Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday

I couldn't find my black, so I went with a navy blue, Nicole by OPI Midnight Madness. I like the effect. I'd like to see this with an opaque white base coat.

Also, please excuse my ragged cuticles. I wore a lot of glitters this week, which means a lot of soaking in acetone to remove. I use a cuticle oil daily and a cuticle cream at night, and still, raggedy. Apologies.





So lovely. So sparkly. Such a pain to remove.

BB Couture Napa Valley Red

this is a collaboration between Vampy Varnish and BB Couture. The Vampy Varnish collection has many lovely shades in it, but this one appealed to me the most. It's almost a see-through red, with a lot of glitter. I took a picture of it out in the sun, so you could. The effect is that it appears to be lit from under your nail. I went with three coats, so the glitter would cover my visible nail line.

I got this polish in January, which tells you how far behind I am in taking and posting pics. :(

Sephora by OPI Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

I just realized, I don't show the two tone toes anymore. This blog has become about my manicures. Oh well. Que sera sera.

Why does OPI insist on making you sound like you have a lisp when you're saying their polish names?

I will tell you that this a dark, shimmery green, with tons of silver & green microglitter. It flashes silver in different lights. I think it also looks really pretty with silver Konad designs.

Zoya Adina

I don't even know how to begin to describe this color. It's like a beautiful purple with an iridescent green flash. Just kept staring at it. It's so pretty. In the dark restaurant where I work, it looked like a glowing grey. Then, I'd go into the brightly lit kitchen, and it would either look green or purple, depending on which way I turned. It's absolutely gorgeous, and may be headed into my all time faves category.

Franken-FAIL!

I wanted to make a pretty blue glitter polish for my best friend. She's always dug blue/teal polishes, and I had a bottle of Sally Girl teal glitter just lying around. I also had some Poshe top coat that wasn't being used. I decided to swirl them together. On the first shake, it blended beautifully. I shook it a little harder, to achieve an even distribution, and then I walked away. When I came back two hours later, I was bummed to discover what had only earlier looked like it would be a great teal glitter was now a glop of silver glitter at the bottom of the bottle, with a blue-tinged polish on top. No matter how hard I shake it, it will not blend back together.

FAIL.

new Konads!

I got plates m77 & m79, along with a larger bottle of black special polish, and a large bottle of purple metallic special polish. Man, have I raved enough about ocnail.art? Great selection, free shipping on orders over $20, and she'll honor any coupon, hers or a competitor's.

I've been playing with m79. My favorite is the clouds.

Meet Me at Star Ferry main polish


China Glaze Bahamanian Escape main polish. This one was great, and received compliments all through the day and night. It looks like the wallpaper in Toy Story. I love this.





Orly Thorned Rose main polish, which looks deep red on my pale skin, with design from m77.

Valentine's Ombre with Nicole by OPI Love Your Life

While I like the overall effect here, this manicure came out a bit chunkier than I'd hoped. I ended up digging the little hearts out of the bottle with a toothpick.