Nicole by OPI: Me + Blue

I'm going to start this post out by letting any blue lovers know that you might want to grab a kleenex or paper towel or something since this polish I have for today is guaranteed to make you drool! I don't usually like blue, but this polish has ME drooling! You've been warned!

I was at TJ Maxx the other day and grabbed one of their two packs of Nicole by OPI polish. I thought this looked pretty in the bottle, but I actually got it for the other color... which I will be posting soon and turned out to be a total let down. :(  Anyway, this is Me + Blue. It is a fine glitter polish in a blue base. It's not a shimmer, but it's not a pure glitter either. It's somewhere in the middle of a standard shimmer polish and say...  polishes like China Glaze's Glistening Snow from their Holiday Collection. Then, among all the already gorgeous glitter are holographic bits of glitter that give this polish a pop when ANY light hits it. I mean ANY. On the drive home from work tonight I could see the holo sparkle as I passes under streetlights. *drooooool*  

All of my pictures are with 3 coats that would have been easy if the brush hadn't been so terrible. I hate the wide brushes because my nails are narrow so the polish gets EVERYWHERE. Blerg! Anyway, 3 coats. There are a lot of pictures in this post and a included a few pre-topcoat to show the matte-glitter finish, so the pics are all under the cut so your poor browser doesn't spaz! I've noted if there is or is not topcoat being used For the topcoat pictures I used a coat of Gelous and a coat of NYC In a New York Minute.  Now.... blue/glitter/holo lovers, get your drool-wiping cloths ready before you click "read more."

Icing: Mood Swing Stormy/Serene

I have finally gotten a decent camera! Maybe I can start getting more pictures on here now.

The other day I stopped by Icing to pick up some of their magnetix polishes. I don't live close to a retailer that carries any of the other brands and these seem to be the most cost effective, plus they had a decent magnet. Anyway, while I was there I grabbed a bottle of their color-changing polish! It looked like it might be a duo-chromeish purple/blue color (which I LOVE) plus I don't yet have a color-changing polish. On the nail it isn't really a duochrome, but that's okay because it is GORGEOUS. I can't get it to change colors yet, so it's sitting at almost a teal shimmery blue with maybe a HINT of purple to it. I'm thinking it turns more of a pure blue when it's warm? I guess I'll find out. (Hopefully!) Anyway, here are the pictures!

I don't know if I should be sorry for my cuticles or not. Haha. I didn't do much cleanup though. I can't find my usual brush for that. :/

And a closeup for the shimmers!

These actually dried with a matte finish. It is pretty, but I don't really like the matte look a whole lot unless I am in a mood so I didn't take any pictures of it. I'm using Orly Sec'n Dry for the top coat here.