Day 5! Wet N Wild Black Magic is part of the Fantasy Makers collection, which means that it comes in that adorable tombstone bottle. I found Black Magic at a Halloween store last month. It was the only one in sight, and I practically backflipped from joy. I later found out that it was actually from last years collection, so I guess I got lucky!
Black Magic is thin rainbow bar glitter in a clear base. Bar glitter! The bar glitter isn't terribly annoying, like usual, because it's so tiny, you just have to be careful that no glitters are hanging off the edge of your nail. This glitter is so fun, it's like confetti, I love it!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Week Of Glitter: Nicole by OPI Orna-Ment For Each Other
Day 4! Orna-Ment For Each Other is part of Nicole by OPI's recent holiday collection. I really liked the entire collection, but wasn't really planning on getting any, until I opened the bottle and saw... A round brush! The new holiday collection has scrapped that awful paddle brush and swapped it for a nice round, easy to use one! Once I saw that brush, I was convinced, I had to have that collection!
Orna-Ment For Each Other consists mainly of red glitters, with some gold mixed in a clear base. This color is very buildable. It can take two coats for opacity, depending on how thick you apply it, but I still noticed tiny bald spots on my nails, so I did three. Something I also noticed about this polish is that it dries in a satin type finish, so I added a top coat. Nicole by OPI did a great job with this color, it's perfect for Christmas!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Week Of Glitter: Xtreme Wear Set The Stage
Day 3 of my Glitters Week! Since Set The Stage is part of Sally Hansen's Extreme Wear line, obviously I had to have it. I was excited when I originally purchased it because it was unique to my collection, but upon further inspection, I realized that the glitter isn't very dense, and therefore lost all desire to use it.
Set The Stage has gold micro glitters and hexagonal glitters in a clear base. At first I was less than thrilled about how sparse the glitters in this polish are. It's not a very buildable polish, but I kinda like how the gold looks all scattered on the nail.
This is Set The Stage layered over Orly Sweet Peacock. I've been really into the blue and gold combination lately, so I'm digging how this manicure looks.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Week Of Glitter: Color Club Wish Upon A Rock-Star
This is my second day of my Week Of Glitters, and I have another Color Club to showcase! Color Club recently released a collection called Back Stage Pass, an entirely glitter- palooza collection! Only one color from the collection really caught my eye though, Wish Upon A Rock-Star.
WUAR has a clear base packed with crazy multi-colored glitter. Honestly, I'm not a fan of how this polish looks in the bottle, but I actually really like it on the nail! It applied surprisingly well, but it kinda got a little gloopy on the brush after a bit of usage, nothing that cant be over looked though. With one coat of top coat, it's not terribly gritty, more of a slight bumpiness which is not bothersome to me in the slightest.
Wish Upon A Rock-Star is layered over Zoya Kiki and Wet n Wild Black Creme.
WUAR has a clear base packed with crazy multi-colored glitter. Honestly, I'm not a fan of how this polish looks in the bottle, but I actually really like it on the nail! It applied surprisingly well, but it kinda got a little gloopy on the brush after a bit of usage, nothing that cant be over looked though. With one coat of top coat, it's not terribly gritty, more of a slight bumpiness which is not bothersome to me in the slightest.
Wish Upon A Rock-Star is layered over Zoya Kiki and Wet n Wild Black Creme.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Week Of Glitter: Color Club Sugar Plum Yum
I noticed recently that I have a lot of untried glitters, so I decided to do a Week Of Glitters! When I walked into Sally's the other day I could not believe what I was seeing. On the display was a Color Club collection! Not only that, but it was a collection I had absolutely no knowledge of. This particular collection is the Scent-suous Collection. At first glance, I wasn't terribly in love with any of the colors, and since I already had polishes ready for purchase, I only got one. I got Sugar Plum Yum.
Sugar Plum Yum is scented and has small green and larger purple glitters in a clear base. I love the color combination! It applies fairly well for how chunky the glitter is. You could get away with one coat, but I went back and filled in some of the bare spots. The polish is quite thick, as expected with a glitter like this, but it's nothing totally unbearable. It also sticks up from the nail a bit, so I'd recommend two coats of top coat. Also, I really like the smell, it's just like those nerd filled gum balls! I really want to go back to Sally's and get more from this collection.
Sugar Plum Yum is layered on top of Zoya Holly and Wet N Wild Black Creme.
Sugar Plum Yum is scented and has small green and larger purple glitters in a clear base. I love the color combination! It applies fairly well for how chunky the glitter is. You could get away with one coat, but I went back and filled in some of the bare spots. The polish is quite thick, as expected with a glitter like this, but it's nothing totally unbearable. It also sticks up from the nail a bit, so I'd recommend two coats of top coat. Also, I really like the smell, it's just like those nerd filled gum balls! I really want to go back to Sally's and get more from this collection.
Sugar Plum Yum is layered on top of Zoya Holly and Wet N Wild Black Creme.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Remember the 5th of November
I know it's now the 6th, but I didn't have time to post this yesterday. November 5th is known as Guy Fawkes Day. Guy Fawkes was employed by the Catholic Church in the 1600s to destroy parliament and overthrow the church of England. As seen in the movie V for Vendetta, Fawkes is made out to look like a heroic figure, freeing the people of England. My manicure is mostly inspired by the movie V for Vendetta.
My base colors are Wet N Wild Black Creme and Xtreme Wear White On.
Pinky: China Glaze Adore, Midnight Kiss , Color Club Cold Metal, and Hot Like Lava.
Ring- Xtreme Wear Cherry Red
Middle- Wet N Wild Black Out, Color Club Vintage Couture, a lightened Essie Power Clutch
Pointer- China Glaze Midnight Kiss, Millennium, Orly Sweet Peacock, Zoya Noel
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Conan O'Brien
I've had ideas to do Conan nails in the works for a while, but when my sister asked me to come with her to an upcoming show of his in New York, it was the perfect chance to finally do them!

The orange is Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed. The white is Sinful Colors Snow Me White, and the base is Essie Power Clutch.
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