Today I’m wearing a khaki nail polish by IsaDora (for those who never heard of it – its a Swedish cosmetics brand). The name of the polish speaks for itself, it’s a classic military green shade with no shimmer/glitter added – actually, have you seen any in the army? :)
Here’s the polish hiding from the camera:
Big Apple Red dates back to the Fall of 2000, when OPI released their New York City collection of 12 nail polishes, including this very shade. The polish was a great success, so OPI made it a part of the Classic collection of colors.
We’ll always have Paris comes from OPI France collection for Fall/Winter 2008. I know it is an oldie, but I really like this deep plum purple cream. It’s a fantastic vampy color for a snowy winter day. One of my favorites!
Here it is in the bottle (daylight):
Here’s another cheap and cheerful nail polish I found at the local store yesterday – Maybelline Colorama 22 in Jelly Bean. It is a pretty almost metallic greenish/blueish shade. This color reminds me of mermaids for some reason :)
Today is the 10th day of the Challenge and it’s time for gradient nails. I did this mani using 3 nail polishes and scotch tape. Here’s the result:
It’s rainbow nails today, and I wasn’t sure which design to use, that’s why I picked the easiest one :D
I was in two minds of what polish to wear for this particular “metallic nails” challenge – a foil polish or a magnetic one – and finally I decided on a magnetic polish #09 from Golden Rose.
Golden Rose is a Turkish brand and its products are very popular here, mainly due to their wide range of colors and textures and fairy cheap prices. I got this one for less than $3.
The polish contains metallic particles that create a pattern on the nail under the magnetic influence. Here’s a pic of the polish and its magnet:
It’s the 7th day of the challenge and I’m wearing black and white mani. I decided to try a simple nail art design using two classic colors, and I painted a silver stripe on each nail to make it look more interesting.
For the base color I used Orly’s GoGo white nail polish (4 coats). I chose it for its silver microglitter as I don’t like to wear plain white polishes on my nails. The glitter is hardly visible from the distance, but at least I know it’s there :)
For the black color I used Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails cream Black Out (2 coats). Silver stripes were made with Orly’s Dazzle, and I used Orly’s Glosser as a top coat.
See other manis of 31 Day Nail Polish Challenge…
Today is a day of purple nail polish, so I’m wearing Velvet Rope 40631 from Orly’s Hot Stuff collection of “the best and brightest shades”. It’s a very deep blue based purple polish. The formula is very cooperative and coverage looks just right after three rather thin coats.
3 coats of Orly’s Velvet Rope (daylight):
Today’s blue polish is Frisky 48721 and it’s from Orly’s Happy Go Lucky Spring 2011 collection. I also have Fresh from this collection and now I’m thinking of buying Frolic.
2 coats of Orly’s Frisky + 1 coat of Orly Glosser:
