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Are you dizzy with excitement about nail polish?

Hiya!  I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend.  I'm getting over some icky cold thing, so Sunday was pretty yuck-o but today I'm finally feeling a little better.  Hopefully it's all downhill from here!  I'm noticing that whenever I'm sick with a bad cold I have almost zero motivation to change my polish and I also have the hardest time deciding on colors.  

My numero uno bud, who we shall call Kup, selected the following manicure colors.  Two coats of smooooooth as buttah Butter London HRH (which apparently stands for "Her Royal Highness").  Can you believe how pretty it is?!

I had a little shrink back from Poshe.  Boo!  I think I need to thin it a bit.  Hopefully that will help.  If I've said this before then welcome to the world that we shall call Dizzy haz brain damage!  Ha.  I joke about myself because my memory is just awful.




Kup wanted me to put "a new China Glaze glitter" on it, so I selected Cleopatra.  I put one coat on top, ONE!  It's so crazy thick and packed full of glittahs.

I think I maybe could have made it a wee bit thinner...or added some polish thinner.  Either way, it's the bomb, even though I probably would have preferred to see a bit more HRH.

I'm not sure you can really see and appreciate it fully, but Cleopatra has some greenish glitter in it.  Cool!

This is my second ever Butter London mani and I gotta say I have nothing but love for Butter London as of yet.  It applied beautifully.  I had no problems with the wacky old cap (they are using a new system now).  And you can see how poifect it looks!  And how much do we love China Glaze for coming out with a ton of amazing new colors and glitters!?  I can't wait to see all of them (and get my grubby hands on 'em, too!).

Hello and Happy Weekend to you!  I went to an international cat show this afternoon and it was pretty cool!  My favorites are the Siberians, Maine Coons, and Norwegian Forest Cats.  I hope we can get kitties soon.

I didn't get to change my polish too often this past week because I worked so much.  Thankfully, the mani you are about to see lasted unusually long and beautifully on me.  Hooray for the little things!  Here is Sephora by OPI (or $OPI, for short) Dark Room.  This has been a somewhat controversial polish amongst the bloggers and MUAers due to it's listed description online and it's actual appearance.  Also, it seems the appearance is subjective or moody or something!

I REALLY like this and I'll tell you why.  The application was amazing for me.  Sometimes dark creams can be a pain in the rear and this one was oh so easy.  I also like the color.  It's ambiguous and mysterious.  It certainly doesn't fit my mood on a regular basis, but I think it's pretty sweet.

I added a coat of Nfu-Oh 60 and this is what I got.

The ever so slight twinge of green-tealness is virtually gone.  

No problemo, though, as it is gorgeous to behold.

Last night I was finally able to redo my nails.  I have been wanting to try my Scrangie polish for a while and it seemed the perfect color to match my current mood.  

Often I will only do two coats.  This one needs three, in my opinion, so I did three here.  Oh, and it's by Rescue Beauty Lounge, if you didn't know.  

If you don't know anything about Scrangie then feel free to leave an inquisitive comment.  I'm pretty sure most of you do.  I love, love, love her color and am so very pleased with it.  I'm not sure I could have come up with a more dream-worthy color myself!  :D

The application was excellent.  I had no problems at all.

The colors in it remind me of another polish dear to my heart, OPI DS Royal.  Mmmm.

I bought some Biotin the other day and am giving it a go!  I will be uber excited if it helps my nails to be stronger and less peely.  Also, I would love it if they grow faster.  Mwah!

Supa-stahhhhr!!  Here's the Lippmann Collection Superstar, from the Celebrate collection.  It's a rich brown jelly packed to the max with copper glitter.  My wee nubs are starting to grow!  It could also be my imagination...but in any case I am pleased and encouraged.  My right hand has some little chips on the ends as this is my second day wearing this and I give 'em hell at work.  I've noticed that the mega-packed glitters maybe chip a little easier off my tips.





I hope you have a Super Superstar day!

Thursday I stopped by Sally's in search of the new China Glaze Glitters.  I had to go to a second Sally's across town to actually find a few!  But hooray!  I picked up five, quite happily.  The gorgeous sparkly, holorific Atlantis is one of them.  China Glaze, you da bomb, yo!!

Here is two coats of Nicole by OPI Blues in the Night (I think - it doesn't have a label, but I'm pretty sure) with one coat of China Glaze Atlantis, then topped with Konad Special White and a design from plate m51.  

In the next picture you can see that I placed the design in the same way on my right index and middle fingers, much to my chagrin!  I was trying to do the design in a different orientation on each nail.  Oh well!




Here, below, you can finally see what the Blues in the Night (Nicole by OPI) looks like on its own (in the bottle).  



Bling!  Bling!  Bling!


This evening I had a fabulous surprise upon my arrival home from a weekend away in Homer, NY.  Sid and I went to a college buddy of his' wedding.  I wasn't really expecting any packages, so the gears in my mind starting churning.  When I got the package in my hands I read "Deborah Lippmann" on the return address label.  Holy smokes!!  I won the Allure giveaway from a few months back!  I completely freaked (and am in fact still freaking out).  I never win anything, seriously.  Check them out!


The really funny part is that I agonized over buying this collection when it came out and I did end up purchasing it.  Ha!!  Figures.

I debated whether or not to post the next picture.  Remember how I had these awful tears in the sides of my nails?  Well, the Orly rescue product helped for a while but the tears were just too severe for me to leave them alone.  My poor two wittle nails cannot get any shorter.

Don't cry for me, nail polish lovers.  I'll be okay.  You'll probably just be seeing more of my right hand for the next few weeks.  ;)  

Today's nails feature the faboo Shades by Barielle Falling Star.  The first time I saw this polish I knew I had to have it.  I am mesmerized by the marriage of the copper glittahs and the dreamy calm of the blue.  

I'm reviving my Konad skills, as well.  This is design plate m41 with China Glaze Poetic.

Don't laugh, but I have the entire Romantiques collection and have never before used a single one.  I know, I know!  And what everyone says is true, because they are perfect for Konading!  I was skeptical, I'm not gonna lie.  I'm fully converted and be sure that you will be seeing plenty of Romantique Konads in the future.  Gorg!

If I had it to do over again I think I would place the daisies a little further up the tips so that more blue shows.  

I do love this design.  It's clean, pretty, and interesting.

I'm so glad to be posting!!  I've been wanting to post for quite some time, but have been busy living it up with my bud.  We've been to the beach, Epcot, Sea World, by the pool, shopping, and have had tons more fun.  It's been totally awesome.  We picked out some really gorgeous Sinful polishes today at Walgreens and also got two new Fall Maybellines (bogo!).  Look forward, peeps!!

I think I'll be posting more often now, as the vacay is coming to a tragic close.  I have so many new polishes to swatch and wear...oh boy.  I'm dizzy with excitement!!  Below is a no-named Delia's neon turquoise blue polish.  It's so pretty.  I topped it with NYX glittah Silver Blue.


Here are pictures in the hot hot sun!






The other day I was in Neiman's and nearly DIED when I found Shu Uemura Tanzanite Aquarium from last Fall!  Behold the loverliness!

I have to confess that my pictures of it do not do it justice.  Also, I had some slight bubbling and textural issues on a few fingers.  I'm not sure why but I think there may have been some debris either on my nails or in my base coat.  Boo!

It dried to a very dark and dangerous navy dream.

This morning I added a little 'nad, 'cause it's been waaay too long since I 'nadded.  I'm a little rusty, so pay no attention to my messiness.  I used plate m72 and Princess Polish in Coral.  


I love this design!

Unfortunately, the light blue stamping doesn't show much unless it is in sun or bright light.  It's still pretty sweet, though.

And as a special treat, I've included my bud Krista's nails!  She is sporting the fabulous Zoya Pinta, Konad Princess Polish in Violet Pearl, with Zoya Sparkle Gloss top coat.  Oh, and it's plate m61 for the cow spots/clouds.  

I had some smudging and a bit of sheerness with the stamping but overall I think it looks super cool!  I believe that the stamping polish was maybe a bit too sheer to transfer the clouds completely (which is weird since it's Konad).  Either that or my technique needs improvement.  

Are you wondering what in the world my post title refers to?  Well, let me tell you.  I have these cotton rounds that I got at Target or somewhere.  Haven't used them to Konad before.  Omigoodnessgracious they stink so bad!  The rounds I had previously were really terrific and non-linty.  These ones get little pieces of lint and fiber all over the place during the stamping process.  So.Not.Cool!  Does anyone love hairy 'nads?!  No.  In any case, just thought I'd share.  If y'all are trying to 'nad and have issues with fibers, then it might just be your craptastic cotton rounds.  

Thanks for sticking with me!  :)


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