I have a Gelish quickie for you today…. this is Jet Set. I’ve had this one on my wishlist for a while and finally got around to buying and trying it. Wow… it’s not the color I thought it would be at all. I always thought this was a really deep blue color, but it’s actually a dark grey-ish purple with a real subtle shimmer. I had a very hard time trying to capture this color on camera, so these aren’t my best swatches, but they’re the closest I could get.
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Today I have a quick comparison of some of the dark purple shades that Gelish offers. Below you can see a side-by-side comparison of Night Reflection, Bella’s Vampire, Diva, The Perfect Silhouette, and Plum and Done. All of the swatches below are two coats except for Bella’s Vampire, which has three (and still has a bit of transparency). I hope you find this helpful when trying to find the right shade of purple to suit your tastes!
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Hi everyone! Below are some swatches of Gelish Plum and Done, a lovely dark purple with some reddish undertones. The photos below show three coats of Plum and Done. My photos are a tad on the dark side, but the shade is darker with each coat applied. I also posted my purple comparison picture at the bottom to show you what two coats of Plum and Done looks like.
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You can see the glitter effects a little better when the image is blurry…
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I made a quick video to show you how this works.
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This is Carnival Hangover by Gelish. All of the swatches that I’ve seen for this polish have looked more purple, but mine looks like a bright pink. I’m not sure if this one might be a color changer and changed in the bottle before I opened it. I just purchased it a couple of weeks ago, so it hasn’t been sitting around here for too long. Hmm… I do love the color though. It’s an awesome shade for spring/summer and I’m sure I’ll get some wear out of it. You can also see this color in my recent zig zag skittlette manicure.
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I also couldn’t leave well enough alone and eventually added some loose holographic glitter to it. This pic is intentionally blurry to show off the holo effects 
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This is #5 (Saturn), and it shifts from teal blue to a deep purple. This gel polish is NOT the soak off variety… it has to be filed off if you apply it by itself. If you use this polish I highly recommend wearing undies under it (use a soak off polish underneath). I applied Saturn over top of two coats of Gelish My Favorite Accessory.
These were purchased directly from Indigo as part of a large group order. Shipping to the states is rather high, so it’s helpful if you have other people to go in on an order with you.
Update: These polishes do not cure with some LED lamps, UV is the way to go.
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In person I really can’t tell a huge difference between the two, so I don’t see the need to own both. Twinkle is a little more of a yellow gold, and it has some holographic glitters sprinkled in the mix. I applied three coats of each in the swatches below.
This is Golden Treasure:
And this is Twinkle:
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I’m also working on some gel polish FAQ’s. Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll try to address them in a post this week.
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Today I remembered that I had some zipper water decals and thought what better to pair with denim? I applied a regular nail polish base over top of my gel manicure, painted on some colored triangles and applied my decals. I then topped everything off with Seche Vite. I’m sure the art won’t last long this way, but you know I’ll be ready to change up my mani soon again anyway!
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Struck Upon a Star has a purple tinted base and is loaded with different colored glitter in a variety of shapes and sizes, and some of them are iridescent and holographic. There are also holographic stars in the mix. I was a little worried when I first saw this polish that the stars might not lay down well, but I didn’t have any issues with them at all. After applying three coats and a top coat, my nails had a nice glassy finish and the holographic effects were very cool.
I Did Love Him Once has a pink shimmer base and red, black, and white square and hex glitters. It also has some bar glitter and red hearts. I had to do a little fishing to get the hearts, but I like that you could wear this with or without the hearts if you choose.
Valley of Ashes has a grey base with a silvery shimmer and is loaded with black hex and micro glitters. This might be my favorite of the three since I think it’s very versatile and could be worn with almost any outfit. (Yes, I try to match my nails to my clothes LOL).
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This is Gelish You’re Such a Sweet-Tart from the Candy Land Collection. It’s a fun, bright green with a subtle shimmer. This is a great spring/summer color.
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The more I try these Ink brand polishes, the more I love them. They apply like butter – really, no issues with thickness or wrinkling at all. And they seem to soak off very easily. If you watched my recent video about how to remove gel polish, that was an Ink brand polish that I had on and you can see that it came off almost in one sheet with very little scraping needed.
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You may notice that I created a new category for Ink swatches, and there’s a new link to them in the dropdown menu on the navigation bar above. I did some shopping online for more Inks yesterday and I had a really hard time finding swatches other than the little color bubbles that the manufacturer shows. I like seeing colors on someone’s nails before I buy, so I guess I may have to be a guinea pig for everyone and make the swatches! LOL
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Last spring Gelish released the Candyland collection, filled with bright, cheerful colors. I’m swatching this collection and the Rio Neon collection so that I can compare them to the new All About the Glow collection that’s slated to be released in May.
Each of theses swatches is three coats of color. The formulas in this collection are nice – the colors all apply easily and I didn’t have any issues with thickness or wrinkling.
This is You’re So Sweet You’re Giving Me a Toothache. It’s a creamy light pink. Rumor has it this color fades a little after application, so I’ll do a swatch stick comparison of this if I see any fading. You’re so sweet is very close in color to Pink Smoothie, but it’s slightly darker.
This is Sugar ‘N Spice & Everything Nice, a bright pink.
This is Don’t Be Such a Sourpuss, yellow with a subtle shimmer.
This is You’re Such a Sweet-Tart, green with a subtle shimmer.
This is Sugar Daddy, a fun, bright blue.
This is Orange Cream Dream. I took these pictures a while ago, so the format it a little different from the others.
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As you would expect with a neon collection, the colors are bright!! This is Shake It Til You Samba, a neon pink. This is a very fun summer color, and it has great coverage with just two coats.
Tiki Tiki Laranga is a neon orange. This color did have some shrinkage issues and pulled back from the edges a little.
Coco Cabana Banana… the name says it all… hello yellow!
Amazon Flirt is a neon green. You’ll need a pair of sunglasses when you wear this or Coco Cabana! 
Ooba Ooba Blue… this one doesn’t really seem neon to me. This color is a bit thin and I had some shrinkage issues. I’d recommend Sugar Daddy over this blue since the colors are similar and it has much better coverage.
And finally, Carnaval Hangover. On all of the Gelish swatches this appears to be purple, and when you put it next to the other colors in this collection it is purple-ish… however next to other colors in my collection, this appears to be more on the pink side than purple. It also doesn’t strike me as being “neon”, but it’s a gorgeous color and I’ve worn it a few times already. It also has great coverage with just two coats.
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