Hello ladies,
Today brought clouds and rainfall to Philadelphia. I spent some time in the garden, enjoying picture taking, despite the sun remaining bashful behind a grey screen. I'm wearing Essie Midnight Cami from the Fall Color collection. I will ask you to use your imagination and add some fine blue shimmer to the navy base. That's far more enchanting and true, were the sun out today. While I have your creativity awakened, go forth and add some sunlight to the visuals below.
This flower looks a bit like a squishy brain. Perhaps I spent too much time in the Halloween aisle at Walgreens today!
The petals are still unfurling. The pattern of string behind my hand was woven for plant support.
What an adorable and patient little friend! I had the lens so close, yet he remained still.
Essie Midnight Cami is a pretty navy. There is visible blue micro shimmer on the nail that isn't as apparent in low light. I can see it quite clearly by lamplight as I type. The color reminds me of a dark blue sapphire. It makes an auspicious base for the astrological Virgo design from Konad plate M34. The face of the Virgin was stamped in silver special polish.
The funky french was painted with Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond, a holographic glitter topcoat. Creating the french was challenging because the glitter content is so sparse in the clear base. I would paint the smile line and only the bottom portion would contain glitter on some nails. I had to go over each nail twice and dab in extra glitter for moderate coverage. If you are willing to work with the formula, it's a way to create a striking french that doesn't obscure the base polish.
Midnight Cami was almost completely opaque in one coat. Though I used two, I think ladies with shorter nails would be satisfied with a single coat. I am really pleased with the application of Midnight Cami. While I do have other navy shimmers, this polish is useful as a quick base for nail art or a one coat manicure. It will definitely be a go to navy shimmer for me. I can appreciate this color as a fashionable classic that Essie did well.
Ladies, I got locked in the garden again today! There were two elderly gardeners who I greeted when I arrived. I managed another climb to escape over the front gate. There happened to be a film crew nearby working on a small project. My blase attitude about scaling the fence in a dress brought some humor to their workday. All for the love of nail polish!
Happy painting, ladies!