NOTD: Claire's Magic + ChG Cleopatra glitter gradient

Oooh baby! I pretty much just got Cleopatra for the name and didn't think I'd really love it but it looks great with dark purples, like Claire's Magic! Doing it in a gradient style made it look really classy in my opinion. I also want to try it with a navy sometime. This is 3 layers of Magic and 3 layers of Cleopatra.

Sadly after only 5 hours my nails had serious shrinkage due to the evil Poshe quick dry top coat. Of course that was after my polish started rippling at the tips (basically that looks like little hills going up and down the tips) and fixed it by both licking it (wish I was joking) and pressing it with my finger. I don't think I'll ever be able to trust Poshe again. *sob* I will fix it this morning by putting a bit of np on the tips.

and this is how it turned out after I fixed it, not too bad!!

Claire's & Pure Ice nail polish swatches

These are some of my favorite colors. I love them all. You can get Pure Ice at Wal-Mart for $2.00. Claire's nail polish is $4.00-$4.50 depending on the color, and they are usually BOGO 1/2 off.

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Vineyard - 3 coats



Splash - 3 coats


Scandal - 2 coats


WnW Black Cream + Pure Ice Cheatin - 2 coats each



Scandal + 1 coat Busted



Yei - 3 coats



Periwinkle - 3 coats



Meg Peg - 3 coats (even brighter in person)



Magic - 3 coats

Claire's nail polish haul

Aren't they preeeeeeeetty? It was so hard to choose just these four. I'm not going to have swatches until the middle of next week. I just cut down my nails because one broke down to the skin, so I'm a little ashamed of them. When they grow out in a couple days I'll take pics.

Marine Blue (this is a lot more neon then the photo shows)
Meg Peg (little bit more purple then fucshia)
Magic (10x more magical in person)
Periwinkle (prettier then it looks here)
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