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MIDDLE finger = 1 coat of deep black polish & 1 coat of Indulge red, the rest are 2 coats of Indulge red with a shiny top coat. The nail decals came with my nailene fake toenails (can't remember which specific product )

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Since I will be skipping my usual evening activities to nurse my painful windburn, I am going to try to and post all these folders of photos I have hogging up space on my desktop. I had originally worn this polish a few weeks ago, I put a shiny top-coat on, all excited and ready for my photo-shoot, then I dinged and gouged it up - severely. I tried to salvage it with some nail stickers that I had. In the end, I had to take it off because it was just too beat up for a 20 minute old polish job. I totally should have skipped the Top-Coat, I usually do not add one, as I like to use a glitter the next day of my mani !!!!!!

I am sure to wear it again, as it dried very fast. It is very shiny on it's own and I am sorry that I added the top coat which was totally unnecessary and ruined my manicure (* tears *). This polish is a cheerful red with gold shimmer. The gold, red and chocolate polishes came together in a package, they are the 'Fudge Trio", while the pink, fuchsia, and purple came in a package together = the 'Berry Trio'. Along with these polishes, there was and Orange/Peach trio , and a french Manicure trio, ( white, pink, and clear ). I picked these ones and wish I bought them all......Really, really cute.

~ Please continue reading after the photo's for some super-exciting math and commentary!!!!!! ~

 

 

So a while ago, I wanted to practice some nail art, but I really suck at it and have given up, I am happy with nail stickers and glitter and such, so I have always been curious as to how many uses you can get from products, how many sandwiches can you make with a jar or mayonnaise, lip-gloss, Windex, whatever it may be. So I did a little experiment which you can further read about here,

~ I have used both of these mini polishes 3 times each, using 2 to 3 coats & swatching in my "home-made" nail swatches and a few drops for franken experiments ~

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If you use 2 coats of polish, which I feel should be all that is needed to achieve 'bottle color' or whatever effect = otherwise it will be a time consuming polish, for me that means including drying time, application and clean up, that specific polish just takes too much time to use, so I do not keep these around { and try not to buy them either } . Common volume's of polish seems to be 12 to 15 ml, so I used 13ml in my little experiment. A 13ml bottle of nail polish, applying 2 coats, and being moderately sloppy in application on your fingernails, will give approx. 40 applications. These Indulge minis are 5ml each, which means that I will get at least 15 applications from it, very likely more.When I am bored of them... FRANKEN, it's a win/win situation.

~ Ummmmmm, close, but this is a little too small ~

{ image from a miniature hobby site forum via goolge images }

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So depending on the quality of polish= ie; if it is very opaque, very thin and sheer etc. If it is 'two coat' coverage, you will likely get at least 40 applications from a 13 ml bottle . I personally have worn a specific nail polish 40 times, and so volume is not a baaaad thing , but I would rather see smaller quantities more accessible to me, in a quality polish so I can have more variety. That is why I am obsessed / in love with mini polishes. They take up less space,( which is really important for me right now), if I do not like it it is not a great loss, I can always franken or giveaway,

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Sheer polish can be very pretty, but I am not a fan of using just a sheer polish alone, I use sheers for layering. So I am mainly referring to two coat polishes which are likely to be opaque (/// I guess ??//// )



{ Just in case anyone is curious, in my town it is $10.00 to $14.00 for full sized O.P.I's. SH's are like $6.00- $9.00 Essie's are 13.00, Revlon, Rimmels.... are like $6.00.... To order things and get them here, is sometimes ridiculous.... But I am elated that I have my .99 cent store and other bargain-type shops close by where I have gotten extremely lucky..... SO IN NO WAY AM I COMPLAINING AT ALL! }


It really is rare for me to use up an entire bottle of nail polish (I would be more likely to give them away, or start chucking them before I finish them off...... ) I am happy that I have access to Sally Girl polishes now, they seem to have some unique colors that I would not buy a full bottle of. ( YELLOW ! ) The last three Claire's mini's I found were not that great, but I did make some nice frankens with them.I did notice though, that they seem to separate quickly..... so I will have to see what their shelf-life is......... Most mini nail polishes that are readily available to me at this moment are not that impressive.


In conclusion, I wish that we had a products like 'depend' cosmetics here in Canada.... they have beautiful current and unique colors in a perfect mini bottle! Mavala also has beautiful colors( Google it ) but I have only seen them in discount/ outlet stores, and only in deep reds and sheers....... Soooooooooooooo jealous of those!

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