China Glaze - Atlantis

Hey everyone!

This is the manicure I wore on Mister and Misses Skulda had their first wedding anniversary!

We were married June 26th, Frigga's Day 2009.

Atlantis was a lemming of mine for a while and I finally broke down and bought it last month.

Natural Light

Even in natural light is it so full of win!

Direct Sun

Pardon the "lobster hand" and slight blurriness, but look at the chunky holo glitter!!

Bottle Butt!

Ahhhh... more blingy goodness.  Sooooo worth the money.

The hubby and I went out for delicious sushi and I tried hot sake for the first time.  Yeow!  It's good stuff!  When we got married I wore China Glaze DV8 on my toes.  I wore the same pedi with Atlanis for our anniversary and they matched pretty good.  My Mom bought the DV8 never hearing of China Glaze before to match my wedding dress.  I had never heard of China Glaze either, it it remained my first China Glaze for a long time until I finally came across all you lovely bloggers.

Random Awesome song:

I love Agalloch.  They are easily one of my favourite bands.
The name of the song is kind of related to the polish.  ;P

First Spa Boutique Haul

This is my first haul from SpaBoutique.ca, a Canadian nail polish distributor that sells some difficult-for-Canadians-to-find polishes. It's the "Canadian Head to Toe Beauty Store". *hehe*  Free shipping (in Canada) over $75 and they include free samples with every order.

Seche Base (ridge filler), Seche Restore (BEHIND), SpaRitual - Flashback, SpaRitual - Optical Illusion

Orly - Goth, China Glaze - Atlantis, China Glaze - Emerald Sparkle, China Glaze - Meteor Shower

Mmmmm Sparkly!

OPI - My Private Jet (but which one?)

This is my first bottle of OPI's My Private Jet.  I know it's not the first release but I'm having trouble figuring out which version it is.  I know of at least three releases of this colour.  It's brown... has a slightly bronze shimmer and has sparse holo flecks.  It's not what I would consider a true holographic, but it has some bling.

I'll post some swatches another time... but it's giving me something ponder.  I'm far too happy sporting my Diamond Cosmetics - Chainmail Charm ATM to put this on.  Pics tomorrow.
(THANK YOU, TIFFANY!)

Wet n Wild & Claire's

Wet n Wild Wild Shine - "Wild Orchid"

Claire's - "True Blue"


I'm posting these images to show how different Claire's "True Blue" looks when dry.
You can also see the differences in sheen when compared to the Wet n Wild. From what I have tried, Claire's polishes tend to dry matte. Well... not matte... more of a rubbery texture. A topcoat fixes this.


As you can see the medium blue dries to a much darker blue.


I ended up removing the blue from my ring fingers because the blue was too dark to goof around with. So I just made them the same as the rest of my nails.


This was me attempting to get a close-up of the holo glitter, but it ended up blurring. Sorry about that!



I love the colour of this polish, but I found the formula was really watery. I had to use 4-6 coats to get it opaque. I'm a bit of a light coat person, so I'll ty and use thicker coats when applying this next time.