Summer of Untrieds Day 4: Red, White & Blue

Good morning all!  Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans, hope you have a wonderful day full of BBQ, boating, hiking, camping, beaching, swimming, tanning, gambling, traveling, watching fireworks or doing whatever it is you do to celebrate our nations independence.  I am enjoying time with my family and visiting Mickey Mouse.  I'm also meeting up with my little brother for dinner because today happens to be his birthday (yay fireworks for him every year)!   Of course I have patriotic nails on and what a coincidence, Day 4 of Summer of Untrieds (#summerofuntrieds) is Red, White and Blue!  I have on 3 untrieds in this mani, yay me!  But this post is also a twofer and is part of a linked post with other bloggers who did Independence Day manis!  Hope you enjoy your day and my mani!  

I started this festive mani out with 2 coats of Sheswai Honeyfox on my index and thumb nails.  Holy heck this red is one shiny and juicy beauty!  Honeyfox had an absolutely fantastic formula.  Now I want to buy all the Sheswai (damn, untried challenge is about to backfire on me as I buy all the Sheswai).  I used Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Tight Knit, a tiny bar glitter topper full of matte white and royal blue bars.  I used 2 coats of Tight Knit.  I am personally a fan bar glitters, they are so fun and look neat and take on the important role of the stripes in this mani.  Moving on, I use Smitten Polish Nimbus on my middle and pinky nails.  Nimbus is my favorite "white" holo because it has so little grey in it, it actually does show up as white.  Perfect formula and application on Nimbus.  Lastly, on my ring fingers, I used 2 coats of Zoya Sunshine, a navy blue texture polish and topped it with hand drawn stars using OPI Solitaire.  I used topcoat on all but the textured nails.  And phew...done!  

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Good morning all!  Hope your Friday is going by quickly and you can start your weekend without a hitch.  I am hanging with my kids and watching the Italy vs. Costa Rica soccer match.  I'm a big soccer fan, I love to play and watch, so the World Cup is always an exciting event for me.  So while I watch I thought I'd share this post full of gorgeous polish with you!  The polish in this post is a random assortment from different collections, old and new and some customs.  Hopefully it whets your appetite for the upcoming Summer 2014 that I'll have posted on Monday (possibly later tonight).  So let's jump in and enjoy some polish!

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Let's start this off with a polish I won a long time ago...I Want It Now.  Hello beautiful, I'm sorry I neglected you for so long!  I Want It Now is a polish packed full of green, blue and holo microglitters in a tinted green jelly base.  This polish is so sparkly and blingy it's hard to look away!  Formula and application were both great.  I used 3 coats of I Want It Now and 1 layer of topcoat.  This is an older polish and isn't available anymore.

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This gorgeous polish is Pigment of My Imagination.  It's a fabulous purple with blue undertones and a buck ton of green shimmer.  In the bottle it's definitely blue, but once on the nail it's purple.  Such a little trickster!  The first coat is pretty sheer but Pigment of My Imagination did build up nicely.  I ended up using 4 coats and no topcoat for the pictures below.  Pigment of My Imagination was a custom color and is not available for public purchase.  

Jamaican Sunset is the most fabulous hot pink linear holo that I own.  It's amazing and bright and happy and perfect.  There is a bit of an orange undertone in there that helps with the glowy-ness of the polish.  Formula and application were both awesome.  I used 3 coats and no topcoat.  Jamaican Sunset is another custom color that is not available for purchase.  

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 Is it coral?  Is it pink?  Coral-I-See is so gorgeous does it matter?  Nope.  This beautiful blended color is the most amazing summery shade of coral/pink and it's packed full of pink, purple and gold shimmer.  Coral-I-See had perfect formula and coverage.  I used 3 layers and no topcoat.  And I know you are going to be mad, but Coral-I-See is yet another custom color that isn't available for purchase.  

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Ahhh, you know I love my yellow polish and yellow holo holds a special place in my heart.  It's just so darn sunshiney and happy.  This is Sunny Side Up, a bright golden yellow linear holo.  It's just so cheerful I am smiling looking at my pictures.  Formula and application of Sunny Side Up were both fabulous.  I used 3 layers and no topcoat.  Sunny Side Up is currently available to purchase.  

Much like many a polishaholic and holo fan girl, I am always on the hunt for a pure white linear holo.    I have to say Nimbus is the closest I have come across in my search.  Noelie describes is at "somewhere between white and very light dove grey."  Nimbus is a beautiful and very refreshing shade.  The formula was much creamier than I expected (as other "white" holos I have tried are on the sheer side) and coverage was great.  You can easily use 2 coats of Nimbus but for pictures sake I used 3 and no topcoat.  Nimbus is currently available to purchase.