#TGPNPC Green: Day 34 of The Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

Still catching up with the Neverending challenge on my blog, the challenge is GREEN! And I had a tough time choosing from the scores of green polishes I own. Finally, I decided to go with a lemming I managed to fulfil: here's Picture Polish Kryptonite.

Picture Polish Kryptonite indoors

I am no superman, but this polish is a killer! Just look at it. Perfect colour, perfect depth, perfect sparkle. OMG! I just couldn't stop staring at it.

Picture Polish Kryptonite in sunlight

Kryptonite is a blogger collab shade by PP created in 2012 with Australian blogger Cathy aka More Nail Polish (you must check out this blog). This is a dark green scattered holo which dries smooth on the nail. The formula was excellent. This is three coats.

Picture Polish Kryptonite: holo macro shot

Here's a shaky print of a macro shot so you can see the holo particles. I am so much in love with this polish that the thought of doing nail art just did not enter my head. I do not want to apply it, just admire the bottle (kooky, or what?).
What do you think about this shade? Do leave a comment below.

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#TGPNPC You Could Wear It: Day 24 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

I got a chance to wear two gorgeous polishes for this challenge.

China Glaze Water You Waiting For stamped with Color Club Blue Heaven

This is China Glaze Water You Waiting For (translucent blue jelly with aqua and blue micro-glitters) from Cirque Du Soleil collection. It is a gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS polish that any lover of blue or green must definitely possess. 

China Glaze Water You Waiting For stamped with Color Club Blue Heaven

I stamped it with Color Club Blue Heaven, a blue holo from its Holo Hues collection to match it to my scarf (in the background). 
I think I matched it perfectly. What do you think? Don't forget to leave a comment!

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#TGPNPC Untried Stamping Plates: Day 22 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

Of all the nail art styles out there, I love stamping the best. So, it goes without saying that I own quite a few plates. And, of course, there are many that I have not used.

Stamping: XL C plate with W7 Salt N Pepper, Milani Silver FX

This one is an amba (mango/paisley) design from XL C plate. I got this and two more XL plates through Kejal from nailartandthings.blogspot.com. Thank you Kej, these plates are really good.

Stamping: XL C plate with W7 Salt N Pepper, Milani Silver FX

I used different polishes on my nails:
Pinkie: I dabbled 2 coats of Milani Silver (silver hexes in clear base) from their Jewel FX collection. Boy! I was blinded by the glaze. It shone like an armour. I have wowed to paint all my nails with it one day :)
Ring and Middle: I used a generic white
Pointer: I used W7 Salt N Pepper, a creamy white base with black matte glitter, which looks like, what else, salt and pepper of course :D 
This look caught a lot of attention. What do you think?

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#TGPNPC: Untried Art Supplies: Day 21 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi fellow lacqueraders,

This challenge stumped me a little as I have very few nail art supplies and I thought I had already shown you what I had. I still decided to check my box once more to see if there was something I overlook, and out came a pack of gorgeous water decals. 

I got a pack of golden water decals called Gold Clouds (now discontinued) from Bornprettystore, and never tried them on. This is my first attempt at a water decal and I was surprised by how easy it is to use.

 The base colour is Rust Lust, a dusty rose creme, from Colorbar's Quick Finish range. The contrast of gold over pink was pretty eye-catching.
What do you think? Don't forget to leave a comment below :)

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#TGPNPC Skittles: Day 19 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

If you follow my blog you'll know about my love for greens, blues and purple, so it was natural that I would pick one of those colours for an ombre skittles. 
Green won and I ended up with a look that could have easily fit an Irish manicure challenge.

Colorbar Apple Martini, Faces Teal, China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, K B Shimmer Get Clover It and Revlon Emerald City

From thumb to pointer, we have Colorbar Apple Martini, Faces Teal, China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, K B Shimmer Get Clover It and Revlon Emerald City.

Colorbar Apple Martini, Faces Teal, China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, K B Shimmer Get Clover It and Revlon Emerald City

I stamped small and large Clover leaf designs from Winstonia plate W105 using Color Club Cosmic Fate.

Right to left: Faces Teal, China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, K B Shimmer Get Clover It and Revlon Emerald City

I was mesmerised by this manicure. How could I not? It's green :D Hope you liked it too. 

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#TGPNPC Discontinued: Day 18 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

I consider myself still new to the nail polish world, so I do not own branded discontinued polishes. Though I do have an indie, which was a limited edition polish, and one of the two polishes that pushed me into buying indies. Presenting: Different Dimension (bir)Earthday!

Different Dimension (bir)Earthday

Missi Barry, the creator, described (bir)earthday as a navy jelly base with loads of glitter in different shapes and sizes! There are green and blue huge circular holographic glitters, big blue holographic squares and lots of other random glitters - all in the colors of the earth!

Different Dimension (bir)Earthday

Missi had put out just 50 bottles on sale. And she named it (bir)eathday to celebrate her birthday (4/22) which happens to fall on Earth Day! This is three coats of the polish, with Seche Vite top coat. Though it is still sheer, I love the jelly effect. Next time maybe, I'll layer it over another polish.

Different Dimension (bir)Earthday

Check out its bling factor! I loooove this polish. What about you? Do not forget to leave a comment.

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#TGPNPC Giveaway/Blog Sale Polish: Day 17 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

I am back from my vacation to Kerala, truly God's Own Country! So, while I kept up with the challenges for #TGPNPC, I was unable to post due to my travel schedule. Here's presenting Blog Sale Polish: NYX Multi Glitter.

NYX Multi Glitter over Colorbar black Exclusive 76

It is a super duper cheap version of the famous Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday polish. As the name suggests it is a mix of small and chunky hex glitters in gold, silver, orange, light blue, green, magenta and red in a clear base. I created a glitter gradient with it over Colobar Exclusive 76, a creme black. I topped it with SV. One coat was all it took to smoothen out the glitters.

NYX Multi Glitter over Colorbar black Exclusive 76

 This was one of the first polishes I bought when I discovered the world of nail art. I had no idea about cherryculture, beautyjoint and other sites which stock such polishes :)

NYX Multi Glitter over Colorbar black Exclusive 76 topped with OPI matte top coat

The glitter and Seche Vite top coat was making the whole look too shiny, so I mattified it using OPI top coat. And, I totally loved it! What about you?


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#TGPNPC Texture: Day 16 of Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,
I used the striping tape art for this manicure. The gorgeous texture polish featured here is OPI Honey Ryder, a light gold texture from its Bond Girls collection, and Faces Matte Savita.

I love the way this manicure came together. The gold looks beautiful on my dusky skin and contrasted awesomely with the matte blurple.

The purple is Faces Matte Savita. Yep, You heard it right. It has been named after it's inspiration:  Zoya Savita, a shimmery matte blurple. Since I have both I might do a comparison once I am back Home.

Here's another look. Most people liked the design on my pointer finger. What about You? Don't forget to leave a comment below :)

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#TGPNPC Glow In The Dark: Day 15 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

No. The first photograph is not blank. It is my poor attempt at clicking a GITD Polish.

If you look carefully you will see the faint glow where my nails are. I got this from bornprettystore and do not remember its name.

Since it was a light green jelly, I layered it over another similar green colour. This is how it looked in sunlight.

Above is how it looked indoors. I liked the colour and its strong glow in real life.

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#TGPNPC Holo: Day 14 of Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

I have accumulated a lot of scattered and linear holographic polishes but haven't worn many. So, here's cutting the count by 1. 

This is Jade Fascinio Violeta, a violet linear holographic polish. It has an awesome holographic curve. I painted at the beginning of the challenge when my nails were in a bad shape due to the crazy weather. So do forgive me for the frayed and injured cuticles.
Since this polish is thin and I was in no mood to layer it 4-5 times before it turned opaque, I layered it over a nameless violet creme. I bought the Jade polish from Ninjapolish.com a long time ago, but never got around to wearing it. 

 Sorry for the awkward hand positions. I was trying to show off the holo-ness of the polish.

P.S. I have been a good girl so far in keeping up with the TGPNPC challenges, but I have to leave for a 15-day trip. While I will continue doing my nail art, I am not sure if I will be able to post anything. It all depends on internet connectivity. However, I promise to come back and post the pictures as soon as possible. Or instagram them. 
Cheers!

Jade Fascinio Violeta

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#TGPNPC Most Expensive: Day 10 of the Neverending Pile Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

Today's challenge is quite interesting. It seems I have already shown you the most expensive polish that I own here. So the next untrieds are a couple of Picture Polish and KPT polishes. Here' I bring to you Picture Polish Geode.

Picture Polish Geode

Geode is a collaboration shade created with Ami from EverySensory. "It is an egg shell blue with multi-sized hex glitter in royal blue, sea blue and gold dusted with scatter holo, states the website.

Picture Polish Geode

It dries a bit textured, so I used two coats of (non-thick) Seche Vite.

Macro shot: Picture Polish Geode

 Here's a closeup of this polish which looks beautiful on dusky skin. Since there was an empty space (less glitter) on my ring finger, I stamped a sea-horse from BM 414 using Zoya Indigo (a dark blue metallic polish with a hint of multicoloured glitter).

Picture Polish Geode

 Did you like it? Don't forget to leave a comment below :)


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#TGPNPC Had to have it, still haven’t worn it: Day 9 of Neverending Polish Challenge

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Hi lovelies,

Considering this is the Neverending Polish Challenge, many of us would have umpteen polishes that fall under this theme. I had three major lemmings: Picture Polish Kryptonite, Zoya Veruschka and A-England St George (yes, yes, I do realise they are all green). Since St George from the Legends Collection is the first lemming I quenched, here's the STUNNING beauty!

AEngland St George stamped with China Glaze Passion using Konad M54

The website describes it as "Bearer of a valiant & courageous heart, this fathomless teal reveals the strength of the brave knight's convictions with his gleaming, fiery core."

St George is a saturated green-leaning teal. This scattered holo is a one-coater! So it is probably better to load up on the basecoat to avoid staining.

AEngland St George stamped with China Glaze Passion using Konad M54

I got this before the Royal Mail debacle happened. Though I have the entire Legends collection, I so wish Royal Mail would remove the ban so that I can get my hands on more of Adina's polishes.

AEngland St George stamped with China Glaze Passion using Konad M54

I was in a hurry so I did not take standalone photographs of this polish alone. I used Konad M54 to stamp flowers like roses and tulips using China Glaze Passion (a rocking gold chrome polish which is awesome for stamping).
Thankfully, this comes on a Friday and the next challenge is on Monday, so I can wear it a lot longer than the previous manicures.  I loved this manicure, what about you? Do leave a comment below. I read them all. 

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