There are a handful of polishes in my collection that fit into a very specific category that means that I don't pull them out very often. All of these polishes are no longer available (or in this case, reformulated to be a completely different animal) and absolute long time favorites of mine, ones that I don't want to actually finish up. I think for a surprising number of people, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (the original formula and shade) is one of those polishes. Seriously, they changed this polish like... five years ago? More? I don't know, it's been a long time since this version was available and it's such a perfect drugstore polish that it's one I sort of cherish in a weird way. Anyway, I got an idea in my head for this mani and I knew that I wanted to pull this one out of the vault and put it to good use.

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I wish I could remember the nail artist that inspired this mani, but at this moment I can't and I sincerely apologize. I saw someone do a gorgeous blue on blue mani with dolphin stamping recently and that's what put this in my head. I decided to reach for the Maniology (formerly Bundle Monster) BM-XL212 Stamping Plate, because it had these really gorgeous under the sea stamping images, and the Mercury Baseline Stamping Polish because it was very much the same tone of blue as the base colour, but a much lighter shade. I kept it pretty straight forward with the stamping, using mermaid, dolphin, and fin images to give a sort of under the sea feel. 

To finish, I applied a generous coat of Seche Vive Top Coat and voila!