Love Yourself Manicure!

I was getting a bit stressed trying to do at least a FEW of the weekly/daily challenges, and was under a bit of condemnation when Claire from Purple Fairy Dust wrote about doing your nails just for yourself- (here) So I took a deep breath and forgot about the challenges- if I get there, I get there, otherwise... meh. This one makes me very very happy- Zoya Yara, a multi-faceted olive green with golden and green and maybe a few red or copper glitters in it. This polish made me smile from the first nail! It went on like a dream- everything I love in a polish. I put it over Seche Rebuild and Seche Clear. I had just gotten some nerdlacquer so I did a single coat of Aurum over one nail then added my favorite color, orange, dots to the others. OPI Roll in the Hague from their new Holland collection is amazing. Dense, creamy and a perfect bright orange cream. Seche Vite and Gelous over the glitter nails with Out The Door over the others.

And Matted- I prefer this actually!

Spring Flowers on Short Nails

Tutorial and all credit to Robin Moses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytLEYLaNhU&list=UUmQ_NsMT0OPNbp_PNw0u2tA&index=2&feature=plcp
Paula likes flowers, so I had pinned this to my Pinterest recently and she was smitten. She prefers polish to acrylics so the only part done with paint is the leaves, the rest is various China Glaze and Zoya polishes. The base is three coats of Revlon Matte Suede in Powder Puff, a slightly sparkly white that looks like fine porcelain with a topcoat. Base is Seche Clear and top is one of the new Revlon Colorstay TC and one Seche Vite.

Orange you glad it's Friday?

Actually, it's more of a tangerine- My pics are terrible at depicting this color, Zoya's Jancyn- go see ALU here http://www.alllacqueredup.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/zoya-jancyn-swatch-flash-summer-2010.jpg
I was attempting small flowers for  the Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge and this was what I came up with. I didn't want green on orange- too Halloweenie, I don't care for orange and blue, too UF Gators, so I mixed it up a bit with a soft griege-lavender Zoya Caitlin and blue-gray Zoya Kristen. Silver dots are aEngland Excalibur. Here is the challenge if you'd like to play along :

Falling in love with Holos again

I've been trying to stretch myself and wear colors I don't usually- (ie. last weeks' nude/black French) so here is Zoya Breezi with accents of the marvelous Sally Hansen Magical Mail Makeup in Blue Aura. Out the Door topcoat.

NOTD Trying to be elegant

Got my Zoya Shay and did a freehand black French tip with Wet N Wild and touched up with a black nail art brush. Just could not leave well enough alone and had to put a coat of NYX Girls Gilded Glitter over the ring finger. Out the Door topcoat.