Wet 'n Wild Megalast On a Trip

Wet 'n Wild Megalast wears really well for me.  I like this color in the early spring before I have a tan.  I seem to be able to pull off more cool toned colors when I am pale. 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Bite the Bullet

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Bite the Bullet.  I think this is a pretty color, but it is just O.K. on me.  I'm a huge fan of the Megalast polishes formula and brush.  It wears really well on me. 

Snowmen nails

The base color for this manicure is Wet 'n Wild Megalast I Need a Refresh Mint.  I used Zoya Ginessa for the snow.  I like the hand where I did "waves of snow" better then the one where I was hoping for something similar to icicles or snow sliding off a roof.  I also used Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, Wet 'n Wild I Red a Good Book, Essie Brazilliant, and dotting tools. 

Sunflower Manicure

This manicure was much cuter on pinterest, but aren't they all. Wet 'n Wild Megalast I Need a Refresh Mint as the base, and China Glaze Foie Gras and Spoiled Mind Your Beeswax.  I used a dotting tool for the brown centers and a nail art brush for the petals.  The nail art brushes aren't working the way I hoped they would.  It is hard to get an even stroke of polish.  Perhaps I would have better luck using craft paint. 

4th of July

This is my 4th of July manicure this year.  I started with a base of Wet 'n Wild French White Creme.  Then I taped off the french tips and stamped with an old Wet 'n Wild blue and the Salon Express stamping kit.  I tried several techniques, some involving tape some not for the stripes.  They all were a big 'ole fail.  I will alternate the nails between red and white on the bottoms next year instead.  The red is Wet 'n Wild Megalast I Red a Good Book. 

Mint with Orange Dots

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Garden Hose as a base.  I used a dotting tool to add three rows of Essie Brazilliant dots.  I wanted it to look like three off set rows of dots.  Instead it looks like half a nail of dots.  That is good too, but not what I was aiming for. 

Mint Green and Lavender Gradient

This is Essie Nice is Nice as the base (Lavender) with a Wet 'n Wild Megalast Garden Hose (mint green) gradient sponged over the top.  Then I added a layer of Pure Ice Mint Dreams which adds a mint green iridescence and helps blend the gradient.  My manicure looks more green from some angles then in the picture. 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Break the Ice

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Break the Ice, 2 coats.  I wouldn't wear this polish like it is shown above, but I do love it as a base for nail art.  It is sheer white with shimmer.  3 coats will disguise most of the visible nail line.  Click here and here for posts with Break the Ice manicures with simple nail art. 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Candylicious

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Candylicious. I love Megalast polishes.  They wear amazingly well on me and have a fantastic flat wide brush.  I think this is the perfect version of a Barbie pink color.  I love it!  I added another picture of this polish (left) with mediocre butterfly stamping using the Salon Express kit. 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Through the Grapevine

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Through the Grapevine.  This is the old formula.  The new bottles have a different shape.  I love Megalast polishes.  They wear like iron on me, they have a wide brush (love), and are only 2$.  I prefer pinker versions of this color, but that is just my personal preference. I'm not much of a purple polish person, and this leans too purple for me.

Black and White Flowers

The base for this one is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Break the Ice.  For the flowers I used a dotting tool, a random old black polish, and Wet 'n Wild French White Creme.  I was inspired by a manicure I saw on pinterest.  I liked this one.  I thought it was cute. 

OPI I Think In Pink

This is OPI I Think In Pink with Wet 'n Wild Megalast Candylicious for the french tip.  I used my new nail art brushes I bought from Amazon to make the french tips.  I like my manicure better this way.  I think I did an O.K. job for my first time using my nail art brushes and my second grade level art skills.

Above is OPI I Think In Pink by itself, 3 coats.  I don't really like this polish.  It is sheer and the color is too cool for me. 
I read online that if you add a coat of top coat between the polish layers and let it dry completely before adding another layer (about 15 minutes) that a sheer polish will become opaque in fewer layers.  I tried this procedure on this manicure and on my Easter manicure using Wet 'n Wild Megalast Sugar Coat.  It did not work.  The polishes took the same number of coats to become opaque as they usually do.

Hard Candy Black Tie Optional

http://www.polishedcousins.com/2012/04/lynnderella-connect-dots.html

I have been wanting a black and white matte glitter overlay since I learned they existed a few years ago.  This one is Hard Candy Black Tie Optional worn over Wet 'n Wild Megalast Tropicalia.  Lynderella Connect the Dots was the first polish of its kind (shown right, not my picture).  The polish was only sold online by an independent seller and was so popular that you couldn't buy it.  There was a frenzy trying to get this polish and people were whining and complaining about how websites worked and this and that wasn't fair in their quest for the polish.  The woman who made the polish mostly as a hobby got fed up and quit.  Fast forward to a few years later, and you can finally find a couple versions in brick and mortar stores.  There have been a lot of imitators, but no polish has come close to the original, which was truly perfect.  As you can see, black and white glitters look great over lots of polish colors, especially brights, pastels, and neons.
  

http://enamelgirl.blogspot.com/2013/03/hard-candy-candy-sprinkles-spring-2013.html

Hard Candy recently revamped their nail polish line.  The new line has lots of polishes that are inspired by independent, online brands (most sell on ETSY.com).  One good example is Hard Candy's sprinkles selection (above, not my picture).  All their new polishes are worth a look.  If you plan to buy a glitter, take a good look at the bottle.  Some people have reported curling glitters (taco glitter).  Hard Candy is exclusive to Walmart.  The polishes are 4$ for a mini sized bottle.  The price per oz is on par with OPI or Essie. 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Tropicalia

This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Tropicalia.  Megalast is one of my favorite lines of nail polish.  Megalast wears like iron and has a wide brush, which I love.  I bought Tropicalia to wear in the summer, but the color is awful on me when I'm "tan"  (my tan is like most people's regular skintone).  This color works much better on my pale skin.  

Valentine's Day Manicure: Hearts and Kisses

This is my second Valentine's Day Manicure this year.  I used Wet 'n Wild Sugar Coat and OPI Big Apple Red.  If I did this again next year, I'd do the heart french tip and the kisses as an accent nail.  The french tip hearts were easy.  I used the OPI brush itself to create the heart shapes.  I used a dotting tool for everything else.  For the kisses, I made an "m" shape for the top lip and then a smaller "c" shape for the bottom lip.  That was also really easy.  The pinky hearts are upside down (oops).
I love Megalast polishes, but Sugar Coat is a dud.  It is sheer and streaky.  It takes 3-4 coats before it isn't streaky. And, the color makes me look dead.  :(

Valentine Manicure: Stamped hearts

Here is the first of my Valentine's Day themed manis.  This is Wet 'n Wild Megalast Candylicious stamped with the Salon Express (as seen on TV) kit and Sally Hansen Instadri Whirlwind White.  Next time I will actually enforce my three stamps per finger max rule.  
I'm a huge fan of Wet 'n Wild Megalast polishes and this one is no exception.  Candylicious is a very pretty barbie pink color.  When I kill this mini bottle, I'll be buying a big bottle.  I love the wide brush on Megasast and it wears like iron for me.

Dot Pyramid

This is Finger Paints Go Van Go with dots of Finger Paints A Tough Art to Follow, Wet 'n Wild Megalast Garden Hose, and Rimmel Rags to Riches.  I think the base color, Go Van Gogh, is pretty close to the Pantone color of the year, emerald.  Pantone predicts (and possibly causes) color trends.  I wouldn't be surprised if you see a lot of emerald polish this fall/winter, maybe even this summer since their emerald is a bright color.  Rags to Riches is the bottom center dot of my manicure.  I should have just used the dark green polish for that dot because Rags to Riches doesn't go with the other colors. Next time.

Wet 'n Wild Megalast I Red a Good Book

This is another one of the Wet 'n Wild Megalast minis.  This one is I Red a Good Book.  If you don't already own a classic red cream, you should buy this one.  I love the formula and the brush on Wet 'n Wild Megalast.  Plus, I think this red is the perfect classic red color (at least for me). 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Haze of Love

This is another one of the Wet 'n Wild Megalast minis from the set I bought at CVS.  This one is Haze of Love.  I would never have picked it off the shelf, but I like it.  I should have had it a few months ago because maroon was THE color this fall.  Oh well, next fall I can look one season behind.  :) 

Wet 'n Wild Megalast Under Your Spell

With Pro FX Quick Dry High Gloss Top Coat

With NYC Matte Me Crazy

I bought a set of Wet N Wild mini polishes on sale at CVS last week.  This one is Under Your Spell.  It is a really weird polish.  In the bottle it looks dark red/maroon initially.  On further inspection, you see it is black with red shimmer in it.  On the nails it is a blackened brown with subtle dark red shimmer.  When I added a matte top coat, the shimmer seemed even more subtle.  I prefer this polish matte.  I like this color, I'm not in love with it.