whole concept of "you'll never know if you don't try it" compels me to collect as many polishes as I can, to the point of ridiculousness), but they aren't that special, outside of being holo from a mainstream brand, which doesn't happen all too often. If you don't have holos in these colors, by all means, they are good and they are worth it, but if you do, there's no need for these. 

All were easy two coaters, a breeze to apply, and the holo is decently vivid in bright light. In lower lights, there are tiny silver microflakies that give off little pinpoint sparkles, perhaps attempting to add a second bit of interest, but they're pretty subtle, and not something that anyone but you will ever notice (and you'll have to look for them).

From pinkie to thumb:

Paint the Tinseltown Red, Mylar Dreams, My Color Wheel is Spinning, LED Marquee, Ready Fete Go

Full sun. I always complain about my camera not picking up everything, and that's the case here as well; the rainbows are decently prominent IRL. Perhaps not the strongest I've ever seen, but I've also seen much worse, so all in all, I'd consider these pretty good.

The silver flakies are much harder to pick up on camera; there's a hint of them near the tip and throughout the glare on the blue nail here, and IRL, they are easiest to see in the blue. 

[Coco84]

@RGbrown 😍😍😍

[RGbrown]

@Coco84 

Thanks so much! ❣️

[ather]

@RGbrown  Loving the skittles nails!!!

[RGbrown]

@ather 

Thanks so much! 💕

[Samtian]

@RGbrown Those are pretty!

[RGbrown]

@Samtian 

Thank you! They are great colors, even if it doesn't scream "holiday" to me 😋

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, a skittles mani is always fun! 😆 These are pretty colors, though I would have expected more sparkle for a holiday collection. I also wonder what OPI was aiming for with these shades versus more traditional holiday colors; maybe jewel tones?? All that said, these polishes do look good. 😍

[RGbrown]

They are definitely gorgeous colors 😍

I've got some of the MT and CG holiday sets on the way...hopefully they'll feel a little more sparkly and festive 🌟

[CookieGirl1]

Love those colors, @RGbrown!

[RGbrown]

@CookieGirl1 

Thanks so much! While the collection may not scream "holiday" to me, the colors are gorgeous 💖

[ElyBerg]

 

[ather]

@ElyBerg  So classic 

[RGbrown]

@ElyBerg 

That looks great, so clean and fresh!

[itsfi]

@ElyBerg, beautiful mani! 💅 I have the hardest time applying a white polish without streaks; yours looks amazing! 😍 What polish did you use?

[RGbrown]

Tale of the Midnight Ride by Zombie Claw Polish (PPU Sept 20...yep, a whole year ago now. My backlog is ridic 😂)

This is a glow in the dark multichrome. The multichrome function is fabulous, but so far, the glow in the dark part is disappointing...it says it charges by either sunlight or UV light, but it's cloudy and grey and drizzly today, and my little travel Zoya LED light doesn't do a whole lot for it. I can get a hint of a glow, but just the light from my phone screen (which is almost completely black when it's in camera mode in a dark room) is enough to blot it out and prevent me from getting any sort of picture. Ah well, maybe we'll get some sun one day soon and I can try again.

The shift is great though! Teal and purple are the most prominent shades, but as I move around, I can see a royal sapphire blue and a deep magenta berry that almost drifts into burgundy territory. I can't pick most of those up on camera, unfortunately, so you'll just have to imagine them in your head 😋

Three coats, which is pretty normal for multichromes. The first coat was thin and watery, but streaky and it thickened up quickly. The second coat gave me more even coverage, but still left a few sheer spots, and was also a bit quick to thicken up and get blobby. I added a little thinner before the third coat, and that helped smooth out the application a bit.

It's a touch greener IRL, but the teal is what I see most of the time

Shifting into blue and purple territory, which is again more vivid IRL

You can see a hint of the berry shift around the edges of the glare spots here

And with my first picture, I gift to y'all the joy of what had been dubbed as the "cursed pose" on Reddit. Someone posted a pic of their thumb lined up with the rest of their fingers a few days ago and it has spread like dang wild fire...it's impossible to navigate redditlaqueristas without seeing dozens of them lately. It makes me deeply uncomfortable, so of course I had to spread the love 🤭 My thumb doesn't actually bend that way very well, and it's a struggle for me to even get it as close as I did...but I'd be curious to see if anyone here can do it better!

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, ahhhh, that shift is gorgeous! 😍 To think that your pics doesn't even capture all of it - I can only imagine how stunning all those shades look in one polish in real life.

I chuckled at "My backlog is ridic". 🤣 I ask myself how this happens a lot. 🙄 Well, I don't really think I'm in a position to say anything about a backlog of polish (or a few other things really, lol) so I'll just ask this - would you prefer to be the pot or the kettle? I don't have a preference for myself. Hahahaha!

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Pot, kettle, it all works out the same in the end, no? 😂

I'm about to have to give up hope of making it until the end of the year to hit 1000. Even after decluttering Sally Hansen and Formula X, I'm waiting on a couple of orders that will put me at 998. I discovered yesterday that TJM has upped their OPI price to $4.99 from $3.99, so that'll help curb the desire to buy from there, at least 😋

[CookieGirl1]

@RGbrown Love the shift there!  (Nice job on the "hand pose" 🤣)

[RGbrown]

@CookieGirl1 

That pose gives me the shivers (and a sore thumb) 😂

[CookieGirl1]

@RGbrown I tried and I can't even get CLOSE to doing it.