Jamaica Me Crazy

How about a nice bright fuchsia to colour your Monday happy! Today I have Essie Jamaica Me Crazy to show you. My mom is going on a cruise at the end of this month which stops in Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica! I told her she HAS to paint her toenails with this before she leaves, and then I regretted leaving my bottle of OPI Cozu-melted in the Sun in Montreal. Jamaica Me Crazy is a beautiful shimmery magenta-fuchsia colour and I used two coats for the photos below.

Keep reading for some more photos!

Monkey Business

Hey everyone, hope you're enjoying the weekend! I'm enjoying the last weekend before going back to school on the red eye tonight. I feel like such a complainer, but it's time to get started with the new semester! I tried some nail art out that was inspired by my childhood, haha! I used to have a sock monkey, but one of my friends took it and sold it in her garage sale, I was devastated. For my nephew's first birthday I bought him a classic sock monkey because they're just so cute, and they remind me of when I was little and my long lost friend. 

I started with two coats of China Glaze Pelican Gray, then I mixed some Pelican Gray with black and sponged that over to get the look of the grey sock fabric. I used OPI Alpine Snow for the mouth area and OPI The Thrill of Brazil for the actual mouth. They eyes were made using a dotting tool and China Glaze Liquid Leather. Admittedly, their mouths kind of look scary, they were pretty hard to do with just a dotting tool and not a striping brush. 

We Drew Our Own Constellations

Hello everyone! Happy weekend! Actually, I'm not too happy it's the weekend, because I go back to Montreal tomorrow night which means.. cooking, cleaning, none of my friends and family from home, and perhaps worst of all no dog. You know how some people get bored over the holidays and want to get back to their routine? That's not me.

Today I have one of my untrieds for you that I spiced up a little! I usually don't like how blues look on me and I decided OPI Russian Navy would probably just disappoint me, so I hadn't tried it until now. This polish is SO pretty.. I'm actually considering taking it to Montreal with me if only because it would make a perfect background for a galaxy mani..hmm. While not wanting to go full galaxy I decided to dot constellations on my nails with Revlon Metallic. I only needed one coat of Russian Navy for this look, although two probably would have been nice to even it out.

Do you know which constellations these are? Keep reading for more pics and to find out!

Taped Off

Hey guys! I wanted to play up OPI Take the Stage a little bit, and I decided to do a tape mani! Now that I'm looking back on it.. this probably would've been a great idea around Halloween, perhaps black and orange weren't a genius colour combination for early January. Anyways, here we go..

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather over the orange and some scotch tape. I love the way this looks, I love clean lines. 

Burnt Orange

Hi! How are you guys doing today? Today I have a polish that has a special place in my heart, OPI Take the Stage. A friend bought this for me in a secret santa exchange and it was one of the first really nice nail polishes I ever had.. in case you're reading this Mark, thank you! Take the Stage is a beautiful burnt orange foil, it is so unique! This polish has perfect application, there are no streaks even though it is a lovely metallic. I can't get over how much I love this polish, I've never seen something quite like it.

Keep reading for some more photos of this gem!

At the Beach

Well..I can always wish I was at the beach, can't I? Not that I should complain too much, it has been a VERY mild winter so far this year for Canada, but it's always nice to go to the beach and with the polish I have on today I can pretend I'm there! I have Essie's Beach Bum Blu, which might be the first time an Essie has been posted on this blog, although definitely not the first time I've worn one. This past summer I alternated between Beach Bum Blu and Jamaica Me Crazy on my toenails, since we were allowed to wear flip flops to work (okay..it was American Eagle..not that strict of a dress code). After photographing this polish I'm not sure I will wear it on my fingers because it is a little streaky but it is great for my toes!

It gives me lobster hands to some extent, but it's such a pretty colour I can put up with it for a little while. I used two coats of Beach Bum Blu for my photos, which you can see more of after the jump!

Amazing/Terrible News

I hope that doesn't sound too scary! Let's get to the bad news first.. the lovely Llarowe made a little mistake with  the dates and put the Lynnderella polishes up on her site today instead of tomorrow, and it turns out I was stuck shopping for bathing suits with my mom this morning. I had alarms set and everything to pick up Connect the Dots and The Glittering Crowd, I'm just so sad. I admit, I cried when I found out. But not enough crying to be pathetic, just a little bit. Of course I'm not upset with Leah Ann she does wonders with her website, I guess I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time! Onto the better news..I did manage to get two new polishes today..because....

YES! That's right! Two free Zoyas, you only pay shipping! Go go go what are you waiting for?! I picked up Avery and Veruschka! I hope you guys managed to have a better day than I did.
xoxo - Nikki

Gold Foil Comparison

Today I have a comparison of two gold foils to show you guys. I mentioned wanting to compare these two a little while ago when I introduced Filthy Rich by Quo by ORLY in this post, and now that I'm back in Calgary I have access to a gold polish I bought a while ago but left at home. I was certain these were dupes, but I'm happy to see that they are in fact quite different!

On my index and ring finger I have Quo by ORLY Filthy Rich and on my middle and ring fingers I have Sally Hansen Salon Manicure in Gilty Pleasure. Filthy Rich has a hint of silver and it's more sparkly than Gilty Pleasure, which is a little streaky. More photos after the jump!

'Cause Baby You're a Firework

Good morning! Today I'm going to show you guys the mani I wore on New Year's Eve, even though I didn't end up doing much to bring in the new year I wanted to have nice nails. You know..they say the way you spend midnight is the way you'll spend the rest of the year, so having a nice mani was pretty important. This design was obviously inspired by New Year's Eve fireworks, which I didn't even see in Calgary, oh well!

I just used my dotting tools over my previous manicure which was ORLY Androgynie. The colours I used for the fireworks were China Glaze Hey Sailor and Papaya Punch, and OPI Did It On 'Em, Fly, and Funkey Dunkey. Keep reading for some more pictures!

Happy 2012!

Hey everybody, I hope you had a great New Year's Eve! What did you do, and more importantly, what did you wear on your nails? Today I have ORLY Androgynie to show you. I eagerly awaited the release of this polish and once I saw a bottle shot I knew I had to have it. This was actually the first polish I ever ordered on eBay, and it came so quickly! Anyways, onto the actual polish.. Androgynie has a sick name, it's also a black jelly filled with what may be silver or perhaps holographic microglitter as well as a few different colours of hex glitter. This polish makes me think of fish scales, kind of like the Rainbow Fish, but I've also heard it's like the galaxy. I personally don't see it.

Now I had heard a lot about this polish, horrible application and it looks nothing like the bottle. How did I get it to look like this you might ask? I used a sewing needle to place the large hex glitters :( I was so sad that the rumours about this polish being bad were true!