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NOTD: Monet's Lilies

Monday, September 1, 2014

Good evening!

I hope you had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend! Today I want to show you some nail art that I did before we left for our trip to see my in-laws. Having never been the flower loving type, you don't often see floral manicures on this blog. For some reason or other, I decided to do blurry, dreamy, Monet painting-esque strokes. Think it turned out pretty well!

I used so many polishes, I just don't think it'd be very helpful to list them all, because I mixed them just like you would with paint. Just so you get the gist of it - I used all the American Apparel blue polishes, black and white are from Cirque, top coat is also Cirque, greens are from Nature Republic (Korean brand), pink and yellow are also American Apparel. Throw in a few miscellaneous China Glaze colors too.

Have a great night!

Bettina Feathered Ikat Manicure

Monday, April 28, 2014

Good evening, folks!

While I was in Puerto Rico, I made it my sole mission to pick up some more Bettina Polishes. (Morgan was not pleased.) I've managed to accumulate about 16 bottles of these most excellent Bettinas thanks to my buddy Kat of Hooked on Polish but I'm not sure if I've shown you any yet.

Revisited: Zoya Opal

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Good evening!

Having recently fallen in love with flakes all over again because of Deborah's swatches, I pulled out one of my favorite shades, Zoya Opal.

I had forgotten how beautiful Opal can be, particularly over dark shades (pictured here over LeChat Dare to Wear Upper East Side) and with a matte top coat (Wet'n'Wild Matte Top Coat, read this comparison post here). Ah, that glorious green-blue shift!

What is your favorite "flakie" shade?

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Celebratory Manicure

Monday, January 20, 2014

Good evening!

Tonight I have a manicure that probably would have been great for New Year's Eve, had I actually done anything fun to celebrate that night. Instead, we saw a terrible movie and fell asleep, saving champagne for the next day (and Korean BBQ, yum!).

I used LeChat Dare to Wear Just Breathe on my pinky and pointer, topped with Laquerlicious Bottle of Bubbly. On my middle finger I have Zoya Dream, stamped with Winstonia 117 plate and Kiko #399. On my ring finger I have Zoya Tomoko. Thumb has Dream with Bottle of Bubbly over it.

Have a great night!

Pink/White/Black Skittle Manicure

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Hi folks!
Quick post tonight. This was yesterday's manicure featuring pink (so, so rare for me), white and black.

I used: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Zoya Lara, Wet'n'Wild Black Creme and Maybelline Pretty in Polka.