DizzyNails

 I've been having weird luck with my manis lately - some lasting a good, long time and others chipping within a day.  Here are two of the unlucky ones!  This is Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy.  I only needed two coats of polish, and it applied very nicely.  I did, however, use two coats of Gelous over top, plus top coat!

 It was super smooth and shiny.  I had a little bit of tip shrink (which annoys me to no end), but it was hardly noticeable in person.  I would definitely like to wear this again, and hopefully for more than a day.

 This is one coat of Rescue Beauty Lounge Dead Calm with one coat of  Rainbow Honey Mt. Moon over top.

 Dead Calm applied very nicely, but was a bugger to clean up since it stains and clings to the skin so much.

 Mt. Moon has a really lovely duochrome shift from blue to purple.  I don't think my pictures here captured it all that well.

 With the random flakey white bits, it was almost a galaxy nail type of look!

 This is two coats of Illamasqua Pink Raindrops.

 The formula was just slightly thick, but still easy for me to apply.  I made sure to wait about five minutes between the first and second coat.

 I love how pretty and almost nude this is on me!  My dear father actually noticed this mani and complimented me on it.  That means a lot - he's usually very quiet about my nail polish.  :)

 Rainbow Honey was kind enough to send me their new collection to review, The Yokai.  It will be launching on October 13 and for a limited time only.  Stay tuned to Rainbow Honey's site here!

 I received Kitsune, Kawako, and Oni just yesterday and was happy as could be to swatch them for you this morning.

 All swatches are shown with base coat, two coats of of polish, and a coat of top coat.  Kitsune is a golden peachy nude color with red tiny glitters, golden shimmers, and holo bits.

 I think it's really fresh and pretty.  It reminds me of beautiful golden sands or some kind of exotic bird egg shell!  The formula is on the thick side and will likely benefit from some thinner.

 If I were wearing this as a mani, I would definitely add an extra coat of top coat as well, to make the finish more smooth.

 Next is Kawako, a beautiful deep blue.

 When I saw the bottle, I thought for sure this would be my favorite.  It's dark, blue, super shimmery and glittery...what's not to love?!

 I must confess that I had some difficulty in application.  I ended up redoing my ring finger for the swatch pictures.  The first go around was very lumpy bumpy due to bits of flakies hiding in the polish.

 You can see the texture showing above.  It would for sure need extra topcoat and you do want to be careful in applying it.  Thin coats seem to help, but even still, things get a bit tricky on the second coat.

 I don't personally get the point of the flakie pieces in this particular polish as they don't seem to be apparent or visible.  Perhaps it is meant to be layered thinly over something else?  I'm just not sure.

 It's still quite pretty and I'm a big fan of the twinkling silver and blue glitters and shimmers.

 I'd like to try a thin coat of Kawako over black some time.

 Now for my head over heels favorite, Oni!

 Oni easily has my heart.  It's a blackish base with tons of yellow gold, white gold, purple, and what appears to be black glitters and shimmers.  Some of the pieces are irregular shaped, albeit very small.

 The overall effect is absolutely stunning!  I heart it so much.

 Application and formula were excellent.

 This is a polish I can see myself wearing a lot.  It's dark and brooding, regal and sparkly, and totally badazz.

 This is Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed.  I used three coats of polish and two coats of BL top.

 The flakies give off this glorious iridescent haze or duochrome sort of flash, at the right angle.  Wow!

 It's squishy green and packed full of glitter.

 Why did I wait so long to wear this?  Could it possibly BE any more perfect?!

 I've had Pahlish Typewriter Keys for a while now, but am only now getting around to wearing it.

 This is two coats of Illamasqua Nomad followed with one coat of Typewriter Keys.

 Nomad is an ...aqua...green?!  I'm not sure how I want to describe it.  It's definitely green.  A bit minty.  A bit seafoam-y.  But neither of those words really describe it aptly, in my opinion.

 I think these sunny pictures make it look like candy shell somehow!

 Application on both polishes was fine - Nomad being effortless and Typewriter Keys being surprisingly easy for a polish with irregular flakie-like shards of black and silver.  A shard or two tried to stick off the edges of my nails but I just gently pushed them back on with the end of the brush.

 I like how the pieces look relatively evenly disbursed across the nail surface!

 Typewriter Keys also has small holographic and iridescent shimmer bits as well.

 Pahlish can be bought on Etsy, here.

 I am the proud new mama of Rainbow Honey's Equestria collection!  I am wearing The Worst Possible Thing (which, clearly, is a really, really, terrific thing!) over black, matted.

 I needed something easy and suitable for my new uber nubs, so it all came together quite nicely, I must say.  I started with a coat of Diamond Cosmetics Matte Black.  Then I used a coat of Rainbow Honey The Worst Possible Thing.  Instead of worrying about multiple layers and glitter smoothing and possible shrinking and all that nonsense, I opted for two coats of Essie Matte About You.  Hoorah!

 I definitely love the result!  It reminds me of space, stars, and magic.

 For this glittery goodness, I started with a coat of Nails Inc. Black Taxi.  It was thick for my liking.  I shall have to thin it before using it again.

 Next, I carefully added a coat of $OPI Sparkling Personality (from the Betsey Johnson collection).  No, it is not scented.  :)  It's got lots of tiny silver glitter and then also pink and blue, it seems.

 I didn't imagine it would be so opaque!  I also added a coat of my $OPI It's Real 18K Gold top coat, just for kicks.

 The overall effect reminds me just a little of Chanel Graphite.  I wasn't sure I liked my combination the first night I had it on, but it quite grew on me and I like it a lot!