The Venetian Duo

We're halfway to the weekend!!

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Sounds like a good day to talk about polish ;)

Recently, Pahlish and Elevation Polish collaborated and came out with the limited edition Venetian Duo.  

This duo consists of "The Wayfarer" (Pahlish), a mix of ultra chrome and platinum flakes with iridescent glitters, and "The Merchant's Son" (Elevation), an aqua turquoise thermal with green micro shimmer.  I did not catch the thermal shift in my photos, partially because I'm lazy, but mostly because it's still too dang hot out here to properly photograph the shift before the cold state changed back to warm.  C'mon, Fall!!

 

Did a big ole order from Ali Express at the beginning of the month and all the nail art accessories are starting to come in, so I've been playing ^_^  

The application of both polishes was super smooth.  The Merchant's Son was a "thicker" polish but still applied smoothly and leveled out very nicely.  I'm wearing two coats in the photos above.  The Wayfarer spread out evenly and gave me some great coverage - also shown in two coats.  Overall, it's a fantastic duo!  And the thermal shift is very strong and looks beautiful with the topper.  Wish I could have gotten a good picture of it >.<  Damn you Phoenix heat!!

The duo is sold out on the Elevation site, but IS still available on the Pahlish site here :)

What do you think of this duo?  Did you pick one up yourself?

November Challenge - Geometrics

Happy Tuesday, lovelies!!

I have recently stumbled upon another nail art challenge for the month of November, hosted by the Instagram user CaliforNails.  I had so much fun with the October challenges that I wanted to continue with these new ones!!

Now when I found this challenge, I had already missed out on the November 1st theme of "Movember" (which I fully intend to make up in the next few days), but was able to complete the second theme of "Geometrics."  Here is the design I came up with:

I've never done any kind of geometric design before, so this was indeed a challenge for me.  I used nail tape to create triangular patterns over my bare nail, rather than putting down a color as a base.  I then painted in the sections with "Strawberry Fields" by Black Dahlia lacquer (pinky and thumb), "Dahlia" by Sweet Heart Polish (ring finger), and "Wuyi Mountain" by Elevation Polish (middle finger).  I think the colors complement each other really well and help to set off that geometric look nicely :)  I am pleased!

The next theme is "plaid" for November 7th - another design I have never done!  Send good vibes my way - I'm gonna need them for this one!! :P

Tomorrow I will have a mega post for you featuring the brand new "V for Vendetta" collection that releases tomorrow, so keep an eye out for it!  See you soon <3