My first mani of the month has me going back to a bit of my simpler roots, my nails need a break from the May daily challenge, so I wanted to do something easy that I can stick with for a few days.

I do want to spend a moment to talk about that blue though, photographed in their bottles below:

For a while now, I have been planning to mix and market my own line of nail polish, though I don't expect it will launch until much later in the year.  As quality and consistency are a big concern of mine, I am taking my time testing formulas and getting feedback from people to get a good startup line going, before I release these colors.  It has been a big learning experience and I have certainly stumbled a bit here and there, this color was actually one of my stumbling ones that I will be unable to launch as the white pigment did not dissolve properly, and I am now waiting to get a liquid white concentrated pigment to use instead for a more consistent formula.  However, I still wanted to share it because I actually like the accidental effect that the white pigment gave, it's really subtle but it gives the blue a very slight modulation to its value, giving it a textured granite-y look up close.  

I am all for total transparency in my processes and for any feedback and suggestions people might have on mixing nail polish, as I am new to this scene and have a lot of room to grow.  Feel free to contact me any time at puppiesandpolish@gmail.com, I would love to hear from you.  I'm keeping it simple for now with just cremes, but as I get comfortable there, I do plan to expand into more fancy-type colors before I launch.