Fiery colors

Hi All! This is my first time trying China Glaze Ruby Pumps. I bought a mini bottle at Christmas time - such a cute bottle!

I love the red jellyness!

Here's a fun one, although the pics don't convey the awesomeness of Lynnderella's Change.



This was two coats of a no-name orange jelly mini $OPI.

Then two coats of Kleancolor Scarlet Chunky Holo.

Then I dabbed on Lynnderella Change on the tips.

Thanks for lookin'!





Untried #4: Another $OPI mini + Icing Force of Love

A beautiful teal shimmer from $OPI. Sorry, I don't have the name!

This is really quite pretty and deserves to be

worn on it's own.

But I layered over it two coats of Icing Force of Love,

the DL dupe of Across The Universe.

Thanks for lookin'!

Untried #3: $OPI orange-based red creme mini

I'm glad I'm going through my untrieds. I've discovered some polishes I really like, that I had dismissed in the past. Here is a an orange-based red creme. I love this, especially on shorter nails.

Sorry, I don't have the name!

Thanks for lookin'!

Untrieds, Day 2: $OPI mini and Nubar 2010

I was pleasanly surprised with this $OPI mini. Sorry, I don't have the name. I threw out the package, not knowing the names aren't on the little bottles. It's such a nice steel-gray blue with some shimmer.

Three coats. This will be a nice base color for

stamping white and silver snowflakes.

Warning: Tip wear and dry cuticles ahead!

Then, I layered Nubar 2010 and mattified it.

Thanks for lookin'!

Wild at Heart

Hi everyone! Today, I have for you a leopard-print manicure. This was accomplished with three coats of $OPI Already Famous, stamped with black Konad polish and BM plate 221, and topped with the one and only Seche Vite. I've found that every $OPI polish I've used is VERY sheer, and I could still see visible nail lines after three coats! I think generally, $OPI is overpriced, and not that great of a formula, IMO.

$OPI Already Famous (mini) and Konad black polish.

Thanks for lookin'!

Dots!

I watched a dotting tutorial last night and tried dotting tonight. Dotting is very simple, and I really didn't need a tutorial, but watching someone else inspires me. This was fun and easy. My idea was to stay with pinks and purples. Maybe I should have done a Cinco de Mayo theme, but . . .I wanted dots!

Sinful Colors Easy Going, $OPI mini Just a little dangerous, Orly mini Grape Glitz, Icing glitter, Zoya Marley

Awesome Walgreens Sale

I was so excited to hear about this Walgreens sale. All Sinful Colors are 99 cents. The sale ends April 30th, so get out there and get-um! I scooped-up seven and a little bit of Easter candy on clearance. Oooohhhh . . . peanut butter eggs! So apparently, I like greens, blues and purples. There were some awesome glitter top coats, especially "Nail Junkie". (See below). I call these "top coats" because they are way to sheer to where alone, but add SO Much to another base color. I think it's funny when I read the reviews on Makeup Alley about these glitters: people judge them on there own as a stand-alone color, but I never wear these alone. It's amazing what they can do for other, basic base colors. Yes, they are gloppy, but that is what keeps all the glitter in suspension! People! Ahem. I'm ok now. I just love my glitters! The outlier is the pale pink, I thought that looked close to my OPI Sweetheart, which I use a lot.

I suppose I should get up and get the names, but I'm too lazy! The first is Black on Black,

then a chartreuse green glitter, darker green jelly, Nail Junkie (love), a black jelly with blue microglitter,

a purple jelly with pink microglitter, and the pale pink.

$OPI metallic teal (no name on mini bottle) and Sinful Colors Nail Junkie

Sinful Colors Nail Junkie is a very sheer aqua with gold, aqua, cobalt blue

 and a tiny bit of orange glitter. I LOVE IT!

Oh, how I wish my camera could capture the true essence of the glitters. Maybe I'll read that owner's manual one of these days!

Venturing into the holo world.

I was very excited to see these mini bottles of holos a Sally Beauty Supply. They are the "Sally Girl" brand and are only 99 cents each.

Granted, they aren't super holo, but they were only 99 cents!

They go on very sheer so, will work best as a top coat.



I wish my camera would capture the million-rainbows effect of a holo. I did three coats of OPI Sweet Heart and two layers of the holo top coat. It was fun to play around with and decide if I want to invest in holos in the future. Thanks for reading!

Learning from mistakes and pleasant surprises.

Well hello darlings! I'm up to eight followers, I feel like celebrating!!! I'm posting this today versus last night because I got caught-up in watching "The Golden Compass" on SciFy channel. BTW loved those books.

I decided to do some Konading last night and was really excited to try this swirly design. I wanted to try some different color combos for fun. Warning . . . a little sloppy.

These were mini $OPI bottles that don't have the names on them. The aqua color is from the Havana collection.
I don't care for this color - kindof pukey looking. I stamped the design with another teal $OPI mini.

This is wet n' wild Ebony hates Chris as a base coat, stamped with another $OPI mini,
from the Rocker Chic collection. Meh. Would be a nice shade by itself, though.

This is again wet n' wild Ebony hates Chris, stamped with Orly Luxe, using
Konad plate m63. Wow, those macro shots really make it look sloppy. :(

I'm loving these Orly metallics. I have another that is a rose gold, forget the name.

So, what did I learn?

1. $OPI (OPI for Sephora) doesn't work for stamping.

2. Orly metallic foils are awesome for stamping.

3. Wet n' Wild Ebony hates Chris is a great, opaque, quick-drying black that doesn't bubble at all. And I paid 99 cents for it! The brush is crappy, though.

4. My clean-up technique needs some work - more on that later!



Thanks for reading!