China Glaze Electric Lilac

Zoya Heather and Color Club Velvet Rope

I usually am in love with Zoya's formula... but they can be a hit or a miss. Their dark cremes are heavenly--I honestly think they can compare to high end polishes, like Illamasqua or Rescue Beauty Lounge's. But this one wasn't so hot on the application. Heather applied like what most pastels and whites do, It was a bit streaky and goopy. Few drops of thinner could fix this problem.. but the thinner I have right now isn't very good. I'm thinking about making a Seche Restore purchase soon.

Heather is a gorgeous light lavender creme. The color is so beautiful and lovely! It looks really delicate and pure. I'd say it'd look best on really tan or really fair ladies--I'm somewhere in the middle though :P Anyways, It's really pretty! I love it.

Here is Color Club's Velvet Rope, from their musique collection.

It's my favorite red shimmer. I have hundreds..(okay, maybe a few) of red shimmers but they never look this good on me! Velvet Rope makes my hand look really pale and white. The color itself is very bright and noticeable. Classic!

Purple & Pink Gradation Nail Art

Doing gradations on nails are surprisingly easy. It's just a few dabs with a sponge!

I usually use 2-3 colors for a smooth gradation. Also, topping them with glitters distracts from the minor mistakes and smudges. They look good! The glitter is NYC's Starry Night. It's only a buck each!

Tried it with a pink on the right hand. I don't think NYC Starry Night goes well with this color though. Those blue glitters look out of place!

Ink & Dark Purple Comparison

Yuki made a cameo on this one, he always likes to hang around whenever I apply polish. We get high on fumes together... :P

These L.A. Girls polishes on Forever 21 are addictive! I can never pass them up. Too bad they don't have specific names on them--I know they have it, they just like to give vague names to polish consumers like me! Anyways, I think the names are on F21's sites and on L.A. Girls website. It's just a bit annoying to track them down.

I'll call this L.A. Girl polish "dark purple (DP)" since that was the name written on the bottle.

DP and Ink are indeed very similar, but I think I like DP more! It's has more shimmer and is very pigmented. I could get away with only one coat when applied nicely. The pictures show 2 coats for DP and 3 coats for Ink.

Petites Black Amethyst

This was my first Petites! You can't beat that price for only a buck each. Black Amethyst has a purple shimmer in a black creme base. It needs a topcoat for gloss, though. This was 3 coats.