I secretly like poetry, and the name of this polish reminded me of They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt, a poet from the 1500′s. There are many contexts in which this poem can be understood, but to me the poem has a very predatory tone. Apt, isn’t it?
China Glaze’s Prey Tell is from its Summer 2012 Safari Collection. I was craving for a really vampy color, and this polish is vamp to the max!
PT is a dark shade of bordeaux, and dries to a smooth and glossy finish. It’s a very viscous polish so you have to be careful not to get too much polish on the brush! I had to redo my index finger because the polish trickled to the side of my nail. Above shows 2 thickish coats of PT under my table lamp with flash!
And this is with indoor lighting and flash. You can’t see the sheen – it’s too dark for you to notice the reflections around it – it’s dark, it’s badass, and it just screams femme fatale.
I was totally feeling this polish and I wore it for an entire week! With the Seche Vite top coat, it lasted very well with no chips, only tip wear. And be careful girls (and boys), this polish stains like a b*tch!
Also, if you thought my nail shape looks a little different, it’s because I’m trying something called the Lana Del Ray Nails Project – I just came up with that name lol, I’ve been hung up on her new songs and they all have a very dreamy, surreal, and somewhat otherworldly quality to it. My favourite song so far is Gods And Monsters - trust me, it’s good.
As I was saying, the Lana Del Ray Nails Project – obviously inspired by its namesake – is basically me growing out, maintaining, and filing my nails so the tips are round and a bit pointy, instead of squarish like my nails usually are. It’s a bit challenging because I’ve never really grown out my nails that long but there are are perks to it – I can relieve an itch really easily with long nails!!
What you see above is just my nails in the initial stage and Lana’s nails are like:
Credits to Fashionista.com
I wonder if those nails are real or fake plastic nails? If I get a chipped or broken nail halfway through the project, I am just going to cry in a corner.
Above shows Thanks a Windmillion as the base, with Essie Stylenomics dots! You can’t really see it in this picture, but Stylenomics is a dark, deep green with a hint of grey & blue in it. I fell in love with it the moment I laid eyes on the polish. Had to have it.
And oh, what’s this? A reversible mani? Ha, no those do not exist yet… although I’m thinking it can happen similarly to polishes that change colour in lower temperatures. Stylenomics appears almost a deep blue in this picture (with flash even!) but trust me, it’s a GREEN. It also looks green from an arm’s length and stays true to its colour, unlike many dark/vampy polishes that appear blackish till closer inspection.
I decided that I hadn’t done a konadicure in a long time so here you go! Taken under my table lamp without flash, I used white Konad polish for stamping, together with 
This was with flash, which honestly doesn’t look as fancy as a glitter manicure would. Meh.
I didn’t use a topcoat for this one, because Konad polishes take forever to dry and I didn’t want to risk polish drag even with Seche Vite!
With flash – using the ‘water color’ technique, you can make out brush strokes on my ring and pinky fingers. I don’t really know where I was going with this! I used a white base and tried blending purple and black polishes on it.
And FYI you can’t really go wrong with Zoya Adina, a duochrome polish that flashes purple and green! It does look like rotten grapes doesn’t it? A bit of green and white fungus there. The above photo was taken under my table lamp without flash. It also kind of reminds me of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty:
Another flash shot! Polishes used:
Taken under my table lamp without flash, it sort of looks like a glitzy satellite image of earth from space! I can make out rough continents and plateaus, boundless seas, and of course, stars in the atmosphere. If you don’t see it yet, scroll down for the flash version!
Above shows the manicure with flash and lighting from my table lamp. T
We don’t have to see things too clearly all the time – blurry shots like this evoke intrigue and curiosity, and one really can appreciate the manicure in its entirety instead of focusing on the micro details down to each speck of glitter. I appreciate both types of images!
What’s next?
It looks like a glittery whirlpool, ergo the name Reflection Pool – a mix of OPI Spark de Triomphe and Simmer & Shimmer. Yes, that Simmer & Shimmer from OPI’s 2010 Christmas collection!
And I think I’ve under-utilized my camera flash, because glitters really do look better with flash! With the exception of my middle finger, I used S&S as the base glitter and dabbed SdT on the tips.
Blurry, Blingy, Glitter shot. With flash!
And I just had to take a picture with this glitter sheet I got from Paper Market! It’s a good store to raid when you’re feeling artsy and crafty.
Look at the glitter trays!!! Thanks to Sophia for the shot! I wish I could have all these rainbow glitters on my nails at the same time. Sighs.
