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. 


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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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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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Wicked Sweet - Flakie Remix

Same manicure from the last post, but I added two coats of Nubar 2010! I also applied two coats of Essie Matte About you, and you'll see that in some of the pictures below! Spoiler alert: It's awesome.

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Pink Jelly, Sparkly Tips

This is 3 coats of OPI Too Hot Pink to Hold'Em with OPI I Lily Love You on the tips. Those names are a whole lot of awful, aren't they? I love both of these polishes. It is inspired by a look I did for a (super-awesome bestie) friend with a base of China Glaze Purple Panic, and then I Lily Love You, and topped with THPtH'E.

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Yeah, I messed it up, so what?! :) 

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Nfu Oh 51 On My Newly Short Nails!

Whoa. This is 3 coats of Nfu Oh 51 topped with Seche Vite. I cut my nails! I think they look pretty good. What say you? Too square? 

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OPI Ink and Nubar 2010

It was really difficult to capture OPI Ink with my camera. It looks a lot more purple to me than blue. Application was incredible. See my cuticles? That's with NO cleanup, and I'm a slob. I was going to top them all with Nubar 2010, but I really liked OPI Ink, so I just did my ring fingers. Two coats of OPI Ink, two coats of 2010, one coat of Seche Vite.

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I KNOW, right?! I'll just leave this right here: Link to purchase Nubar 2010