Lippmann Call me Irresponsible and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, sandwiched

Oof. I love this combination. 

My roommate called these nails "grown up Lisa Frank nails," because the color pattern looks like Lisa Frank stickers or something. It's the perfect description.

 And in the sun:

A touch of silver

These looked SO cool.

This polish couldn't have stolen my heart anymore

So, I'm a new Gaga fan. New as in, until last weekend I had never listened her. Well, now Speechless is the most played song on my iPod, so you can see how things have changed.
So when I went to Nordies with a little extra cash, I knew I needed a Gaga-polish.
And what a polish this is. Bad Romance, purple glitter (hex and small) in a jelly black base. One coat over WnW Night Prowl (wonderful base for this, the glitter matches perfectly).
Stunning.

Lots of Pink (and a purple too!)

First off, I think I'm really getting this blogging thing down. I have a pose, a watermark, and I really like my background on blogspot. Is there anything that I should change?

The first mani, an unnamed Color Club with ChG Doll House on top, is old and doesn't have my pose. Sorry!


Next was yesterday's mani, Zoya Adina. Beautiful color. Three coats.


Sinful Colors sent me some polish from their new Valentines Day collection to review! I received Scandal and Pink Forever.
Pink Forever is pretty straight forward, a medium cream pink. I can't think of dupes off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some. Three coats because of balding, which was only due to my hurried swatching. Terrible picture because this would not cooperate for the camera! Silly polish, you're supposed to look just as good on the computer screen as you do on my nails!


Tomorrow's mani is Sinful Colors Scandal. This one SHOCKED me. I expected a bright-to-neon pink. Nothing special or unique. Boy was I wrong. It's a bright pink JELLY! A jelly finish from a drugstore! It's oh-so-gorgeous on. 5 coats to eliminate VNL.

Moar bling!

Skittles! With Happy Birthday gradient! Pretty!
Pinkie to thumb:
Essie E-Nuff is E-Nuff (Stupid name!)
SH Sunkissed
Zoya Pippa
F21 Hunter Green
AA Peacock

GLITTER

Lippmann Happy Birthday over OPI Sparkle-icious.
This got so many compliments, you wouldn't believe it. It was fabulous.
ALSO!
There is this blog I love. Like, it's the most amazing poetry blog I've ever seen.
So, you all should read it. And I'm not just saying this because I love the person who writes it. Seriously, check it out.

A polish from Japan

I hate showing you all things that you (probably) can't have. But, this is so pretty! It's s 100yen mermaid-y polish that has green and pink semi-translucent sequins in a clear base over DC Matte Black.
Matte Black is one of the best blacks I've ever found, the formula is perfect, the opacity is great, and it dries in no time. If you don't want it to be matte, just add topcoat.
Speaking of, the topcoat I used here is Nailene Acrylic Strong, which is honestly awesome. My nails are on the second day of wear and there is no problems with them, Seche chips a few hours in, or at least causes shrinkage but these look great, plus, the shine is unbeatable.
Diamond Cosmetics and Nailene sent these products to me for review but that did not affect my opinion at all. These are honestly great products, I would not tell you otherwise just because they were provided for me by the manufacturer.

I'm so sorry, I'm liar.

Dorothy Who? is pretty, the Nabi was nice BUT my favorite jelly ever...







I'm begging you, enlarge the pics. Really, do it so you can fully comprehend the amazingness.
It's Lippmann Across the Universe. It's my most expensive polish, clocking it at a respectable $18. I bought it today (which is why this is my first time wearing it). I love this, seriously, this is my new favorite polish ever. It's a navy jelly with green and blue hexagonal glitter as well as some smaller blue glitter. It takes three coats to get opaque, and the glitter that is in the lower layers looks all murky and pretty :). It doesn't look chunky but due to the necessity of positioning the glitter at least a little bit, application can be tricky. I predict this polish is going to become very rare, very fast. If you think you like it, buy it. Really, it's just that pretty.

Things to love...

Nabi glitter. This is Silver Big Ball, I found it for $2 at a little boutique. It was sitting innocently (can a polish really be innocent?) with a rack of Santees (spelling?). I also bought Blue Glitter which may be the most stunning jelly I've ever seen (forgive me Zulu). I'll show off Blue Glitter tomorrow when I find sun. This is Sally Hansen Gunmetal layered with Silver Big Ball. Gunmetal is nice, a bit brush stroke-y but all in all okay. It wore well, these pics are on the *gasp* third day of wear.