December manis, rated! Happy New Year yall

Excuse any of the messy nails, I had very little patience this time around lol. This was actually a pretty rough month for me so I’m proud of how many colors I got to wear despite everything.

1: Lurid Lacquer – Lil Frankie’s Lil Monster’s Big Night Out. Reminds me of slime in the best way possible! 10/10 on the personal happiness scale. 8/10 on the technical scale** **because it actually looks quite cloudy in other lightings and needs very specific direct lighting to get that sharper purple shimmer.

2: Lurid Lacquer – Nettle and Briar. This is not a color that I would typical wear, I like it though. 7/10 on the personal happiness scale. 9/10 on the technical scale. Gives what it’s supposed to give mostly, but I was expecting the shimmer to look more red like on the website vs the pink I saw in person.

3: Pointer and ring are Penelope Luz – Emocional Connection (PPU 11/25) and BKL – Blade of Frontiers on the rest. Personal happiness scale 9/10, SO fun and glowy but my magnetic effect was messy. Technical scale 10/10 amazing reactive fine particle magnetics and so pigmented!

4: BKL – Queen of the Dead. After I cleaned it up, 10/10 on the personal happiness scale, 10/10 on the technical scale. Can’t go wrong with BKL magnetics!

5: BKL – Force of Nature. I’m sorry, I thought this would be a fun green base but it was a poopoo green base and I actually destashed this one while I was still wearing it. 1/10 on the personal happiness scale, I couldn’t wait to take it off. 7/10 on the technical scale because it truly is a beautiful formula and does look pretty close to swatch photos, but the green/turquoise base looks darker in person than on the website imo.

6: ILNP – Cameo. It’s a 10/10 on personal happiness scale and technical scale. Very smooth and shifty. Probably my favorite ILNP.

7: Mooncat – Outlaw Country. It’s a 10/10 on personal happiness scale and technical scale. This is a 1 coater and just feels cool and attractive.

8: Starrily – Au. I was wanting a gold counterpart to Outlaw Country and this didn’t totally scratch that itch, 8/10 on the personal happiness scale. 9/10 on the technical scale, it is SO sparkly, great formula, I just felt it was the tiniest bit too yellow for a true gold polish maybe?

9: Nothing Basic – Are You Ready, Kids?. I’m not even going to rate this because this is just 1 coat and no topcoat + a bunch of dings. It’s literally an unfinished mani that I was too lazy to remove. But I can’t wait to give the polish a real try, it looks so shifty and unique.