Today's mani: Bridesmaid's nails!

Happy Monday everyone! We had a great time this weekend celebrating my sister-in-law's wedding. She and her new husband are both amazing people, and Mr. ALIQUID and I were honored to be part of the wedding party. This was the first wedding we've been to since our own wedding two years ago, so it was nice to let someone else get all the attention while we got to enjoy the food!

Of course I did a mani for the occasion, and I made sure to grab a few pics for you! The wedding colors were navy blue and coral, and my bridesmaid's dress was navy, so I went with coral and silver for the mani.

I decided to do stamping decals over nude nails for a delicate look. I used an image from MoYou Pro 09 and stamped it with Julep Harley (the silver) onto a plastic bag. I colored in the flowers with OPI Sorry I'm Fizzy Today, and also removed parts of the image with acetone (the solid color flowers looked like fuzzy blobs, so I didn't want to keep them). Once the decals were on my nails, I added some silver dots to fill in some of the empty space.

This was one of those manis where you could see all the little bubbles and wrinkles up close, but it looked great from a normal viewing distance, so I was happy with it!

Here's a rare glimpse of Mr. ALIQUID with me--aren't the flowers beautiful?!

I was totally blown away by the job the hairstylist did on me, especially since I didn't give her much direction! I just told her "I want an updo, but not too high up," and she did the rest!

Last but not least, here's Trudy after we picked her up from the boarder's yesterday. She was pretty wiped out after the experience and has spent the entire day so far sleeping it off.

Swatch: Ninja Polish Pacific Coral

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Happy Friday everyone! Today I decided to encourage spring to come a little faster by wearing a super cheery polish, Ninja Polish Pacific Coral.

As you probably know, Ninja Polish was both an indie brand and an international stockist, but she closed down a while back. She recently reopened her shop to clear out her old stock, so I took the opportunity to grab a couple polishes off my wishlist while I still could. I was happy to get Pacific Coral in particular, because it's kind of like the platonic ideal of "coral" that I've been questing after for a while! Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Anyway, Pacific Coral is a bright coral crelly with Fantasy-Fire-type shimmer that shifts orange-gold-green. I tried to capture the shift in my photos, but I didn't get the whole range. I just love how in-your-face it is! I don't even care that orange looks bad on me!

Ninja Polish Pacific Coral. Two coats with Out the Door topcoat.

I had no complaints with the formula. You can sort of see my nail line at two coats, but I didn't feel the need to do a third.

As of right now, Pacific Coral is still available at Ninja Polish's site ($12 for 15 ml), so if you want it, now's the time!

The product in this post was purchased by me. All opinions are my own.

The Neverending Pile Challenge: Color Club Cosmic Fate

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Heyo everyone! Today's Neverending Pile Challenge is holo, and do I really need an excuse to wear holo polish? NOPE!

Here's Color Club Cosmic Fate--wow, look at those rainbows!!

Color Club Cosmic Fate. Two coats with Out the Door topcoat.

The holo effect in all the Color Club Halo Hues is just amazing. (And remember, this photo was taken under a lamp indoors...imagine what this polish looks like in sunlight!) The base color of Cosmic Fate is a sort of brownish coral, but the holo pigment makes it look coppery a lot of the time. It has a great formula, very forgiving for a holo--you can do several strokes per nail without dragging, and you don't need to use a special base coat. The polish's consistency is just about perfect. And topcoat doesn't weaken the holo effect, as you can see!

I have four polishes from this collection and I definitely need to get the rest at some point! ($10.00 at Color Club)


Total untrieds tried: 31

The product in this post was given to me as a gift. All opinions are my own.