OPI Black Onyx and Konad M69

Happy Friday! School is creeping up on me and I'm dreading it. I am trying to use some of the new polishes I got this summer before I become too busy to use them, so here I used my China Glaze New Bohemian Luster Chromes. I was going to pass on them entirely, but after I found out they work for stamping.. well you know what happened lol. For this I used OPI Black Onyx and stamped using Konad M69 in China Glaze's Deviantly Daring, No Plain Jane, Rare & Radiant, Swanky Silk, Unpredictable, and Want My Bawdy. It came out even better than I had hoped! I have only seen them stamped over black, but I'll try them over some more dark colors when fall comes around.

China Glaze Summer Neons 2012 Collection Swatches

Happy Humpday! Today I have swatches of China Glaze's Summer Neons 2012. I know there are swatches that have been out for awhile already, but the nail store I go to got them kinda late and I wanted to play with them before my summer vacation ends so here they are! There are 10 neons with shimmer and 2 vibrant jellies. All are shown with topcoat.

Ride the Waves. As you can see, it's a jelly and I still have some VNL after 3 coats so I probably won't be wearing it alone.

Splish Splash

Under the Boardwalk. This jelly was perfect in 2 coats.

Beach Cruise-r

Sun-Kissed

I'm with the Lifeguard

Orange You Hot?

Surfin' for Boys

Hang Ten Toes

Love's a Beach

Flirty Tankini

Pink Plumeria

Feel free to click on the photos to enlarge them. You'll be able to see all of the fine shimmer in them that makes them unlike any other polishes I own. I have not been too fond of neons in the past because they can be tricky to apply and usually chip quicker than other polishes, but not with these. I'm not sure if it's the shimmer in them that makes it different, but these are much easier to apply and last as long as other non-neon polishes I own. My only complaint is that they take quite awhile to dry. At first I was doing 2 coats of each, but then started doing 3 thinner coats to allow them to dry better. I'm kind of sad summer is coming to an end, but that will not stop me from wearing these!

Neon Chevrons

Goodmorning my pretties! Today I have some very bright nails to show you. I did these a couple weeks back and I wasn't planning on posting them, but I changed my mind. I wasn't completely happy with these due to the major shrinkage that I got when I applied SV topcoat. The China Glaze Summer Neons are kinda thick and take awhile to dry so you can imagine what happened after 2 coats of each color. When I only had the yellow and green on, my nails looked like little corn husks and I almost went in with a black nail art pen to finish the corn look lol. I used China Glaze Sun-Kissed, I'm with the Lifeguard, and Splish Splash.

A England Saint George, Princess Sabra, and Dragon Tape Mani

Happy Saturday! I actually didn't even realize it was Saturday until just a little while ago. Oh how I love summer! Today I have a simple tape mani that I did using three A England polishes. I don't know why, but I really just don't want to stamp over any of them. I feel like I'm going to ruin their beauty if I do. Hopefully I will be able to bring myself to try stamping over them sometime. That probably made me sound psycho lol. For this look, I used A England Saint George, Princess Sabra, and Dragon. They're all so beautiful and sparkly!