Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Finger Paints Blissfully Blue

They say that hindsight is 20/20, and "they" are right. In this case, anyway. For two reasons, a little planning would've changed today's nails so much. First, I got bored this morning (a day off! Woo!) and had some Fing'rs Edge nails I'd wanted to play around with... and even though my nails are pretty nubby (in comparison to how long I've been able to get them recently), they were not fitting properly. So I glued them all on, for about an hour, only to take 45 mins to soak them off later. Fail. Then, I decided to try out Finger Paints Blissfully Blue, which, if I'd thought a bit harder about, I would've waited to try until my Bundle Monster plates arrived (they've shipped! Can't wait!). I love stamping over pastel cremes. Hindsight. I should've just worn Zoya Charla like I planned.

Anyhow. Finger Paints. The only Finger Paints polishes I've felt compelled to buy were the Christmas 2009 LE's (couldn't find last summers LE's anywhere). They are all gorgeous and perfect, and wore like champs on me. I remember wearing Icy Iris to visit my fiance, and any polish that can make it through a day of packing, hauling luggage through 2 airports and a cab ride, without any sort of wear is pretty much amazing. So I've had good experience with the brand. As you'll see a few posts back, I recently bought a few of the new ones with the B2G1 at Sally's, as well as Blissfully Blue. I think this is LE (not certain), with a collection of 5 or so blue polishes I found on an endcap at my Sally's. It's the only one I felt like grabbing. The rest seemed unoriginal. The only reason this worked for me is that I'm fairly certain I don't have a straight up pastel blue. I do have Color Club Blue Light, but that's much starker (neon). I can't believe with all the pastel madness this spring that almost no one released a straight up pale blue (except Color Club, I guess, Take Me To Your Chateau). The formula on this was good: 2 coats, not perfect, but pretty darn good. Dried quickly. We'll see how the wear goes, I seem to have less luck with cremes than shimmers.

Blissfully Blue:






And, for good measure, with one coat of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure:



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Thanks for reading! :-)

5 comments:

  1. Love HT over Blissfully Blue- 2 of my untrieds. Can't wait to try this combo-so pretty!

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  2. I was just at Sally's , and I saw Blissfully Blue. I can't believe I didn't buy it! I love this color, and I think the combination with Hidden Treasure is so pretty. I definitely need to try it out!

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  3. Thank you both! It's funny, I'm pretty sure I never had a pastel blue before... Sure, I've got China Glaze For Audrey, but... it's got that blue-green quality. Love this one! I think it might be on clearance at some Sally's now too...

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  4. Really sweet color. I don't own a single Finger Paint. Will have to buy one or two or three some day.
    I have Audrey but haven't had a chance to try it yet. SO many polishes so few fingers. :)
    Susie

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  5. very pretty,
    it looks a bit like saran wrap mani

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