Now With Sparkles!

Thought I'd try a twist on my face. This is still Finger Paints Art Dealer Teal-er, but I added 1 coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. The CG added the perfect amount of glitter. Some of the glitters are too much, but this one was perfect. I can't wait to try it over other colors!

My Favorite!!!!

First post! I won't pretend that my posts will be as intelligent or witty as Pam's, but then, she us hard to compete with in those departments. Bare with me....maybe I'll get better.

This is by far my favorite color so far (and it was the first one I bought)! I've only recently jumped on the polish bandwagon, but I keep going back to this one. It's Finger Paints (from Sally's) and it's calked Art Dealer Teal-er. The first coat looks so thin and sheer, but after the second it's perfect! I bought it as more if a toe color, but keep finding it on my fingers.

First French manicure

My husband is not a huge fan of crazy, glittery nail polish. He has been hinting for ages that he wants me to do a French mani, but I always seem to have at least 1 nail that is short and wonky. But now, they are all at a frenchable length, so the DH has got his French mani.

I used Nailene nail guide strips because my Harry Potter manicures were sufficient evidence to the fact that I cannot paint a straight line. :)

China Glaze White on White was used for the tips and 2 coats of Zoya Bela were used over the whole nail. I am pretty happy with it. (But will continue to use crazy colors as well!)

My first franken!

I have been lusting after OPI Steady as She Rose (and singing The White Stripes' Steady As She Goes) since I first saw it. Since I can't get into only place in town that carries it -Cosmoprof - I decided to try frankening as opposed to ordering online.

This is what I get when I mix 3 parts China Glaze White on White, 1 part Hot Topic bubblegum pink, add 4 drops of Hot Topic periwinkle, and 2 drops of Zoya Raven. Close? I think so, but just not murky enough. This picture is with flash as it's the only way it showed accurate.

The formula was a little thick and streaky, but 3 coats covered nicely. A few people at work commented on it. I'll definitely use it again, but will prob buy SaSR if I get the chance. I'll save my shipping funds for Zoya buy 1 get 2 free promos.

Milani 3D Holographic Glitter Cyberspace

I've seen Milani at CVS every time I'm there, nothing really attracted my attention. Great colors, but nothing I haven't seen. But... This definitely caught my eye.

The only polish missing was the silver one, or I would've gotten it. I did a quick google image search (yes, on my phone. Yes, in CVS. You've done that, right?) and liked thus shade the best. It's not a scattered holo, but is barely linear. The glitter is fleck-y as opposed to perfectly round. A little chunkier as well. Still, with 3 coats of color and one of Poshe, it has a perfectly smooth finish. Very little VNL as well.

Super pretty & I'm sure I'll be wearing it again.

OPI Houston We Have a Purple

I had reason to celebrate this week (paying off 80% of your student loans with tax-free $$ is quite the celebration), and did so by buying a new polish that I've been eyeballing at Meijer for a long time. Seriously. I celebrated getting rid of $60k in debt by buying an $8.49 nail polish. Look out! :)

This is 3 coats of HWHaP and a coat of Poshe. It's one of the sorbet finishes from the Texas collection. Sorbet and jelly finishes are very, very similar. I think the sorbets are a little less opaque than jellies. I tried a 4th coat on my thumbs to see if I could get rid of the VNL, but that turned out goopy. It's a very smooth color that reminds me of a grape Edy's Real Fruit bar. I highly recommend both the polish and the Popsicles. :)

Essie Sew Psyched

I wanted this polish for ages, so I was so psyched (ugh, that was bad!) to hear that it was going to be part of the Essie retail collection. There are 5 stores on my town who carry Essie, and only 1 has this color.

I won't go on too much about application, the brush, etc. because I've already done that once on the blog, but the picture was quite horrible. This one is much better, save for the chip to my index finger. Just ignore that, k?