This is the way Nik marbles her nails...

By the end of this mani, I had marred nearly every nail. I was trying to rush and photograph. Whoops. I describe how to ruin them in the steps. Haha.

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Daring Digits - Star Gazer

Awkward disclaimer: I bought this. Not a sponsored post.

I googled earlier and found no swatches of Daring Digits - Star Gazer. What?! It's SOOOO pretty! I couldn't believe it. Maybe they are just buried somewhere.

Anyway. My other mani was too flashy to keep, and because I was all jacked up on caffeine during nap time, I decided to paint my nails again.

I chose NOPI - Khloe had a Little Lam Lam as my base. Two coats. It's a rich, dark teal. It's fab.

And then... The beauty that is Star Gazer.

Can be purchased at www.ddpolish.com if you're interested.

It's a clear base with teal tiny glitter, copper small glitter, and little black stars. It's gorgeous in the bottle!

It applies smoothly. Dries quick. Goes on fairly evenly. The stars in my particular bottle seem plastered to the side and even though I had it sitting upside down for quite a long time and rolled it between my palms a while, I only was able to get two stars out. It was kind of disappointing in principle, but you can't see them well over this super dark teal anyway so it was kind of nice to save them for another time!

I love it glossy. Love it matte. Matte photos are last.

Yes, indeed, this polish is amazing. It reminds me of a galaxy when over the teal. Or Cleopatra. Or a peacock that got whapped so hard it's seeing stars. Haha.

If it wasn't currently sold out, I would recommend you go buy it now.

NOPI OPI Gold & Glitter Ombré

Awkward preface: I purchased these myself! No one gave them to me! Well... Except Desi gave me the Revlon. So I guess it's sponsored in part by Desi. Haha. Oh, and I think a friend gave me the OPI too. Can't remember.

Anyway... Today, I will compare two glitters.
Nicole by OPI (NOPI) - Pick of the Glitter
and
OPI - The Living Daylights

Last night, I chipped my pretty blue and white mani (oh darn), so after I showered (yay!), I painted the base for my comparison.

I used three golden metallics. As I mentioned on my St. Patrick's Day post, I didn't have a gold.

So, I used a gift card and bought one.

On my thumb, pointer, and middle fingernails, I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear (it pains my to type that word without the E) in Golden-I. My ring fingernails I used Revlon - Fall Mood. Pinkies are NYC - Fifth Avenue.

On my left hand, I used NOPI - Pick of the Glitter, and the right OPI - The Livung Daylights.

The metallics all went on fine. No issues. Dried quick. Two coats opacity.

The glitters are very similar in color, but because they are the same parent company I'm not surprised. They both consist of copper, gold, silver, and teal hex glitters. The OPI glitters are the same size. NOPI has varying sizes, and a few lilac hexes as well.

NOPI presents more even and filial coverage, but the glitters don't lay quite as flat. The gold are just a tad but curled. Not bad, just a little.

I didn't bother with a glossy top coat, took some macros, and then added a matte to see what that would be like. It didn't look a lot different, possibly due to the super metallic base coats.

I will label each photo to avoid confusion.

Which do you like better?