Kleencolor Winter Wonderland

There was supposed to be a huge blizzard that was going to start yesterday, and go through today. Well, it snowed a little yesterday, but it was too warm to stick. And I guess it snowed today, but it sounds more slushy than snowy (I have been too lazy to go outside and look). At any rate, I decided to wear Winter Wonderland by Kleencolor.

All the glitter kinda freaked my camera out a bit, so the pictures are not the best I've ever taken, but you get the gist. Winter Wonderland is a shimmery lilac-y silver, with red, blue, orange, yellow, and pink glitter in it. It definitely has a winter vibe. It reminds me of Christmas lights on a snowy night, which I imagine was part of the inspiration. It's quite unique, as many Kleencolor polishes are.

I was not a fan of the consistency. Applying this was a pain in the ass. It was thick, and continued to thicken rapidly the longer it was open. It's on the sheer side, so I decided to use three coats. I should have stuck with two. By the time I got to the third, it was so thick it was nearly unmanageable. And worse yet, it pretty much refuses to dry. It's a good thing this polish has lots of distracting glitter, because my nails are so dinged up.

Words of wisdom for anyone considering this polish: a) work FAST, and b) if you can't deal with sheer polishes, skip it. Otherwise, I think it's a really pretty polish, that is likely to be unique in most collections.

You may or may not have noticed I changed my nail shape. I have been wanting to do something more round/oval for a while, as I think it so vintage-y and cute, and finally took the plunge. I like the square look on me, but I was tired of the edges constantly breaking off, and ending up with rounded nails anyway. I think rounded nails look best longer than mine are, but I don't think they are terrible. I am interested to see whether this style breaks easier or less easy than my square nails. I know it's kind of hard to tell with a lighter polish like this, but what do you think? Are you a fan or oval nails, or do you prefer something more square?

Also, I finally saw The Artist yesterday, and loved it! Have any of you seen it yet? Thoughts? The costuming alone is worth it!

Glitter

Day 17 of the 31 Day Challenge is glitter!

Artificial lighting.

Flash.

First, I started out with two coats of Maneater by Deborah Lippmann. This is one of the Lippmann's I found at Trade Secret for $3. When I bought it, I had no idea it was my favorite kind of finish - a jelly! You guys, this is a brown jelly! Amazing! It's so gorgeous, and perfect for fall. I kept it at two coats, because I like my jellies to look like jellies. A little sheer and very shiny. I'm in love.

This is how it often looks: red/orange with green coming through. But check out the bottle!

HELLOOOO, GORGEOUS!

Then I added two coats of Chunky Holo Black by Kleancolor. As everyone knows by now, the people at Kleancolor are masters at getting glitter right! In a lot of lighting situations, this reflects the red/orange/yellow range, which I thought was perfect for this time of year, especially over the brown. Applying Chunky Holo Black was a bit of a challenge though. This stuff is pretty thick, and often times thickens up so much that you are just pushing globs around on your nail. You have to work kind of fast to avoid this. I was doing thicker coats though, as I wanted as much glitter on the nail as possible! It's also a top coat eater. I used two coats of Poshe and I feels like I didn't even add anything. But it's all worth it because this stuff is amazing! I can't wait to try it over, oh... every single polish I own!

To celebrate Maneater by Lippmann, I present Maneater by Hall & Oates!