The 30 days challenge of untried

It was peer pressure really. The 30 days challenge is a challenge I really wanted to do for quite some time  but I never had the courage to make such commitment before. Then I saw so many of my blogger friends start the challenge this weekend, so with the pride I still carry of me actually completing (well, almost) The Alphabet Challenge, I decided I could do it. So starting today I will join in the fun and show you 30 manis of my yet untried polish.

Don't worry, you will get to see the last 2 posts I am still missing in the Alphabet and you will see my posts for the Where in the world challenge and you will see some swatches of new and awesome polishes that I got. And as much as I can, I will try to combine posts. But most likely, at times, especially this month, you will see more then one post a day.
I hope.

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And as I am already one day behind, I will show you two days' polish in one post. So let's begin, shell we?

Day One - Red: China Glaze - Phat Santa

I love red. As I said before, I don't think one can have too many red polishes. This specific one has been a  lemming of mine from the day it came out, in Winter 2010. You see, China Glaze never available in this country. Only a few months ago they entered, but they are only sold at the high-end salons, for a ridiculously high amount of money. But as I became familiar with this wonderful nail-bloggers community and their cool blog-sales, I grabbed this baby in both hands.

Phat Santa is a deep cherry red jelly. It is very pigmented. All these swatches show two coats, with no base and no top. You can still see some VNL (Visible Nail Line) but I think this color is so gorgeous that I totally don't care. Application is perfect. No dragging, no dripping, no pooling and no shit. Simple brush strokes that level perfectly and dry into a super glossy look.

Day Two - ORANGE: Lush Lacquer - Tutti Frutti

Tutti Frutti is a neon-orange sheer jelly, stuffed with tons of glitter: pink, orange, gold and iridescent micro glitter and large light pink - silver hex glitter. It needs to be applied carefully. If you want to avoid the glitter drag, try applying this polish by dubbing it gently on your nails. Also, the larger hexes tend to stick to the sides of the bottle and needs some convincing to show up. But I discovered that if you give the bottle a small shake before every brush dip, you get those out pretty easy. As this polish is so filled with the micro glitter, it only takes two coats to achieve full opacity. Especially if you use the dubbing way to apply it and not the usual strokes. A heavy coat of Gelous seals this mani into summer fun perfection. 

You can find Tutti Frutti in Lush Lacquer's Etsy Shop. They retail for $8.75 for the full size bottle. They are three-free and are available internationally.

Here are the inLinkz links to the other bloggers who are playing along:

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