Giveaway Winner Announcement!

It's over!  Results have been tabulated, which took a while in all honesty haha. Anyways, on to the winner..

Kendal!

Kendal has a nail polish blog, too - http://heartkendal.blogspot.com/

I know she is an active blogger so I have little doubt she won't get back to me (= Congrats Kendal on your win!

i caved.. OPI Black Shatter

I caved!!! I totally did.  I've seen TONS of shatter/crackle manicures lately, and to be honest only a few have actually looked like something I would wear.  There's a difference between liking something and liking something enough to wear it.  Most of them are really pretty and unique, but ultimately not for me.

I didn't want to write off shatter/crackle without at least trying it, and I figured somewhere down the line I would pick one up and give it an honest effort.  Well I went to Harmon's on my lunch break and saw one bottle of it left and something inside me went off.  I held it for a while, and walked around with it - debating SO hard.  And obviously, I caved. Here is what I came up with!

Two coats of Orly "Nail Armor" - Two coats of OPI DS "Divine"
One coat of OPI "Black Shatter" - One coat of Sally Hansen
"Hidden Treasure" with a topcoat of SH Insta-Dri

Hidden Treasure doesn't look as nice here as it does in real life.  It realistically adds an extra sparkle and shine that just wouldn't photograph for me.  Since I don't know when the next time I'll be able to have free time during daylight, I had to use indoor flash.

OPI DS "Divine" GORGEOUS.  Almost didn't want to cover it!

A delightful bright magenta holo!

Before HT and the TC - a surprising leathery finish!

The verdict? Well normally I know myself pretty well and know when I won't or will like something, but actually.. I DON'T HATE IT!  It's actually alright!  Black Shatter is a unique finish and I obviously don't have anything like it - so it's a nice addition to my collection.

I've seen the China Glaze crackles and the only one I would consider is the pink one.  The rest are OK, except the white.  I haven't seen anyone pull it off in anything that is even slightly aesthetically pleasing, IMO of course. People with hi-res photos, you can see how its not 100% opaque so the base color tends to poke through.  I don't like wearing white polish except for accents anyways, so no real surprise that I don't care for it.

What is your final opinion on the crackle/shatter craze?

funky fingers POP ARTIST

Hello ladies!!  It's Sunday, as you know, but its rainy and actually kind of warm out.  Not the worst combination of weather I've faced this year so I'll take it.  I have a nice, bright summertime polish for you today but it is most certainly a neon, and cannot be photographed true-to-color.  I tried to color correct to the best of my ability with photoshop.  It's also a jelly, for that added fun haha-you-can't-photograph-me touch!

Funky Fingers "Pop Artist"

The name alone inspired me to add some fun decoration.  I CANNOT get enough of the polka dots lately.  I'm sorry they've been on every many I've posted lately, but addiction is addiction so please don't judge.

I tried outside, but its cloudy. Fail.

Color corrected.  Yea, its *this* bright. My dad couldn't look
directly at it, lol!

Dots:

Art Deco "Baby Pink"
L.A. Colors "Energy Source"
OPI DS "Elegance"

The fact that I can't capture neons, yet alone neon jellies, discourages me from wanting to swatch 'n show!

This is probably my last reminder before my giveaway ends tomorrow night at 11:59PM EST. Click HERE for details and submission form (=

Saint Patrick's Day Mani

Alright, I braved the green for this mani.  Not a fan of full green manicures.  I don't like it on my hands.  Teals and such, OK, but green green makes me squirm.  Even though this isn't 100% green.. well I don't know.  I only did one hand and removed it ASAP. :D

Actually kind of cute right? Please ignore pinky smudge :D

Ingredients:

Funky Fingers "Mint Monatauk" - base color
China Glaze "DV8" - triple shamrock
Funky Fingers "Tribal" - individual shamrock
Wet n Wild "Sunny Side Up" - dots
Art Deco "White" - dots
BM03

3 coats of "Mint Monatauk" No BC or TC.
What a bright, beautiful color! A minty neon.

Little darker image here so you can see the details.
I couldn't get a picture without a glare )=

I thought it looked pretty decent considering I went into this mani with NO idea of what I was doing.  The single shamrocks are sort of in the "background" and can be seen very faintly if you click to enlarge.  They were more noticeable in person.

laughing lilac and a cute fauxnad!

I bought this WnW polish from Harmon's for 1.79$ and I must say its so pretty!  This one required 4 coats to eliminate VNL but they were thin, so no complaints!

No BC, SH Inst-Dri TC

WnW Megalast in "Laughing Lilac"

OPI DS Ruby and cherries from one of my BM plates!

So cute! (=

Don't forget! My 50 Follower Giveaway ends on Monday! Click HERE for details.

OPI DS Vintage.. love!

I know, I know! Another holo post.  I think after this one though, I'm going to play with some of the other polishes I've accumulated recently.  This post is about OPI DS Vintage, a beautiful "glow of coppery taffeta".  Well, that's what the brochure said.

I see copper!

3 coats, no BC or TC.

Beautiful!

I surprisingly like this color!  Copper isn't a color I go for, being too close to orange and all.  But I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

Another thought that occured was that DS Vintage and DS Passion look awfully similar next to each other in the bottles.  I know I have horrible lighting in my room but they really look only a fraction of a color different.  So I did  a side-by-side comparison and was once again, proved entirely wrong, lol!

Orange =/= pink. Tricky little things.

Also you may have noticed my blog looks entirely different.  I was suffering from a bout of insomnia last night and evidently felt creative!  I like it though, it's bright and cheery!

Edit: This is my 100th post! YAY (=