A Nail by Any Other Color

 

Ever wanted to paint each nail a different color?
DO IT!
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My rule for this project. Red on the right hand. Green on the left

Flower by Drew Barrymore Nail'd It Nail Lacquer
NP24 Evening Primrose
Starting off is a dark/dull green. I find it a weird color really. Not a color I would up and say "I'm painting all my nails this color!" But I do use it when I'm getting creative like with Camo Nails. Primrose does have sparkles but more a hint of them rather then really calling this a glitter polish.

Revlon Color Stay Long wearing Nail Enamel
220 Rain Forest
I found a dupe!!! I first had Glitzy Green by Salon Perfect then I found this bottle of Rain Forest at a really good price. I didn't realize that they were both the same color until doing this! You get what you pay for though. Revlon only takes two coats to the three Salon Perfect needed to look the same. I just checked their website and they no longer seem to carry Color Stay Long Wearing. Looks like they have a Gel polish taking it's place.

SP Salon Perfect Professional Nail Laquer
309 Glitzy Green
This is a dupe. Read above on Revlon's Rain Forest.

Pure Ice Nail Polish
Made in the USA
1023 Lucky Charming
Such a pretty color and oh so glittery! Pure Ice not to bad of a brand. Not ultra long lasting but fair. this took about 2 to 3 coats.

Pure Ice Nail Polish
Made in the USA
1026 Hit the Floor
Again Pure Ice and this in a stunning red. Reminds me of Dorothy's slippers in The Wizard of Oz. I've also seen a dupe of this I believe in Salon Perfect. I bought it in Pure Ice because it was cheaper.

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme wear Nail Color
240 Twisted Pink
You can hardly go too wrong with Sally Hansen. I can't find this color on their website. I bought it a year ago.

L. A. Colors Color Craze Nail Polish with hardeners
NP422 Lighting #13233
I normally take Wet n' Wild over LA Colors but I saw this color and wanted it! Neon Pink! It almost has a orange color to it. I like colors that just jump out at you like this. The polish it's self is pretty good. Not bad for a $1 bottle of polish!

Flower by Drew Barrymore Nail'd It Nail Lacquer
NP4 Gorgeous Gerbera
Flower has a strange mix of colors in my opinion. This one is a flesh-tone pink. One thing about Flower is that of all the polishes I used here, it is the longest lasting. So if you like the colors I would recommend it. It does have a thicker consistency so it can be a little harder to get is on the nail looking perfect.

Pretty Pink: Camo Nails

 

Camo Nails!!!

Easy and cute!

   We've seen the pink camo you can get these days. Here's how to do it to your nails!

Step #1: Start with a coat or two of Flower Nail'd it NP4 Gorgeous Gerbera. It is a very soft blush of a color. It's a very close color to the color of my naked nails! I would say do two coats since you will be able to see this layer.

Step #2: blob some Flower Nail'd it NP24 Evening Primrose on each nail. Don't think to hard on this. It's suppose to be random. Evening Primrose is a color between hunter green and dark grey.

Step #3: For the pink squiggles I used Avon's Mirror Shine in the color "Blaze". I don't think Avon is making this color anymore, it's a hot metallic pink.

Step #4: Now you have the colors on, lets add a little glitter :-) I did a top coat of Revlon +Revlon Trends  Glimmer Gloss 605 Grapefruit Glimmer. This is a pink hue clear gloss with very fine pink sparkles. I also used it in this look... Tickled Pink: Nails

First Impressions: Flower

   For me the best day for getting stuff for Christmas is when it all goes on sale!!! It can be a surprise cause you just don't know what will be left and you might come across something you would have not bought at retail price that 75% - 90% off sounds like a fun adventure to try something new!
   There were a lot of perfume and make up sets out there this year. I didn't rack up as much as I could have due to budgeting issues but I did have a fair amount of fun even so!
   I don't like blogs that get a sample pack in the mail of something, tries it once and it hit their blogs! Honestly?! I like to use a product a number of times before I feel I know enough about it to talk about it!
   With this said, I am going to give you my first impressions of the brand Flower....

 

  I first noticed this brand sometime this Fall (2014). I faintly remembering hearing Drew Barrymore was coming out with a line of make-up so I figured that was what this is and yeah, I was right. This brand is called Flower. The display caught my attention but it wasn't impressive at all to me. Neither was the price... The price was up there with Revlon and Cover Girl with nothing telling me if the quality matched the price. If you have to choose from ELF which is cheaper than a brand you have no idea about, your gonna go with the brand you know.
   But Christmas clearance swung around and I snapped up a set of 3 nail polishes and a set of 3 eye shadow cream sticks.

   Unlike Hard Candy's set I got Flower actually has names for the colors I got the following:

Color in the Lines
Eyes on the Prize Eyeshadow Cubby

• Daffodil With It
• Olive My Love
• Keep Your Pansies On

The pic to the side is where I tried the colors on my hand to get an idea on what the colors look like on my skin. "Daffodil With It" turned out being nearly the same color as my skin with a metallic pearlescents to it.
   These colors have a very earthy look to them to them mixed with a shimmer. The darkest "Keep Your Pansies On" I thought would be more of a brown but trying it on my hand it's a dark purple. And yes the green, "Olive My Love" is an Olive hue.
   I did try them on my eyes a day or two later but it did not past the creaseless test..... but rarely creams do. (at least on me) But the test on my hand in the picture you could still see a small amount of it there the next day! So it does have staying power!

Luxe 'n' Lacquered
Nail'd It! Nail Lacquers

• Evening Primrose
• Fanatical Botanical
• Budding Romance

   To me the packages do not do these justice either. I wasn't crazy about the colors at all but since they were pretty much giving them away I took them thinking I'd find something to do with them. Got them home and out of the box they looked so much prettier! Like the shadows they also have a shimmery pearlized glitz to them!!! I didn't test them on my nails due to the condition they ended up in after a whole holiday season being painted over and over again. They need a rest.

    I'm REALLY looking forward to try them on my nails! They are very pretty!
   And you can see here how in color they go well with the shadows.
  I would also like to note if you visit their site that they do not spend much on AD's. I admire this. This generation is messed up. Honest word of mouth should be the best form of ad's, not how much you spend on a huge billboard in Time's Square.
Check it out here: Flower