William...meet Flakie.....and some shopping

So I started my morning off feeling great, wearing a new cardi that I am absolutely IN LOVE WITH. I love those days when you have a good hair, outfit and makeup day. They are so rare for me, lol. Anyways, I really wanted a vampy color and decided to try this one, OPI William Tell Me About OPI. I think I only swatched it once when I got it but never actually wore it. Anyways, I also purchased a new necklace and wanted a mani that would semi resemble it, and that is where the flakies come in. Okay, well I started with 2 coats of the OPI

Then I added Nfu-Oh 50 over top

and then China Glaze Matte Magic, because I think matted flakies look so cool

Okay, now I know this is off topic, but I had to show you guys my new cardi! I love love love it. I got it off of Hautelook, which I'm semi addicted to, for a fairly decent price. It's made by Romeo & Juliet. I have received more compliments on this, than any other thing I've worn in a very long time, and mainly from strangers, lol.

and here is the necklace I purchased. I know a water marble would have matched better, but I had no time for that this morning, lol. So flakies had to do. If you can't tell, it's a maple leaf :P

So I loved my new cardi so much, that I NEEDED another one, so after some searching, I found one on eBay, lol, and snatched it up. I cannot wait to get it. Although my gray one has some lace in the ruffle as well, this one does not, but I don't care.

Okay, sorry to get so far off topic, but I just wanted to share :P

Orly Royal Velvet gets funky...

I picked this up......I'm going to say a few weeks ago, but I can't honestly remember, at Ulta. It's part of the new collection that Orly has out. Out of them all though, once again, only 1 stood out to me, lol, and it was Royal Velvet, man, I just can't pass up a purple/blue duochrome! As always the purple was a lot easier to see in person, my camera just wanted no part of it.

Here is a bottle pic, and you can see the purple tons better, it really does look just like this on the nail.

Here is 3 coats on the nail with SV

and since i haven't done my black tips in ages, I slapped them on as well :) I really just love how Royal Velvet appears to be glowing on my nail!

Good From Far, But Far From Good...Like most men

You all know exactly what I'm talking about. You're out with the girls, maybe had a few drinks, see a hot guy across the room, you make eye contact, they make their way towards you, and BAM, you're instantly wishing they would have stayed on other side of the room. Well, this is how I feel about this mani, lol. Since I loved my other feather mani so much, I discovered a site that had small super fun feathers for sale. I got a few packs, and even some colored dried leaves that I shall try soon. Well this is how the mani started. I used 3 coats of Hard Candy Sky. I wish the bright blue shimmer, that you can see in the bottle in the 2nd pic, was more visible on the nail :(

Here is 1 of the packs I got. I ordered them from www.vivalanails.co.uk. Each pack I got had a different amount of feathers in there. This one had 3, and my pink one had like 6.

and just so you can get an idea of the size

This was after I cut the feather down to my nail size

This time, I applied the feather in the opposite direction, just to see. I wanted the light blue to poke out through my tips. I first brushed on a layer of Elmers Glue, then pressed the feather on top.

This was after it had mostly dried, and I trimmed the tips with clippers. The hard thing about feathers, is all the individual feathers are attached to the center stem, and once you cut them across, they are of course no longer attached :( so as I began placing, and trying to center the feather, it does split some, and the glue makes them stick in clumps, but it makes for a pretty cool effect on my tips.

Here is the final mani, with 2 coats of SV over top, to make it super shiny

Now from afar

See...I told you!!! lol.

Random Swatch : CQ Golden Green

Okay, guys, I have quit a few random swatches just hanging around as 'Drafts' in my blog 'Posting' section, so maybe every few days, I'll do a Random Swatch post in the afternoon :)

This is from the new collection of CQ polishes that I saw at Rite Aid last week. There were a few pretty ones, but all looked so close to ones I own, except this beauty! She is called Golden Green, and it's the best description of the color.

MPJ the good one :P

If you don't know by now, let me tell you, there are quit a few versions of OPI My Private Jet, but only 1 really charcoal holo version, which thanks to Regni over at The Lacquerista, I now OWN! *happy dance* I've had it for a few weeks, but wanted to wait until it was really sunny out to enjoy it. Check it out!!! Thanks again girlie!!

Since it is fairly sheer, I layered it over my Sinful Black on Black

and here is Oz aka Grandpa, who insisted on watching me the entire time!!

This trumps your Double Rainbow

Good morning guys!! Haha I'm back, lol. I really do have the best hubby and I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to respond to all your guys comments yesterday, but him and I both declared yesterday, movie day no computers allowed, and it was a blast. He actually got the post ready the night before, while we were all celebrating, because I knew there was no way I was waking up to do it, and I couldn't fully compose a descent sentence. I asked him to and with no hesitation he did it, and I just watched and giggled. Here is a pic of him and our very sweet friend, Sandy, helping him out :) Since I took the pic, it's a tad blurry, because keeping still, was just not happening.

We both sat and read all of your sweet words on his post, and loved every single one of them. It was a very proud moment for him :)  I'm thrilled you guys were okay with it, because I actually tried to get him to post something else, because I didn't want you guys to think different of me, for being a tad to intoxicated, eeek.

Let's get to the mani. I started with a base of China Glaze Liquid Leather. I just got this and wanted to try it out. It is a great polish, but I still prefer my Sinful Black on Black.

Then using a pair of the craft scissors, did a more uniformed version of the Shredded Mani, and used Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal. I have quit a few pics, so I could try and show you guys all the colors she is capable of showing.

Hope you guys all had a great weekend!!

Zoya Intimates

HI this is Jack, Erikas husband, she has had too much to drink. We are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day late and she has asked me to write her morning post.  Here are the swatches for Zoya's Intimate collection. 

Caitlin, this is two coats.

This is Dannii two coats.

Dove

Gemma

Jules

Marley

I hope you guys approve of my post for Erika. She is very concerned about whether or not I am capable of writing for her.

For being a virgin, what do you think of my first attempt?

Unicorn Pee is finally mine :P

So I know most of you have seen this many times before, but how could I not post pics? First let me tell you what my a$$ hole husband did to me. So I got home from work, and ran right into the kitchen to open my package, because I knew it was my Clarins 230. So I rip open the envelope, then the little box it was in, and then start to unwrap the bubble wrap. My heart stopped, when I unwrapped a blue glitter pumpkin polish?!!? I have never been so mad, that I said a very non feminine word, and stormed into the living room, so I could email the seller and start my bitching. I mean I did not pay $60 for a $1.99 pumkin polish, that I already own damn it. So as I grab my computer, my husband hands me a bottle of.......CLARINS 230! That ass, excuse my language, but he was, had somehow opened the package, box and then bubble wrap, removed the 230 and put in my pumpkin polish, and put it all back together! I couldn't even tell he had done it!! Him and my daughter thought it was the funniest thing in the world....well, it wasn't!

Okay onto the rainbow in a bottle. Oh and the heading says Unicorn Pee, because that is what it is called over on makeupalley.com :P

I first did a coat of Illamasqua Baptiste

Then I did a coat of 230. Hope you don't mind all the pics, I couldn't just choose a few, and there are so many colors in this polish!

This polish is pure awesome and worth every penny *sigh*