Happy New Year!

 Hey guys, I can't believe this year is over, it seems like it has flown by! I had to do something for the end of the year, since I didn't really have a design in mind before hand I did fireworks with 2013 written on my ring finger. The base is China Glaze Blue Bells Ring with Finger Paints Santa's Magic on my ring finger, the fireworks and 2013 are acrylic paint.

 This is before I outlined the 2013 with black, it just didn't stand out enough. 

Revlon Girly

 Hey guys! I have a surprising find to share today. Revlon Girly, from the Bubble Gum Days Urban Nights display, is a pink jelly with medium indigo, fuchsia, and light pink glitter along with small light pink holographic and light purple glitter from what I can tell. This one is a bit sheer and would probably do better layered. Picture is three coats with top coat.

Christmas Stripes

 Hey guys, I hope you all had a wonderful week! Since I didn't get around to posting this before Christmas I figured I should at least post it before New Year. I used China Glaze Running In Circles for the index and middle finger, OPI The Spy Who Loved Me for the ring and pinky and white acrylic paint for the stripes.

OPI Goldeneye and Top Coat Giveaway

 Hey guys! I have another giveaway today! I've had these for a few weeks and planned to give them away before Christmas but just never got to it, better late then never, right? I loved Goldeneye from the Skyfall 007 collection so much I had to pick up an extra for a lucky winner but I also picked up my favorite top coat as well.

 To enter fill out the Rafflecopter form below. The only rule is to be a GFC follower of my blog. You also have additional entries for following me on Facebook or Twitter. This giveaway is open internationally to everyone as long as you are of legal age or have your parents permission and you can receive these items in the mail. Giveaway ends at midnight EST on 1/11/2013. Winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. All items are new, unused and were purchased by me.

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Gift Cards For Everyone! and The Living Daylights

 Gift Cards For Everyone!, from the Ulta Holiday Exclusive polishes, is a dark purple with blue shimmer. In the bottle it's gorgeous but a bit disappointing on the nail. Unfortunately, the blue shimmer gets lost unless you are in bright light. Picture is two coats with top coat but it could have used a third.

 
 The Living Daylights, from the Skyfall 007 collection, is a clear base with silver, teal, copper and light gold glitter. Picture is one coat of The living Daylights on my ring finger over Gift cards for everyone.

Snowflakes

 Hey guys! I am on my way to work this morning so a quick post before I go. I did a super easy snowflake design for Christmas. The base is OPI What's With The Cattitude?, a bit of Sinful Colors Ice Dream on the tips and white acrylic paint for the snowflakes.

 I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Christmas Dots

 Hey guys! I know I haven't been posting much lately and I have pretty much missed out on Christmas designs this year but I wanted to at least try and get a few posted before it is over. This is just super simple dots over white lines. I used OPI Don't Talk Bach To Me as the base, the white lines are acrylic paint, the green dots are China Glaze Running In Circles and the red dots are OPI The Spy Who Loved Me.

 If you celebrate Christmas what are your plans this year? My husband deployed a few weeks ago so I will be sleeping in and dog sitting for a friend. 

Revlon Midnight Sparkle

 Hey guys! I came across the new Revlon Holiday display last week: Just Add Sparkle, the display had a few glitter polishes but one caught my eye. Revlon Midnight Sparkle is a very dark blue base with small and large silver hex glitter. I do feel like the base is so opaque that the glitter seems to get lost in it a bit but it is still beautiful. Picture is two coats of Midnight Sparkle with top coat, although it is opaque enough for one coat.

Christmas Marbled Tips

 Hey everyone! A super quick post today. My nails have not been fairing well and I had a mild allergic reaction to something the other day so I haven't been taking any pictures because my hands have been really red but I really wanted to try a Christmas color marble. I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base and swirled on the tips China Glaze Running In Circles, OPI Golden Eye and OPI The Spy Who Loved Me.

Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway Winner

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 Hey guys, I drew the winner of the Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway several days ago and she has already contacted me back but I figured I would go ahead and post it here anyways. A big thanks to everyone that entered!

Pedi-Soxs Giveaway Winners!

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 Hey guys, the Pedi-Soxs Giveaway ended a few days ago and I finally have time to post the winners names here! I had to draw two new winners last night because the others never got back to me. Anyways, all the winners have now responded and I will be dropping their packages in the mail today. Also, my Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway is now closed and I will be drawing the winner for that tonight. As always, thank you guys for supporting my blog! 

Eclectic Glitter Leopard

 Hey guys! I wasn't sure what to really call this. I wanted to do leopard with the China Glaze glitters I recently picked up, you can see those swatches here. I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base and black acrylic paint that I used a fan brush and went quickly across the tips. Then I used China Glaze Get Carried Away on my thumb and middle fingers, China Glaze Whirled Away on my index and pinky and OPI Die Another Day and black acrylic paint to outline them.

 Also, my China Glaze Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway ends soon, don't forget to enter if you haven't already! The Pedi-Sox giveaway is now closed and I will be drawing names tonight so be on the lookout for an email tomorrow if you entered! 

Gradient Tiger with Subaru Logo

 Hi guys! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday if you celebrated it and are having a fantastic Friday. A super quick post today, these nails are from a few weeks ago. I did a simple but much loved tiger print with a slight green to blue gradient with glitter. The base is OPI Alpine Snow with China Glaze Splish Splash and Wet N Wild Caribbean Frost for the gradient, ORLY Mermaid Tale for the glitter and black acrylic paint for the stripes.

 After a few days of wearing it like this my husband and I went to a Subaru car meet and I had to do the Subaru World Rally Team stars and 555 logo since we're both fans.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hey guys! No nail photos today I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it! If not I hope you have a wonderful day and I will be back with more nails soon! 

China Glaze Worlds Away Glitter Giveaway!

 Hey everyone! Remember yesterdays post were I was lucky enough to see the Worlds Away collection by China Glaze when they were first set out out here? If you didn't you can see that post here. Well, while I was there I picked up three of the polishes to giveaway to one of you guys: Get Carried Away, It's A Trap-eze! and Whirled Away!

 To enter fill out the Rafflecopter form below. The only rule is to be a GFC follower of my blog. You also have additional entries for following me on Facebook or Twitter. This giveaway is open internationally to everyone as long as you are of legal age or have your parents permission and you can receive these items in the mail. Giveaway ends at midnight EST on 12/02/2012. Winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. All items are new, unused and were purchased by me. 

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China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, A Few Of My Picks

 Hey guys, today I have a few polishes from the China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away that ties in with the Cirque Du Soleil movie coming out soon. I was really excited for these to pop up and was lucky enough to be there when my store put them out and got first pick!
 Get Carried Away is a sheer black jelly base with small black and white hex glitter, medium red, silver and black hex glitter, and black bar glitter. It is thick and chunky and would benefit from some thinner. I really prefer this one layered, at three coats a lot of the glitter gets lost. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 It's A Trap-eze! is a milky white base with small and medium multicolored glitter. The formula was a bit thick as well. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 I paired Whirled Away and Running in Circles because I thought they would look amazing together.
 Whirled Away is a clear base with black bar, black medium hex and large white hex glitter. I have to admit I was slightly disappointed by it, the white glitter in this on is sparse, really any of the glitter in this one is, and you have to somewhat fish it out to get any. Running In Circles is a sheer green glass flake and is absolutely gorgeous! Picture is two coats of Running in Circles followed by two coats of Whirled Away with top coat. Please excuse the dog hair on my middle finger, our dog has long hair to begin with but is currently shedding.

 Water You Waiting For is a blue base with blue, green and purple glitter. It certainly does remind me of water. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 Have you spotted these out yet? What are your favorites?

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service vs. Sinful Colors Winter Wonder

 Hey guys! First off I have been experimenting with my photos. I made a new lightbox backdrop and changed my lighting set up so it might be a few days before I get everything tuned in and you will probably see a few pictures with my old set up as well.
 Anyways, I had to post this today because I was out yesterday and found Sinful Colors Winter Wonder and thought it looked similar to something I just bought. Turns out, it is. It's a very close dupe for OPI On Mer Majesty's Secret Service, though OPI might have slightly larger particles in it. They are both a blue base with blue, green, pink and gold shimmer. Pictures are three coats of Winter Wonder on my index and ring finger and three coats OPI On Mer Majesty's Secret Service on my middle and pinky finger, both with top coat. Even at one coat they look exactly the same and if I didn't know any better I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

The Original Pedi-Sox Review and Giveaway! (Feet Warning)

 Hey guys, today I have a special review and giveaway! Pedi-Sox are socks you wear while you get or do your own pedicure. They are like typical socks except they are toeless so you can keep your feet warm while your pedicure dries, they also help keep your feet moisturized if you apply lotion beforehand.

I was sent a few pairs to try myself and five pairs, one in Ultra Baby Leopard, one in Original Pink Logo, Original Black Stripe, Original Black Logo, and one in Professional Black from their different lines to giveaway to you guys! There will be five winners, each winner receiving one pair of socks.
 The only rule is to be a GFC follower of my blog. This giveaway is open internationally to everyone as long as you are of legal age or have your parents permission and you can receive these items in the mail. Giveaway ends at midnight EST on 11/27/2012. Winners have 48 hours to respond or a new winners will be chosen. All items are new, unused and were provided by Pedi-Sox. Enter by filling out the Rafflecopter form below. If you have a preference of which pair you would like please leave a note in the form along with your GFC name and email address.
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 I love these because my feet always get really cold and the past few years I have been using legwarmers while I waited for my polish to dry but now I don't have to do that anymore, it is so nice, I always had to keep pulling the legwarmers up so they didn't creep down over my toes but these are so much better! Picture below is OPI The Man With The Golden Gun over black.

 You can check out the Pedi-Sox website here for more pedicure socks or on Facebook or Twitter! Pedi-Sox's retail for $7-$11 each.

*Items were provided to me for my honest opinion*

OPI Live And Let Die with Simple Scrolling

 Live And Let Die, from the OPI Skyfall 007 collection, is a dark green base with gold shimmer, so pretty! Since I've always had trouble with scroll designs but have been practicing lately I thought it would go great with this shade and added some simple scrolling with gold acrylic paint. Picture is two coats of Live And Let Die, gold acrylic paint for the scrolling and top coat.

OPI Skyfall 007 Red and Gold Mani

 I hadn't planned on really getting anything from the OPI Skyfall 007 collection but when I saw them in person there were a few I just couldn't resist. Since I haven't had much time lately I paired three together to show you today: The Spy Who Loved Me, a gorgeous red with gold shimmer; Goldeneye, a beautiful gold glitter/flake and the gold leaf top coat The Man With The Golden Gun. Picture is two coats of the The Spy Who Loved Me followed by a touch of Goldeneye on the tips and one coat of The Man With The Golden Gun on the ring finger with top coat.

 What do you think of the Skyfall collection? Are you a Bond fan?

China Glaze Glitter All The Way

 I'm a little sad that Halloween is already over but all the holiday collections are popping up around here and I couldn't resist picking up a few colors while I was out yesterday. The first one I had to try was China Glaze Glitter All The Way from the Holiday Joy collection, this is the mini bottle from Holiday Charms set. It's a clear base with medium green hex glitter and small purple, red and gold hex glitter, very Mardi Gras looking. Picture is one coat of Glitter All The Way over OPI Alpine Snow with top coat.

Eye Am Watching You!

 Happy Halloween guys! If you are on the East coast I hope you are doing well! Just a quick post today, I wanted to try this design but I didn't have much time plus I have a nasty break on my index nail so I ended up only doing the eyes on one. The base is China Glaze Cast A Spell and the eyes are done with acrylic paint. 

 And bonus pictures of our pumpkins we carved and our dog, Sasha, dressed as a wolf in sheep's clothing for Halloween!

 Do you celebrate Halloween? If you do, what are your plans?

Black Cat with Skull, Glitter and Stones

 Hey guys, I hope you had a great weekend! Sadly, this might be my last Halloween design for the year, I've been busy with work and haven't been able to do much. There is another design I want to do but I don't know if I will have time to get it posted before Wednesday, we will see.
 This design came from a travel cup I bought last week, I couldn't pass it up because it was orange, glows in the dark and had cats, skulls and pumpkins on it! Since I have been pressed for time lately I only did the design on my left hand ring finger, the base is OPI A Roll In The Hague covered with China Glaze Ghoulish Glow and a bit of Glitter Goblin, the cat and skull are acrylic paint. The rest of my fingers are a base of black polish with Orly R.I.P on my middles, China Glaze Glitter Goblin on my right hand ring finger and China Glaze Ghoulish Glow with stones on the rest.

Candy Corn Half Moon with Bats, Stones and Tutorial

 Hey guys, I have a quick and easy Halloween design with a tutorial for you today! I haven't had as much time this year to do many designs for Halloween as I would like but I am trying to get one or two more done before it is over.
 The design for today is a yellow and orange half moon with simple bats and stones.

 If you would like to see the tutorial keep reading. 

Halloween Skulls, Spiders and Webs

 Hey guys! Just a quick post today. I have been sick the past few days but I did manage to do some nail art. I started off with some easy spider webs on all fingers except for the middle finger and added a spider on my ring finger with a stone for the body, you can see my tutorial for spiders and webs here, then added simple skulls to the middle fingers. I used OPI Black Onyx as my base and the rest is acrylic paint.

Orly R.I.P.

 Hey guys! I haven't really had time to do any Halloween designs but, hopefully, I will this coming week. I am dying to do some nail art but today I have another Halloween nail polish.
 Orly R.I.P, from the Spellbound collection for Halloween, is a black jelly base with small and large orange hex glitter. The base is pretty sheer but it builds up well or can be easily layered over black. Personally, I like it alone to get the depth of the glitter in the multiple coats. Picture is three coats with top coat.

Another Pink Plaid

 Hey guys, a quick post today! I've had this pink with silver shimmer Japanese nail polish I picked up at the dollar store back before we left Japan and have never tried it and couldn't get plaid out of my mind so that's what I did. While I'm not sure, I had to look it up online because the label is all Japanese, I think the name is Art Collection Salon Nails in Office Pink. It did have a website on the bottle in English that you can check out here if you like. Picture is three coats of the pink polish and the rest is acrylic paint.

China Glaze Bizarre Blurple and Make A Spectacle

 Hey guys! Today I have the last two polishes from the China Glaze Wicked collection for Halloween.
 Bizarre Blurple, as the name suggests, is a purple base packed with blue shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Make A Spectacle is a clear base with various sizes of iridescent glitter. I was surprised with this one, at first I thought I wouldn't care for it but now that I have tried it I really do like it. Picture is one coat of Make A Spectacle over Bizarre Blurple.

Rainbow Honey The Yokai Collection

 Hey guys! Today I have a new collection from Rainbow Honey called The Yokai collection. If you haven't heard of Rainbow Honey before, they make some amazing polishes and I am blow away by their packaging as well, you can check them out at RainbowHoney.com or on Facebook.
 The Yokia is a limited edition collection that is set to release on October 13th. It includes Kitsune, Oni and Kawako. First up is bottle shots and the packaging.

 Now for the polishes in the Yokai collection.
 Kawako, the mischievous river child, a deep blue base with small silver and blue flakes and what seems like iridescent larger flakes, you might be able to spot one on my ring finger. It does make application of this polish a little more difficult because some of the larger flakes tend to hang over the edge of the nail but it is manageable. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Kitsune, the magical white fox, is a light nude base packed with brown glitter, orange and gold holographic glitter along with a fine gold shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat. This one was a bit thick but nothing a few drops of thinner shouldn't be able to take care of.

 I saved my surprise favorite for last, Oni, the malevolent wild demon, a dark brown base with gold and purple flakes. I think it is absolutely stunning! Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Do you have a favorite from this collection, will you be picking any up?

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China Glaze Cast A Spell and Comparison to It's Alive

 Hey guys! I have another polish from the China Glaze Wicked collection today. Cast A Spell is a dark blackened green base with green and gold shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat. The formula was fabulous on this one, it barely needed a second coat. 

 And because at first I thought Cast A Spell might be close to It's Alive, the green from last years Halloween collection, I had to compare them. As you can see, they are quite different.

China Glaze Glitter Goblin

 Hey guys! I had meant to post this yesterday along with Immortal since I layered it over that but I didn't get the chance to edit through all the photos and I couldn't wait to post Immortal so it had to wait until today.
 Glitter Goblin, a clear base with orange, silver and holographic glitter, was the only polish I had planned on getting from the Wicked collection. Even though Immortal was a surprise favorite of mine, Glitter Goblin is a close second! Picture is one coat of Glitter Goblin over Immortal with top coat.

China Glaze Immortal

 I finally spotted the China Glaze Wicked collection for Halloween yesterday in our area. At first, I wasn't loving really anything but after seeing them in person I couldn't decide which ones to get. Roguish Red is pretty boring but I loved the rest!
 First up today is Immortal, it's a light grey with blue and purple shimmer. I have to say I think this might be my favorite of the collection. Picture is two coats with top coat but could have used a third in some spots.

Birthday Nails

 Hey guys, hope you are having a great weekend! It has been kind of a tradition for the past few years that I wear Mad As A Hatter for my birthday. It's about the only time I wear it just because I don't want to run out of it anytime soon. I used OPI Black Onyx for the base and then dabbed Mad As A Hatter on the tips and brushed back towards the cuticle.

Blue Leopard

 So you all probably know how much I love leopard print so it shouldn't be any surprise that I had to do it in blue. Ogre-The-Top Blue is the base and the glitter spots are done with OPI Simmer & Shimmer and the outlining is a dark blue acrylic paint.