Orly Smoked Out Swatch- Smoky Collection Fall 2014

Today I have polish from the Orly Smoky Collection (Fall 2014) called Smoked Out.  Let me go ahead and say that pictures do NO justice for this polish.  I don't know why it was so hard to photograph but in real life it is gorgeous!

China Glaze Seduce Me Swatch

Today I have China Glaze Seduce Me, a beautiful redish pink creme polish I grabbed at Sally's on impulse with some coupons.

China Glaze Stone Cold, Fairy Dust & Flying Dragon

Hi y'all, today I have an all CG mani! This is two coats of CG Flying Dragon (neon purple shimmer), one light coat of CG Fairy Dust (holo glitter), laid down striping tape and did one coat CG Stone Cold and then clear coated.


VERY rushed mani, little to no cleanup at time of pictures

Sunlight

Wonky Hand

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Matte Flakes- Zoya Opal

Happy friday everyone :)

This week I have a matte flakie mani for you!  I love flakie polishes but somehow this is the only one I own.  I was actually having a hard time picking a polish so I grabbed 3 nail wheels and let my son choose a wheel and then a polish (he's 11 months and mostly wanted to eat them, so this was purely luck of the draw lol).  Without further ado...

this shows the green side of Opal

Two coats Ulta Little Black Dress, two coats Zoya Opal, one coat Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Topcoat (to prevent chips and extend wear) and one coat NYC Matte Me Crazy Topcoat.

this shows the blue side of Opal

LBD is a black polish with silver shimmer, its subtle though, I use it most times I need a black polish.  Opal is a green to blue flakie polish.  Micro to medium sized flakes, suspended in a very slightly green tinted base.  (For me,) The flakes seem to shift green in lowlight, and blue in direct light.  This is one of those polishes I can stare at all day, which is exactly what I needed because my christmas present (my new engagement ring!) from my husband came in this week and I cant stop staring at that either!

close up, please excuse the flakes all over my finger, you can't see them IRL or I would have cleaned them, haha! on the right is my beautiful new ring!

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Turkey Day Nails

 Hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving! Here are my Thanksgiving nails :)

 

One coat Wet N Wild Megalast Wet Cement, 2 coats Ulta Chocolate Kiss, one coat Finger Paints Fall of Surprises and one coat nyc matte topcoat.

Love how this matted glitter looks! The chocolate kiss is very sheer which is why i used the wet cement under it. This is my first matte manicure and while i love the look, the tip wear us horrible, not even had it on 12 hours and have touched up tips once and they need it again!

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Saran wrap nails

These are my friends nails i did for a Halloween party this weekend. She wore a black and blue fairy costume to match.  This was my first attempt with this technique and it came out pretty well. There were a couple spots where the blue came up but it wasn't obvious. This is one coat China glaze shower together with wet n wild fastdry ebony hates Chris on top. One coat sally hansen insta-dri top coat.

I also scored some discount polish this weekend :) 3 polishes from sallys on clearance and one from amazon with a Swagbucks gift card! I had a $5 amazon gift card so i ordered this polish and a dotting tool set with free shipping on both items so 1.93 for 2 items :)

 Finger Paints Fall of Surprises 2.69 @ sallys

 Finger Paints Tough Art to Follow 2.69 @ sallys

 China Glaze Stone Cold (matte) 3.50 @ sallys

 China Glaze Some Like It Haute 1.93 on amazon

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