OPI And A Glitter Accent

I had no idea what to put on my nails so I sent my husband into the void.  He came back with OPI Cuckoo For This Color and OPI Bring On The Bling.  I showed him options for possible manis and what he settled on is what you'll see!

Columbus Day

Today is Columbus Day and I decided to do nail art based on his exploration.  This day celebrates Columbus' arrival in the Americas.

I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Blue-Away, OPI Over the Taupe, Essense Color & Go Walk on Air, and Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

P&P's FFNA Challenge: Great Pumpkin

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is one of my favorite Halloween movies.  It's a great story of hope.  I modeled this nail art after my bobbing for apples art.

HTTR Glitter Gradient

Recently at work, we had a day where we all wore the colors of our favorite sports teams.  I chose the Washington Redskins.  The colors I chose were Zoya Maria Luisa and OPI A Man in Every Port-ugal.

P&P's FFNA Challenge: Bobbing for Apples

Today's challenge is bobbing for apples.  I was nervous about this challenge because I've never considered myself good at nail art.  But I can't get over how amazing this turned out.

For my apples, I used all OPI colors; A Oui Bit of Red, Fiercely Fiona, Who the Shrek Are You?, and St. Petersburgundy.  My goal was to create apples in four different colors. 

I cannot get over how amazing this is!

For the leaves and the stems, I used OPI Green-Wich Village and Sally Hansen Haute Chocolate.

I left my nails bare and painted on the apples.  I used a dotting tool for the stems and leaves.

This is by far my most favorite thing I have ever done to my nails.  What's yours?

OPI Midnight in Moscow

Midnight in Moscow is a perfect vampy color for Fall from the OPI Russian collection.  This is my first vamp of the season!

P&P's FFNA Challenge: Early Sunsets

I know I'm several days late for the 9/25 challenge but I have been very ill.  I was able to get to the doctor yesterday and with the medicine, I was able to complete the challenge today.

OPI DS Lapis

My friend Amy was fabulous and picked up the two new OPI DS polishes for me.  Today I am showing you Lapis.

In the bottle Lapis looks blue and silver and I wasn't quite sure what to expect.  

This is truly a one coat polish.  And it's matte!  And a texture!  This is seriously one coat guys.

I decided I wanted to top coat it and started with a coat of Gelous.

Then I added another coat of Gelous and a coat of Seche Vite.  This polish truly gorgeous.  It sparkles!

The blue is so much more predominant than the silver.  This is a DS polish that makes me happy.  It reminds me of the old DS polishes that were actually GOOD and people wanted them.  If you don't have this, you need to find it.

P&P's FFNA Challenge : Back to School

My friend Ashley of Plump and Polished created a Fall nail art challenge!  It's been a long time since I've blogged and this challenge is bringing me back.  Thank you Ashley!

Today's challenge is back to school.

Indie Week: Holo-rific!

Today's mani has two delicious components to it.  Purple and HOLO!!!  I avoided holos for a very long time because I just didn't see the appeal.  Then I started with the old OPI DS polishes and it was all downhill from there.

Today I have a gorgeous holo from Amy's Nail Boutique, Purple Prism.  I love the color but I wanted something a bit dark.  I decided to start with a nice vampy purple, OPI Vant to Bite my Neck?.