Mani Monday: Featuring Tail Scales and Aurora Corealis from Carpe Noctem Cosmetics!

*Purchased*
Hello Lovelies!
    Welcome back to another Mani Monday installment. Where you get to see what in on my nails this week. This week I am rocking two different polishes from Carpe Noctem Cosmetics. This week I picked out Tail Scales, from the Grotto Collection inspired by the Little Mermaid, which described on the site as a glassy jade green jelly with a strong purple shift. It reminds me of sea glass every time I look at it and it appears to shift from pink to purple depending on the light. I had to use three coats for the opacity that I wanted (since it is a jelly that is to be expected). I haven't tried it with "undies" (or white polish underneath) in order to see what it would look like however I am reluctant since I am afraid it would loose that sea glass quality if I did. Next I also chose Aurora Corealis which surprisingly isn't part of the Grotto Collection but it could be since it just fits perfectly with Tail Scales in my opinion. It is described as super bright and shimmery coral with tons of holo! Normally I don't care for corals but this one I like due to the fact that is more of a pink coral than an orange coral if that makes any sense. It has a nice amount of holo in it without looking like a disco ball exploded on your finger. It is nice, there and subtle without being over the top. Yes, even I have days that am not over the top theses are few and far between but still I HAVE them. ^_~  Well enough of my blathering on to the photos.

While this isn't the best image it does capture the nice shift in Tail Scales

Tail Scales with Aurora Corealis as the accent nail

You can catch the holo in Aurora Corealis in this photo.

Sadly today is rather a rainy and dreary day here in Florida so there are no sunlight photos. But if you are interested in either (or both) of these polishes you can pick them up here. Carpe Noctem Cosmetics also has a Facebook page as well as a fan group where you can drool over all the polishes that she makes.I hope that you enjoyed this Mani Monday installment! Until next time lovelies!

Mani Monday : Featuring Sea Witch, Prince Eric and Under the Sea from Carpe Noctem Cosmetics

Hello Lovelies!
   Welcome back again to another edition of Mani Monday! Today I am featuring sneak peaks from part of the Grotto, a Little Mermaid inspired collection, from Carpe Noctem Cosmetics. Carpe Noctem is run by a super sweet lady named Emily and she has a fan group on Facebook where she was kind (or possibly evil since these immediately made me want them) enough to share some awesome sneak peaks of her new line of semi permanent polishes* (there are 10 in all and a special polish version of "Dinglehopper") and offered a pre-order of some or all of the collection to the group before the release date of May 16th .  While the entire collection looks amazing, my budget only allowed three this time and I immediately chose Sea Witch, Prince Eric and Under the Sea. Just take a look at them!

Sea Witch and Prince Eric on the accent nail

Sea Witch with Under the Sea on the accent nail.

Sea Witch is a gorgeous medium to dark purple linear holo that just simply shines in the sunlight as fabulous as Ursula herself.  Prince Eric is a true black linear holo which just reminds me a perfect combination of Eric's dark hair and light eyes. Finally, Under the Sea is what I would consider a light medium based blue linear holo almost as magical as Triton's kingdom itself.  The minis seen here were only available for the pre-order but I will definitely be purchasing the full size bottles when these are done.
*Now you may be asking what is a semi permanent line?* Basically, it depends on how well this collection sells whether or not if it will be part of her permanent line. So don't wait for these beauties because they may disappear into the vault if you do. So be sure to head over to Carpe Noctem Cosmetics on May 16th to get your hands on this collection.  I hope that you enjoyed this edition of Mani Monday and until next time lovelies!