Hard Candy - Zombie

I feel like I post more about why I'm not posting than I do with actual content! I'm trying to get all of my nails to the same length right now, and they're pretty close. My index finger looks a lot longer in these photos, but trust me, it's really not. My camera is close to death so I snap 800 photos and pick out whatever photos come the closest to "focused." These are all the usable ones I got today. -_- Hurry up, tax refund! I need that pretty new camera!



Hard Candy Zombie is a really pretty glitter, but it turned out super lumpy for me. I had to use 5 coats (5?! Yep. It's a glitter, so I'll allow it...) and the formula was strangely thick for a glitter, so I guess everything just turned into goopy bumpland. My index finger came our especially uneven. Seche caused some tip shrinkage, too. Blah.



Zombie was a limited edition Halloween Wal-Mart exclusive release last year.




Tomorrow is my birthday! I'll be 24. We don't have any birthday plans because real life plans have taken over. My little girl has a pre-op physical in the morning, then we have to go view a new apartment in the early afternoon. We found black mold in our current apartment and the health department told me they can't do anything about it. Actually, they said "What's the name of your complex? Oh...uh...we can't help you at this time." Right. Now we have massive water damage to our front wall and the management just wants to paint over it. My husband manages a home improvement store. He has seen this kind of damage before. The building needs a new wall.

We've got to get out of here.

One more thing! I'm still gathering goodies for my eventual 100 follower giveaway. I think you guys are really going to like this stuff!

Hard Candy - Sky

Let me preface this post by saying that Sky broke my heart. I read that it can be difficult to apply and can be quite thin and sheer. I bought it expecting this. I can deal with thin and I can deal with sheer. My bottle was a gigantic goopy mess. The problem might be fixable with thinner, but I don't own any right now. The color didn't really work on me, anyway. These photos show ONE coat.







I always aim to put coats of polish on my nails thinly. There was no such thing as a thin coat with this stuff. It was as if I'd had this bottle sitting in a drawer for 15 years and tried to put it on without shaking it. As it was drying (which really didn't take very long for such a thick substance) bubbles popped up everywhere and thin bits of polish oozed out around the bottom of my nails. It was pretty gross and weird. On top of all of that, the pretty blue shimmer in the bottle did not translate to the nail at all.

I think I got a mutant bottle. :(

Hard Candy - Beetle

I haven't had a whole lot of time to do my nails lately, so this is the first polish post I've been able to do in a while. I still have a lot to do today so I had to rush the application a little. Apologies in advance for the polish all over my skin, and for the deplorable state of my cuticles.



Hard Candy Beetle is said to be a dupe of Orly Space Cadet. I don't own any Orly polishes, so I can't compare them myself, but based on other photos I have seen it's safe to say that they're basically the same. Beetle took three coats to achieve opacity and cover some bald spots that appeared after the second coat. It took a little while to dry, so I ended up with a few smudges and dents, but that was my fault, not the polish.







Beetle is absolutely gorgeous. Definitely a favorite!


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