PURPLE AND GLITTER STRIPES

Wow....been a busy week for me.  First I have nail stuff and then I have some puppy pics to share :)

First up is a simple design I did.  I used J brand nail polish in Vivid Purple-----ya'll should know by know purples almost never photograph the correct color and this was no exception.  It's more of a bright, neon purple than the shade shown in the pics.  For the glitter I used Finger Paints - Stargazing Lilac.  I just used regular old tape that I cut into little strips to do the stripes.

Next, I wanted to share some pics of our new baby.  We picked her out when she was only about 3 weeks old - so it's been an eternity waiting for her to get old enough for her to come home.  No name yet, still working on it.  She is a red boston terrier.  I just got her yesterday but she is already fitting in nice at home with everyone.

DRUNK DIALING?? IN THIS CASE, YES!!

Today I'm showing off a fabulous polish by Super Black Lacquers.  This one is called Drunk Dial.  I love this color!  It's a super pretty violet purple jelly base with orange, red and holo yellow glitters.  A color combo I wouldn't think would work, but man does it WERK!  I wanted to stamp it, but I didn't want to completely cover the polish up, so I went for a more open all over stamp and used black that just kind of blended in without taking away from Drunk Dial.  I used one of my new stamping obsessions Mo-You London to stamp the design with.  I used a plate from the Time Travellers set, the 70's #02 plate.

EDIT: I forgot to add - I used Kleancolor nail polish in black to stamp with, bought for $1.00 - look how wonderful it stamped!!  Just as good as konad.

(photo taken outside, full sun)

(photo taken inside)

(photo taken inside, with flash)

(close up, outside full sun shot)

Mo-You London Time Traveller: Back To the 70's #02

TESTING THE WATERS

Just testing the waters at the moment... :)

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

I'm not saying Im "back" back, but I'm gonna give it a shot. I know I disappeared, for almost a year!! And those who follow me on facebook should know some of the reasons why I left. But to put it in the simplest terms - all the joy of blogging was gone and it turned into all work and no play.

Sooooo, I'm gonna give this a go again but under MY terms. I really wanna get back to what made me want to start blogging in the first place - a love of painting my nails and doing nail art. I think I got a little too wrapped up in product reviews and having to post all the new collections and all the new stuff first, and honestly that isn't what motivates me, nail art and painting my nails is what does. I'm not saying I won't do any reviews in the future, but they will be few and far between or done on a collection that I just really love!

These pictures were of a mani I did last night. I couldn't quite capture it with my phone so I busted out my real camera and it just brought back some good old blogging memories. So here we go ladies!!

I used Nubar Swiss Chocolate. For the accent nails I used a bright pink base color and then covered those babies in LA Splash loose glitter.

MILANI ONE COAT GLITTER - PURPLE GLEAM

Ahhh, the crowning jewel of the swatches I have shown you. I fell deeply in love with this color. This color is nothing short of AMAZING! I need the rest of the glitter from this collection - I just decided! While it wasn't quite a one coater - once coat did apply way better than most glitters. What makes this color so awesome is the black that is in this. Even after looking at these close up pictures I'm still not certain if this is in a black base or has very small micro black glitter in it. Either way - get this!

This dries to a cool matte look - of course I want my glittah to shine, but I took a picture of this without top coat so you could see the cool matte effect of this one. It is at the very bottom of this post.

One other VERY awesome thing about this polish was that it removed really well too. The glitter is so small that it didn't want to stick to my nails and removed much better.

MILANI JEWEL FX - GEMS

Ya'll KNOW I liked this one - glittah is my thing! Gems is VERY similar to Lippmann's Happy Birthday. They are almost dupes, but not quite. The glitter colors are a little different and the shape of some of the glitter is different. However, with out a close up photo and side by side comparison, you can't really tell the difference. Shown is 2 coats - and you can see how well this covered.

NYX GIRLS - CHOCOLATE TAUPE w/ KLEANCOLOR V.I.P.

I layered Kleancolor V.I.P. over NYX Girls Chocolate Taupe.

DEBORAH LIPPMANN - GET THIS PARTY STARTED SWATCHES

I am so excited to share these pictures with you all. As soon as I saw this collection I knew I needed to have it. Deborah Lippmann took the awesome Happy Birthday - and built on it! This has me thinking she needs a whole line of polishes like this with different colored bases - we need a blue one and green one and red one and purple one and . . . .etc!

All of these applied really nice. They are all shown with three coats, but really you could get away with 2 if you really took your time to apply them.


CANDY SHOP
I love how the pink base is still clear enough to let the glitters shine through and it also creates a really nice layered look with the glitter too. This is awesome!









FORGET YOU
The over the hill version of Happy Birthday - lol, get it?? Anyway, this is the black version and it is really awesome too. This one applied really nice with 2 coats, better than Happy Birthday & Candy Shop. I love the look of dark and then bam - glittah in your face!









HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The one that started it all! What can be said about this, that hasn't allready been said? It's a party in a bottle! This one is great because you can layer it over other colors or wear it on it's own.








Nordstrom Anniversary Set

Happy Birthday: a party in a bottle (glitter)
Forget You: party all night (glitter)
Candy Shop: bubblegum pink (glitter)

PRICE: $42 (set)

WHERE TO FIND IT: Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and online at www.deborahlippmann.com