I notice that very few of these are polishes I've worn a lot - in fact, I think Yule Light Up My Life is the only one I can remember wearing more than once. Maybe that tells me I need to think twice before buying stuff in this category!
Another thing I notice is that there are a lot of jelly bases here. There were only a couple in the first installment (which is at the link above).
(list below - and again, links are to other people's swatches if I could find any)
top row:
- Clearly Spotted (Maybelline Color Show) - black & white matte glitters, in mixed sizes with a clear base. I bought this some time ago because I didn't have one like this, but I don't think I've ever worn it.
second row (the violet-looking ones):
- Be Merry, Be Bright (China Glaze) - pink and purple - or red & purple depending on who you ask - hex glitter in a clear base. I haven't gotten around to wearing this much but I liked it a lot when I did!
- Scandalous (Revlon) - mixed-size glitter in a dark base (jelly?) - the link here is a comparison to Lippmann Bad Romance; the similarity is what I bought this for. Again, haven't worn it a lot. (From here on out I'm going to quit saying that, and only note the ones I haven't worn at all.) (mani from 2013)
- G-listen To Your Heart (Sephora by OPI) - orchid/fuchsia chunky glitter in a clear base (both this and SPFGW, below, are from SOPI's "Jewelry Top Coat" line)
third row:
- Yule Light Up My Life (Serum No 5) - multicolored glitter, and I tend to forget that it's also glow-in-the-dark!
- Prototype 003 (Virago) - holo bits in multiple shapes
- Montana Sky (Colors by Llarowe) - silver. blue jelly base
- Let's Go Crazy (Lippmann) - mixed colors in purple jelly - unworn - I love it in other people's swatches but when I swatched it on a nail wheel it didn't grab me!
fourth row (partial row on right):
- Sugar Plum Fairies Gone Wild (Sephora by OPI) - purple chunky glitter in a clear base
- In Through The Out Door (Pipe Dream Polish) - mixed glitter with bigger fuchsia, smaller gold pieces, in a clear base
fifth row:
- Blueberry Fizz (Julie G Gumdrops) - silver-blue texture, I remember thinking that it read more silver than blue in some lights (mani from 2013)
- Glitz Gal (Gem Crush) - silver in charcoal-gray base - unworn
- Mermaid's Tale (CSM) - blue & green glitter in blue jelly base
- Chupacabra (ModLacquer mini) - mixed green glitter in a black jelly base (mani from 2014)
bottom row:
- Rock Candy (Julie G Gumdrops) - mint-green and silver texture - unworn
- Glitterati (Illamasqua) - dk red jelly(?) base, small red/silver scattered glitter
- Deadly Nightshade (Dollish mini) - purple & blue glitter
- These Are Not The Droids You're Looking For (Dollish mini) - gold, silver & blue glitter - I think it's meant to be gold from C-3PO and silver and blue for R2-D2, see?
- Guys & Galaxies (NOPI) - mixed silver & holo glitter - unworn
By base:
clear base: Clearly Spotted, Be Merry Be Bright, G-listen To Your Heart, Yule Light Up My Life
dark base: Scandalous, Chupacabra, Glitterati
jelly base: Scandalous, Montana Sky, Let's Go Crazy, Mermaid's Tale, Chupacabra, Glitterati
It is these sorts of "how do I classify this glitter" questions that led me to do my glitter wheels by brand. I know for sure what brand a polish is. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I knew it was gonna make me crazy even before I started, but I HAD to try!
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