Vieux Carre OPI - A French Quarter for your thoughts

Vieux Carre  is creole, it means the old quarter (referring to the French Quarter)Hubby being a NOLA boy reacted to the color with "why is it gray". lolIf you've ever been to New Orleans Louisiana then you know whyhe found it odd, all of New Orleans is so full of color it's almost too much, but not.I think it's intended more to be the beautiful old stone work buildings and the famous cemeteries

CC Snakeskin + CC Covered in Diamonds

Hallo ladies,

Well Monday here we are I don't like you and you don't like me so lets try and get through this day fast!! LOL

Last night I tried out a few new polishes that I got in a swap CC Snakeskin it's a beautiful Olive/gray shimmer polish with small gold glitter. I used 2 coats for full coverage. When CC Snakeskin dried I topped it off with CC Covered In Diamonds also 2 coats, Cover in diamonds is beautiful but it was really hard to get it on my nail where I wanted it and once it dried talk about OUCH it was gritty and I scratched my arm :( even a top coat did not help much some of the flakies still poked through!!

But I must say it's a beautiful combo together.



Here's a blurry picture can you see the gold glitter?









What do you think?

Thanks for looking.
Kesha

I have something ridiculous to show you.

Having grown up in the 80s, I've always been wary of fake plastic drugstore nails. I think I bought some Lee Press-on Nails when I was in middle school. Do you remember those? No? Perhaps a visual aid will help.



I like how they come in "natural" and "glamour" length. Lee's idea of "natural" is more my idea of "glamour," but, whatever. I think at one time there was also a "sport" length, which I definitely remember buying.

Although as a teen, perhaps I should have been buying Miss Lee Press-on Nails. I definitely remember seeing this commercial on television.



I love this commercial. In particular I love the shot of the shoes - we called them "jazz shoes" - at the 15-second mark. I was crazy to have a pair of shoes like that circa 7th grade.

Anyway, I was never able to keep my Press-on Nails pressed on for more than an hour or so, plus, they looked terribly fake. (I suppose part of that could have been operator error.) So I've always been wary of the fake nails that are available in drugstores, because while fun and adorable, I figured there was no point unless you were going to glue them on.

Nonetheless, I saw a review of Nail Bliss nails on Scrangie and I had to have them. I figured I would just skip the adhesive tabs and glue them on. I bought the chrome ones in her review and also the faceted nails (SO AWESOME).

This weekend I finally had an opportunity to wear the nails. I couldn't commit to the glue, however, so I tried the adhesive tabs. And they worked great! These nails were crazy fun to wear.

AHHHH! I can't even stand how shiny they are. They were far too long for me right out of the package so I used nail clippers to hack them down to size and then gently filed off the rough edges. They are rather thick, plus using the adhesive tabs makes them somewhat thicker. Viewed close up, I suppose you can tell they are fake, but they didn't look tacky or jank. I felt like I had magical robot droid hands. They really reflect light, too, so if you were going to a concert or a club they would probably almost bling you to death.

I put them on at about 5 pm on Saturday night and removed them at around 7 pm on Sunday. They were fairly comfortable to wear although the thickness started to get to me after a while. I used a nail that was slightly too wide on one finger and that one was kind of sore while I wore the nails. But overall they didn't bother me, and they stayed on very securely.

Removal was easy. I just poured a few drops of pure acetone around the edges of each nail, waited a minute and then gently worked an orange stick underneath. They popped right off. A few of my nails were a little rough after that, but I just buffed them lightly. I did my nails with regular old polish right afterwards, and you can see that (aside from dry cuticles due to the acetone) there were no ill effects. (This is Funky Fingers Elephunk, a dupe to Color Club Wild Orchid.)

OPI Katy Perry part 1 Swatches and review

I know it's a small collection but I'm doing this in 2 parts because I really like the colors and so traditional swatching isn't going to work when I really want to just do a full manicure and enjoy them.
So on to the pretties...Not like the Movies is a pale purple to gray to green multi chrome with silver scattered shimmerThis is 2 coats with top coat in lightbox lightingThe formula is good

Barielle Holiday Hustle Swatches Winter 2010

Iwas sent the Barielle Holday Hustle collection....I love it!Barielle has a great way of avoiding the typical so again they make me so very happy!
All swatches are 2 coats no top coat, in lightbox lighting.Gelt me to the Party is an antiqued Copper/bronze/goldI really wish this looked better on me because I love the color a lot!
Coalest day of the year is a dark gray almost black with pearl

Grey sky got cheered up with a Night Party!

I don't do taupe but H&M Grey Sky from the good package Feline sentis so pretty in the bottle that I couldn't resist. I put it on with an accent nail of Quick & Chic Night Party, also from Feline. Then I realized that taupe almost blends into my skin tone, not manikin hands style but matchy. So I amped it up with Nfu-oh 50 and Happy Joy!Grey sky which is not grey at all but a very nice taupe with

OPI swiss Collection Fall 2010 Part 2 the Shimmers

I can't even say how awesome these colors are so I'll let the pictures say it all.Glitzerland is my least favorite but only because gold does not look good on me.This is 2 coats with great application.
The Color to Watch makes me drool!A complex purple with lighter purple shimmer it almost shifts blue.3 coats but very worth it!
Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous is a sweet gunmetal foil.3 coats and so

Lily has amazing timing & Thrisza is my Inglot angel!

Everyone knows that this past week has been extremely stressfuland flat out craptasticlysucklios!
Today I managed to convince the web host that sucked to give me my money back and release my domain.(OK so I bitched then out and threatened to post their name on my blog, twitter, myspace, scream it from the mountain tops, file a complaint with BBB and I did write an email to the owner directly)

Rain and Magic Stars

I really love Eyeko Rain and I wanted to wear it a second day butWell my nail polish attention span is about the same as a 15 year olds Math attention span.So to respark it a bit I added a coat of GOSH Magic Star and walla....gorgeousness all over again!
I love this comboWhat comes after the rain?Rainbowy goodness!
What do you do revamp a mani?

Zoya Wonderful

Zoya's Wicked and Wonderful collection
These are the 6 Wonderful shades.All vampy fall cremes
Shawn is a great dark olive green.

Cola is a fun deep brick red creme.

Kristi is a sweet pink toned red.

Burke is a great deep rose.
Stacy is a yummy wine creme.
Kelly is a dark blue based gray creme.
All were opaque in 2 thin coats. The formula is very nice as usual with Zoya.You can find this

Eyeko Saucy and Rain swatches

These are my first Eyeko polish's and I love them soooo much!The formula was very nice, the brush is not too wide or too thin and the colors are very pigmented.
Rain PolishFor City NailsA soft light gray with a subtle shimmer.
This is 2 coats with no base or top coat.
Saucy PolishFor Naughty Nails
A perfect Tobasco red. This is one coat, yes I said 1 coat.(Thank you Eyeko for making a polish just

I'm Baty for Jitterbug! China Glaze Vintage Vixen preview

I will be swatching the Vintage Vixen collection soon.I just really feel that they need proper sunlight so I hope for good sunlight tomorrow.
Today I just could not resist Jitterbug.A dark Gunmetal foil.
This is 2 coats taken in my lightbox.
I have been a little Baty the past few days so I thought my nails should reflect it.I used BM plate 13 and Wet n Wild black creme.
Aren't they cute!
I love

Random Borghese swatches

Borghese has a nice variety of colors, so I thought I'd share a few.
Biscotto Beige is pretty close to maniquine hands on me but for most it would be a nice creamy medium beige.Mezzanotte Blue is a yummy Navy blue jelly. I used 2 coats but I'm sure a 3rd would make it opaque.Bella Berry is a shimmery wine. I love this shade!Plumagio Purple is more of a deep blue with purple micro shimmer. It's a

Catrice London's Weather forcast

I love gray polish and this is my new favorite!A perfect medium gray with subtle blue toned silver shimmer.
Everything about this polish is perfect! The formula is lovely, the brush is very nice and the color is foggy, rainy perfection!
This is 2 very thin coats. I believe one thick coat would work as well.The pictures were taken in my lightbox after 2 days of wear...now you can't beat that with

Little June Bug how very much I adore you

My very first Barielle Shades....June Bug!I have used Barieele treatments for a long time and love them so it's about time I tried some Barielle Shades.I am not a glitter girl...honestly I don't wear glitter polish because even with the foil method removal is painful and so I just can't enjoy the polish. June Bug is perfect for us non glitter girls, it's a medium urban gray with beautiful aqua

It's Alive! *Lightning flash* *crashing thunder*

Ok it's just another franken but you gotta admit the Frankenstien theme got ya!lol Sorry, I'm giddy from boredome!I would love to give the recipe but I have no clue what all I put in this bad boy but it has a satin finish and the application is super craptastic. lol  Thick goopy and dries way too fast. But it's pretty.A dusty greyed light blue with fun aqua sparklies (not glitter)I can tell you

BB Couture Impact Driver tools aren't just for boys!

There are so many reasons that I love this polish;it's a gorgeous blue gray, There is pink, blue and silver secret shimmer in there and the name rules!

And then I added a little konad from image plate m2 using H&M Sinful senorita
Is that a pink holo kitty? Why yes,yes it is!But why would you stamp a pink holo kitty on such a sexy masculine color?
The answer comes in the form of another little