Regal

Thought I'd mix it up a little but with all this glitter and wear a velvet polish. I found this one on clearance and scooped it up quickly. 

Sally Hansen Velvet Texture is a line of matte polishes that do give the illusion of velvet. They are matte and textured, which is a first for my collection. I picked up Regal, a dark blue.

Sally Hansen Regal dries darker on the nail that it shows in the bottle. Not a big deal, but worth mentioning. It also applies pretty well, doesn't move a lot, but clean up is a problem given that it's a blue that likes to stain.

You can see the texture in the thumb photo. It's not really noticeable but there. 

Layering:
Nailtiques Formula 2
Sally Hansen Regal (2 coats)

Angel Dust

Possibly my favorite polish from the Barielle Bling It On Collection - Angel Dust.

Barielle Angel Dust is a gorgous multichrome glitter in a clear polish. Fantastic over a polish (I'd still keep it neutral underneath but can be very flashy over a dark blue or purple to really bring out the gold and green) but can be work over bare nails for a more neutral look. 

As you can see, I wore if over bare nails without a base color. It doesn't get rid of the nail line but the glitter is so reflective it really softens it so it's not very noticeable. Of course, still pictures make it easier to see, but when you're out and about in life, no one is going to notice. Unless they also do nails like we do!

That glitter is so fantastic. Gold, green, even bits of pink at certain angles. Love it. As you can see, I couldn't take enough pictures.

I ended up putting a coat of matte top coat on it and I LOVED it. Although I didn't take a pic and then it chipped since it was at the end of a few days wear. Trust me though, it was beautiful. If I do it again, which I think I will in the near future, I'll snap a pic quickly. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson at this point to not wait until later to photo my nails. Something always happens. =)

Layers:
Nailtiques Formula 2
Elmer's Blue (peel off base coat)
Barielle Angel Dust (3 coats)
Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender

Sea Urchin

Barielle Sea Urchin is a fantastic densely packed green, blue and gold glitter polish. It was a bit of a pickle (get it? going with the green theme here) to apply and even at three coats wasn't completely opaque. It was hard to get nice edges and clean up was next to impossible, which is why application is important on this one. Like most dense glitters, especially those that are meant to be opaque but have large glitters, placement is key. I've found thicker layers and painting the nail with the brush parallel to the nail is the best, that way you don't take most of the glitter with you when you paint the nail.

Only one pic on this one. It chipped within the first few hours. It was fun though, I don't normally wear a lot of greens but it was so pretty - the name is very appropriate. Made me think of mermaid tails.


Layers:

Nailtiques Formula 2

Elmer's Glue (for peel off base coat)

Barielle Sea Urchin (3 coats)

Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender (2 coats for smoother finish)

Golden Halo

Barielle Golden Halo is a fantastic metallic golden glitter with pink glitter to punch it up. Fantastic color. Very eye catching

This baby covered fantastically in 3 coats for a full opaque nail. Placed really well, quick drying time. I loved every single thing about this polish.

Layers:

Nailtiques Formula 2

Elmer's Glue (for peel of base coat)

Barielle Golden Halo (3 coats)

Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender

You need to get this one. Yes, you! 

Shooting Star

Finally! Barielle Bling It On Collection swatches. I wore these all back to back, I couldn't get enough. Hope you like them too.

Starting with Barielle Shooting Star. Beautiful polish with soft shimmer that morphs between opalescent to pink to purple with blue glitter. 

Look at that shooting color. Gah! Love it.

These color changing polishes are always hard to capture, but you can see in the below pictures in low lighting how the edges are turning pink and purple. Most of the time I'm disappointed with these because they look awesome in the bottle, but I don't have 90 degree angles on my nails to produce the same color shifts. This one was fantastic and everyone who saw it really liked it.

Three coats looked great and soft although I think a single layer on top of a grey polish would be fabulous.

Layers:

Nailtiques Formula 2

Elmer's Glue (for peel off glitter base coat - life saver!)

Barielle Shooting Star (3 coats)

Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender


I just closed the browser and thought I lost this post so I'm signing off before I screw anything up! Hope everyone is having a fabulous day.