Glam Your Guns Feat: Essie "Armed and Ready"

I found a new favorite ugly color, and by ugly color i mean not purple. I came across Essie "Armed and Ready" while gawking at glitters next to the Luxe Effects, and mixed in with what was left of the Go Overboard collection. Honestly, i don't know which collection this belongs to, if either. Regardless of the polish family this gem belongs to, it have moved its way into my heart, and onto my favorites.

For this mani...

Essie "Armed and Ready"

China Glaze "Champagne Bubbles"

Essie "As Gold as it Gets"

Milani Jewel FX "Gold"

Makeup sponge

Look look. ---> Armed and Ready.

Gray, brow, and flecked with gold this worn down army/olive green shade has stolen my heart. Though this is a rather drab color, the hidden gold a copper shimmer saves it from the forgotten pile in my polish cabinet. What makes me love this polish is how unique it is. Tell me, do you own another color like this? The formula is also lovely. This is three coats, because i got nicks in the first two.

I chose to use a yellow gold sponged on the sides to not over power the existing copper shimmer, but add to it. China Glaze "Champagne Bubbles" also has very scattered silver glitters in it for more subtle bling. This particular polish was a part of the recent Holiday 2011 collection along with another favorite of mine, "Snow Globe."

Now most of you have seen "Shine of the Times" for the Luxe Effects collection, but have you seen "As Gold as it Gets." To cough enhance cough my amazing sponging i used this glass fleck gold glitter for one coat all over each nail. Do you want to eat my nails yet? Because i do. Much like the makeup caked on the faces of the notorious Toddlers in Tiaras, this top coat covered all the little mistakes and imperfections i had previous.

NOW GLITTER. This is some mofaxukin serious glitter right here! Milani Jewel FX "Gold." If you don't own this, go buy it before its discontinued. I brushed on some pure glitzy gold along the sides that were previously sponged. This finished of my Glam Your Guns mani featuring Essie "Armed and Ready"