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Layering: Indi-Ocean

Do not adjust your monitor. You're not seeing double... I promise! Thinner has been added... Fences have been mended... me and Indi-Glow? We are now total BFFs!!!

Sally Hansen Indi-Glow, Sinful Colors Green Ocean

Sally Hansen Indi-Glow, Sinful Colors Green Ocean

Sally Hansen Indi-Glow Layering

Sally Hansen Indi-Glow Layering

Polishes Used:

1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler
2 Coats Sally Hansen Indi-Glow
1 Coat SinfulColors Green Ocean
1 Coat Sally Hansen Indi-Glow
1 Coat Seche Vite

It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship... or something like that. ;) My bottle of Indi-Glow has been properly thinned, and we are getting along so well. See how there aren't any sparse side patches like in yesterday's layering? See? SEE?!? YAAAAY!!!

What's nail polish thinner, you ask? The stuff I use looks like this...

Beauty Secrets Nail Polish Thinner

You can find it at Sally Beauty Supply and it's thee best thing that's happened to nail polish since the foil glitter removal method. (And now that I think about it, I should probably post about that sometime...) But back to the thinner... It turns thick, goopy polish into normal, workable polish. It can even save old polishes that have separated and gotten really gloppy. If you've got a bottle of thinner, you don't ever have to throw away old nail polish. Ever. EVER. Just a couple drops, and your old lovely will work as good as new. Keep in mind, nail polish thinner and nail polish remover are two totally different things! Never, Never, EVA-ER use nail polish remover to thin polish. It will destroy your polish!!!

But back to my NOTD... (Nails of the Day)

This time around, I layered Indi-Glow with Green Ocean from Sinful Colors. It's a limited edition flakie that Sinful Colors releases for St. Patrick's day each year. This year was actually the first time I've ever seen a display, so I dove right in and grabbed the last bottle of Green Ocean. And yes... I know I'm a sight to behold when I'm on the hunt for polish. I can feel the looks, (especially while rummaging through clearance bins for LEs) but I try not to let it distract me. Gotta stay focused! 

And in other news... now that I know that Indi-Glow's formula can be salvaged... I'm pretty sure I need another bottle. Maybe two, because I could totally franken it into a glitterbomb and a half... and while we're being honest... The 3 bottles of Purple Pizazz I own totally need friends...... :b

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