Holographic Accent Nail Mani (Layla & Hits)

I was looking forward to writing this post all day!  I wore this mani for two days and it still is beautiful. That never happens, uh, ever.  I got Layla Flash Black in a swap with my friend Melissa and Hits Apolo from Llarowe's 49% off sale. They're such a cute couple.

"Natural Light"

This is two coats of Hits Apolo and two coats of Layla Flash Black over the Jessica Hologram Base Coat. I sealed these off with NYC Grand Central Station.

Flash

I took these photos after an 8 hour shift at the daycare and after my shower (hair washing included). No chips! I was not expecting such awesome wear-time.

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Both had really nice formulas, Apolo was a little bit runnier, but not in a bad way - it just made it easy for thin coats.  Both applied so nicely and wore so well.  They were shiny and sparkly and holo-y! As with most holos, they both dried really fast.

Flash

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I am so happy to have these in my collection! I want to play with more holos really soon :D

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Layla Jade Groove

It took me forever to decide on this polish. Me and a friend stood in Ulta for far too long going over the pros and cons of which ones to get. I finally, after much persuasion from my friend, decided on Jade Groove. At almost $16 a piece, I need to be sure I want it. I have Ultra Violet as well, but ordered it from online a while back.

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She's beautiful!

Flash

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This is four coats over the Jessica Holo Basecoat.  This polish was a bit splotchy. I think you need to glop more on to avoid that. I think it may have been my bad, I got 3 coats on my right hand. I sealed it with NYC GCS.

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AveYou Haul + Essie + Magnetic Nail Polish

First we'll start with my aveyou haul!  Their warehouse (?) is about an hour from where I live, so I got it the next day! THAT WAS EXCITING. I used my kgb gift certificate code thing and after all the math is done, I spent around $40 on $80 worth of stuff! WHOOO!  Aveyou.com still has a code you can use, "GiveMe15", without the quotes, and you'll get $15 off a purchase of $75 or more.  The code is good until January 2012.

On to my pretties!

Warm & Fozzie - Excuse Moi - Ski Teal We Drop - Teenage Dream

Da Bush - School of Hard Rocks - Changing Lilac - Turquoise Wave

I have two from that haul to show you now.  The first is Essie School of Hard Rocks.

3 Coats. Easy!

Then I got bored and decided to put Turquoise Wave over it.  This was my first time using the magnetic polish so it's not perfect, but I like how it came out!

It's so cool in real life! Ohmigod it looks 3D.  When you move your nails back and forth and stuff, it looks like you're looking at something with those dorky glasses. Love it! Easy application, easy to figure out, my pinky was the first shot - can't you tell?  I love how it looks.  These were $15.50 each so I will not be buying anymore, probably ever. But I'm glad I got two pretties to play around with now.

What do you think of the magnetic nail polish trend?