Floral Skittles

I wanted to do another floral design, but this time I mixed it up with a skittle variation. 

 

I used a lot of different polishes:

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Cafe Au Lait

Lime Crime Milky Ways

Orly Gumdrop

Rimmel I Lilac You

China Glaze Spontaneous & Sunday Funday

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Vintage Floral

 I was inspired by this design from Aquaayame on Tumblr. Her flowers definitely look more like roses! I'm jealous. This look was created using the 8 piece nail art dotting tool & paintbrush set from Winstonia.

 The nail art set can be found here for $8.95. It's really a great kit for any new nail artist that needs a basic set of tools. Everything comes in the black satin zipper pouch. The kit includes five dual ended dotting tools, a variety of sizes. Also 3 detailing paint brushes of slightly different sizes. The kit also includes "one random color high quality nail file," as you can see, I got the light pink 100-180 grit.
(You can use the coupon code "POLISHARTADDICTION" at checkout to receive 10% off - valid until May 31, 2013)

The paintbrushes are a nice quality and weight to them. The website labels them as "sable detailing brushes" but I was informed by the company that this is not in reference to the actual hairs... but instead just the brown color. I was excited because I had heard that sable brush hairs made for the best paintbrushes.... but I think it's disappointing that they've labeled them in a misleading way.

 Another thing I was excited about was that it said the brush handles were acetone proof! That would be amazing because I'm constantly ruining my brushes by spilling acetone and it eats away at the paint..... One quick dip in my dappen dish of acetone with the back end of the brush....and the paint came right off.! Ugh! I guess they are just referring to the metal ferrule that holds the bristles?

 

The dotting tools are pretty standard, it's got a nice variety of sizes to cover all of your needs.

This again is the nail look I created all with these paint brushes and dotting tools.

I used a gazillion polishes for this design, I'll just list them.

Base of Zoya Farah. 

Wet N Wild Undercover & Haze of Love 

China Glaze Passion for Petals

Barielle Coco Bar & Lemondrops

OPI Jade is the New Black

& Sinful Colors Exotic Green

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Gumdrop & For Audrey Comparison

Kaitlyn wanted to see a side by side comparison of Orly's Gumdrop and China Glaze For Audrey because I mentioned they were near dupes.

I also added Wet N Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint because I find it's pretty close too.

If I had to find something different... I guess For Audrey may be a minuscule darker?

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Orly - Gumdrop

Yet another Orly from Hautelook.

Gumdrop is originally from the "Sweet" collection from spring 2010. 

I've wanted it forever, but now that I have it... It's a near dupe for China Glaze For Audrey. Not really necessary to have both in a stash. Pictured is 2 coats.

 

I threw on some random dot nail art with the other "Sweet" collection polishes that I already had.

Orly Snowcone & Lollipop.

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Orly - Oh Cabana Boy

Another Orly I picked up on Hautelook.

Oh Cabana Boy is a beautiful neon pink with blue/purple shimmer.

Pictured is 3 thin coats.

 

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Orly - Preamp

I got some more Orlys when they were on sale over on Hautelook.

I've had my eye on Preamp for a while now, but just got the chance to get it.

It's gorgeous. Pictured is 2 coats.

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University Nail Pax - University of Alabama at Birmingham

These products were provided by PAX Designs for review.

They can be purchased here for $12.00

I think that's a good price because there are 32 individual nail wraps in the kit. Compared to Incoco nail wraps that are $8-$10 for only 16 wraps. (Also note that Incoco wraps are made from actual nail polish, these nail wraps are made from some kind of foil/vinyl. They peel off rather than remove with acetone.)

I really like their packaging and design. It really hints at "collegiate" Lol.

Directions on how to apply are under the top lid. One sheet of 16 is under the exposed window along with a coarse emery board. A second sheet of 16 is behind the instructions.

This particular pattern is the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

 The design limits you to having a single logo on your thumb and the rest covered with a pattern of smaller logos. The sizing is a little strange. Left to right, 1 pinky size then the next 5 are all virtually the exact same size, then a small thumb, and a gigantic size that would even be too big for my big toe.

A closeup of my thumb. The image is pixelated and not a really clear print.

The other nails...  Mostly applied pretty easily. They do allow for a slight stretch when you put them on and that helps. I had a few spots that puckered and didn't lie flat.

I had trouble with my middle nail and didn't get it close enough to my cuticle.

Other than some sizing issues, I think these are a great idea for any die hard sports fans that want nail art but don't have the time or freehand skills to create it with polish.

I'll have another design from them up soon.

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