Buried alive

Creative title for my post right? This is Orly's Buried Alive. It is from the "Dark Shadows" collection that wads released earlier this year. It's a dark brown with shimmer. It wore pretty well. I used Orly's Top 2 Bottom as both base and topcoat.

Sorry the application is kind of messy. I really need to start cleaning up the manicures a little bit better. When I did remove this polish it did stain a bit which kind of bummed me out. So, I had to re-polish them because my nails were a yellowy-brown color that looked like poo. Lovely!

 

Scandalous

Here's what I wore on my nails for a few days last week. It is Pure Ice Scandal with Color Club's Snow Flakes over it. I was able to get Snow Flakes at Sally Beauty for $3.59 b/c I have a Sally's card. I think it's $3.99 without it, which is still not a bad deal. I have seen Color Club for $5 a piece at Rite Aid. Not sure if they have the winter collection from them yet or not. I love Snow Flakes! It is sooo pretty. My first foray into a "flaky" polish. Will you be getting any of the new Color Club winter colors?

No flash

 

I think flash but who knows.

 

On the "prowl"

Here's a recent manicure I did using Wet N Wild's Night Prowl. It is a black base with purple shimmery, glittery flecks. It looked pretty sweet for a day or two. Sorry for the messiness of the polish application. I think I was in a hurry when I did this right before heading out to a meeting. Not sure if you can see the purple flecks in the photo. It may just look shiny. I bought this at Rite Aid a while back when the polishes were on sale for 69 cents. I think for that price it is a decent polish even if it did not wear super well. I did use three coats and a topcoat for the photos.

Spidey sense

Here's my current Mani. These are Sally Hansen Salon Effects in "Spun for You."

I really like them. And that's all I have to say about that.

Totally unrelated to nail polish

I'm taking a bit of a break from nails as mine look like they've been gnawed off by weevils or something. I think it's a combo of yard work and too much polishing that have taken a toll. I was really working it with a saw today cutting branches off our pine trees. I was wonder woman.

I know I haven't posted anything for a while, so I thought I would post this random photo.

 

Does anyone else find it funny that my sub "MAY CONTAIN" all of the the ingredients normally found in a sub? I found it amusing. Maybe I'm just weird. It was a good sub, though. I can't believe it contained a bun. Crazy.

Polish Fest

OK. Be honest. When you read that title did you think "polish" as in nail polish? Or, did you think "Polish" as in someone from Poland?

If you're like me, then you thought the former. That's exactly what I thought when driving to lunch today with my husband. I saw a sign that said "Polish Fest" and I was like "Hey, a polish fest!" all excited about the notion of a festival for nail polish. Then I realized that the sign was advertising a Polish Festival featuring Polish food, which does not sound as appealing as my version of a polish festival.

Holo, holo, holo

So, I couldn't resist the Coterie deal about a week and a half ago for 3 Butter London polishes and a topcoat for $11. Even with the shipping it was more than a steal. Here is one of the shades of the new polish. It is called Knackered. I put a light grey color on my ring finger and then layered Knackered over it. I think I should have done that on all my nails because you can definitely see some VNL (visible nail line) on the rest of the fingers. I do love the holographic and color-change effect of this polish. It goes from blue to pink and then the holo shimmer is all different colors. I have already received comments on this - from my doctor of all people - at a check-up today. She was also rocking light blue nails but she said she liked my polish better. Too bad that did nothing to lower my BP while I was there lol.

Now...on to the photos:

No flash

 

I know this is blurry but you really see the holo in this photo

 

See the VNL on my first 2 fingers and no VNL on my ring finger. Next time I use this I will def. use gray as a base on all my nails.