Fall Foliage

When I was at Harmon the other day I was searching through the thousands of polish colors for something dark, fall-like, and unlike what I have. I found Sally Hansen 330 Gray Area and fell in love. Although the name says it's gray, its actually more of a dark purple-gray. It may be a little early for such a dark polish, but still love it. I used image plate M71 and LA Colors Baby Pink for the flower and leaves which I think looks more like turning fall leaves. 

Sally Hansen Gray Area with LA Colors Baby Pink

Neutral Subtle Shimmer

This manicure started with two coats of Essie BBF Boy Best Friend. The design is off Konad Image Plate M60, and I used OPI Rally Pretty Pink for the pink/gold duo tone gorgeous plaid. I'm going on a mini-vacation this weekend and wants something neutral that would go with everything I packed, but I didn't want it to be boring either. Love the results!
  

Are you Absolutely Shore plaid is in?

Well regardless, plaid looks great on your nails to add some subtle interest to your everyday manicure!

I used Essie's "Absolutely Shore" as a base and with the Konad image plate M60 I added some plaid with OPI's "Who the Shrek are You?". For my ring finger I put Silver Shatter over "Who the Shrek are You?". I was going for a summer fun mani, and I definitely found it!

Zoya's Paz

Orange nails + tan skin = summer must have! If you want to bring out your tan then paint your nails orange! And Zoya's Paz is the perfect polish for this. It's a neon orange with super smooth application and dries with a finish that's between matte and shiny.

Zoya's Paz- no topcoat

Zoya's Paz - with Seche Vite

My pictures make Paz look like a creamier muted orange. In reality it is as neon as orange gets. The index finger in my picture with the top coat is a better representation. The solid orange was just a little too boring for me, so I added some designs!

I painted gold tips on my nails with OPI's Gift of Gold, and for the argyle on my ring finger I used Konad image plate M60 and OPI's Thanks So Muchness!
Have you tried painting your nails orange to bring out your tan? How did you like it?

Fourth of July Inspired Mani

Happy Independence Day to those who celebrate :) I created this fun, but not screaming "Americana" manicure to show off my spirit!

 I started out with Zoya's "Robyn" for the blue, and OPI's "Vodka and Caviar" for the red. Over that I used the plaid image on the Konad M60 plate with Sally Hansen's "Baby Blue Crystal". This was one of their Chrome nail polishes from forever ago.

What are you guys sporting for the 4th?

Yellow Paisley

Today I got two new OPI polishes from the Shrek Collection. Ulta is having a "buy 2 for 10$" deal and I so took advantage! I picked up two that I have wanted since last summer, Funkey Dunkey and Fiercely Fiona. I went summery and chose to use Fiercely Fiona today. Over that I used a paisley-type design from image plate M60 with a mini OPI which for the life of me I cannot find the name of. I got it as a freebie when I purchased a full size nail polish last winter. It came with a dark metallic red/purple, and also a deep metallic red. If anyone knows the mini set please let me know! The one I used is an orange/brown with slight shimmer. I hate the color when used alone, but here I love it!

Subtle Shimmer

This weekend I got a surpsise package from my boyfriend with OPI's "Coney Island Cotton Candy" (a nail polish I have wanted for a very long time)! I immediately painted my nails with it, and for some pizzazz I added a purple/gold shimmer using the argyle design with plate M60. I loved the way it came out, but unfortunately forgot to take pictures :( So today when I went to paint my nails I wanted to see how the manicure worked with a different color! Red! I haven't painted my nails in red probably since Valentines day because I've been having so much fun with fun spring and summer colors! I used OPI's "Vodka & Caviar" as the main color with "A True Ab-Original" for the shimmer. What do you think of my red manicure with subtle shimmer?

Purple and Green!

Sometimes I just can't ignore the bright funky colors in my collection. I used OPI's "Do You Lilac It?", and "Who The Shrek Are You?" for the base colors. For the dots I used China Glaze's "For Audrey" and image plate M60. I love that all colors are creme, so even though its bright and out there, its still wearable.

I Vant to be A-Lone Star!

I picked up this color by a fluke, and I am so happy I did! I had two OPI's and an Essie in my hand when Ulta told me I couldn't combine the brands for the buy 2 get 1 free discount. So I went back and grabbed a similar light sky blue as the one by Essie. Boy am I glad I did! I Vant to be A-Lone Star is part of the Texas Collection. It is a sky blue with a little blue/silver shimmer. I love the way it makes my nails look longer than they are!

But I couldn't stop there! I mean come on, I just got a Konad Stamping System! So thats where OPI's Ski Teal We Drop came in. This was a part of last years Swiss collection, and it was the only one I wanted, and the only one I got. Its a lovely creme dark teal, almost navy.

The end result looks a little like snowflakes, but I like it! And with that in mind, you can be assured I'll be getting a snowflake design and do this exact mani in the winter :)

Essie's "sand tropez"

I just HAD to do another Konad design before I went to bed last night. At first I tried the plaid design, but I couldn't get it straight and my nails looked like a wonky mess. So I went simple. I used Sand Tropez by Essie. It has become one of my favorite summer nail polishes. In the fall muddy browns we very "in" and to me this is the lighter, much more summery version. Over that on my ring finger I used Zoya's "Robyn" with Konad image plate M60. I couldn't be more pleased with the way it came out!

Essie's "braziliant" with a few additions!

 Finding Braziliant was quite the wild goose chase. My boyfriend promised to get it for me, so after visits to about 20 different Wallgreens, CVS's, Ulta's, and Rite Aids we finally found it. And not just one..the final place we thought to check, Harmon Beauty Supply, had about 30 bottles! Anyway, it was well worth it! It's a gorgeous orange with the slightest orange/silver/gold shimmer. I applied two coats, but after one it was opaque enough to leave it be.

A little plain, right? So after that I put some of OPI's Silver Shatter on half the nail partly because I knew it would look nice, and partly because the day before my mom was complain about my Silver Shatter not looking nice and I had to prove her wrong :p

Looove it! What I love even more is that a few hours later my Konad nail stamping kit came in the mail! So of course I had to try out the little flower design!

This was the flower off plate M60. I was surprised as to how easy it was and will probably be ordering many more plates soon! As well as doing another manicure tonight.