HPB Presents Smoke Nail Art

Hobby Polish Bloggers (HPB) presents New To You, our theme for January.

My "new to me" is smokey nail art. I saw this done by Chalkboard Nails and thought it would be something possible for me to try. My nail art skills are fairly limited!  You can see the tutorial HERE.

My black base is Formula X Dark Matter and the smoke was made using Essie Absolutely Shore.  This was easy enough to do. I actually wore this as a full mani on both hands. I'm curious to try this using different colours to see if it still has the same effect.
Make sure to check out the rest of the posts below!
*nothing to disclose*

An InLinkz Link-up

I Love Nail Polish Birefringence Swatches

 Hey there! Hope you are all having an excellent day. Today I have a billion pics of I Love Nail Polish Birefringence to show off.

 This polish is an amazing blue to purple duochrome that has some sparkle in certain lighting. Hence all the photos. I'll admit, I freaked out a little after applying the first coat. It was really thin and streaky. However, I almost had full coverage with the second coat. I applied a light third coat because of a few lighter patches. All photos are with top coat.

Did you make through all those. You can see why I added so many. Such various looks to this polish. ILNP can be found HERE. The listing for this polish states that there are flashes of orange and red, but I admit that I didn't notice these. And bonus, this polish is in stock! ILNP also ships internationally. WooHoo! Thanks for putting up with me today. Hope to see you back soon.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Sweater Stamping Nails

I know sweater nails are everywhere, but I do like them!

My base for this mani is Barry M Prickly Pear. Stamping is done with Mundo de Unas Metallic Violet using MoYou London plate Fashionista 03.

I did enjoy this stamping. I love the similar colours together. It was a bit challenging to get the camera to pick it up, that's why the low light photos made the cut.
Thanks for the visit. Hope to see you back soon!

*nothing to disclose*

Powder Perfect Otherworld

Today I have swatches of Powder Perfect Otherworld. This polish is exclusive to Color4Nails.

Otherworld is a dark berry holographic with some sparse larger flakies. The formula was fantastic. This is two coats with a top coat. These photos were taken after I had been wearing it for a few days. There is some slight tip wear, but it wore really well.

I was really happy with this polish and was reluctant to take it off. It was just so pretty. As mentioned above, this is an exclusive Color4Nails shade. Unfortunately it appears to be out of stock. If interested, I would contact the store directly for information.
Thanks for the visit.

*purchased by me. all opinions are my own*

Nails Inc Bruton Mews and Whitechapel

Hello there everyone. I hope you've all had a great start to the new year. So far mine has been okay. Quiet, the way I like it.
Today I have two new Nails Inc polishes for you. Both of these were purchased from Sephora.

Bruton Mews is my base. It is a forest green creme. Very close to a one coater. Great application with no issues to report. This is part of the new Nails Inc Nailkale line. I should also mention that I have the Nailkale base coat and am in love with it. Just an fyi. I decided to top this with Whitechapel. This is a glitter topper with white mini bars, white hexes and lots of micro gold and holo glitter. This is ONE coat. No dabbing, fishing, swishing, etc. Super application with great coverage.

I have to say I love both of these! Nails Inc's rebranding has really impressed me. The big square bottles are super easy to deal with. Love the brushes. Great formulas for the ones I have tried. Super happy.
I hope you enjoyed. See you soon ;)

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*