Inspired by a painting in the ladies room at a bar

I saw this picture in the bathroom at a taproom we were at recently and snapped a pic thinking my surfer/singer/sensitive/inlove daughter might like it for a manicure and, sure enough, she did! I did this over Seche Restore base, THREE coats of OPI Stranger Tides- (streaky but worth it- it's an unusual color) and painted the leaves in acrylic I mixed up- purplish brown. The birds are a random OPI red I think. Out the Door topcoat.

Bollywood Nails

So where was I when they passed out this polish? Revlon Ocean is a gorgeous teal metallic that goes on like butter- streaky after one coat, and probably needs three, but I was planning on putting the fabulous Lynnderella Change over it. Cleanup was easy peasy, so I don't think there will be staining. (always a plus with blue) The glitter has a slight golden tint that greened up the Ocean a bit (Ok with me) and I think I will wear this all week if the Gelous and Seche Vite allow.  Base coast is Seche Rebuild.

Gold Topcoat Comparison

I realized when I brought home yet ANOTHER gold topcoat I was addicted- to gold topcoats. This is a comparison of the 9 (yes 9) I have that are sheer enough to put over other colors. You may be able to skip buying a few, as there are 1 or two complete dupes here. From left, we have (1 coat each) Essie As Gold As It Gets from the fall 2011 set, CND Gold Sparkle from there stock line of Effects, Deborah Lippmann Here Comes The Queen I got in the Juicy Couture 3 pack, NYX Girls Gilded Glitter (personal fave) L'Oreal Amazon's Flash from the fall 2011 set that had the amazing Owl's Nest) Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Set the Stage (always available) CND Gold Sparkling from the Holiday 2010 LE Duo Orly Shining Star (btw this stinks!) Essence Circus Circus Don't Feed The Tiger and a random, gratuitous swatch of the new China Glaze I got, Techno (A reissue for the new Electropop Spring 2012 collection)

One coat each over black:

 Clearly the Essie AGAIG and CND GOld Sparkle are dead-on dupes, the DL is similiar, but denser, you could use two coats of the others to duplicate. The NYX is my favorite- I love the shards of gold- very edgy and bright, I have an earlier post with this over butter LONDON British Racing Green- LOVE! The CND Gold Sparkling and Orly are similiar, with CND having smaller holo particles (and not smelling) SH is in it's own class with gold hexs in a clear base, and Essence is amazing- the black squares don't show up over black, you gotta try this over gold or anything light if you have it! And the China Glaze is total holo large hex and small mini glitter.

Thanks Michelle!

My friend is a pro and got some goodies for me from Cosmoprof yesterday- all this stuff for $60! Thanks again sweet girl!

Green Weekend- sort of

Got my first and only Deborah Lippmanns from a sale at Juicy Couture and have been mulling what to do with them. The lighter metallic from the "Golds" collection is called "Believe" and it's a frosty light silver/pale icy gold with pink and pale teal specks. I used three coats over Seche Rebuild (not because I wanted to- this polish takes some time to dry and I smeared it after 2 coats) then made splotches with Nubar Greener outlined with Orly Goth. Seche Vite over all. Happy Weekend!

First of the New Year! Cult Nails Clairvoyant! (aka Unicorn Puke)

I know you're supposed to put this over black or purple, but I wasn't feeling either, so I put two coats of the beautiful medium dark gray China Glaze Concrete Catwalk over Gelous then a single coat of Cult Nails Clairvoyant. I wanted to try the new Finger Paints Twisted, but the CG is a bit muddy and the Clairvoyant has a purple base that sharpened the gray just a bit, whereas the FP is yellowish/clearish. Two coats Poshe over because the flakies were a little bumpy.
Desk light

 Full sun

 inside natural light from window

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Holo Frankens

Been playing with SpectraFlair and the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes I got for Christmas- add a little Color Club Worth the Risque to a couple, and little Sally Hansen Nail Prisms to a few others and voila! New colors! Outside shot shows the true color much better, inside with flash shows the holographicness.