Festive!

I had the plain red color on yesterday when a guy at work was like "I like them better all fancied up." So I decided to "fancy them up" :) This is the Holiday OPI "Last Minute Shopper". Then I used Konad special polish in white and Bundle Monster plate BM323. My middle finger nail STILL won't grow. I cut them off relatively even when I broke it, but the other fingers have grown, and the middle is still all stubby! Oh well. Have a great Wednesday!

Christmas Candy

Hi! I've been gone for a while, I know. I am still waiting for my nail to grow back to a managable length for me on my left hand. So, I took a photo of my right hand! It's funny, I had no idea how to hold my hand and clicking the button on my camera was really awkward. Also, it has rained for like a week straight, so it was hard for me to get good lighting. I tried outside in the dreary-ness but I actually had better luck inside. It's so dark and horrible outside that the auto flash kept happening...even outside! It can be sunny any time now! Even if it snows a foot, as long as there is a little sun, I don't care. It was also my birthday on Saturday. I got a great eyeshadow set that I'm really excited about. And it's not cold here...in the 50's (F), so the heat hasn't kicked on and it's kind of humid in the house and polish would NOT dry. Ok, enough explanation and ranting...onto the polish!
This was actually an idea I saw at Colores de Carol...she has great color combos and stamps like a champ! Hers was a white base, but the two-toned stamping design is what I loved. My base is Layla Hologram polish in "Golden Idol". It has a great, awesome color shift with it's linear holo, but with no sunlight, it's hard to capture that. You can see a little of it here, but not like it is in person. Then I used Bundle Monster plate BM306 and dotted alternating red and green Konad special polish along the top and left of the design then swiped the polish diagonally. Viola!

Skulls!

So I went and got a manicure. I hated the way they filed my nails. Also, why so much paint on the cuticles? Before I took this photo, I re-shaped and cleaned up the paint edges and it looks much better. The major reason I get a mani is for the cuticles to get done on my opposite hand. Really. I get them done maybe a few times a year. Anyway, onto the nails! This is OPI DS (Designer Series) "Extravagance". I used Konad special polish in white and Bundle Monster plate BM225.

Hampstead Gardens

I'm always in search of a yellow polish that I can pull off with my skin tone. So far I've had no luck. While shopping online, I noticed that Sephora had this Nails Inc color on clearance, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

By itself, it reminded me of all those great 70's kitchen appliances. Also, in indoor lighting, it almost looked nude on me...Am I mustard color? I decided to jazz it up a little, make it more "Autumn" and used a brown gradient effect. This is actually in outdoor, natural lighting. Looks kind of weak, I know, but the weather is not cooperative as the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaac close in. The color is called "Hampstead Gardens" and I used Konad Princess polish in Brown for the gradient. This is actually a plate by Bundle Monster and not the sponging technique. I like that plate, and actually was the reason I bought the set in the first place. I don't know how I feel about the polish overall, but it's a unique color to have around. I only needed 2 coats and it dried to a smooth shiny finish, top coat not really needed.

Oui!

Today, I busted out one of my OLD colors. It's "Eiffel for this Color" from the original La Collection de France. Still looks pretty good! Used one of my Bundle Monster plates, the number of which I can't remember, with Konad special polish in white.