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.

OPI Road House Blues + Klean Color Tiara Gold

I originally wanted to make this a jelly sandwich but then realized 1. OPI RHB isn't a jelly and 2. I don't even have a blue jelly.  So I decided on a simpler approach.

Seen above is two coats of OPI Road House Blues with one coat of Klean Color Tiara Gold.  Tiara Gold is somewhat of a crapshoot, as you can see.  My ring finger is covered in glitter while the rest of the nails are more sparse.  Once I got the glitter on my ring finger, I couldn't get it off without smudging, so I just left it as is.  The other nails looked much better in my opinion though.

And then! I made it matte!

Something nautical about this, amirite?

I used Hard Candy's mattifying topcoat; at the time of these pictures it already started to wear off.  I'll be sure to get pics at a better time next time.