Sparkled Beauty

This mani was supposed to be about Funky Fingers Under Mistletoe as it was the first bottle I pulled out of my melmer. But another bottle stole the show, love when that happens.

And that "evil" nail polish was Joe Fresh Jade. I have had Jade for quite a while now but haven't worn it. I bought it for the name first, reminded me of the jade bracelet I wore all through university. The colour is gorgeous too, don't get me wrong. It really shines on the nails.

So the story was I was going to paint my nails with Funky Fingers Under Mistletoe but thought it might be sheer, so I tested it on my accent nails.

And yes, it was sheer, 3 coats and still VNL. A beautiful chartreuse colour leaning toward yellow, lots of shimmers, but sheer. So I had to find a base colour for it. And Jade came to the rescue.

Among the Joe Fresh bunch I own, don't think I have come across a sheer shade ever. It's probably because the brand makes a lot of cream shades. Anyway, it took 2 coats for Jade to appear evenly pigmented, and I found myself loving it so much that I almost skipped Under Mistletoe on top of it. But here it is, with 2 coats of the chartreuse. It loos a lot sparklier IRL than what my camera can capture here.

It's always awkward to deal with the bottle shape of Funky Fingers nail polish, lol. It is a triangle with a long handle. My fingers didn't line up well along side of the bottle, so I helf the bottom side instead.

Hope you are enjoying a day off with Family Day/ President Day if you are lucky to live where these days are observed. My girl friend gave me a ride to the mall in the weekend for some shopping, so I'm in a happy mood. It's crazy what visitting my regular stores can do to my mental health, lol.

This is the second nail polish in Claire's "Venomous Villains" dupes: Poison Apple.

I showed you Evil Queen back in January, saying it wasn't a close dupe. Poison Apple is unfortunately in the same boat, as the beautiful gold sheen in the bottle didn't really transfer to the nails. Also the same case is that it is a pretty colour as Evil Queen, but should just represent itself, not a dupe of anything else.

A deep dark red, with random gold flash here and there, I wouldn't say no to that.

Still have no luck finding Venomous, supposedly the closer dupe to MAC than these 2 shades, so I guess these will do for now.

You might ask about the glitters on my accent nails. It is Funky Fingers Icicle Lights that I was lucky to get through a swap. Funky Fingers is the home brand at Five Below stores in certain states in the US.

If you say this shade looks familiar, I'd give you brownie points, as it is the exact dupe of the one and only - OPI Mad as a Hatter :) I didn't fall hard for glitters back when it was released, especially because OPI isn't cheap, so I'm glad I own Icicle Lights now.

This pic is without flash, so the colours are a bit more accurate.

My future investment for the blog would be a light box and a SLR camera of some sort for macro function. My camera drives me nuts not being able to focus better for close up pics. Just don't know when that would happen lol.

Hope everyone has a good half of the week. I heard that spring this year is supposed to be colder than normal, like we haven't had enough of that in the winter. No point to complain anymore, so I'll keep my positive thoughts in some (hopefully) feasible plans of travelling.

Don't forget to enter my Quo giveaway. They are truly some neat products that I hope you have a chance to try. Let me hear from you all!