Untried Polish Challenge 16: Was a Gift...Also I'm Back!!!

Hey all!!
I've had some incredibly horrible nail breaks these last few months. There was blood. So yeah, I didn't feel up to blogging or even nail art in general!
I did manage to get some Pokémon themed nails in for Comic-Con. No pics, because it's the exact same thing I've done before!
Comic-Con, by the way, was a BLAST! I went with some really good friends and had a wonderful time. Already excited for next year!

Anyhow, here is [Finally!!] the last bit of my untried challenge!!

I don't have many bottles that were gifted to me, so I made use of just one! This will be a bit more of a swatch post, at that point. Oh well!

This is Borghese Marino. Raine at Lacquer Lily gave this to me back in the day. Thanks girl! Just now getting around to using it. And for a challenge! Does that make me less of a friend, or better because I was saving it for a special occasion?!

It needs more...But looking through my stash I realize just how few gift polishes I have, and then trying to find ones I haven't used?! Riiighhht.....

When in doubt...Mattify!

 I'm really down with the mattified look still. Is this look so last year? I don't care. =)

Super sorry about this short short post here! Short and incredibly simple! But now that my nails aren't non-existent (I say that with little to no exaggeration...), I'll be back in action with pretties for you very soon! =D

♥ Jonochi

Untried Polish Challenge 14 and 15: Glitter and Creme

Double today! That actually catches me up, too. YAY!
I'll keep this short. It's late, I'm tired.

These two untried polishes are glitter and creme!

This is Milani Silver Dazzle one coat glitter. And it was, too! I still did two coats, of course. It was fun because it dried with that glitter texture finish. I'm pretty sure I've had this polish for almost 2 years, so look at them being ahead of the game? Over the Milant, there are a few glitters of Essie Stroke of Brilliance that you can't see very well. I could NOT get a good pic. Oh well, it's decent enough for what it is!

Well, here is a good pic! This is our cremes. Butter London Toff and Julep Millie. Nails are almost too short for tips, but I haven't had tips in so long, I really needed it!

WOW! Just one more challenge in this UPC. We made it, guys! =D I may even have it up on what would have actually been the last day when keeping to the 3 day schedule. We'll see.

Short post? Yeah, maybe kinda I guess. Haha! ♥

Here are the other lovely participants!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

FYI - I will be having a blog sale soon! I just have to figure that out and get it running. Should be neato!

Untried Polish Challenge 13: In Season

Ugh...I've been sick with a cold all weekend. I'm so done with this =(
It's going away now, but I've still got a sinus infection and seriously stuffed up. My ears hurt...
The worst part is the aaallllmost sneezes. The sharp intake of breath, ticked nose and then...nothing. And then my eyes water like crazy. =/

Lighter news!!
This day of the challenge is 'In Season'. Here I picked a nice coraly-pink color. I am not sure about this polish, though.

 This is a Claire's mood changing polish. 3 coats. Can I say it? Im going to: Shitty formula. There is no other adjective that can describe it! (Goodbye, family friendly blog!) It dried with a rubber finish, which is fine, but not what I wanted at all. Even after 3 coats there is still drag. It's just...bad! This is at room temp. Just sitting on my nails a while. Definitely more cold than not.

 Here it is after running it under hot water.

 Cold water. Basically the same as the first pic. I'm really thinking room temp is the same as cold just because I was cold for the first pic. Yeah, probably it!

 I wanted that natural gradient look you see with most mood polishes. I had to cheat and use an ice cube on the tips after hot water. I had to move fast so I couldn't even dry my hands!

This is after a few pats on a towel and a few snaps of the camera. Probably all of 15-20 seconds after the previous pic. As you can tell, the darker is already fading to light. Sitting here typing this i do notice a TINY color difference. My fingers are no longer icy cold, so that helps I'm sure.


Other lovely participants! ♥

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Polish Challenge 12: Prettiest

Yay! Back on schedule...The one day late schedule, I mean. =D

Today is prettiest untried. Of course I have a holo that I've never used so that wins!I almost used this as most expensive, but it wasn't. Also it's the prettiest!

Butter London Fishwife is simply STUNNING! This takes 3 coats to get to this opacity. That's not terrible for a beautiful holo. The formula was a little inconsistent, but the finished product is so worth it!

 What's this?? I was blogging during the middle of the day? What is that strange natural light outside???

 Here it is in the lightbox, just so you can see it NOT in the sun!

The sun sure shows off the beautiful holo effect. Don't have any holos? Get down to Ulta and get this one! =D


Don't forget to check out the other participants getting ready to show off their prettiest untried polish!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Polish Challenge 11: Ugliest

Hey all.
late, yes. It's okay! This is for the ugliest untried polish. I'll keep it short, since I'm tired and should probably sleep soon!

Bar glitter is...Meh. The red is Nailtini Bloody Mary and the gold is Nailtini Millionaire. Both of these were in different Ipsy bags in the past. No no, the red isn't ugly at all. I rather like it! But this gold bar glitter is crazy. There are tiny little gold glitters init, as well as gold and blue/green (as in duochrome ish) bar glitters. Ever since I got it I've kind of hated it. Wearing it for a day has only a tiny bit changed that. Bar glitter isn't the worst thing in the world, but I definitely would pick something else!!

Anyhow, be sure to check out the others participating in this challenge! Good night! Or...Morning.

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Little update: I am STOKED to see this challenge is being used by others across the blogosphere! YAY!
However, I am kind of bummed...Some of the images being used are cropped down to just the challenges. =( The credits and "rules" (guidelines!) have been removed.
So, as you original challengees: I deem thee the rightful knights of protecting this challenge! If you see it being done by a blog but they are using a cropped or redone version of the challenge, link them back here and to the original picture!
Most likely they won't be the one who edited it. They'd likely enjoy having the full and credited version. ♥♥♥
Thanks so much for keeping the challenge going!

Untried Polish Challenge 10: Most Expensive

Yay, I managed to get this one up still only one day late! See how it's not midnight yet at my house? Yup, that's a thing.

Anyway, today is the most expensive untried I have. Masha picked this up for me in New York a while back. It's so pretty!

 This is a beautiful holographic purple. Fascination Street by Cirque. It sells for $15, and incredibly well worth the splurge! Support indies!!

The h9olo effect was hard for me to capture, but you can see it in the bottle fairly well. And OMG the sun. Do I have a sun pic? No, because it's midnight. But I did have the bottle in the sun, and like most holos, its absolutely gorgeous!!

So here I thought I'd do some underwater shots to get the effect. They didn't work so well, but this one turned out alright!

 Why is the surface of the water all ripply and covered with hair?

This. This is why.
Dr. Frank N. Furter is ON IT when he hears running water. He'll never go into it, but boy does he love to drink his water...

Other participants of the challenge. =)

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Polish Challenge 9: Cheapest

Wow. I really thought I would be on time with this one! But no, I actually am scheduling myself around being late, apparently. I thought today WAS the right day!! Oh well. Still just one day late, no biggie!!

Today I am showing my cheapest untrieds. This one was pretty hard, but I settled with a polish from the dollar store and a Wet n Wild. These are so untried, I haven't even used either brand on this blog.

This actually turned out really great!! I am very pleased with the results!

This is Wet n Wild Tickled Pink and L.A. Colors Pink Sizzle. I bought the WnW for a grab bag last year for my first nail polish party. I put a little WnW in everyone's bag, and this was a leftover. It's a cute pink, but it kinda clashes with my skintone, I think. These pics look fine, but IRL it's meh.
The L.A. Colors was during my phase of "Don't care what brand, GOTTA BUY!". Pretty sure I bought it at the little market next door to my mom's house. These are actually both really decent polishes, other than they both stink and for sure cannot be 3free! Well, maybe the WnW is, but still. I have yet to figure out why I discriminate against cheap polishes, I just do. I can't be the only one, right?? Other than they both needed one too many coats for my liking.

This mani was suuuper simple. Base of Ticked Pink, then I free handed the tips and covered the bad line with the holographic mirrored stripe tape(I have a hoop tape like that!). The accent was simply random striping tape covered with the Pink Sizzle.

Don't forget to check out the others participating in this challenge as well! I'm sure they are on time, too. =D

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Polish Challenge 8: Newest

Hey! Day late again. Oh well, at least I'm consistent!
Today I decided to recreate a mani that Missy from Gnarly Gnails had on. Only after I did it did I realize It could be way better. But it is still a fun design!! Hers are spaced much better than mine. Mine is super busy. Kind of a lot going on in the design with how many stripes I did.

You like blurry photos, right? :D

Here it is! This is Zoya Farrah and Josie. Farrah is a beautiful neutral, I love it so much! I just got it and Josie with the Zoya earth Day exchange. I only bought 5 bottles for myself with that. Crazy right?!

Anyhow, I will be redoing this mani again someday. I'll make less happeneing though. Also I'll use tape for the final coat over the stripe tape. That will make it look quite a bit better, I'd say.
I really love this tape design!!!

♥
Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish 

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Challenge Number 7: Oldest

Oh no! I'm late again!

Oh well. I still present you with a manicure!
Although, it's not  much to behold. xD

Bluuuurrrrrr......

Revlon Touch of Mauve is this nice neutral peach tone. It does have a slight shimmer finish , but the pics don't show that very well. It's sat since I bought it probably over a year or so ago. I've been missing out, yes?!?
To top it all off, I am using Orly Shine On [you] Crazy Diamond. I had a bottle of this that I messed with all over a fake nail trying to get a holo look. I swear I remember it more glitter dense. Perchance this bottle is older then the one I originally had. What I mean is that I had this polish, and swapped it out in a swap basket (Now my lovely roomie owns it, I'll have to invade her stash to compare the formulas). I got it back from someone else in the swap. Also it smells more chemically. So yes, I'm thinking it's an older bottle! No big deal. I feel like I have to own this polish for the name! =)

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure these two polishes aren't exactly the oldest bottles I own, but this challenge was super hard!! In the end, I'm sure I have a few Sinfuls that are much older and unused. But there you have it. =D

♥♥

Other beautiful participants!
Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish 

Untried Challenge Number 6: Cool

Hey! A day late on this one, my internet was down yesterday after work. Boo.

I'll keep this post short seeing as I have to be to work in a few minutes.

The bottle I'm holding is Cirque Planet Caravan. I have always felt that purples are cool colors, because it's a secondary color of blue and red, it could really go either way. So to make it more cool I've added Essie Dive Bar gradient. Now there is no doubt it's cool. Also a little sticker. Because it needed something!!
One pic today. It was hard to capture the subtle gradient in multiple angles, so this works just fine. =)

I'll have some super great swatches soon of some super great polishes I just picked up. Stay tuned!

♥♥

[edit]  I missed the list of participants somehow...

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish 

Untried Challenge Number 5: Warm

Hey friends! Late post today, sorry about that! But I got it in before midnight, YEAHH!

It's was the boyfriend's graduation ceremony today, so that was a bit more important than nails. His department color is orange(engineering), so this mani is fitting. =) YAY congrats to him!

Anyhow, I experimented with different places in my house for lighting today, and I've come to a conclusion!! I need a new light box. =/

The pictures aren't too bad actually. The top one is so pretty! That is definitely my favorite pic style for nails. Too bad that huge glare takes away from art. But simple things like this are perfect!

This is Sation Sunset Silk, and accent as Zoya  Tanzy. The Sation is a pearly finish, so I used the sponging technique for the last layer. Streaks are gone!! Thank you SO much for telling me that trick. I can like my pearl finishes now! =)

I think I got the Sation last summer, and Tanzy like 2 weeks ago. Hey, that counts!!

♥♥
Check out the others participating in this fun challenge!!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors

Untried Challenge Number 4: Neutral

Hey all! How are you on this fine evening?
I am amazing! My favorite band played a concert on Sunday, and I am still giddy from that. Any MSI fans out there? I touched Jimmy's face... My life is complete.

Oh, so nails!! This untried challenge is Neutral! I used 2 lovelies on this one. Check it out!

Whhatttt? I was outside during the DAY?!? That's new for me. Taking nail pics outside is hard. I paint my nails at 1am. =/

This is Zoya Kennedy and Flowie. Flowie is the bottle I am holding, the lighter of the two. Striping tape gradients are always so much fun! I'm glad to have finally gotten to use these two lovely colors. And they look great together!

Bonus for you today. While I was outside, Hamlet decided to pay me a visit while taking pictures. He's such a sweetie!!!

Short post today, gotta get over to Masha's house to do stuff that bloggers do when they aren't blogging! Speaking of her, check out the others who are participating in this challenge!!!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors

Until next time! ♥

Untried Challenge Number 3: Three Colors

Hey everyone. Today's mani has got me super bummed. There is so much polish on my nails it looks like I've got short, stubby acrylics! But I decided to go with it anyway. Can't have everything right, can we. =(


This challenge is to use 3 untried colors. I also decided to do another design I've never done. Clouds!!!

My apologies to those with brighter/ higher contrast monitors. The pink looks great on my lappie, and my phone, but is REALLY blinding at work. Hope it looks ok for you! =)

 

 This is Orly Fowl Play, China Glaze Pink-ie Promise, and Venique Sugar on Hi-Platforms. The Fowl Play was the WORST idea for a base. It looks so darn good in the bottle, but is far too sheer. I had to have 3 coats minimum for it to be opaque enough. That with the two other colors for clouds. I should have stopped while I was ahead, but eh. You can see in the pics how much polish is on my sad little nails. =(

BUT, The design is just fine, and the colors(mostly) are lovely. Are you digging that bright pink? Stay tuned for some more Venique swatches from the Sweet Little Addictions collection!!!

(Wow, look, I'm not even complaining about my pics today! =D)
((Even though I really could be...))|

Don't forget to check out the other ladies participating in this challenge!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Untried Challenge Number 2: Two Colors

Hey all! It's the second challenge YAY!
Don't forget, this is an "Every Third Day" challenge.

This calls for two colors from my untried stash. I'm loving seeing all of the interpretations of what this challenge means. Others took 'one color' as say, blue, and used multiple shades to do their challenge. I love that! Not what I had in mind, but it's correct, nonetheless!

I love how many are joining in on this challenge! I'll get you all tagged, I promise!
OH! And if you are doing to challenge with me, double check my list of other bloggers(end of post), as it has grown. =)

Onto the nails!

WOWZA! I am so pleased with this picture! I don't know what it is about the glare making it so you can't even see the design, but I LOVE it!!

 This one too, but not as much. These were right under a florescent lamp, with flash. The rest aren't as fancy.

I don't know what it is with me...Sometimes my pics look great, other times I wish I just never took any...These pics are wonderful, though. =)

The two colors here are both China Glaze. We have Dress Me Up from the Hunger Games collection(I'm still missing a few of those... Sadface.) as the bottle I am holding. Side-Saddle is the deep purple shimmer, although it looks brown in the bottle. No biggie! I bought Side-Saddle within the first few months of having my blog. I can't believe it's gone unused for so long; It's so pretty! As far as Dress Me Up, I knew I loved it. I just never got around to using it.

Bonus! This is also an untried design! I've never done interlocking dots before. It was kind of a challenging design. It's hard to judge where to put the initial dots so that your second color fits well enough. You'll notice the different sized dots along the middle. Oh well!

Don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies doing this challenge with me:

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

 

Until next time!
♥Jo

PS - For those of you who were unfortunate enough to see my last post, I've redone pics for it. They are a million times better and still show the color. check that out. =)

Untried Challenge Number 1: One Color

Hey everyone! I'm VERY excited to start my new challenge with some lovely lacqueristas!

I recently posted this challenge and a few others are joining me. It's going to be awesome!!! So PLEASE check out the other lovelies who will be joining in on this fun.

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Here is Challenge Number 1. This just calls for one color: one untried polish. It's a very simple way to start out a new challenge. As I'm looking over my collection, I realize just how hard this is going to be. I have tons of untrieds, but also MANY that I've simply swatched. Sometimes it's hard to remember (if only I had a blog archive or something...). If picking even one color so far has been this difficult, I see a lot of challenging fun ahead! =D

[edit] New pictures. I'm sorry you even had to see the other pics. =)

I think it was untried for a reason! Scherer Chameleon Sky Blue. I bought it >1 year ago. It sat there in its bottle separating and looking all duochromey. I was just never that attracted to it! After applying it I was right to not be. The formula is ok, but seems to dry a bit too fast for my slow application. I have never liked the look of the pearly finish, because it always streaks... Streaks make my pictures look worse!

IRL, the color is nice, and the duochrome is actually pretty decent. I had to apply multiple coats of Seche Vite to smooth out the look of my nail's ridges. Usually a polish will do that for me, but this one shows every flaw in my nails![edit] As seen in these new pics, I redid this swatch with a coat of SV under the polish and over the base. MUCH better!

Overall assessment: This will probably be a one-time-use polish, to be perfectly honest. =(

Looking forward to the next challenge!

♥Jonochi