Come on winter!!!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am not the biggest fan of it anymore since I developed an allergy to turkey. (I'm a freak!) But Thanksgiving always brings the unofficial beginning of winter for me. As I am impatient, I wanted winter nails TODAY! So, the green is from the OPI Ulta Christmas set called Stuff My Stocking and the color is "Skip the Giftwrap". At least I think it is. The packaging only gave the names on the back of the carton, so I am assuming the order in which they were in the package left to right is the way they are labeled top to bottom on the box. Again, I could be wrong. Anyway, then I used Shany plate SH207 with Konad special polish in white. I did a sloppy french tip in the same white to make snow drifts around the base of the trees. Also, that's AWESOME because you don't have to be precise about it...SCORE! Then I put a coat of China Glaze "Fairy Dust" to make the snow sparkle. I love the result!

Random thought post

Hi lovelys! I would love to have some sort of give away once I reach my 1000th pageview. I have some extra stamping plates, and I can pour off some hard to find polishes, or whatever. Yet I have no followers. It seems sort of sad to me. I can do a raffle with one of those widget things I guess. I know someone's out there! :) Have a great day...I'll think of something to lure you all in! Mwuahahahaha!

Mermaid Spell

I love the Layla Holographic polishes! I know other brands have just as good of a holo, and not the same price tag, but sometimes you have weird brand loyalty :) I always apply thin coats so they dry more quickly. If you don't let these dry, they tend to remove the coat below. Fortunately, they dry really quickly. You only need about 2 minutes between coats. This is 5 coats...yes I said 5....I like polish to be as opaque as possible, so less coats may work for you. This one is called "Mermaid Spell". I added a pattern from the 2013 Shany set that I just got in the mail! Yay! It's plate SH204 that I used with Konad special black polish.

On a side note, does anyone feel like this angle of photo makes nails look shorter than they actually are? I felt this way about my current nail length, so I took a photo before I stamped them from another angle.

See how wicked long they actually are? It's a shame that their length is marred by the angle. But then you can't see the art done on them, if there is any! Have a wonderful Friday!

Love letter

These are the Sally Hansen strips in "Love Letter". I really don't like them. I think the matte white makes them stiff. These were an unopened package and I've had them on for about 24 hours. They REALLY shrunk a lot at the cuticle area, I mean, look at the gap! Then they chipped, if you can see the tip on my middle finger. The sides are starting to pull up as well. All the conditions were normal, like the temperature and such in the house. The only difference may have been the dryness inside than before, but I have never had luck with designs on the white background. They seem to do this. Maybe it's the white itself. The ones that are the shimmer white wear well, but are too sheer for my liking. Anyway, Hope you all have a great Thursday.

Man with the Golden Gun

I had lack of inspiration for art today, so I went with extravagance over artistic ability. :) This is OPI "Danke-Shiny Red" with 2 coats of  OPI "Man with the Golden Gun" real 18K gold top coat. This is not my normal angle of photo, as you may have noticed, but I like the way the gold kind of floats above the red. Hope you all have a great day!

Remember Remember the 5th of November

If you have no idea what this is all in reference to, I'll give you a little info. November 5th is Guy Fawkes day in Britain. I live in the US and I am not British, but that's ok. (Who celebrates Cinco de Mayo and is not Mexican? Same thing) If you've seen the movie "V for Vendetta" then you know what it's all about. In a nutshell, equalities for lower classes than the rich. Is this why election day in the US is close to this date? I don't remember history well, so I really don't know, but it seems like it lines up well :) I fully accept my ignorance. Anyway, this is my Guy Fawkes day mani. (He's the person who led this movement) This is not my best work, but whatever. I had used the base of my Halloween polish, 3 coats of China Glaze "Liquid Leather". I had gotten a bottle of Zoya "Storm" in the mail on Thursday...OMG...drool, swoon, dead. So I tried it on top of the black. Then it chipped a little and I put another coat on to cover. I had not put on a top coat because I was "playing around" with the polish and didn't think I'd keep it on. Anyway, here we are about 8 coats of polish later and I used my Chez-Delaney plate D25 with Konad Special polish in White. Then, viola! Guy Fawkes manicure! Hope you enjoy your Monday!

Tom and Jerry

I have always loved Tom and Jerry. I mean love the cartoon to the point that I have what I know to be a complete DVD collection of the cartoon. Anyway, I got these online. I used OPI Designer Series "Classic". Those are not all bumpy how the photos make them appear. It was weird lighting and rainy and yucky. (This was just before hurricane Sandy hit, and, although I am MILES away in Kentucky, we still had crazy rain and wind that far inland. Not that I am minimizing what happened to the coast, I am just illustrating how far the effects of it reached). Hope everyone is ok out there!