I started with Confetti Rhapsody in Blue, a slightly greenish blue metallic-leaning shimmer. I put two coats over treatment (Orly Nailtrition) and basecoat (Salon Sciences Instant Artificials) and topped with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Anti-Chip topcoat.
I wore the blue by itself for a couple days before adding stamping with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Whirwind White and an eight-pointy star sort of design from fauxnad plate m69, which is the closest thing I have to a snowflake.
I topped it off with Nubar White Polka Dot, which is the one I'd gotten from mrsrexy (along with many other pretties that I hope to get on my nails before too long). I was so happy with how this glitter looked that I couldn't stop at one coat and did two, for more of a snowy effect. I added OPI RapiDry on top of that. (I'm not giving up my Sally Hansen quick dry, but I figure it's good to have a backup plan in case it goes the way of Nail Quencher and Prisms and Magicals and Chrome Nail Makeup.)
I loved looking at this, seeing the tiny glitters winking at me and the big glitters floating over the stamped "snowflakes". Thanks for the Polka Dots, mrsrexy; they really made this mani! I ended up keeping this on a whole week, even though I'd had two polish changes planned (yes, I'm a planner, and about every fourth week I can fit in two swatching sessions instead of the usual one). Due mostly to laziness, I left my thumbs alone when I did the stamping and glitter, so I can report that the Confetti on its own lasted surprisingly well for me, with no chips and only minimal tipwear. Not bad for $1.99 (or maybe it's up to $2.19 now, I forget).
Speaking of mrsrexy, she's having a giveaway right now with a big prize package of polishes and stamping plates. I grabbed a copy of her photo of the goodies so you can see for yourself:
Her contest is open until December 21st. (Mine closes on the 7th, so go enter if you haven't already.)
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