Spring Nails with an Edge

Spring Nails with an Edge!

Well I have no idea why my picture was uploaded sideways :/. Anyway, this design was created using these polishes:

Base Coat: Nutranail Mineral Strengthener (I think that is what its called)
Blue: Essie - Borrowed and Blue
Top Coat: OPI Black Shatter
Top Coat: OPI RapiDry top coat

You can use any pastel or light color as your base color, I just chose Essie's Borrowed and Blue because I thought it was pretty :)

First impressions on some of the polishes used in this nail design:

This nail design is super easy to do and I think its really fun and playful. I love Essie's Borrowed&Blue, however I did have some inconsistencies with the polish. It took about 2-3 coats to achieve full opacity. However, the formula  was thicker than what I would have liked it to be. The thicker formula made it harder to apply an even coat. Also, I did not shake the bottle but on one of my fingers bubbles formed in the corner so thats annoying. This color is from Essie's 2011 Wedding Collection. This is a unique color to be put in a wedding collection since usually the colors are french whites, sheer pinks, etc. I think its a great color for the spring. I have had this color on my nails for about four days now and there hasn't been any major chipping, again just some wear on the tips of my nails. I bought this nail polish at Ulta during my trip to San Diego last weekend. I give it a 8.5/10!

OPI Black Shatter is such a fun nail polish. My friend helped me pick it up from a nail polish warehouse in Southern California. I thought it would be perfect to apply over my newly acquired Blue&Borrowed by Essie. But this nail polish would go great over any light color, glitter gel (as long as its not too dark), chromes, etc. This polish needs to be applied quickly and the shatter effect depends on how much polish you apply on the nail. If you apply a thick layer like I did on my index and middle finger the black is wider and its more spaced out. A thin coat will have more shattering, but it is not spaced out and the black is more narrow... and in my opinion it looks "stringy" (haha, not sure how to describe it). In my personal opinion, I thick when shattered is applied thicker it looks nicer. This polish does dry really fast and once it dries its matte. And obviously it gives nails a bumpy texture once it dries. Once I was done applying it to my nails I was able to but a top coat over it instantly. I give it a 8.5/10 because I wish it took a tiny bit longer to dry because sometimes I couldn't apply a thick coat over my nails since the shattering process already started. Also, I noticed that the nails that show signs of wear on the tips are the nails with shatter over it, while my two ring fingers have no signs of wear at all... I don't know if its because of shatter, but its something that I will keep under observation.

OPI RapiDry Top Coat... I like this top coat since it does dry fast... The brush is wide that I can cover my nails with 1 or 2 swipes. However, I feel like in terms of protecting my nail polish from chipping its weaker than my Essie 3 Way Glaze. Also, even though the nail polish is dry to the touch (light touch actually) in a matter of seconds I still have to be very careful for a few minutes because of smudges. I give it a 8/10.