Elizabeth Plaid

I've been gravitating to the shimmers and glitters in the first two pics. Thought I could try them over black, so I've indicated which gets what. Had to add more black for opacity, so they're not done.

Third pic is two jelly formulas from ILNP, Pink Lemonade (with glitter) and Malibu. One coat here; the gold glitter is pretty blinding. Looking forward to combining them later.

There's also a batch of black, each paired with a different glitter. I got attached to some of the ILNP sultry nude glitters, so I'm using 2 of those. The others are 2 pinks and a green; haven't worn any of them yet.

As for my hands, I'm not planning to finish it all tonight. I've got my base coats on and one pinky. There's a bottle by NCLA with Cyrillic script* but no other info. It's silver with rainbow shimmer. It will be a cool accent to the others as black with glitter, as mentioned earlier. (Saving the green for later. Spring green nails is over, sadly.)

*Bookmark with info is on the laptop. Not enough bandwidth today, so I'll try to include the link later.

=== I'm a little spaced out today, with the weather being either warm during the day and clammy at night. Still can't wear pj pants for sleeping; too uncomfortable. Sun allergy sensations are better, thankfully.

I think I mentioned it before, but some of my nail polish swatch sticks are deteriorating. I used a 20+ year old top coat, since it had helped with some smudgy/deviant colors. Now, it's turning to dust. Even when wipe it, the dust will return; thus, I know it's a chemical thing.

This gave me the chance to cull through my previous swatches. I made some redundant copies of colors and combos. So I added a coat of purple glitter over top, just to justify not having to scrap the whole thing. I was also trying to use NEARLY EVERYTHING as a sheer coat over stuff. A lot of the combos weren't worth keeping, but the experience was still good for learning.

Hoo boy, having the numbers assigned to the polishes made for easier notes. I wrote out a list of the "quarantined" ones: dusty ones, non-dusty ones that used the same top coat, and combos I don't like anymore. I also wrote out the numbered lists, so I have a physical copy of the numbers on-hand while I work.

Made sure which combos I want new copies of, if I can't salvage things. If all else fails, I can wipe them with acetone, I think. I have plans to swatch a lot of the glittery polishes from etooz over black. The black should cover things well, if the acetone clouds the plastic. It worked well on another thing I did, before I got the big box. ===

I sorted them with bare hands, trying to see if the ones that didn't seem dusty felt different. Didn't think to glove up before going to the dusty ones, and now I'm feeling the itchy consequences, ugh.

I washed my hand and gloved up, but it might be too-little-too-late. Def not doing my nails tonight. Probably going to stop soon, anyway. I've been working for about 4 hours or so. =====

Not quite related, but I started writing in a new notebook to document these nail polish notes. I must've gotten it in 2021 or earlier. It was the last custom-photo notebook I got from Snapfish, when I realized they no longer carried the A4 size and gave an A5 (smaller) instead. After that, I remember making a point to pick up A4 notebooks on my trip to NH. That trip was autumn 2021, so I must've gotten the smaller one before that.

It uses the photo of my doll Jude, posed with miniature knitting needles and the embroidered pillows I made. I have the same image on my calling card (business card, but just with my email and name).