Blue Are You?

I chipped a nail this morning! Gasp! Actually, it's all good. Gives me an excuse to show you another blue polish on Autism Awareness Day!

This post features "Blue Are You?" By That One Nail Polish.

thatonenailpolish.bigcartel.com

From the site:
Blue Are You? is a gorgeous blue jelly polish with shifting rainbow hex glitters! It's like a jelly sandwich all in one bottle!


**NOTE: Blue Are You? appears is a little on the thick side. This polish may need to be shook up pretty good. It goes on smoother then it may seem like it will. You can always add a polish thinner if necessary.


Well... That's a very accurate description. I bought this polish over a month ago. I believe the disclaimer was NOT there at the time. Anyway...

I have to admit, I'm having a love-hate relationship with this polish. It's unique and GORGEOUS in the bottle. It's gorgeous on the nail too, but... Yes, it's thick. My bottle is SO thick that even with nine drops of polish thinner it's still gloppy and pasty. So... When you look closely, you can see its bumpy and thick and it didn't spread well. Now, I believe I read on either Facebook or Instagram that Roxette switched to a thinner base recently, so I assume its not as big an issue as it is with my bottle.

It mad me pretty sad, actually. I tried to do thinner coats, but, especially around the edges of my nail by the skin, it just wouldn't play nice. Sigh.

But it's so stinking pretty! If it were thinner, I would use it more. I am not sure how often I will use this particular bottle. I wish I knew if others have had better experiences. I'm waiting to hear back from Roxette.

Anyway. It is stunning to look at, the hexes are a bit sheer and the two coats I use look so deep and mystical. And the jelly is highly pigmented and so bright it looks almost like it glows!

Time for pictures!

Irish You Luck with Miranda Rights

Green is one of my favorite colors.

Emerald and Kelly greens are my favorite hues.

Enter That One Nail Polish (www.thatonenailpolish.com)

Roxette is such a sweetheart, and she holds sales pretty frequently as a part if building her business.

These were a BOGO sale score.

They're so gorgeous.

Irish You Luck is a satiny emerald/Kelly green that goes on like a dream. I used two coats for full opacity. Then, I coated it with a layer of Miranda Rights- shiny green hexes in nearly the exact shade as Irish You Luck, with black hexes and other tiny black glitter. I told her that I was pretty sure they were made for me. Haha.

I used two coats top coat for smoothness. I didn't get around to cleaning up around my cuticles and such because Collin decided to pick a fight with his bouncy chair.

The glitter is a but thick, like the others we have reviewed or tried on here, but again, I think it's due to the amount of glitter in the bottle. It's packed! It's great that way.

I got a cheap macro lens for my phone, so... There's a few macro shots of the polishes together!

These are my favorites from her shop now, for sure!

That One Nail Polish - Custom Color!

I was really excited to find a mystery package in my mailbox Friday. I hadn't ordered anything recently, so I had no clue what it could be. But then I remembered Nik saying earlier in the week that she couldn't wait for me to get some mail. Turns out that she worked with Roxette at www.thatonenailpolish.com to create a custom polish for the both of us!

This polish is inspired by Nik's and my coordinating chevron aprons by Butterfly Designs. Here I am modeling mine. Nik's is the same except for the trim--she chose turquoise.

The polish base is a fantastic gunmetal gray and it features small, hexagonal turquoise, silver, and yellowish-gold glitters as well as larger hexagonal silver glitter. When I first opened the bottle, I was a bit worried about how thick the polish seemed to be. But worry not, it went on very easily!  Glitter distribution is amazing-one of the best I've come across! The color coverage isn't bad, just a little thin for my liking. That said, next time I use it, I do plan to put it over a dark gray polish, just to see if it brings out the glitters any more.

(pardon my crappy pictures...as usual, I'm using my iPhone. Note to self: buy a battery for your good camera!!)

My only complaint--it's really difficult to remove. The color came off easily, but the glitter is a different story, even with acetone polish remover. Actually, it's still on my nails. I'll have to try again to remove it. While that's more a rant about glitter polish in general, this one is proving especially difficult to get off...I guess it's time to finally try the foil method I found on Pinterest some time ago!

complete with cotton ball fuzz

All in all, I'm really happy with this polish & have my eye on a few others in Roxette's collection! Go check it out and give That One Nail Polish a try!

Have you tried That One Nail Polish?

Nope, I'm not being intentionally vague.

That One Nail Polish is an indie brand I happened upon via Instagram, I believe.

You can find the polishes here:

http://thatonenailpolish.bigcartel.com/

As I chipped my Spencer manicure doing dishes for the upteenth time today, during nap time, I decided to try out "Wipe Out." It's a glitter polish jam packed with bright blue and neon blue hexes and smaller black hexes. They are all matte. They are awesome.

I wanted the blue to really pop on my fingers (visually, haha) like it does in the bottle, but I also wanted to be able to see the black a bit, so I chose to do one coat of "Wipe Out" over OPI "Nein! Nein! Okay, Fine!"

It's pretty rad.

Application was fairly easy, though with the amount if glitter packed into the bottle it can clump a bit on the brush and nail. It didn't bother me though and was easy to manipulate and disperse while painting. It's hard to complain about that when you get some polishes that look awesome but you can't get the glitter out of the bottle! Totally not the case here! And you get a great amount of each color. Excellent!

Because the glitters are medium to large, you definitely will want a coat or two of top coat. My good stuff is still missing (thanks again, Spencer) so I used two if the cheap stuff.

I have more of That One Polish to show eventually, too!

Go check out her store. She just release a new collection! It's really pretty!

And, if you don't see something to suit your fancy, Roxette will create you a custom polish!

She's a very sweet lady, if you ask me!