Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night & NYC: 250 Midnight Amethyst & Nail Art.

So, I updated my nails yesterday evening a bit. Previous post is here for those that want to read and see the review.

I decided to add that third coat of NYC: 250 Midnight Amethyst on my nails, then touch up any mistakes on my tips with Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night once my nails were dry.

I then decided to test out one of my newly purchased nail art sticker sets. I used Kiss "3D Tip & Toe Art" 50331 #KNA04 Striking on my two ring fingers. I chose a lilacy pink colored flower that changed to a blue color when the light hit it.

Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night & NYC: 250 Midnight Amethyst

Okay, so it's gone 3am, and I'm kinda tired for a change. Well, my eyes are sore anyway, so I'm going to make this bloggie as simple as I can.

First I started with Kiss "French Manicure" Tip Guides and applied them to my left hand. I then painted the tips of my nails on my left hand with Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night. This is a glossy black shade with lots of small holographic glitter within it. Black only comes in one shade as far as I'm concerned, and this is it.

TIPS: Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer." 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night.

Birthday Shopping Spree

So, today was my birthday, and I took me and my son to Galway for the day. I hunted down nail polishes and nail art etc that I couldn't get hold of in my town as a treat for myself.

Oodles of pictures below. As always, click on a picture to see an enlarged/original sized version.

 (BACK - from left to right: Models Own "Smash-Up" CP007 Purple, Claire's "Nail Polish for Nail Art" x3, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 01 We Love French, Sinful "Nail Enamel" Romp, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 03 Nothing But French, Models Own "Smash-Up" CP002 Silver. *** FRONT - from left to right: Essence "Color & Go" 38 Choose Me!, Essence "Color & Go" 04 Space Queen, Miss Sporty "UV" Disco Tech, The Edge "Nails" 5 Star Base Coat.)

NYC: 266 Battery Park Purple & NYC: 155 Gramercy Glaze

Good afternoon!

My mani from the night of Monday (25th July) is still going strong. You can read about it here. But I thought I'd jazz it up a bit.

So today I added NYC 155 Gramercy Glaze over the top. I'll just add a little information from the original blog, so everything is up to date. Then I will add today's update.

BASE: None
FIRST/SECOND/THIRD COAT: NYC "Quick Dry" 266 Battery Park Purple
TOP COAT: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 138 Classy Glassy

Application: Evening of Monday 25th July 2011.
Update 1: I actually touched up a chipped edge on Tuesday (26th July),

(Above: Taken with flash.)

(Above: Taken without flash.)

Update 2: As you can see from the pictures above, my mani still looks really good. My right hand was the same, so I didn't take a picture of it.

(Above: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 155 Gramercy Glitz.)

ONE/TWO FURTHER COATS: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 155 Gramercy Glitz.

NYC: 266 Battery Park Purple

So, this is my second official mani, and with one of the new polishes that I bought last Wednesday.

I decided not to do a base coat, as I don't particularly if the color is quite a dark one.



The NYC: 266 Battery Park Purple is quite a thin nail polish, so I had to apply it in three separate coats. Although, I reckon, if I wasn't around a friends house at the time then I probably would have applied a fourth coat before my later top coat.

It is a bit darker on than within the bottle, though I don't know if you can tell that from my pictures or not.

It does have a glossy finish, but I decided to add a clear top coat for protection.







So, now it is the day after (Tuesday), and I have a few slight surface scratches from while I was asleep, but nothing noticeable or that actually shows nail underneath.

BASE: None
FIRST/SECOND/THIRD COAT: NYC "Quick Dry" 266 Battery Park Purple
TOP COAT: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 138 Classy Glassy

Application: Evening of Monday 25th July 2011.
Lasted until: * 2011. (I actually touched up a chipped edge today (Tuesday 26th July 2011), and didn't remove my mani completely until * 2011.

I will update this with the missing information soon.

UPDATE EDIT

* Please see here for update blog. Thank you.