Ruffle Mani

Hi guys! While I was scrolling through chalkboardnails.com I came across this fantastic tutorial here and decided to give it a try! It's surprisingly really easy too, all you need is a large dotting tool and multiple polishes! I decided to use the Color Club holos since I already had Wild At Heart on. Check it out! :)

Polishes Used

Color Club Wild At Heart

Color Club Revvvolution
Color Club Love Em Leave Em

Color Club Worth The Risque

Color Club Fashion Addict

Color Club Holo Swatches and Review

As many of you probably have seen, Color Club will be releasing a new holo collection this August/September! Ah! More holos! I'm So excited to get my hands on them! You can see a couple pictures here at Neverland Nail Blog. :) Because of this new collection, I decided to swatch the old, well soon to be "old", Color Club holos in preparation of the new holos! Now, onto the photos! warning, there's a TON of pictures, and you can probably tell which one is my favorite based off the absurd amount of pictures I posted of it :) Please note some of these pictures are in fact blurred, but I included them because they showed the holo a lot better than nearly all the in focus ones.

 All taken with flash in indirect sunlight from my window.

Revvvolution. Black holo

Orange Mixed Mani (aka Skittle Nail Art)

Last night around 1am I had the urge to add something to my nails, but couldn't decide what, so I attempted my first ever mixed mani! I was feeling\ inspired by this post from The Nailasaurus so decided to give it a go over top of Color Club's Sparkle and Soar that I had put on a couple hours earlier. Not too thrilled with the end result. 

I was trying to get a picture to show my thumb, but taking a good one with my thumb in it was a lot harder than I expected!

Thumb to pinky (Base of Color Club's Sparkle and Soar)
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Jewel Overcoat in Multi-Faceted

OPI Black Spotted

Gradient with Sally Hansen Black Out

Polka dots with Sally Hansen Black Out and large dotting tool from ebay
Stamped with Sally Hansen Black out and Bundle Monster plate BM-223

And finally, featuring my clarinet: since my love for nail polish is almost as great as my passion for playing clarinet.

I didn't quite think the color combination through though, once I already started I realized it was very Halloween-like, which is why I'm about to remove it and probably swatch one of my new Zoya's. Next time I attempt a mixed mani like this, I'll probably wait until I'm a bit more creative so that it looks better and I'll save the black and orange color combination for closer to Halloween!

Swatch & Review- Color Club's Oooooo La La

Oooooo La La is a nice, wearable white with a pearl finish. While the end result is nice, and not chalky like a lot of white seem to be, the application was less than stellar. I usually apply 1-2 thin coats then 1 thicker coat for most polishes. Unfortunately the thinner coats made the application uneven, resulting in needing 4 coats. However if you do slightly thicker coats and take your time you could easily get away with 3 coats. 

Overall, I'm pleased with this color. While 4 coats and a coat of Seche Vite may be a lot, the subtle pearl finish to this makes it worth it in my opinion. So if you're looking for a wearable white that's NOT chalky, look no more! 

Please ignore the lighting, I tried to catch the sun while it was still out but wasn't quite fast enough.