Day Eight - Gradient

Here's my first attempt at a glitter gradient using Color Club's Take Me To Your Chateau and Deborah Lippmann's Today Was A Fairytale. I liked the end result, but next time I think I'll use a glitter that doesn't have a tinted base.

Next time I'll use Crown Me Already - I didn't remember that Fairytale had a tinted base :( I do still like it though.

Halloween Nails #1

It's a widely known fact about me that I'm not a fan of Halloween. I haven't dressed up in years. It's just another day for me. I have a bizarre phobia of wigs as well, which doesn't help. It's just not a good time.

But I decided that I like Halloween colours, so I'm showing this mani I'm wearing and am in LOVE with.

I started with a base of Zoya Tanzy - which was the first Zoya I ever bought and am in love with to this day. So bright and sparkletastic! I then dabbed on some Colorblind, and topped it off with the matte top coat.

Ugh, I just love it so. I wore it shiny for almost a day, but I wasn't as stuck on it as I am now. It will break my heart to take it off.

Pretty and Polished Sand Art

What fresh hell!
It's sunny!!!!
I can finally take a photo of what my nails are wearing!!
I've had Sand Art for about a month, but I ended up moving it around in my polish closet and it was out of sight, out of mind. When I went and rearranged some stuff - I grabbed it and put it on right then and there.

I used Zoya Robyn as underwear, and put three coats of Sand Art over top.

This is a serious love for me - I love the colours in this polish! I also like that I can layer it over anything my heart desires :)

I never got Sand Art as a child, but I'm sure glad I have it as an adult! This may have to be in my top 10 for 2012.

Go Pink! Wednesday - Zoya Shelby and Rainbow Honey A Little Kindness

Ack - I've been sicky sick since Monday! So this will be a short one, since my head still thinks it weighs 100lbs.
I started with a base of Zoya Shelby, then added 2 coats of A Little Kindness. From my recent Rainbow Honey haul, I love this one the most! The shimmers are great but they are wayyyy to thick for my liking. So until I get polish thinner, you won't be seeing them here :(

 A Little Kindness adds epic sparkle and 'zazzle' to this creme base. I usually hate cremes, and only use them for layering. It has a pink shimmer in the base, and large pink and gold hex glitter

Girly Bits Daddy's Little Girl

I wanted this polish so badly for so long. I always managed to miss it when Pam restocked. I got lucky and got it in a swap last month!
I used Zoya Song for underwear - and it is the perfect colour match!

Daddy's Little Girl is a mix of blue and purple glitter in a clear base. This is two coats on top of one coat of Song.

It was hard to photograph, because the purple glitter never seem to want to show up.

It is super gorgeous though!  It was also very easy to apply. A but messy, but I'm always messy when I paint my nails....

Erica's Challenge Day 3 - Favourite Season

Hey y'all! Are you impressed I haven't missed a day yet? I know I am. Today's theme was seasons. I flipping love the fall - the colours, the weather, back to school. It doesn't help that I have a (late) fall birthday either.
Alas, the stamping plates I have do not have leaves! I was very upset because that was my plan. So I used the colour that to me is Fall in a bottle - Deutsch You Want Me Baby from OPI's Germany Collection. To spice things up I did an accent nail using Zoya Elisa as underwear and China Glaze Electrify.

I'm so glad I decided to grab this OPI - I hummed and hawed about it many times, until I saw it on sale at Winners. It's also currently on my toes :)

Day 8 - Metallic withe Lorelei's Tiara

I love this polish, but I hate how all glitter polish comes off in giant chunks. I always have my right index finger pop right off! It's ridiculous. 

This is technically a glitter, but I consider metallic to be gold and silver, so I think it counts! I love that I keep justifying and making up rules as I go.

So many sparkles. It's like an ice queen. If I was the snow queen I'd wear this all the time.

I should have bought a backup bottle...it's almost half gone :(

Day Five - Nubar Blue Hydrangea and Revlon Whimsical

FINALLY

I got this idea from the blog Caitt's nails - which layered Glitter in the Air over Blue Hydrangea...I'm too poor to afford the Lippmann, but I have the knockoff and today seemed like the perfect day to wear it.

 I'm ready to lose the two followers I do have over these next photos - my pointer finger is severely red and gross looking, and my middle finger isn't much better.

It hurts just looking at it.

Hidden equals better! I must have been stress picking my cuticles - I do that a lot without realizing it.

...Caitt's looks better I think!

Day Four - Nerd Lacquer Don't Panic

I love this colour. It's lime green with tiny copper flecks in it! This is the third polish I got from my (so far) only Nerd Lacquer haul!

It's really sheer, and if I can find a good base for it it will conserve it much more. You can already see how much I have used.

It's sparkles like crazy, even though it hasn't been sunny here in a long, long time.

I'm feeling some nail art for tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Nerd Lacquer Event Horizon

I...love...nerd lacquer. I'll say it loud and I'll say it proud. Seems like a lot of people do too, because I haven't been able to place my next order because all of the polishes I want are sold out! I'm persistent though, so I'll be watching out for the next restock.

This is the lovely, dark, sparkly wonder called Event Horizon. It's a blackened teal with major glitter.

It's funny that I fancy myself a nerd, but I don't like regular nerdy things - sci fi being one of them. But I can appreciate the thought and cleverness of some of the polish names. I'm lemming the Monty Python Set quite badly. Anyway, back to this polish!

I do love it...however I bought Nebula, the sister polish that's burgundy, and I think I like it more. I'll show it off soon, I promise!

TonyMoly Jupiter

Oh mah lurrrrd - this was a smart buy on my part! The photos don't show its awesomeness. Tomorrow I'll take some when it's light!

 

I used two coats of black creme, and then one coat Jupiter...it looks fabulous! If I didn't just get Nicki Minaj polishes, I'd keep it on much longer.

Now, one dark blurry one for good measure....

Amazeballs. That is all.

Cult Nail Captivated

Hey, quick post on yesterday's mani! Cult Nails Captivated came out last summer, and I have gotten lots of mileage out of it!

 It's the most awesome orangey-red sparkly magic!

 Hope you lurve it as much as I do! Also sorry for the crummy pictures - I did them in a hurry!

Cult Nails Always Winning

Hello again! Today I chose to layer Always Winning over Zoya Irene - they actually have the exact same base colour so it worked perfectly!

For the first time I had shrinking issues with my top coat! Must be using too much Poshe I guess...oh well, here it is!



Sorry for the short post - I'm in midterm season!

China Glaze Skyscraper

Hello - I've decided to give this another go - just to see how my pictures go! My camera isn't up to the quality of others out there, but I'd really like to nail blog, so here goes nothing!

I freaking LOVE Skyscraper. I don't own many from the Metro Collection, but I'm glad I got this one. It's a dark blue glitter and man, is it sparkly!



I was able to take a macro of one of my nails! So very proud of myself right now!

I really want to be able to do the 31 day nail challenge! Hope I can pull it off!

The First Swatch

Ok party people - this is my first swatch!! I'm not quite sure how it will turn out, or even if it will start something wonderful, but here it goes

Also, please mind the messy polish and the poor state of my cuticles...I'm trying my hardest.

The first photo I've ever taken was my China Glaze Purple Panic, with one coat of CG Fairy Dust overtop...any comments/help would be lovely!