Swatch: ELF - Sea Escape

Colour: Green, Navy and Purple

Finish: Duochrome
Opacity: Two coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 10ml

Going through my polish collection I noticed that ELF Sea Escape looked quite familiar.

OPI - Unripened

NYX Girls - Robotic

GOT: Neon

The neon polishes I have used are both Color Club's, Twiggie and Wham Pow! Which I have owned since April 2012. I wanted to try out the negative space nail trend as well.

 Color Club - Twiggie
Color Club - Wham Pow!

Tri-Colour Nail Challenge: Purple, Red and Green #1

This is the first of the Tri-Polish Challenge for this month. The colours are Purple, Red and Green. If you want to join or want to know more about this then you can do here.

I chose to use: NYX - Purple Ink, Ciate - Dangerous Affair and Barry M - Guava.



Polishes Used:
NYX - Purple Ink

Ciate - Dangerous Affair

Barry M - Guava

Studs

Nails: Cinco de Mayo

Base Polish: La Femme - Ultra Gold
Stamping Polishes: ELF - Chocolate, Nails Inc - New York Noir, Essie - Snap Happy, Miss Sporty - Rain Drop, ELF - Fire Coral
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H24

Swatch: Sally Hansen - Strike a Pose

The photo shows three coats of the polish

Looks very pearl-like. Not something I would actually wear as is, however it is really nice for layering. If you paint this on over another colour then it gives the polish a totally different look. Very similar to Leighton Denny's Butterfly Wings and Ciaté's Halo.

Swatch: Leighton Denny - Starlet

Colour: Antique Gold
Finish: Glass Flecked with Golden Flecked
Opacity: Three Coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 12ml

Swatch: Need Me - N346 Purple Hex Top Coat

Colour: Purple
Finish: Glitter in clear base
Glitter Shapes: Large Hex Glitter and Small Hex Glitter
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 14ml

GOT: Flowers

For today's challenge I used No.7's Beautifully Black from October 2011, Sally Hansen's First Kiss from April 2012, Maybelline Colorshow Cool Blue from July 2013 and Color Club's Almost Famous from April 2012. Along with W7 Black.

Polishes Used:
No.7 - Beautifully Black
Sally Hansen - First Kiss
Maybelline Colorshow - Cool Blue
Color Club - Almost Famous
W7 Black

Swatch: Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey

Colour: Light Grey

Finish: Cremé

Opacity: Two Coats

Brush Type: Flat and wide

How Much? 14.7ml

Swatch: OPI - Alcatraz Rocks

Colour: Purple / Navy with Gold Flecks
Finish: Glittered Texture
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type? Pro Wide
How Much? 15ml

This polish can be worn as it is, or top coated for a glossy finish. I think this polish really comes to life and looks amazing once it has been top coated. I have shown both ways below:

Polish as it comes, two coats

Ring Finger and Thumb Top Coated

Polish Top Coated

Looking through my collection I noticed two polishes which were similar, one a possible dupe:

OPI - Alcatraz Rocks V's Leighton Denny - Razzmatazz

OPI - Alcatraz Rocks V's - Barry M - Countess 

Countess is more purple based where as Alcatraz Rocks is more blue / purple based.

Tutorial: Marble Nails (Bag Dab / Saranwrap / Clingfilm)

This is a dry marble technique, it is very similar to the clingfilm / saran wrap method. I use a plastic carrier bag to make this effect, it has been dubbed as 'the bag dab' by a friend!

What Do I Use?

Two Different Polishes

Carrier / Plastic Bag

Top Coat

Clean Up Brush

First paint your base and allow it to dry.

Then paint the next colour on top, working one nail at a time. Then dab the carrier / plastic bag on the nail until you get the desired effect.

Yes this is a bit messy but worth the end effect, you can go subtle or contrasting with the two polishes you choose. Go on to the next nail until you have finished all nails. Go ahead and top coat the nails.

Then clean up the fingers and cuticle areas and you are done.

Here are some nails I have done using this technique:

Dandelion Nails

Skyline Nails

Neon Nails

Swatch: OPI - Unripened

OPI's Unripened was from the 2010 Halloween Mini Collection.

Colour: Green with hints of purple
Finish: Duo Chrome, Glass Flecked
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Standard but very small
How Much? 3.75ml

I would say if you can't get this then a dupe for it is ELF's Sea Escape.

Swatch: ELF - Copper

Colour: Golden Copper

Finish: Metallic

Opacity: Two Coats

Brush Type: Standard

How Much? 10ml