Ulta Moody Blues Swatches

I can't believe this was left untried for so long. I've had it for ages, but I think having my Ulta polishes in the back of one of my Helmer drawers causes me to forget about them.

Moody Blues is a navy/dark blue/-almost- blurple creme.  Shown is two coats over NailTekII and sealed with OTD.  I'm not sure what caused the bubbling; it's been a while since I've dealt with bubbles so I wasn't even on the lookout for them.

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Brucci Heavenly Julia & Nautical Stamping

Brucci has been blowing my mind lately!  I got all of my Brucci's online at Image Beauty for $2.35 each and I'm just amazed with their quality.  They're the first polish not to chip on me in a long long time.  Every other brand, except maybe Essie, chips easily on me.  Brucci is diesel.  The only thing is there are very few swatches of them online, so ordering them is a crapshoot. Anyways, here is Heavenly Julia with some stamping.

I used BM206 and BM08 for the designs, with Konad Special White polish.  I used some of the same white for the dots on my thumb, too.  I love dots, they're great space fillers.

Flash - true to life color.

This color is a lot darker in real life, it looks a lot more navy and lot less purple.  In the pictures shown, I used two coats over CND Stickey and sealed with one coat of OTD.  Out the Door needs more credit, it is really super shiny and very glossy!  It dries *so* fast and is cheaper than most other QDTCs.

blue NOTD for my crappy day

Just a quickie today because I've been anxious and irritable all damn day.  It took me 2 hours to get home from school today and had about 5 near misses.  A facking COP of all people almost slammed into me.  Today sucked. So here's a pretty blue (well, blurple) to suit the mood!

Three thin coats of Funky Fingers "Cottage stripes".  So pretty, loved the application!  "Cottage stripes" is a dark periwinkle with some sort of a purple-y hue, more so in real life, creme - I think so at least.  Whatevs, its pretty!

The day did turn around a little towards the end because boyfriend took me to dinner and we had a really nice time.  He does wonders for a bad mood (=