Winter Wonderland

Just because the holidays are over doesn't mean that Winter is.  Judging by everyone's Facebook posts, I think the cold weather is here to stay for awhile.  I live in Texas so for me to see the thermometer hit 20 degrees is exciting.  So instead of dreading it, let's celebrate it.

OMG look at these!  This definitely goes on the list of my all-time favorite manis.  It's so simple and easy but super pretty.  I started with two coats of Color Club Hydrangea Kiss then added one coat of Nubar 2010.  If you don't have 2010 you need it.  It was the first flakie polish I ever owned and still my favorite by far.  I actually need a new bottle because I'm almost out after two years.  When that dried I applied one coat of Spoiled Jewelry Heist and topped it off with Sally Hansen Big Matte.  I don't know about you but I just love glitters with a matte top coat.  Oh who am I kidding?  I love everything with a matte top coat.  lol
So what do you think?  Are you a big matte fan?  And what's on your nails this cold Winter evening?

Barielle Elle's Spell

Tonight will be a quick post because it's getting late and I have to work tomorrow...wah!  Also I think the amazingness of the polish speaks for itself...you'll see.

I used two coats of Elle's Spell over a burgundy creme from Julep called Anisa.  The actual Barielle polish is a red jelly with holo flakies and it's amazing.  I feel like putting it over red was pretty but I should have put it over a dark purple...oooohhh!  I'm starry-eyed just thinking about it.  Sorry that's all I have but tomorrow will be a better day all around.  (:

Pinterest Week Day 2

So yesterday was a fun start to Pinterest Week.  I got some great feedback on that mani.  I hope you all are excited about all the recreated manis to come too.  Let's get started with today's!!

Day 2: devilish.designs.

MY PIN HERE

ORIGINAL POST HERE

Are you in love yet?  I can't bear to take it off.  This was my first attempt at a cloud mani as well as Kelly's.  She is the blogger of devilish.designs.  Seems kind of fitting right?

Kelly's manicure was done using acrylic paints for the gradient and Essie Shine of the Times.  Since I have none of those, I used some of my favorite polishes in similar shades.

WHAT I USED:

Zoya Zuza - turquoise

Zoya Dannii - purple

Color Club Blushing Rose - pink

Julep Meryl - grey

China Glaze White on White - bet you can't guess what color this one is.  lol

Nubar 2010 - flakie top coat

The part I found the most difficult was the gradient.  I'm not the best at them, but I don't think I'm that bad either.  (:  I just couldn't the turquoise and purple to fade together very well.  I had to redo them too many times.  However I am completely in love with how this mani turned out for Kelly and for me.  I think I recreated her mani perfectly.  Check out the photo below to see for yourself.

Please leave your comments below letting me know what you think of Pinterest Week so far.  Remember you can request a certain mani from any of my Beauty board pins.  I will do my best to recreate it for you.  (:

China Glaze Four Leaf Clover w/ Finger Paints Asylum

Afternoon Lovelies!

This is going to be a short pos because I was supposed to have already left the house for my afternoon plans.  It's nothing crazy or amazing, but I think it's pretty.

Look at it!!!

Have a great day!
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See Sarah Swatch Angel's Stream and Danielle's Spell

I had an amazing swap with Sarah from See Sarah Swatch last week.  She sent some great polishes, but these two...?  I couldn't even get over how awesome they were.  She made them and named one for me!!  Let's check them out.

First up is Angel's Stream.  It's a teal blue jelly/creme with orange/green flakies and loaded with scattered holo glitter and what looks like a little sprinkle of black glitter.  I'm almost speechless.  Beauty in a bottle.

Next up is my favorite of the two, Danielle's Spell.  I mean, it IS named after me.  It's a gorgeous plum purple with lavender hex glitter, tiny red square glitter and red and purple flakies.  So beautiful!  Both polishes dry extremely fast and very smooth.  I am extremely impressed at how wonderful these polishes turned out and so happy that I have them.


So, again, thank you so much to Sarah for everything.  I really love the whole swap.  If anyone else would like to swap, I would be more than happy to do so.  There is a tab to my wish list at the top of the page.


Thanks for reading!
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Zoya Manhattan Mixer

Hello Friends!


This polish is one I got from the Zoya "Two Free Polish" sale.  I think I just like the fact that it isn't named after a girl.  Weird?  Anyway, I think it's a gorgeous polish.

Since the polish is great for layering, I wanted to show the different levels.
pinky - 1 coat
ring - 2 coats
middle - 3 coats
pointer - 2 coats over white  (I did white so the color would show correctly.)
MM is a sheer green with mini flakies from the Zoya Summer 2011 Glamsicles Collection.  The whole collection is fantastic in my eyes and I NEED them all.

I have a few polishes in mind that I'm going to layer with this.  I'll definitely post photos of them for you all.


Have a great day!
D

Finger Paints Twisted

Hey Guys!


So sorry I haven't been posting.  I had to work 4 overnights at work, and so I slept all day and all weekend.  Then yesterday I went to celebrate my mom's birthday.  Unfortunately she is no longer with us, but my best friend and I went to put flowers on her grave.  We had a pretty great day.  Sad but great and full of memories.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Now I have another polish from the Effects collection by Finger Paints.  TWISTED!

 I have to say, I think this is my favorite of the collection.  I'm not sure why.  Maybe I love that it's a rainbow or maybe I love that I layered it over Finger Paints Amethyst Atelier or IDK!  I just love it.

Finger Paints Flecked

Hello Lovelies!


This one I have been waiting for since I saw the press release a few months ago.  Actually all of the Finger Paints Effects are fabulous, but I wanted to start with this one because green and black are my favorite colors.


First I have swatches of all of the Effects on a nail wheel.

L to R:  Asylum, Flashy, Twisted, Motley, and Flecked

 I'm pretty sure those are in the correct order.  They are a little tough to tell in the bottle rather than on the nail.  By the way, they are all swatched on a navy base polish as well.


I don't know why I started from the opposite side.  Maybe it's because I'm left-handed and everyone says I'm always backwards.  No matter, like I said, green and black are my favorite colors, and that's what Flecked is.  It has a clear base with lots of flakies that turn from green to blue.

outside in sunlight

direct sunlight

inside

inside with flash

I know most of you probably have all of the Effects so I hope you liked this one as much as I do.  I got so many compliments on it too.  I will swatch the rest of them, but now all consecutively just so you guys know.


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