Nail Stickers - Take 2

last week was not a good polish week for me. in that post, i babbled on about my Broadway's Fashion Diva stickers & how they came off after only a day of wear. i didnt know whether to blame the stickers or the new Orly Top 2 Bottom top/basecoat that i had tried for the first time. so two nights ago [which was...Wednesday night] i retried the stickers but this time, i used my trusty ol' Poshe Nail Strengthening Basecoat & Poshe Super-fast Drying topcoat.

i also killed 2 birds with 1 stone with this; i was able to try my stickers again & try another new polish, Orly's Lola. Lola was super *bleh* to me when i put it on...but the more i looked at it, the more i began to like it. the pictures down below are 2 coats of Lola. Lola is a pretty, vibrant hot raspberry pink.

here is a picture from Thursday morning;

*please dont mind my super ugly ring finger..the stickers are EXTRA sticky & once they touch a spot, they STICK! if you try to peel it off, it peels the polish off too. so..thats why my ring finger has an ugly design.. -__-

there was a BIT of lifting of the stickers -- which happened last time. but when i layed my 2nd coat of topcoat on, the sticker seemed to level back down?..

here's my nails from Thursday night -- after a day of work;

ergh..the sun was gone by the time i took this picture so i had to use flash..so the polish isnt accurately colored.

besides for minor tipwear..nothing changed. the stickers didnt fall off -- like how they did last time. so i decided to keep this mani on for another day.

here's a picture of my nails that i just took a few hours ago after i got off work;

ergh. the sun was going down. non-accurate color picture..again. -__- uhm..the stickers were slowly starting to peel off. just tiny bits. but that was it.


so isnt this the weirdest thing?! last time i used the stickers, they didnt even last me a day. this time, they lasted me 2 full days. so..i CANT blame the stickers?..right? i have to retry my Top 2 Bottom top/basecoat again soon. we'll figure this out - - eventually - - i hope.. ;)

anyway, please wish me luck for this weekend! im gunna be playing in a volleyball tournament -- all day Saturday & Sunday. theres supposed to be thunderstorm for both days yet its gunna be in the 80's. [icky Michigan weather. grr.] so hopefully the weather wont be as sucky as its said to be...and hopefully we do good! ;)

enjoy your weekend!,
<3KATRINA

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Not a Good Polish Week

sorry for the lack of updates this week! -__- i've picked up more hours at work...and plus, we're babysitting the pastor's kid this week...so him, my mom, & my younger brother are sleeping in the living room - - so i cant even stay up late to paint my nails. total bummer, really.

anyway, after almost a month of having Orly's Bailamos, i finally got around to trying it out. i also decided to try the Top 2 Bottom base & topcoat that came along with it. i also have a story to go along with this...but first, pictures.


this picture was taken first thing Tuesday morning [after i painted it midnight on Monday]. i also used Broadway's Fashion Diva nail stickers. just to point out, a piece of sticker on my ring finger already chipped off.

i'd also like to point out that that stickers are lifting a bit. i did place the stickers on my nails correctly, made sure they were on...and when i put a coat of topcoat on, they lifted..weird, right? anyway, you cant really see it in the picture, but when i woke up, there were finger smudges on my nails. the bottle didnt say it was supposed to be fast-drying..but it sure was slow to dry!


this is how my nails turned out after an 8 hour day of work on Tuesday. the stickers chipped off & the polish itself was already chipping.

i cant exactly blame the fault of the stickers on the stickers-itself, cause i've used broadway stickers before & they've lasted me up to 4 days. would it be wrong to blame the top 2 bottom base/topcoat? then again, this was my first time using it..so....

anyway, i also didnt like Bailamos on me. ew. so it took it off. i went into Sally's yesterday & bought myself my usual Poshe basecoat & topcoat..and then i picked up 4 more polishes... and then i redid my nails last night..


i used Orly's Rage & China Glaze's Medallion. 3 coats of each polish, but im sure 2 coats of Rage would've been fine.


i took these two pictures a few minutes ago but the sun isnt all the way out today, so i didnt get a good picture of the blingy-ness of the polish.. but i dont like Rage on me either. i dont think it matches my skintone well...but thats just me...

well, this is all i have for today. hopefully i'll be able to do actual nail art soon =X

enjoy your day,
<3KATRINA

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