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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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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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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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?

Beautiful! Thanks for looking! :)

Zoya Yara

I love it so much! This is two coats of Zoya Yara. It is the one I was most excited about from Zoya's Fall 2011 collection, and it did not disappoint. 

That's it! More pics: 

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Zoya Kimmy

 This is two coats of Zoya Kimmy. It is such a fantastic color. SO sparkly. Also, Seche Vite doesn't work well with Zoya polishes, so I tried Revlon's quick dry topcoat. And it is fabulous! No shrinkage. It takes a little bit longer to dry than Seche Vite, but not by much. So hey, more pics!

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Wink, Wink, Twinkle

This is Color Club's Wink, Wink, Twinkle from the Starry Temptress collection (two coats) topped with one coat of the Starry Temptress glitter topcoat. Removal was nightmarish, but it was so pretty that I didn't care as much as I usually do!

More pics, you say?

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What's Crackalackin'?

This is Orly Passion Fruit topped with OPI Silver Shatter. I like this combination! I have been so lazy about blogging lately. Sorry about that. Still lazy though, so here's more pictures, including Passion Fruit by itself. It's a great color.

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The Most Beautiful Fail

Holy crap, dude. Amazing, right?...Wrong. It looks so pretty in pictures, but let me take you through this journey in fail. Base: 2 coats of ManGlaze Fuggen Ugly. I then attempted to do my now-signature tiger stripes with a glittery striper (you might have seen some of the matte manicures with topcoat tips and whatnot). The striper is Nail Art by Diamond Cosmetics in Opal Glitter, by the way. Anyways, the striper polish is incredibly thick, so the stripes were just blobs. So, I decided to use the striper stuff all over my nail, since it was pretty. Fast forward to the thick and globby end result. I was unsettled. Nail polish has never before provoked from me that reaction. So I topped the mess with Seche Vite and slapped on some Avon Black As Night matte polish, took some photos and immediately removed the whole mess. 

Here are some more pictures of the pretty nightmare:

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Strawberry Fields

This is two coats of China Glaze Strawberry Fields. My intention was to do some sort of nail art with it, but I got lazy, so let's call this a swatch. This color is so pretty. 

Here it is close up:

And in the shade: 

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Sunny Stripes

This is Zoya Alegra (two or three coats, I can't remember!) with China Glaze Happy Go Lucky and China Glaze Life Preserver on the tips, topped with two coats of China Glaze Lighthouse. I don't hate it, but for future reference, Alegra is really too pretty to cover up. Lighthouse is really beautiful.

Here it is in the shade: 

As always, you can click to enlarge. I won't be held responsible for Sparklpocalypse though.

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Happy Go Lucky with Lighthouse

This is two coats of China Glaze Happy Go Lucky topped with one coat of China Glaze Lighthouse. I really love it, but unfortunately, I ruined my manicure (hence the photo being of only two nails). Sorry this one is blurry. All my pics of this turned out a little weird. 

Here you can see it indoors: 

I think I'm going to have to try Happy Go Lucky with orange tips (China Glaze Life Preserver?) and top the whole thing with Lighthouse. That sounds amazing. Thanks for looking!

Zoya Rica with A Little Birdie!

Here is Zoya Rica (2 coats with one coat of Out The Door topcoat) from Zoya's Sunshine Collection. I love it! It is a coral shimmer with gold sparkles. The bird is from Big Ruby Tattoos  Tweet Collection. It was so easy to apply! Unfortunately, I didn't center it very well. It's applied just like a temporary tattoo. 

Here is the birdie up close and personal!

And right after I took my pictures, the sun came out. So I ran back outside and took one of Rica in all it's glory!

The sparkles!! As always, you can click the pics to enlarge. Thanks for looking!