I don't understand...

I don't understand how I should be photographing a flakie nail polish to make the colors show.  I look at my nails and they are colorful and pretty... and I take a picture of them and they don't look like what I see.  Am I crazy?

I am not a photography person, but I would assume that since all the nail blogs can swatch them and show the colors that it is not rocket science, right?

My thought when I did these nails was "cold winter night."

My thought when I did these nails was "cold winter night." I think that's pretty accurate!

This paint job is a lot of layers. First the base color, then sponged glitter on the tips, then put my flakie coat down, then stamped on top of that.

I hate it when I have to say this, but these REALLY look a lot better in person. I couldn't get my flakie coat to photograph worth a crap. Below there is a swatch by polishallthenails that really nails it. My flakies look nice and colorful IRL, but I couldn't capture it in a photo for anything.  🙁

Holy shit my nails are awesome right now. 😳

Holy shit my nails are awesome right now. 😳