The Lacquer Legion: Garden

Hey guys! I'm home from sunny Florida! Did you miss me? Just kidding, I know you did.
I have been crazy busy ever since my plane touched down though, because my university convocation was this week! I am an official graduate. However my univeristy career is far from over... It's back to the grind right away to hopefully get accepted into a masters program. I think I'd stay in school forever if I could, just to delay full adulthood.

I scrambled just now to put a post together for this month's Lacquer Legion prompt, because I don't wanna miss a month!
The theme is Garden, so we could all take inspiration from our lovely spring blossoms for this month's post... Except Newfoundland did not get that memo and we have no spring and certainly no gardens. The temperature is practically below freezing. I came home from Florida for this?!

Anyway, I decided to do a really simple floral manicure with ye old flower technique that I used to do when I was like 10! Mostly because it would allow me to do a manicure in less than 10 minutes because that was all the time I had if I wanna get this post up before midnight! (Plus I had to do it during the intermission of the hockey game. Come on Hawks!!)

See what I meant by simple? Ha! Despite how easy this look is to complete, I think the pink flowers look really cute on the off-white and the green adds a springy pop.

The bone-colored background is OPI - My Vampire is Buff.
The green? Essie - The More The Merrier.
The pink is a go-to fave, China Glaze - Dance Baby.
And the yellow, Essence - Sun Dancer.

I hope you guys liked this easy yet cute mani! And don't forget to share yours if you haven't already on our Facebook page, or anywhere on social media with the tag #LLgarden.

China Glaze - Prism

Ready for an old swatch that was hidden away, waiting for its time to shine?

China Glaze - Prism
This was from the Prismatic collection which is two years old now! I remember when I got these polishes I was soooooo excited because they were so cool (and still are.)

The polishes were all pretty similar though, which is why I don't think their popularity had much lasting power. I see them in blog sales a lot lately. But looking back at this one makes me want to bust them out again! What can I say? I'm a glitteraholic.

OPI - Do You Lilac It?

Yo. Just found another random purple OPI swatch not unlike my last post! Lighter this time.

OPI - Do You Lilac It?
Yes, OPI, I do lilac it. Very much. This is once again a very popular OPI polish and a lot of people have this one in their stash. However, I only got it pretty recently. Actually I think I got this one and Funky Dunkey together at Winners... Random purple score?
Anyway, you can see that I wasn't being careful with the application and there are some patchy areas but I bet that two coats would be perfect if you were paying more attention. Ha!

Purple love for dayssssss!

OPI - Funky Dunkey

Hi! While searching for some things to schedule for this month, I found a random swatch of a cult-favorite OPI polish that I picked up somewhat recently. I have no idea what took me so long to get it!

OPI - Funky Dunkey
This is a straight up purple creme. Perfect OPI formula, and such a fun color. This is one of those OPI shades that everyone should have in their arsenal! 

I can't remember wearing this, though... I must not have had it on for long! I will need to try it again soon. Dat purple tho!

Color Club - Halo-Graphic

Hola! Here's a quick swatch of a suuuuuper holo polish I wore recently.

Color Club - Halo-Graphic
This stunner is from the first Halo Hues collection. It's a light pink that covers in 2 coats and dries ultra fast, like most holos. I didn't find that topcoat altered the appearance.  

Such mesmerizing. Many rainbows. Wow.

WHY don't I wear my holos more often?! Jeez.