Revlon Minted + Glitter!

Hi friends! Here is another polish I picked up in August from Walgreens! They were doing some Register Rewards thing where it was like $3.99 for one, but then they gave you a coupon for $3.99 off the next purchase, so you could use it on the next one and basically get buy one get one free! Well, I had a brain fart at the register and paid for the two Revlon's together, so I only got one coupon, and I should have paid separately then I would have gotten one free, and another coupon to use towards the rest of my polishes in a third purchase! Ok...I've watched too many couponing shows! Here is Revlon Minted!

The first coat looked terrible, but after a careful second coat, it was much better. I did three coats to achieve total opacity. This is a really pretty light mint green. I immediately think of my Essie Turquoise and Caicos when I try to think of a similar color in my stash, but when you look closely - they aren't really THAT similar. T&C is much more blue, though it too is a bright color in the teal/turquoise family!

Essie Turquoise and Caicos, for comparison

Minted

Then, I decided to top Minted with OPI Sparkle Teal Sunrise, which was an Ulta exclusive shade from this summer. I remember Ulta was doing a Buy 2 Get 1 OPI free, so I picked up Sweet Memories and I Lily Love You, and got this free! I think I grabbed Funky Dunkey on clearance too that day!

I LOVE this combination! The teal base to the glitter changes it to a beautiful turquoise color! And of course the iridescent glitter adds a really nice sparkle!

What do you guys think?

Playing Around!

I was just playing around with layering some random polishes last night and thought I would share a pic!


On my thumb is Petites black with OPI I Lily Love You, two coats
On my pointer is Petites black with OPI Sparkle Teal Sunrise, two coats
On my middle finger is Petites Pretty In Pink with OPI I Lily Love You, one coat
On my ring finger is OPI Sweet Memories with OPI I Lily Love You, one coat
On my pinky finger is just OPI Sweet Memories

I reallllly liked my thumb! Originally I was experimenting because I want to do a new pedi but couldn't decide on a color. I may do the black with Sparkle Teal Sunrise but I can't see myself keeping that on for a very long time so I may not. My middle finger inspired my franken from yesterday's post :)

Here is a close up of my lovely thumb!! I love the flakies and I love how the pink base in ILLY just totally disappears into the black polish and all you're left with is the gorgeous sparkles! There is a huge flakie towards the top right area, I was obsessed with it, haha! Anyways the shimmer gives it sort of an oil slick effect but not quite, which I like! :)

What do you guys think? (Sorry for the bad iPhone pics. I need to call Sony about my camera!)