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Stormy Skies

I recently ordered some of Pam's Girly Bits polishes from here.

Stormy Skies is the first of hers that I have used. I only needed two coats and it applied very easily. It also dried quite fast. I used two coats of top coat because those adorable little micro glitters are kind of bumpy.

The base of the polish is a squishy yummy blue-gray jelly. I picked this polish yesterday morning because it was indeed a stormy, gloomy, ucky day. I felt so proud of myself for matching my polish to the weather!! :)

I honestly didn't expect to love this so much. I wasn't even sure I was going to order it. I am super happy I did, though! I really, really love it. You hit it out of the park, Pam!

Event Horizon

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Here is two coats of NerdLacquer Event Horizon.

This polish is super awesome and was easy to apply. It reminds me of a smaller glittered version of Lippmann's Across the Universe.

Also, can I just say that the movie Event Horizon scared the bejeezus out of me?! Learn more about NerdLacquer here.

Hello, Heffalumps!

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This is two coats of Hare Heffalumps.

Heffalumps are from Winnie the Pooh, of course (kind of like elephants), and I adore the Pooh reference here. I love Winnie the Pooh and everything about it!

The base is a beautiful fuchsia sort of jelly color and swimming inside are large hexes of blue, silver, and pink (I think).

I'm not going to sugar coat this, Nation. Application was a total bear. The glitters kept bunching up and it was hard to control the spread of the jelly, if you get what I mean. I needed three thick coats of top coat, as well, and even still, it wasn't totally smooth after it dried completely (it looks perfectly smooth in these pictures because they were taken right after I painted my nails).

It's so stinking gorgeous, though! I love it! Well worth the pain. If you want to learn more about Hare polish, go to Nikole's tumblr here.

Time for CHANGE

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Saturday night I had yet another painful round of manicure failures (two failures and then this success). Yuuuuggggh! I don't know what's going on with me lately.

I'm glad I ended up with this, though. It is SO lovely!

I used one easy coat of a-england Camelot and then added a carefully worked coat of Lynnderella's Change.

Change is an instant favorite for me. I absolutely love the combination of colors and shapes.

The sporadic red and lime bits really make this one superb!

I had a little bit of smooshing on the ends of my middle and ring fingers (from my sheets!), but it was so barely noticeable. This is good. While I love Nails Inc. Kensington Caviar top coat for its shine and durability, this just reminds me that it doesn't quite dry fast enough for what I would like.

Folks, I matted one nail before taking this off this morning, and while I was lame and did not take a picture, I can assure you that it looked really freaking cool!

Bright Twinkly Lights

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For this mani, I started with two coats of SpaRitual's Sacred Ground.

You've probably all seen this one before. It's super popular and for a good reason!

Sacred Ground is a beautiful gray shimmer polish that has the most enchanting multi-colors hiding in the shimmer.

Mostly you'll notice bluish-purple, gold, and then silver.

It's very lovely and I enjoyed the formula as well.

I think this is my first time wearing a SpaRitual polish!

Later in the same day, I added two coats of TiNS The Starlets.

The Starlets is disco ball style silver holo hex glitter suspended in a clear base.

I really love the effect as the glitter twinkles and nearly lights up! It's so twinkly it looks like lights anyway. :)

I realize that the TiNS glitter totally killed the subtlety of the shimmah in Sacred Ground...and I'm completely okay with that!

Mysterious Ways

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Webinarmy wore for an awesome four days for me, just so y'all know! I decided it was time for another Lynnderella mani next, so that is what you see here.

I began with two coats of Misa Working Hard or Hardly Working, a really pretty slightly blue-toned light gray.

I added two coats of Mysterious Ways, followed by Glitter Tamer, Barielle Manicure Extender, and Seche Vite. My favorite "piece" of this mani is the diamond you see on my thumb above!

In this last picture you can really see the cool iridescent blue shimmer in Mysterious Ways!

Sadly, I did have a few large and obnoxious bubbles (only on my left hand, though). You can see them in the first few pictures if you didn't catch them already. It wasn't so much noticeable in real life, though, so no big deal. Also, I was lazy and didn't wrap my tips with Mysterious Ways, which I totally should have, because you can see how it kind of shrank back at the tips.

I absolutely loved this gorgeous and glittery periwinkle mani! I only wish it had stayed on me better. In less than 24 hours I found myself easily peeling it off in huge pieces. :/ Ruh roh.