NOPI Rich in Spirit

Today I'm wearing something I've had in my stash for awhile, but never used. It's called Rich in Spirit from Nicole by OPI. Rich in Spirit  is a light blue metallic foil polish. This is three coats, but I probably had full coverage after two coats. It went on very smooth and dried quickly, so the formula was great!

I don't think this polish is available for sale anymore, because it's from their 2011 Liquid Metals collection. If you think you have to have it, your best bed is probably Ebay. I got it last year from Marshall's. NOPIs usually retail for $7.99, but you can get 2-packs of older NOPIs at places like Marshall's and TJ Maxx for the same price as one at regular retail price.

All Hail The Queen!

Today I have a departure from my favorite teals, blues, and glitter. If you follow my blog, you know I have a thing for turquoise/teal, and that I have a thing for glitter. This week I had an occasion where I needed "normal" nails. Fortunately I already had the PERFECT polish in my stash. This is Butter London's "All Hail The Queen". It may be beige, but it's not any old beige, because "All Hail The Queen" is HOLOGRAPHIC!

The formula on this polish is AMAZING. I had to put on three coats for full coverage, but they went on smooth and dried very quickly between coats. Butter London is a little pricey if you pay full retail ($15 at Ulta), but I got a great deal on mine when Coterie.com had their pre-sale last year. (Three Butter London colors and a Butter London top coat for $11 shipped, after a $25 coupon code was applied!) I don't know if they still have great deals like that, but I'm glad I grabbed mine when I did.

If you have to go beige, "All Hail The Queen" is the way to go!

Happy Independence Day!

My 4th of July manicure is a giant glitter-bomb! Seriously, it's going to take a week to get all of this glitter off of my fingernails. I still have some in my cuticles that I just couldn't get out. It's gorgeous, though!

I have on two coats of Julep "America". "America" is jam-packed with red micro-glitter, mixed with medium-sized pieces of blue and silver hex glitter, and silver star glitter, although the silver stars are harder to find. To finish the look, I applied blue french tips with Wet 'n Wild Megalast "Root of All Evil", a metallic blue. Although I don't understand the name... you'd think "Root of All Evil" would be a green, not a blue. :)

Julep "America" Bottle

Wet 'n Wild Megalast "Root of All Evil" Bottle

Midnight Seduction over Black Tie

So, this is my first blog post in a LONG time. What can I say, life happens. I still love nail polish, and hopefully I'll be able to keep up with my blogging now.

Today I have on two coats of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength "Black Tie" as my base color. It's a gorgeous purply-charcoal duochrome that you can find at just about any drugstore. On top of that I have a coat of Kleancolor "Midnight Seduction", which has a clear base and is jam-packed with multi-colored micro glitter. Klean color isn't available where I live, so I bought mine from someone on eBay.

I've always had a hard time getting my camera to focus on glitter, but I went ahead and added the unfocused shot anyway, to show you how nice this combination of polishes is. Aren't they gorgeous?!

Maybelline Color Show Sequins "Cocktail Dress"

Surprise! I'm still here. I know I've been MIA lately, but this time of year is crazy, and I just haven't had much time to paint my nails. It has made me so sad. I finally have something to show you!

This is Maybelline Color Show Sequins "Cocktail Dress". It is a clear base jam-packed with black and metallic charcoal glitter, and small maroon-ish hex glitter. It's going to be such a PITA to take off, but it's just so freaking gorgeous!

This two coats of "Cocktail Dress" and two coats of Butter London PD Quick Topcoat. "Cocktail Dress" sells for $3.49 for a 7 ml bottle.

China Glaze "Luxe and Lush" over Funky Fingers "Mood Ring"

This week's manicure is China Glaze "Luxe and Lush" over Funky Fingers "Mood Ring".

Mood Ring is a lovely metallic seafoam green that I purchased from my new favorite store, Five Below. Application is pretty good. This is two coats.

Luxe and Lush is from China Glaze's Hunger Games collection that was released early this year. It flashes a bunch of different colors, but the one that is the most prominent is red. I used THREE coats of Luxe and Lush, because in my opinion just one coat went on kind of sparse. Believe it or not the flakies lie pretty flat, it just looks chunky in the pictures. I got Luxe and Lush on clearance at Sally Beauty Supply on clearance for $4.99 plus 50% off!

Overall, I like it! There are a couple of spots where I had trouble getting the glitter out of my cuticles, and in these photos it makes it looks like I have some hangnails, but I don't!

Walking in the Spider Webs

Happy Halloween!

For my Halloween manicure I used crackle polish for the first time. OPI's black crackle over Sinful Colors "Summer Peach". The crackle is supposed to represent spider webs. I also did an accent nail of a spider, and I used the crackle as a French Tip. I made the spider with my dotting tools. My spider needs a little work. Not only did my top coat make the white polish for the eyes bleed a little bit, but I realized after I did it that a spider spins his web from his back end, not the front. Oh well! I'm still pretty happy with it.