I Love Goooooold!

Hi hi! This is two coats of Julep Sienna topped with two coats of Nyx Girls Gilded Glitter. I love Gilded Glitter. The glitter pieces are all irregularly shaped. It's awesome. Since I'm just wading back into the blogging world, my pictures are going to be unstaged cellphone pics for now. Hence back seat of car, visible foot. 

Anyway, Julep is one of the best polish brands I've tried. It is expensive, but the Maven program is affordable and fun. I had to cancel when I moved, because the rent is too damn high! But that's another great thing about Maven. It was so easy to cancel. 

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Pink and Black Tiger Stripes!

Hellooooo! Long time no post! Here is a pic of a manicure I did last night. The base is LA Colors Pink Diamonds. The stripers are all Art Deco by LA Colors. The bright pink is Rose, light pink is Baby Pink, and the black is Black Sparkles. I haven't been posting because I've been mostly plain old single-color manicures. Which I should still be posting. So yeah, I'm back. Suckaz. 

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Zoya Anaka

   

This is two coats of Zoya Anaka. It has such a beautiful shimmer. I don't have much to say about it other than I really like it! I got it during the recent Zoya promo that offered two free polishes (shipping cost only). If you are a polish fan, you should sign up at zoya.com. Also, check out their blog here. They have amazing promos sometimes. 

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Grassy Green with Gold Flakes

Hi hi! This is two coats of Julep Leah (which is a fantastic shimmery grass green) topped with one coat of Essie As Gold As It Gets. I am amazed at the quality of Julep's polishes. They are pricey (unless you are a Julep Maven, like me), but the quality is really great. The color is a bit brighter in real life. I love this gold flake topcoat from Essie's LuxEffects collection. I am excited to try it over other colors. This manicure reminded me of some sort of Asian pottery. Jade with gold leaf or something. 


More pics! Click for bigs!

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Flakie Madness!

Holy crap, it's me! :-O I know, I've been away for so long. I feel like kind of a jerk. Anyways, here's one coat of Milani One Coat Glitter in Silver Dazzle topped with one coat of Finger Paints Special Effects in Twisted. Oooooh, pretty! Click to enlarge if you want!


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Fall Glitter Tips

This is two coats of Julep Stella topped with China Glaze CG in the City. I attempted a gradient effect with the glitter polish. I really liked this glitter. Removal was not as bad as it could have been (still glitter polish removal, though!). Looks like sparkly sand. I don't love this yellow color with this manicure. I do like it, but I feel that the glitter tips would have looked fabulous with a darker base polish. Maybe a dark, smoky purple shade. Or even black. To get a better look at the colors in the glitter, click to enlarge!


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Orly Fowl Play

This is two coats of Orly Fowl Play. If you buy just one Fall collection polish this year, make it this one. LOOK AT IT. I gouged my index finger shortly after painting, so sorry about that. If I hadn't, I would have left this polish on for the rest of my life, maybe. Look at the pictures, then go buy it. 

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Zoya Dree

This is two coats of Zoya Dree. I thought the color matched the leaves on the rosebush pretty well. The formula was incredible. Sorry this is kind of a boring post, but my next one will be fabulous!

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Gold Tiger

Hello! This is Julep Sienna (two coats; absolutely beautiful polish with good application) with Orly Instant Artist Jet Black stripes. Do you love it? 'Cause I do. Does it get classier than gold with tiger stripes? Hell to the no. You know who would love this manicure? Mike Tyson.


I just noticed that my thumb looks very strangely large here. It isn't large. 


Distraction from freakish thumb in 3....2.....

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Orly Emberstone

This is two coats of Orly Emberstone from the Mineral FX collection. Some might want to use three coats, as I could see a leetle bit of nail line, but it didn't bother me. It is seriously awesome. I apologize for the chips and wear. I painted my nails and went straight to Weight Watchers, and somewhere between point A and point B, I got into a fight with a honey badger. It took what it wanted. 


Here are some more pics. Check out the pink sparkles. UGH it is so pretty. Feel free to click to embiggen!

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Fall Plaid

Hi! This is Finger Paints Cordur-Orange (I think it's two coats, and the formula was good), and the stripes are Orly Instant Artist in Yellow Submarine and LA Colors white striping polish (I'm not sure what it's called and it's all the way over there!!!) This manicure looked really good in person. I want to try the same design in different colors. 


Here it is in the sun: 

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Orly Rock Solid

This is two coats of Orly Rock Solid from the Mineral FX collection. The finish is so awesome! I love it. You can see a couple bald-ish spots on a some of my nails, but that's what happens when I paint them at night. As I've said several times. :) 


Let's look at more pictures, shall we?

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Teal with Gold Dots

Hello there! This is one coat of Julep Emilie with dots of Julep Sienna (applied with a dotting tool. Crappily.). I joined the Julep Maven program, and it has been pretty awesome so far. I'm not kidding though. ONE COAT. Amazing. 


Here is one in the shade: 

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Wet n Wild Night Prowl

This is two coats of Wet N Wild Night Prowl. I loved it, especially for 99 cents. It's not even close to a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, but it might be close enough for girls with a budget that does not allow for polishes that cost nearly $20/bottle! Sorry for the lack of posts for the last few days; I was on vacation! 

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