No Name French Manicure

My nails have finally stopped being stubborn and broken and  have grown out a bit! This is the length I love having my nails at, and so I celebrated with a french manicure for this Monday! In an annoying twist, both of the polishes I used are unnamed. I did try out a new ridge filling base coat by Barielle that I got this week - so that's the only name I have to give you! Otherwise, the sheer purple shimmery base I used was an unnamed The Color Workshop polish, followed by an unnamed Love & Beauty polish for the glittery tips. 

It's not my favorite "french" tip that I've ever done... but it's good enough to kick this week off. What look are you sporting this Monday?

Love & Beauty - Yellow

 Many times I have walked in to Forever 21, considered buying one of their polishes, and then for some reason, decided against it. The other weekend I decided to finally go with my gut and pick some up. (Why not... they're only $2.80!) This very creatively named polish is called "Yellow", and I'm wearing three coats topped off with a coat of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri top coat.

I picked this color up because it is very unique when you see it in the bottle; it appears to be shimmery, with very small blue/green and pink glitter. However, once on the nail, that shimmer and glitter is hardly noticeable. I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with this polish.

Application was very goopy and frustrating, and even with three coats you can still see some nail line on my pinky finger, and inconsistency in coverage. Overall - kind of a bummer.

Love & Beauty - Unnamed Polish

I know it's spring and I should be wearing all sorts of fun pastels, but for some reason, today I was craving something more vampy. And that's where this beauty of a polish comes in. This is an unnamed Love & Beauty polish that I got in a set for my birthday about a month ago. It's a beautiful eggplant colored creme polish, it's a shame it doesn't have a name! Just two coats and it was good to go! It looks much more purple in the sun, but in the shade it tends to look brown or black. 

Normally I don't like to wear such dark colors, as my skin is obviously very fair and dark colors are such a contrast, but this polish gives me hope that perhaps I can branch out a bit more than I normally do. I think it would look awesome with some gold or bronze stamping over the top, but I was feeling lazy. Next time. :)