More Mint! YUM!

sunlight at an angle....blue?

stamped and outside

sunlight outside.. green?

outside, with glitter!

 This was my first encounter with Sinful Colors polish... not too shabby.  I picked up a few colors from them and this one is Mint Apple.  It's like a confused blue/green with frosty shimmers to it.  I saw the color in the bottle and thought "hhmm, is it blue? green? teal?" and the texture looked cool, which it is, so I picked it up.  It applies like a creme would- the pictures are 3 coats but you could do 2, I just had VNL (visible nail line) because my tips are super white.  I decided that I would try a stamp pattern I haven't done before, so I grabbed a bundle monster plate (BM17) and did french tips with Sinful Colors Secret Admirer.  More on the Secret Admirer later (it's like whoa awesome!).  Then to jazz it up, I added Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope dabbed over the tips.  My top coat was Orly no chip (forgot how strong it smelled! wowsa!). I think this would be a darling color for toes! This polish was a win, I don't own a color like it so that's a win too!

What do you think of the little bit of glitter in the stamping? Too much? Not enough?

1st and 2nd goes at Gargantuan Green Grape

OPI's Gargantuan Green Grape is a toughy to photograph especially when there is filtered sunlight today.  So, I love this mani but got frustrated with the coverage.  GGG is kind of sheer and this was 4 coats but the color is awesomely bright but not obnoxiously neon, it's soft.  I was told my bald spots were from not waiting for the last coat to dry before I put another one on. I want to redo this mani with OPI Alpine snow underneath and see how it covers. Also, my stamping job was not the best so that will HAVE to be better next time because it couldn't get much worse.  This is the mani after two days of wear which included cleaning without wearing gloves so there's a bit of tip wear, but that's expected.  I stamped with Sally Hansen Black Out, which is my go to polish for stamping black.  Let's see how this one comes out in round two... Two coats of Alpine snow (really only needed one but I wanted to make sure) and two coats of Gargantuan Green Grape!
Round two is MUCH better with a base coat of OPI Alpine snow, check it out..

Much better!! Great tip about using Alpine Snow underneath  (and make sure my nails were dry between coats to avoid balding) from Ask Cathy! She's absolutely brilliant with anything beauty- check her out :)