Red Dog Designs Lucky Charms, China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On + a Shamrock

I posted a huge St. Patrick's mani fest this morning (link to the post here).  But I still wanted to share the mani I actually wore today.  I started it out with 2 coats of China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On.  KCPO was recently released with the Avant Garden collection.  It's a gorgeous pale mint green with shimmer. KCPO applied very nicely and was self leveling.  Then (you were waiting for that right, because you know I can't just leave things be) I added 2 coats of Red Dog Designs Lucky Charms.  Lucky Charms is a magically delicious mix of green hexs, green micro glitter, gold "coins" and rainbow colored hexs.  Perfection for St. Patrick's Day!  Like all the other Red Dogs I have worn, the glitter came out easily and lay flat on the nail.  Because I wanted to feel even more festive I free handed a shamrock on my accent nails.  I used Zoya Verushka for the shamrocks and didn't wait long enough so you will see a couple smears.  Sad.  I used 1 layer of topcoat to finish the mani.  
You can purchase China Glaze and Zoya at your local beauty supply stores and online retailers.  Red Dog Designs is available on both Big Cartel and Etsy.  Be sure to follow Red Dog Designs on Facebook for collection and new product updates!

St. Patrick's Day Polish Spam!

It seemed to be quite a popular post when I queued up several manis for Valentine's Day so I'm back with a post chalk full of green polishes.  I picked several different finishes to show off: glitter, holo, shimmer, flakie, textured, creme and color shifting!  I will give a brief description of each mani combination before the pictures.   I hope you enjoy looking at all the pictures.  Here we go!

1. Zoya Pixie Dust Vespa.  Soft sage green.  Textured.  2 layers, no topcoat.

2. Eliana Trevo da Sorte and Pure Ice Sheer Luck.  Trevo is a pistachio green creme.  I used 2 coats.  Sheer Luck is dense green micro glitter with blue and purple diamonds.  I used 1 coat, then 1 layer of topcoat. 

3. China Glaze L8R G8R.  This is from the OMG, 2009.  So everything from this collection is very hard to find and pricey.  L8R G8R is a light lime green with gorgeous linear holo.  I used 3 thin coats and no top coat.

4. Dior Lime and Red Dog Designs The Temptress.  Lime is a very beautiful lime green creme with subtle hidden shimmer.  I used 2 coats.  I accented 1 nail with 1 coat of Red dog Designs The Temptress - a gorgeous tone on tone green glitter bomb.  1 layer of top coat on the accent nail only.

5. Illamasqua Radium and Femme Fatale Keeper of the Grove.  I started with 2 coats of Radium, a shimmery neon green.  I accented 2 nails with 2 coats of Keeper of the Grove, a neon green glitter with other neon colored glitters sprinkled in (including pink circles!  Yay!).  I layer of topcoat.  

6. Cult Nails Feelin' Froggy and Darling Diva Polish Bonnie Lassie.  Here I started with 2 coats of Feelin' Froggy, a pretty shimmery kelly-ish green.  I then dabbed Bonnie Lassie on the tips of all nails.  1 layer of topcoat.

7. wet n wild Poison Ivy and Sinful Colors Green Ocean.  Poison Ivy is very dark and pigmented deep hunter green with shimmer...I only needed 1 coat for full coverage.  I then used 1 coat of Green Ocean, a green/blue/aqua shifting flakie polish (how could I not used Green Ocean in this post?!).  1 layer of topcoat.

8. OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow and Ninja Polish Alexandrite.  HTAT is a blackened hunter green creme.  I used 2 coats (but should have used 3).  I then used 1 coat of Alexandrite (which is not currently available).  Alexandrite is a gorgeous green/purple/aqua color shifting polish.  1 layer of topcoat.

9. Last but not least - not a green polish, but so very fitting for today!  The Nail Junkie Pot o' Gold!  Inspired by the black pot full of gold at the end of the rainbow.  This is a very lovely black crelly-ish base full of gold microglitter and gold circles (coins).  I used 3 coats and 1 layer of topcoat.  

Darling Diva Polish Bonnie Lassie + Orly Melodious Utopia

St. Patrick's Day is coming up soon and I'm getting in the spirit with green nails, green mustaches (for my kids of course), shamrock shakes and a box of LE Lucky Charms with only green shamrock marshmallows (also for the kids - I swear)!  I'm also excited to show you my first St. Patrick's Day polish of the year!  

This green glitter beauty is Darling Diva Polish Bonnie Lassie.  Bonnie Lassie is really fun and definitely makes you feel like you are celebrating the occassion!  Though it would also be a fun polish for the entire year.  BL has a plethora of glitters mixed into a clear base: green and holo hexs, white bars, white hexs, large sheer white hexs and green micro glitter.  The glitters came out easily and spread on the nail well.  No clumping and everything lay flat on my nails.  I layered Bonnie Lassie over 2 coats of Orly Melodious Utopia.  This is from the up and coming Hope and Freedom Fest collection and I will be reviewing the entire collection next week.  1 layer of topcoat for smooth and shiny nails!

You can purchase Darling Diva Polish Bonnie Lassie in the etsy store.  Be sure to follow Darling Diva Polish on Facebook for updates.  

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*the Darling Diva Polish was provided for my honest opinion and review.

*the Orly was won from a giveaway