The Crumpet's Tri-Polish Challenge - Day 1: Orange, Pink and Turquoise

Do you remember last month's Tri Polish Challenge? So it is back again and this month the colors are Orange, Pink and Turquoise. So for this month the polishes I chose are Nfu-Oh MOR02, China Glaze Dance Baby and Nfu-Oh MOR10. However, today's mani is mostly to show you how NOT to do a manicure. It should be a lesson to learn...

So I decided to do Lucy's Stash fishtail design, using all three of the polishes. Potentially it should have been a bright and pretty manicure. Sadly, I managed to ruin it completely! I knew I was not going to have too much time and I didn't think one coat of each line would actually cover the previous one, so I used very thick coats. Like - VERY thick. Bad decision. VERY bad. First - the entire mani turned out so thick on the nails. You can see on the sides how thick it is and how badly it is layered. Also, the thickness actually caused some cracking of the polishes. It is most visible on my index and ring nails, where the tips of my nails look more like zigzag then a normal curvy line. And last - the lines all came out wonky and distorted because every new line kind of squeezed the one before it, causing the polish to spread sideways... Well, at least the polishes are nice and bright...

A few words about the polishes with your permission: the two Nfu-Ohs are from their collection Morning In greece. They are soft cremes with wonderful formula and they are actually opaque in two easy coats. The lighter colors like this orange and the yellow from this collection (that I will show you some other time) might need a third coat, especially if you're not too careful in your application, but they are so creamy that it is no big deal at all. They dry in a reasonable time to a glossy finish. But they need to completely dry to show the gloss. When I first applied them, some 15 minutes before I went to bed, I thought they had a rubber or vinyl finish. But when I woke up in the morning, they were all glossy. Not any high gel gloss, but a nice, smooth creme gloss. They are very pigmented and although the colors in this collection are mostly the pastel kind, they are actually very bright, almost neon. Is that possible? a neon pastel? LOL apparently it is! Personally - I am in love with this collection and I hope to get all the colors from it soon! By the way, for some reason I could not get the true color of the turquoise to show in the pictures. It is a true turquoise in real life. Not so blue as it looks here. In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful colors in my stash today! 

From left to right - Nfu Oh MOR02, Nfu Oh MOR10 and China Glaze Dance Baby. And be prepared as you will be seeing them at least three more times this month ;-)

In the meantime, check other participant's polish choice and entries!