#c tier

Today's polish is very interesting and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. It has a teal blue jelly base with lime green reflective glitter and purple metallic glitter. I love the base color and I love the sparkle from the reflective glitter. The main reason I wanted this polish though was for the purple metallic glitter and they get a little lost in the base color. It's very unique and had a good formula, but I don't know if I would be excited to reach for it again. This is What to Dew? from Cadillacquer.

Today's polish still has me wondering whether or not I like it. 😂 It has a pale yellow base with a large particle blue shimmer, but I would have bet money the shimmer had a pink shift to it. Head on you really only see the blue shimmer and it has a very frosty not-quite-metallic look to it. But at an angle you can really see the yellow base color show up. While wearing it I would go back and forth between thinking I was coming around to it, or absolutely sure I would destash it. I'm still not sure. 😅 This is Yellow Smelt Quartz from Emily de Molly.

Today's polish has left me with so many mixed feelings. 😭 I woke up this morning ready to write an absolutely glowing review of this purple jelly polish with blurple glow in the dark pigment. The glow is SO STRONG. You can see in the second and third row of pictures how it starts to glow LONG before you get it completely in the dark. It had a very thick formula that did not want to self level, but I was willing to look past it for how spectacular the glow in the dark effect was. However this morning after a taking shower, I noticed that the polish had turned a milky color where it touched my nail bed, leaving only my free edge the original jelly color. That's what you see in the last picture. I thought maybe it would go away as my nails dried but it did not. I have never had this happen with a polish before. I would definitely wear this again, but it was a bummer for sure. Ohh I also used a topper with bat, black circle and silver circle glitters. It was great. 😂 This is Wing it! from Orly over The Lost Boys from Paradox Polish.

Today's polish is a lovely blue. It has a turquoise base with a pink/purple iridescent micro-shimmer. The base color was pretty and played well with the warm toned shimmer. I feel like I'm super spoiled by how gorgeous the BKL Lion polishes are (see Lion skittle 1 and Lion skittle 2), so whenever I get a crushed holographic formula from this maker they don't quite compare. So this is very pretty, but probably not something I'd be excited to reach for again. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it though. This is Cowboy Tears from Holo Taco.

Today's mani is another one that's perfect for spring! 🌷🌸🪻The polish has a pink crelly base with a pink to gold microflake shimmer. While I completely recognize that this polish is gorgeous, by itself I wasn't super excited by it. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the polish though. It had a fantastic formula and was opaque in 2 coats. I ended up adding some stamped white flowers and then I was happier with it overall. I'm going to keep doing spring manis and see if I can find a way to wear them that I enjoy. 😅 This is Chiffon from Royla Lee.

Today's manicure was one I really liked in spite of thinking I was going to hate it. 😬 At this point we all know I'm not a huge fan of pastel polishes, so when I got this green as a mystery prototype, it sat in my untrieds for over 3 years. 😂 But today was its day! I have no official description, but what I'm seeing is a pale green crelly base with multicolored iridescent microflakes. By itself I didn't like it and thought I would destash it so someone who enjoys pastels could have it, but I decided to put a topper on it first. As far as chunky glitter toppers go, this one was pretty easy to work with. I had to fish some and do some individual placement, but that's normal with this kind of polish. It also had some scattered holo glitter and I loved the extra sparkle. The flower glitters laid nice and flat so there was barely any texture after a single coat of topcoat. Once the topper was on it I was surprised by how much I liked it! So all in all, a great spring mani for someone who hates spring manis. 😂 This is Garden Party Taco from Holo Taco over Proto Batch F from Rogue Lacquer.

Today's polish for me is riding that fine line between great and gross. 😂 First let's talk about the purple base color. It's advertised as a crelly, but it performed more like a cream. In one coat it was super streaky and uneven and in two coats it was fully opaque with no squishyness at all. And the multichrome crackle topper had a super thick formula. The green to gold to red multichrome shift in the topper was incredible though. I would like to try it again, although next time I'd put it over a different color. I wanted something dark that wasn't black and I thought this purple would fit the bill, but I wasn't happy with how these two looked together. What color would you pair with this? This is Arson from Rogue Lacquer over Just Vamping from Holo Taco.

Today's polish is warm and earthy. It has a wine red base with a red to green shimmer and holo flakes. It's a Lion sibling too so it had a fantastic formula and was opaque in two coats. At the end of the day I neither loved or hated this polish. I think it might look cool as a base polish for stamping. Maybe next time. 🤔 This is A Fever in the Night from Bee's Knees Lacquer.