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I’ve tried Flower Child for the first time this week and I’m not sure it’s for me (controversial I know! I think maybe I prefer a less busy shimmer like MC Midsummer’s Dream.) So I decided to take the chance to try out a jazzy topper and I actually really like it - going completely extra somehow works better for me than a somewhat-busy holo shimmer.

It’s giving Saved By The Bell, and I like it.

ILNP Flower Child + HT Diamond Dasher Taco

Actually, I bought the aptly named and coloured Shift Happens from Painted Polish, but he was thinking along the right lines.

Pic credit: Painted Polish’s official Instagram

Spring is not springing in the U.K. Yesterday I got pummelled by hail. So I’m taking the opportunity to try a polish I didn’t expect to wear until Christmas.

Also… is crow brain inevitable? I have quite minimalist taste but I’ve discovered I love having glittery, colourful, bonkers nails. They’re the perfect foil to my jeans, grey sweatshirts and simple gold jewellery. If you’d have told me a year ago I’d want to wear cranberry coloured polish with blue, black and iridescent flakes in it, I’d have laughed. But here I am, getting such joy. Does everyone end up on this journey?

Polished for Days Cranberry Fizz, with UNT peely base and Sally Hansen red QDTC

I’m trying to figure out if there’s still a perfect match for me in terms of a perfect glowy polish perfect for HOT days. Something delicate, shimmery, unapologetically sunny and light.

Attached are pics of a few polishes I own and like, but which are somehow leaving a gap.

-Mooncat Midsummer’s dream - lovely but maybe a little too plain / understated on the shimmer? I also have Death’s Trumpet and maybe the same Q

-Danglefoot N the end - lovely but more autumnal

-BKL Do no harm - was surprised by how much I liked this, but it works (photo credit to polishedbookworm on Insta as I didn’t have a good mani pic

-Garden path sprig - love it but still not 100% on the green shimmers

Themes are:

-I generally prefer a blue shimmer to a green one - I have plenty of green shimmers but they don’t speak to me the way blue does. I particularly like blue on pink shimmer

-I tend not to like polishes that are completely EXTRA but I do like a good glow.

Any recommendations are welcomed!

Polishes I’ve considered:

-ILNP fairy child. My reservations are whether I want the extra texture of the holo, and whether it’s a little *too* bold.

-Polished for days you’re gonna be popular. Maybe too green?

-Clionadh lightfast

Any suggestions warmly welcomed!

Not a polished April recap alas as my manis have been a bit experimental / haphazard (as has my hand posing!)

1&2: Mooncat Death’s Trumpet

3&4: Nails Inc Call Me On My Hotline

5: Colores De Carol Cozy + Essie Mystic Marine + Cirque Lumiere

All with peely base & Sally Hansen red QDTC

I just tried a reflective glitter polish for the first time - very much an experiment. Aside from remembering peach toned polishes don’t suit me at all 🤦‍♀️ it’s made me think I’d love a polish with a much subtler scattering of reflective, vs. it being the singular feature of the lacquer.

So please share with me any examples of polishes you love that have a tiny scattering of twinkle ✨

Polish is Monarch Scattering Theory over UNT peely base and topped with Sally Hansen red bottle QDTC. (Photographs terribly; better in person if still wrong for my skin tone.)