So my Daughter is branching out into nail art!

Here is her first attempt and I think she did a fantastic job! Two coats Wrapped in Rubies by Essie (a beautiful deep gold-laced red) with some sweet dots and lines- very classy!

Ah Butter London British Racing Green!

On Weekends We Wear Green, remember? So I wanted to get a head start on the weekend because I have a special mani planned for the facebook PAA Monday challenge, Plaid. This is two thin coats of the gloriously buttery aptly named butter london (yes lower caps) British Racing Green. My dad had an MG Midget this color when I was a teen. I wore this the first time several months ago when they had a BOGO sale. As soon as I had it on my nails I knew I couldn't put anything over it just yet. But this is the SECOND time, so it got a single layer of CND Jade Sparkles. The blurry pic shows the gold and green shimmery particles pretty well. BRG has it's own slight shimmer but it gets a  little lost in the glory of the CND effect. I applied over a coat of Zoya ridge filler and another of Zoya Anchor base. Single coat or Orly Sealon over top (slow drying tc but I didn't want it to shrink)

 Alone with no CND effect. GORGEOUS, right?

New Facebook Group

Brides of Frank- if you are interested in starting, or maybe you already do, franked, please join! The more, the better our babies will turn out!

My 100th Post (well, give or take)

I decided to go with the one polish that started it all a few months back OPI My Private Jet. I love brown and I love rainbows ( I did not have a clue that nail polish could be holographic back then) and I don't even remember where I saw it, but I ran to ebay and purchased a bottle. Come to find out there are are least 3 different MPJs and the true holo ones are rare and hard to find. (see Tracefacephiles review here: http://www.thetracefacephiles.com/2011/07/opi-my-private-jet-comparison.html) But I loved my dud bottle anyway. I figured I would honor my 100th post with the first real polish I bought.  I recently pulled it out and added a tiny bit of Spectraflair to it to try to make it into what it should have been, but it wasn't enough to translate from the bottle to the nail, so the later pics are two coats over Orly bonder then two coats Revlon Quick Dry topcoat (MPJ is a bit scratchy) followed by a coat of my homemade holo topcoat.  I'm going to add a scootch more SF to this and see what I get one day soon!.

see the rainbow in the bottle?

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I KNOW I'm in love! (subtitle "The One Polish to Rule All Polishes")

Ok then, Nubar? check.  Brown? check.  Glitter? check.  Duochrome? check. HOLO?? double check! I would like to introduce you all to Jewel, my "significant other" (for now hehe) I was trolling ebay and there is a seller that has TONS of Nubar for under $8 each (shipped!) I caught a glimpse of this hunk and flipped! I think I can die happy now! here's what Scrangie said about it: " Greyed brown base with warm red-gold flash and chunky holo. Just like Gem but brown, same chunky holo particles, same subtle duochrome flash. Love it love it love it." The picture on Amazon and most websites looks like rock, this is a faceted gem, my  darlings! Here is my crappy phone camera, even bad pictures cannot dull the beauty that is Jewel! Swatches soon!

Snowmen giveaway!

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OK let's call this post 99 1/2, OK?

Would anyone reading this pleae give me an idea of what you would like to see for a 100th post (I just did a giveaway so that's gonna have to wait a bit hehe)

Please give me ideas! thanks all!