Color Club Hydrangea Kiss

I got this pretty in a swap, it's a lovely addition to my collection!

"Natural" Light

Color Club bottles are my favorite in existence, seriously.

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This is 2 coats over Orly Bonder sealed with Out the Door. A pretty flawless application and a lovely creme, no complaints! :D

Color Club Ultra-Astral with Valentine's Stamping

I'm slowly but surely accumulating the Starry Temptress collection piece by piece, year by year.  I really thought that was a fun collection and it brought something different to the table.  I have another to show you today, Ultra-Astral.  It's a hot pink base with holo glitter, eye-catching really.

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This is two coats of Ultra-Astral over CND Stickey and topped with Out the Door.  Look how bright it is! It's kind of glowy. It stands out, jumps off your fingers almost.  I'm in love with it, by the way.

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I added some stamping to create a Valentine's Day feel.  I used Konad Special White polish.  The plates I used were Konad m57 and Bundle Monster BM202.

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This was a fun manicure, I may create it again for the actual holiday!

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OPI Wing It & Color Club Fame and Fortune

I was at the mall this weekend and went into Essentials and saw a few of the Color Clubs left that I had been wanting, I hadn't seen them anywhere else so I grabbed Fame and Fortune as soon as I saw it.  I wanted to incorporate it into a mani so I layered it with OPI Wing It that was given to me by a friend from my nail polish forum; the result was fun!

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Flash

This is 3 thin coats over CND Stickey, no top coat.  Even with three coats there still is some VNL, but the coats were super thin so that may have a hand it it.  This polish is crazy.  It's really glowy and was a pain to photograph.  The flash picture is further away from its true color, it doesn't quite lean that red in real life. It's hot pink with a neon-y orange undertone and shimmery and maybe even some micro glass flecks.  It's unique is what it is, and I love it, really.

I wanted to play off of a "jelly sandwich" and since Wing It is somewhat jellylike, I sandwiched Color Club Fame and Fortune in it.  This is two coats of Fame and Fortune with another coat of Wing It and then one coat of Instant Artificials and then sealed with OTD.

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"Natural" Light

The two colors play nicely as Fame and Fortune's base color is very similar to Wing It's base color (a hot magenta of sorts).  My only gripe is that the flakes in Fame and Fortune don't necessarily lay flat.  On two nails, even with IA and OTD, they stuck out and didn't lay flat.  I ran my finest grit buffer over it a few times and it seemed to fix it; good to know! Just make sure it's dry otherwise you'll botch the whole thing.

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NOTD: Color Club Space Case

OH I LOVE IT.  It's obnoxious and bright and livened up a rainy day for me.  I felt twelve while wearing it but it is definitely a unique polish and a one-of-a-kind in my collection.  I realize this may not be everyone's cup of tea, it has a bold personality, but it so different.

Two coats of 'Space Case', No TC

There is holographic glitter in there, but it doesn't show too much.  When I was removing it, however, the holo finally showed its face and was everywhere.  It also shows holo in the bottle too.  It didn't show much on my nails in any sort of light, though.  But that's OK, I really love it despite that.

Two coats, no TC.

Two coats plus one coat of
Hard Candy Matte Top Coat

Color Club "Otherworldy" + polka dots

I got my first Color Club this week.  I have easy access to the Funky Fingers brand, which is run by the same mother company, so I have some dupes of some Color Clubs.  My first one was a beauty though, look:

Color Club "Otherworldy"

I really love the color and the formula was a breeze!  I also LOVE the bottle in comparison to Funky Fingers.  I wish they'd redo their bottle, its really up there with NOPI.

2 Coats.

There was still some VNL after two coats but I wasn't really put off by that.  I decided to stop because it felt like it was enough.  This color creates its own depth and the glitters are buried under the blue which looks really fun with the second coat that contrasts the depth.

I refreshed it with some polka dots. I used ChG "Snow" and a green nail art striper.