Bold Leopard Print Nail Art!

Good morning, readers! If you've been following along with us Digit-al Dozen ladies for the past year, you'll know that the sweet and very talented Leslie from Work Play Polish was also part of our group. She has decided that the direction we are headed isn't one she can join along for and has stepped down to continue on her own blogging path. We are going to miss her tons and are sad to see her leave. Today is a very special post day dedicated to Leslie!

Blue Creme Comparison!

*The Milani in this

post was previously 

sent  as a 

Press Sample.

Hello, readers! I have a comparison post for you today. If you read my review of the new Milani Fantastical Plumage Collection, you will remember that I said that Peacock reminded me of other polishes I had and a comparison would be coming. Well, here it is!

These are all from recent collections. I see this happen so often!

OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, Zoya Rocky, Milani Peacock, and Sinful Shine At Sea.

Here are my comparison photos. All are 2 coats with no top coat. There may be the slightest bit of difference but nothing I could see in person.  I've already passed 2 of these along to other nail polish lovers. No need to keep them all! 

Basically, they all look the same to me. If you want to go with the best bargain, Sinful Shine is your winner. 

Retail prices for these:

$9 OPI Can't Find My Czechbook

$8 Zoya Rocky

$4.49 Milani Peacock

$2.99 Sinful Shine At Sea

Do you have any of these? Thanks so much for reading! 

My First Skittlette! Elevation Jengish Chokusu, Nararsuk, and Sinful Alfresco!

Good morning, readers! I have a really fun mani to show you today. I recently saw that Marta from ChitChatNails did a guest post over at So Nailicious with a bit of a tutorial on how to create your own "skittlette look." The term was new to me so I really loved reading the how-to and wanted to recreate my own! Here is a little excerpt from the tutorial so you get the general idea:

"skit·tle·tte: Not quite a full skittles look, a skittlette manicure is one with at least two different accent nails.  Pick any formation you wish, but for a true skittlette at least two nails need to be the same (the others can all be different) OR two pairs of identical nails and a different nail."

You can see the full post HERE

The best part of the skittlette for me is that I can use three(or more) untried polishes and it won't take as long as doing nail art on the entire hand because I can do it on 2 nails instead. There are tons of possibilities and I grabbed three untried polishes that I felt complimented each other well and set to work.

Two of the polishes were new-to-me Elevation Polishes: Nararsuk and Jengish Chokusu. The third is Sinful Shine Alfresco. 

Thumb: three coats of Elevation Jengish Chokusu.

Index: two coats of Sinful Shine Alfresco.

Middle: gradient with Jengish Chokusu and Alfresco, topped with one coat of Elevation Nararsuk.

Ring: gradient with Jengish Chokusu and Alfresco, topped with one coat of Elevation Nararsuk.

Pinky: three coats of Elevation Jengish Chokusu.

I even tried out Marta's hand pose for the skittlette:

I love the glitter combo in Nararsuk! It is definitely unique in my large glitter collection.

Bottle shot of Elevation Polish Nararsuk.

What do you think of my first Skittlette? I super loved it and wore it for a few days! I can't wait to come up with more combos to try. Thanks for reading!

You can purchase Elevation Polishes here: http://elevationpolish.bigcartel.com