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Layering: Pure Ice Moonlight, Poppin' Bottles, and Purple Haze

Layering over Pure Ice Moonlight
Pure Ice Moonlight (bottle)

Layering with Pure Ice Moonlight, Poppin' Bottles, and Purple Haze

Layering with Pure Ice Moonlight, Poppin' Bottles, and Purple Haze
Pure Ice Purple Haze (bottle)

Layering with Pure Ice Moonlight, Poppin' Bottles, and Purple Haze

Layering with Pure Ice Poppin' Bottles
Pure Ice Poppin' Bottles (bottle)

Polishes Used:

1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler
3 Coats Pure Ice Moonlight
1 Coat Pure Ice Purple Haze*
1 Coat Pure Ice Poppin' Bottles*
1 Coat Pure Ice Purple Haze*
1 Coat Seche Vite

Give a girl some sparkle polishes and this is what happens. They get layered for maximum sparkleage. Because let's be honest, you really can't ever sparkle too much.

This layering came to me when Poppin' Bottles and Purple Haze arrived from Pure Ice. I had already worn Moonlight, but I hadn't swatched it, for whatever reason. It's a gorgeous purple leaning gray creme polish with superfine blue and purple glitter. Definitely pretty enough on its own, but it needed more.

I wasn't really sure which glitter I wanted to layer on first, so I dove right in with a coat of Purple Haze. It's got opalescent glitter that flashes orange, green, blue, teal, and purple in a sheer purple base. It's just the right glitter to polish ratio, too!

Poppin' Bottles was layered on next, and added a coat of super-fine gold shimmer, with silver hexagonal glitter. I'm so beyond thankful that I picked up a bottle of this in addition to the one PR sent. If you're into layering, you've gotta have it, and we all know how I looooove to layer!

Before I finished off this mani, I decided to add a little more sparkle with one more coat of Purple Haze. Not only did it add more sparkle, it added a touch more depth to the layering. It also acted as the top coat that I normally paint on before applying a coat of Seche Vite,

I'm really loving how this layering turned out, so much so that I just couldn't take it off last night! Purple Haze and Poppin' Bottles are actually part of Pure Ice's New Year New Hue collection sent to me for review. I plan on swatching all 8 polishes on wheels, plus showing you some fun looks you can create with them! So stay tuned for that, this week and next week... lots of fun sparkles and layerings to come, I promise!

Pure Ice polishes retail exclusively in Walmart stores and on their website for $1.97/bottle. Pure Ice is a salon-inspired long-wear nail formula that's available in over 96 stunning and on-trend shades. The shade library contains a striking variety of colors and finishes - from iridescent pearls to bright creams, holographic and chunky glitters to mirror-like metallics; every shade is beautiful and unique. Pure Ice nail enamels are free of formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP. Follow Pure Ice on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

*provided by PR for review. All thoughts, views, and opinions are my own.

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