This weeks Mani: Halloween

Quick one! Base coat is 2 coats of Julep's "Parker" that I received in my October box. LOVE this color, a perfect pumpkin orange! Then I used the Kiss Stripers and finished with black tips and Orly's Matte Top Coat. What do you guys think? Tell me about your nails!

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My First Diamond Candle

     Well ever since I joined the nail blogging world and Instragram nail world it seems like Diamond Candles and Lush Products are the "cool" thing to have... well I'm not about to jump on the Lush band wagon, and not just because it's full of 14 year olds with smart phones. I used to have a small addiction to lush when I was about that age... and having become the mature, worldly (yeah right!) adult I am, I've realized that lush is overpriced for my budget, and I don't think their products work that great. There, I said it! Bring it on, internet! However, I did want to try a Diamond Candle. So here's how it went.

It says on the website that if you have 14k or 18k printed on the band it's real gold. If it says "Taiwan", it's not. Well this one says nothing! So I'm not really sure, and haven't had the chance to get over to the mall and ask if it's real. Either way it's pretty! And the candle smellls Soooooo yummy.

Doppelganger: Julep's "Toni" and China Glaze "Below Deck"

Hello! Been exactly one month since I posted... but that doesn't mean I've been idle! A few weeks ago I was ready to try a brown since Autumn is here, so I grabbed Below Deck to swatch. I was keeping it with my neutrals! As soon as I put it on I think, Wow, this look a lot like the Julep I got in my September box. So I swatch that one too, and wow! I was keeping Toni with my purples, yet they look SO alike!

I love this shade. Ok, here's the good stuff.

ONE COAT

Hate to say it since Julep is so much more expensive, but China Glaze was definitely less streaky and more opaque.

TWO COATS WITH SECHE VITE

Both finished off very glossy and flatted out nicely, even before SV.

Toni definitely has a richer plum hue, but I also love that below deck is slightly subdued. Personally if I would have known, I'd have kept Below Deck and asked for something else from Julep. Oh well! :)

Have a great rest of your days out there!
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