"Muted" Feat: Sally Hansen "Lacey Lilac"

Good day lovelies. I do help you are doing well. Today i have for you a rather muted look that still has a fun flare. I think this would be a good mani for the workplace, or anywhere you want not to be to obnoxious with your nails.

For this mani...

Sally Hansen "Lacey Lilac"

Finger Paints "Pretty as a Portrait"

Orly "Mirror Mirror"

Orly "Twilight"

 Sally Hansen "Lacey Lilac" Xtreme Wear

I began with two beautifully creamy coats of this perfect purple. Lacey Lilac, along with many others in the Xtreme Wear line. The formula on these are perfection, and the price is penny pinching awesome (under $3.) My nails were kinda jacked up when i did this mani, hence the lumps and bumps on my thumb and pinky fingers.

Finger Paints "Pretty as a Portrait" Core

With the brush from this bottle i covered less than half of my nail diagonally. I loved this polish for layering over another because of the opacity and shiny creme formula. The sheen is obviously brighter and sets it a level up from Lacey Lilac. With a dotting tool i made an average of three dots along the diagonal half.

Orly "Mirror Mirror"

I bet looking at this photo you're all like, oh,...what changed? I added yet another diagonal layer of Mirror Mirror. This polish is freeking rad. Formula is A+, opacity A+, color is A+. It's straight gray. I never thought i'd buy a gray polish, or even use this more than once, but i love Mirror Mirror. I've fallen for weird nail color like this and grays and kind of a favorite of mine.

Orly "Twilight" Holiday 2011

For whatever reason i'm not holding Twilight in these photos, I'm sure you can live with this. The final step for this mani was to coat it all with a shimmer top coat. Twilight is a silver shimmer top coat that i like to use in conjunction with blues and purples. I think the silver adds a little something extra that would never shine with out it.

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"

Up In Somke (Black/Gray)

It seems like its been a few days since i posted a decent look. You know, with the exception the the Primped for Prom post. Then again, depending on what your definition of decent is, that might not have been included. So let's talk about Monday! And how much it sucks! And lets talk about THIS LOOK on Kimmie Karma Love's blog that i did for a guest spot and forgot to notify anyone about! Haha, i'm lame. Anywhooooo! This was a little out of my comfort zone today as i don't typically use like blacks, grays, and so forth. But i have a few in my collection, and they are sad because they don't get used that often. So here is their 15 minutes of fame for now. Enjoyyy. OH! side note! This look was mildly inspired by my kitty....so i think some time this week i really want to do one that looks more like her with gray, black, and white. Because i love her. OH! and...HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS! WELCOME!