30 Day Challenge Day Two - ORANGE Starring Nails Inc. Atomic

Day 2 of the "untrieds" challenge is ORANGE! So I'm using Nails Inc. Atomic (which was one of a duo of colors Nails Inc. did for Fabulous Magazine) that I recently got from a blog sale - from one of my favorite UK ladies!

Atomic is appropriately named. It's definitely atomic orange. It's a great creme that was opaque in three coats and it dried SUPER shiny. It was fussier to apply than most Nails Inc. polishes but I LOVE IT!

Nails Inc. Atomic

Nails Inc. Atomic

Nails Inc. Atomic

Nails Inc. Atomic

What do you think of this in-your-face color?

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Untrieds used:

Nails Inc. Atomic

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Zoya Demi, Audrina, Rica and Jancyn and an I Told You So!

I've said multiple times that I SUCK at nail art. That includes even the simplest things. In my best Yoda voice: Proof I offer you.

Not really sure how anyone can mess up a half moon mani USING GUIDES, but I did it!

I am going to show you though because I used fabulous colors!

First I applied one coat of Zoya Rica, part of Zoya's Sunshine Collection for Summer 2011. It's a great pinky orange coral with coral shimmer  and it is fully opaque in two coats, but since I was covering most of it, I only applied one so it would dry more quickly.  My nails are really stained from my base coat tests I've been doing and they look dirty, but they're NOT! With two coats, it looks just like the bottle and reminds me of a juicy orange!

Zoya Rica

Then I carefully applied the hole reinforcements as guides.

So far so good, right?

Then I layered on Zoya Jancyn, part of their 2010 Flash Collection, which is a creamy bright orange, also fully opaque in two coats.

Zoya Jancyn

I actually loved the color combination, but my OCD couldn't take how crooked it was. I saw every mistake.

So I decided to give it one last try with two cremes.

Zoya Audrina for the half moon and Zoya Demi for the main color. Demi, from the Dare part of Zoya's Truth or Dare Collection for Spring 2009, is a fantastic medium purple creme, opaque in two smooth coats. It's one of those hard-to-photograph purples though. It's a bit dustier and a deeper purple in real life than it photographs.

Zoya Demi with Audrina Half Moon

Zoya Demi with Audrina Half Moon

As you can see, my technique didn't improve much with the second try, but aren't the colors GORGEOUS?



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