Circles Mani With Ombre Background

Hi everyone happy Monday! Did everyone have a nice weekend? Mine was quite nice, I did LOT'S of cleaning! Little early for spring cleaning I guess, but I just sorta "got in the mood" if you know what I mean. I managed to totally rearrange my room, and I also got rid of a huge box that's been taking up room in the basement for AGES. Mission accomplished haha!
So today's nail art for you all today is this nice concentric circle design. Take a look!

Essie-Bikini So Teeny

Hi everyone! Quick little post today, I just wanted to show you all what I've been wearing on my nails.I'm not usually a one color person...you know me, designs and glitter and what not. But today I was just like, you know, I bought this polish a while ago and it's so pretty and I haven't worn it yet. I was in a really periwinkle mood.
Also just a note, that I've been trying out a different camera, just out of curiosity. I'm not sure how I really like these new pictures, but I was just testing it out.

This is Essie-Bikini So Teeny, and this picture is not color accurate at all. Bikini So Teeny definitely has more purple undertones and is more of a periwinkle color. I also used Orly-Etoile on top, to give it some more shimmer. That doesn't really show up either. And usually I don't like polishes with shimmer. Like I said, really weird mood today.

And then guess what. I MATTED it! For those of you who know me, I NEVER matte things! Gosh I was like all sorts of messed up today. Shimmer, then matte...that NEVER happens! 
So yeah that's all I got for today. Oh also the formula is trash. It's like streaky and runny and thin and watery, and I can still see some bald/patchy spots even after I topcoated it. *sigh* and it was such a nice color too. 
This whole one color thing is so not me. 
Don't get used to it.
~Nova

Zoya FeiFei + some striping

Hi everyone! I didn't have any final exams yesterday so I had some free time on my hands (when I should have been studying. Psh) and I only had my french test this morning, so now I have the rest of the day! Yay. So yesterday I decided to swatch one of my untrieds, the famous Zoya-FeiFei. This is a really popular color among other nail bloggers that I've seen, and I get why. IT'S FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sigh pictures simply do not do it justice. It's such a pretty shimmery color. The predominant base color is a slatey blue purple color, but there are flecks of shimmer of all sorts of other colors in there. From my close examination, I see blue, green, purple, pink, silver, and orange. Holding the nail at different angles reveals different colors of shimmer. If you look at it really close up it looks like a rainbow! Maybe like a holographic effect or something. Whatever it is, I LOVE it!!

You just have to see this polish in person to appreciate it! Here's an uber close up of one of my fingers so you can see the flecks of shimmer better:

The formula on FeiFei was rather sheer, and I used 3 coats to build it up to opacity. Also it smells funny. Kinda nasty. Sometime I'm gonna try layering this over some other polishes, since I think it's sheer enough to do so. 
And of course yesterday I couldn't leave my nails all one color, so I took out my striping tape, did some accent nails, and this happened:

I was too lazy to do all my other nails, so accent nails will have to do! The glitter I used was China Glaze-Optical Illusion. I love all the full coverage glitters that came out in that collection! I love full coverage glitters in general. Optical Illusion was so freaking sparkly that you can see it totally freaked out my camera! It just wouldn't focus. God I love sparkly things...

Ugh I hate how my camera won't focus on the thumb! But also the blurry image also kinda shows you all the colors in Optical Illusion so it looks kinda cool! 
Zoya polishes are $8 on their website, and you can find China Glaze in most beauty salons or drug stores, and I think they cost somewhere in the $5-$7 range?
Anyway that's all for today and I promise I'll have some nail art for you guys on Sunday!

Sinful Colors Secret Admirer

Hello everyone! School year coming to a close soon! Finals start next week :( but it's like basically 2 more weeks until the end of school! In the summer I'll have lot's of free time, so that means lot's more swatches/nail art! Yay! 
So today's polish is a pretty old one that I pulled out of my collection Sinful Colors-Secret Admirer. Going off the name of this polish, I would think it would be like a pink or red or something but nope, it's this blackened grey with heavy silver shimmer!

Both of these photos are in the shade because the shade pictures just showed the shimmer better. This color is very grungy looking, but I think it would make a nice background for some nail art.

The formula on this was one of those where it was like super thin and streaky on the first coat , but then the second coat made it perfect and opaque.These pictures have 2 coats with no top coat. 
I got this at Walgreens and it was either $.99 or $1.29, I don't quite remember. But it was very cheap!
That's it for today, I'll see you guys next time!