Icing glitter polish haul

Yesterday, I was at my local mall and decided to pop into Icing to see if they had any nail polish that caught my eye. I don't stop by here or Claire's too often but have purchased polish there in the past. Since I hadn't checked there in months, I wanted to see if they had anything interesting and I didn't leave empty-handed!

There were some new neon colors for Summer which looked promising but I was on a mission for glitter and my efforts did not go unrewarded! I was able to score 6 new bottles of polish for less than $22.00 - they were having one of their usual BOGO 50% off sales.

I think I'll go back and check out the neon colors soon - there are some glitters in that collection that look promising.

On to the haul! First thing's first -- group pose!!!

L - R: Pop A Bottle, Lemme See Your Peacock, Teal Me I'm Awesome, Glitterati, All Night Long, After Party

Pop A Bottle is a dense champagne gold, aqua and magenta micro-glitter in a clear base. This is a really pretty color and I was able to get full coverage in two coats. I think this would look great with a bright bold lipstick for summer! I can totally see this with M.A.C's Girl About Town - HOT.

Pop A Bottle
Lemme See Your Peacock is jam-packed with emerald green micro and hex glitter, shot through with magenta and aqua hexes in a clear base. Despite the larger glitter, it doesn't cover completely with two coats. I don't mind though, as I think this would look poppin' with an opaque emerald or hunter green shimmer as a base. Shimmery teal would look nice, too. And it's a proven fact that if I so much as even look at this color *BOOM* - Katy Perry is stuck in my head without fail!

Lemme See Your Peacock

See the rest of the colors after the cut!



Teal Me I'm Awesome was a bit of a challenge to apply - the clear base is much too gel-like and I had a hard time keeping these glitter pieces on my nail. I wound up patting most of it into place for these two coats. Despite the difficulty, I love this because I don't have anything else like it. The application issues are annoying but I like the color enough to put up with it. I think it would look really pretty over black or layered between something sheer for a jelly sandwich effect.

Teal Me I'm Awesome
Glitterati is my favorite color of the bunch. It consists of magenta hexagonal glitter and prismatic silver micro glitter in a clear base. It distributes pretty evenly (no manipulation needed!) and while it doesn't cover completely in two coats, it can be layered. Something about this is telling me to layer it between a sheer gray.

The prismatic glitter in this is stunning. I wasn't able to capture the effect with the camera in focus, so I added a super blurry shot that shows it a bit better.

Glitterati

All Night Long is a deep cobalt blue micro glitter with silver and cobalt blue hexagonal glitter in a clear base. This doesn't cover completely in two coats but almost. Like Lemme See Your Peacock, it would look best over a similar shade of blue in a either a cream or shimmer. I might try layering this with Julie G's Dance In the Dark.

All Night Long

Lastly is After Party, a clear base with flaky glitter in gold, lavender, rust orange and aqua. I like this color but I think it needs a little something...maybe some smaller glitter or a shimmery iridescent base.

After Party
Something about this one just says Little Mermaid to me. I mean, look at it. You have gold sand, Ariel's red hair, her purple clam shell top and her teal-green tail. Tell me I'm wrong! Here's a comparison shot, LOL!

Until next time,
xoxo
J