School’s been out for some time and I figured that I needed to keep myself busy somehow. <Enter the idea of cataloging my entire stash on ‘nail popsicles’>. This was inspired by one of the girls on the MUA nail board – Michelyne at Enamel Coated. I hope she doesn’t mind that I did it with my collection as well! The majority of this was done during those two killer weeks of hot weather. I couldn’t help thinking of this little project as a factory churning out popsicles in heaps of  different flavours.

The end result

The raw materials

The assembly line

Intermediate stages of production

Ready for some flavour!

A progress pic

This was a pretty good exercise considering over three quarters of my stash is comprised of polishes that I haven’t gotten around to trying yet. I just can’t wear them in time and this was a good way to try them all.  Not only this but I made a few useful observations along the way:

  • Color Club polishes applied very well. They’re an awesome bang for buck lacquer and I could like them just as much as my OPIs.  I just wish my source had more of the colours. I think I mentioned somewhere that the majority of the ones on display tend to be on the safe side. This being said though, I still managed to pick up a bunch of really cool colours… I just want access to more of them!
  • Throughout the project I learnt what effect the glass bottle has on a polish. I think I can say that I now have a pretty good idea of  how a colour is going to look like on the nail.
  • I also have a feel for each different brush now and I just have to say it… I love the OPI ProWide! What can I say? I’m just a part of the new generation!
  • OPI – Here Today… Aragon Tomorrow reminded me of mum’s pandan food colouring. It smelt sooo good, if only the polish smelt that way too! I just loved the way it looked at one coat – all jelly…  and green… Hmm, I think I may be talking Nars Zulu here! But let’s not go there… I have some how managed to resist the lemming of this colour and would prefer to keep it that way considering how elusive it is!
  • China Glaze – Flying Dragon dries matte… WTF! 8O Maybe this is old news but it was an interesting learning curve for me! I’ve only ever seen pictures of it with a glossy finish. Welcome, Flying Dragon,  to my collection as my first neon ever.
  • I keep my nails short because I like the way they look and generally because they stay out of the way. Not only this, but this exercise has made me realise how much more effort painting longer nails requires – as you can see in the pics, the false nails I used were looooonnnng. There was just so much more to contend with like drag and having to load the brush up with alot more polish. Nubbins for me, for life, YO!

I also got around to doing some comparison wheels:

Blues and Reds. Damn it, I have too many similar dark blues!! … and reds. I have to admit, this exercise was just to reassure myself that the colours are different! “There is justification for owning all of them!”.