Hard Candy Crush On Tin

OK, so this is my first Hard Candy polish... I decided I needed to get at least one after 3 of my friends (and I dont have all that many friends to begin with, so I can basically/truthfully say ALL of my friends) were wearing Crushed Chromes. Two of them were wearing Crush On Lava, the other was wearing Crush On Caribbean. I like Crush On Caribbean but I have too many polishes that look exactly like it... and when I looked at the huge Walmart display I was drawn to Crush On Tin (and Little Hottie, but we'll save that for another time).

This is a GREAT polish, I am very pleased to say the least. It went on very smooth, had good coverage and consistency  It wasnt so thin that it flooded the cuticles but it wasnt so thick that it was sticky.

This polish has a great luminescence to it. It sparkles but also has depth. I think of it as more of a black/gold chrome polish. My boyfriend saw it in passing and said "wow" and I wasnt even showing him my nails!

But that was last night and today I got bored. I wanted to see it matte and I am SOOOO glad that I did because it has a rich-ness to it now that it did not have before. It became so smooth and velvety.

And because I couldnt leave well enough alone I used Shandy plate SH23 to put some sort of abstract gold design on it with Orly Luxe.

I know everyone is all in a tizzy for Crush on Lava, but in my opinion if you buy just one polish from the Crushed Chromes set make it Crush On Tin; you will not be disappointed!

})i({ -Amy

Ruby Wing Eclipse and Sephora by OPI It's Real 18k Gold Top Coat

I may have put pictures of this into one of my Photo Dumps before... But I kinda like this polish. I really want to get Ruby Wing Moonstone (I havent gotten around to it), but Eclipse is nice and understated.

For Christmas, Boyfriend got me the 18k topcoat because I refused to buy OPI The Man With the Golden Gun (too rich for my blood). I like how the flakes are super small in this one... it makes for a nice accent.

Pretty, right?

This is before and after sunlight... the after usually gets a bit darker, but it is super cold outside and I cheated and used indirect light from the window. But you can tell there's a difference (just remember its usually a much bigger difference)







Eclipse is a bit streaky but evens out mostly after the second coat and this is two generous coats. Its nice, but no one would ever notice it but yourself. The top coat on the other hand is beautiful!!! I love the little flecks of gold. It goes on really smooth (this is one coat), it dries quickly but a bit rubbery, and it lays flat...

Do you have any solar color changing polishes? Maybe a better one (dont hold out on me)!

})i({ -Amy