Happy Halloween!

Just a quick post today with some Halloween nail art! I hope you're having a fun Halloween or October 31st, whichever you observe :) Today I've got some more great nail art compliments of Alexandra for you. There is a ton of really cool Halloween manis around the blogs and MUA that I've seen and been inspired by, but this is one I haven't seen around. Check it out!

Alexandra used Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here as the base color and if you click to enlarge the picture you can see the round little black rhinestones on the tips. T he skulls are clay fimo slices and there's a stripe of black and silver glitter to finish off the look.

I really like this mani! I'm very into how colored french tips look lately and this feels a little more managable for me to try than a lot of nail art. Slowly working my way up in the nail art world haha, luckily we have Alexandra to put together fun nail art like this. What are you doing for your nails today? Are you dressing up?

Pretty BCA Polish

I know it's almost the end of October, but I wanted to wait to do my breast cancer awareness post because so many happen at the start of the month. I have been fortunate enough to never have a member of my immediate family affected by breast cancer, but many other kinds of cancer have taken people that I love from me. Please make sure to check yourself periodically and remind your friends and family to as well! It's not about saving boobies, it's about saving lives.

Today I have one of the polishes from this year's China Glaze - Fight Like A Woman collection, Encouragment. This is a very delicate and sophisticated looking pale pink color.

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I love just about everything about Encouragment. As I said above, it's very delicate looking, at least in my opinion. Although, it is a little sheer, so maybe next time I wear this I'll use a pale pink base and layer a coat or two of Encouragment on top, but I will definitely be wearing this color a lot! It's appropriate for any setting and a little more interesting looking than regular pinks, because of the silvery shimmer. I have two weddings in my future and this is a front runner for my mani for them especially since I will be a bridesmaid. What do you think? Did you get any of this year's Breast Cancer Awareness polish offerings?

Suzi Says..

I have to be honest, I hate how many OPI polish names have Suzi in it. I get that it's her company, but I find it a little obnoxious how often it's used. That being said, I do love the color of Suzi Says Feng Shui. I've been wanting this color ever since it was released but never got my hands on it. Last week I got a mini of it as an extra in an awesome swap I did, so I finally got to try it! Now I know for sure, I absolutely positively need a full-size bottle of this ASAP - I loooove it.

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I didn't mind painting with the mini brush and holding the mini bottle as much as a lot of people seem to. I also think it funny how similar these three pictures ended up looking - almost identical hand position, that almost never happens for me :) I just really like everything about this color, I think it looks good with my skintone. Must get the full size!

Beautiful Dusk...A Tale Of Fate.

When I was first getting into nail polish, I saw a picture of China Glaze - Dusk and it immediately went on my wishlist. I was so totally in love with it, just from pictures. But it's an older China Glaze for sure, and pretty hard to find. It's one of those polishes I had on my list that I never really thought I'd get my hands on, but oh man did I ever search for it. I've never even seen it on ebay. But then I found it on a blog sale so I was elated, then saw it was pending, rats! I took a chance and emailed the lady selling it, luckily her original buyer ended up changing their mind so I finally got my hands on this beautiful, beautiful polish. Nail polish karma is real people! Whenever I have access to something someone is lemming, I help them get it...build that nail polish karma and your lemmings will find a way to you! Haha it's for real. Now that story time is over, would you like to see the pictures? ;-) There are a few extra, just a heads up.



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You know how it feels when you finally find something you were looking for and then it doesn't live up to what you hoped? Well I totally don't haha. This is even better than I thought it would be! Love love love love it. It's a smoky dark purple with this wonderful subtle shimmer in it. It's not too dark that it looks black inside, you always know it's purple, which is important for me - I hate when colors look black inside, makes me crazy. Thank you for listening to me ramble on and on about this, but I just can't help it! What do you think of Dusk? Do you have any favorite older China Glaze colors?

Frankens are fun for everyone!

I really love when people post pictures of their frankens. I've always been intrigued by the idea of making a totally unique polish, but the idea of figuring out what works and what doesn't stresses me out. Crazy? A little bit, but I'm working on it. So anyway, Alexandra (who does the awesome nail art posts here) posted pictures of a couple of frankens she did on MUA one day. And I fell soooo in love with this one I'm about to show you. I messaged Alexandra begging her to make me one haha. I sent her the ingredients to mix, thanked her roughly a thousand times, and now am the proud owner of two bottles of this gorgeous franken!


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The sunlight pictures are pretty accurate; it's a darker purple holo. This is one of my top five favorite polishes EVER! It's a mix of Milani - Hi-Res (the purple holo) and OPI - Lincoln Park At Midnight. So it's easy to make, which is excellent because I feel like I need a few more bottles... I wear this a lot! I think it would be fun to use all of the Milani holos to make frankens... I want to make a dark blue holo! Any suggestions on what to mix with it?

Have you made any frankens? What are you favorites?

I'm Watching You, Color.

Today I have OPI- The Color To Watch to show you. This is also from the Swiss Collection, just like Diva of Geneva which I showed you the other day. Now this is the color I was most excited about when the info for the collection first came out, mainly because I love me some purple. But it's just not doing a ton for me in person. I like it, but I don't love it; you know what I mean? Check out the pictures and see what you think.


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It's a pretty purple with heavy blue flash. I love the base color of The Color To Watch, but the blue flash is just too heavy for me to love this polish. If it were toned down a little I think I would like it a lot better. Many people on MUA said this was really sheer, but my bottle was fine. This was three coats. I did try to see if it would layer, but it wasn't sheer enough in my opinion. I put one coat over two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Concrete and it was exactly the bottle color.

Well, The Color To Watch...I'm a little bummed about you. Pretty, but didn't wow me. Not too crazy about the name of the polish either. I think I'm going to wait a few weeks and try this again to see if I feel differently about it.

What do you think of The Color To Watch? Have you had a polish you were excited about not wow you in person like this did for me?

Diva of Geneva

I had a ridiculous amount of things done to my back today (injections, acupuncture, physical therapy) so this is going to be short and sweet. I've got a gorgeous polish to show you today, OPI - Diva of Geneva from the Swiss Collection. I like a number of the colors from this collection but so far only have this and The Color To Watch (which I will be showing you soon). There are a few more that I'm looking to get my hands on ASAP though!

I love Diva of Geneva. It feels very rich and fall to me and is pretty for fingers and toes. Check it out below and tell me what your favorites from the Swiss Collection are!

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Subtle Holo

I don't think it's any secret how much I love holo polishes. I go bananas for them. I'm always on the hunt for new ones to add to my stash, but I was surprised to find one at Rite Aid! I had been eyeing CQ- Gem Green in the store but hadn't purchased it until someone posted pictures of it on MUA and pushed me over the edge. It looks pretty unassuming in the icky Rite Aid lighting, which is part of the reason I hadn't gotten it until I saw pictures online. Let's see if my pictures push you over the edge too :-P It's a pale green subtle holo and I don't have anything like it! Here it is, CQ- Gem Green


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You can click to enlarge all the pictures to check out the holo out. As you can see, the holo shows up in sunlight and inside, but not so much in the shade. I didn't expect to like this as much as I did, but ooooh is it pretty in person. The sunlight picture is pretty accurate color-wise. I'm thinking this was a few dollars well spent! The holo in this is scattered, which I actually prefer more than linear holos. Which type of holo is your favorite? And what do you think of Gem Green? I always feel like I'm typing the name wrong, that it should be Green Gem; that seems to just have a better flow to it, in my head at least haha.