Molten Metals

I've got all these fantastic metallic polishes that 

are really big this season, 

I just had to do a look with some of them.

this is a very simple look, but really eye-catching and gorgeous!

(In sunlight)

 ( interior light)

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

Milani nail lacquer in - Mr. Sandman

Zoya in - Goldie

Milani nail lacquer in - Bijou Bronze

Jessica Nail Colour in - Constellation

So Easy Stripe Rite in - Gold Metallic

Cosmetic Sponge

China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

For full tutorial on this look as well as my other tutorials,

come visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/dollface22772

"Kleaning" Overload

This morning I ran into my local beauty supply store to pick 

up a couple of NYX shadows that they have real cheap there.

Dontcha know that when you attempt to run in and out 

of store quickly, you always end up with twice as much stuff as you had originally planned to buy.

Uh-huh

This particular beauty supply always has KleanColor polishes,

but it's always the same 5 shades from 2 years ago. 

This morning I walked in and the were 2 huge racks filled with KleanColor!

I got a little carried away and ended up putting a few back, but this is what I ended up with. Oh and one Brucci polish for the heck of it. hehe

Pastel Teal - Nope, this is a true sky blue color, not a single resemblance of Teal. I've got a small handful of similar colors, but nothing quite this light. It's a standard cream, a little streaky on the 1st coat, but perfect on the 2nd.

 

 Lavenbaby - I really couldn't tell you why I'm on such a purple/plum kick, but I am. Sigh, I have many colors that are practically identical, but this pretty purple cream looked so pretty, I couldn't help myself.

Applied beautifully with a single coat.

Elizabeth A's Natural - Shrugs, don't ask me, I didn't name it lol

This gorgeous oyster cream color is really perfect to wear year round.

Again, this one applied beautifully in a single coat.

Cafe Au Lait - This is a yellow-based camel color. It's showing a bit more yellow in the photos, it is much more muted than it appears.

Great for Fall, I'm looking forward to using it.

Applied flawless with a single coat.

 Fashionista - Oh yes! This one I had been hoping to get my hands on. 

This is the best of the lot. A true olive green cream. Yummy.

Slightly streaky on the 1st coat, but 2 made it perfect.

Love.

Red Sparkle - Now this one is very unusual, at least to my eyes.

It's a red-based jelly with not red, but silver sparkles. It's probably the jelly base and the fact that I just watched the DEXTER premiere last night, but this reminds me of blood. LOL Blood in a good way, in a Halloween way.

:D You'll see me use this for at least 1 of my Halloween looks, I'm sure.

Chunky Copper - This is an orange-based jelly with small round & larger hexogon orange glitter in it. Yes, the name says copper, but this really couldn't get anymore orange. 

4 coats to get some solidity to the glitter, but this is really best as a top coat. Again, you'll see me using this one for Halloween.

Here's some swatches

Racing Stripes

This look was a very special request.

After mentioning to my son one day that

I really liked the colors of his T-shirt and I was thinking 

about making a design with them, 

He said, " Mommy, can you please make a design with racing stripes?" 

You see, my son is obsessed with cars. Obsessed is putting it mildly. 

He plays with them all day, he eats with them on the table, 

he takes at least 2 cars with him everywhere he goes. 

He even sleep with them. 

My son's 1st spoken word was....CAR.  

So this is for my son, Nicolas, 

I hope he likes the Racing Stripes and I hope you do too!!

Here is my son, Nicolas wearing the shirt that inspired the color choices

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

China Glaze in - Shower Together

L.A. Colors Art Deco in - Black

L.A. Colors Art Deco in - White

Milani Nail Art Striper in - Yellow Design

China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

For full tutorial on this look, 

please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

Wet-n-Wild - SleepWalker, a closer look

I said a full mani, so here ya go...as I mentioned in the previous haul post...the more I look at it, the more I love it.
It's a pretty cloudy day out, so I didn't get the "ohh-ahh" sparkle, but I think you get the idea.

I think this is much closer to Fortune Teller than I had previously thought

Not too damn bad for .99 cents!

Way to go Wet-n-Wild!

Mini Haul

While killing time waiting for another store to open up, I was wandering around in Rite Aid....and found a few goodies.

(from left to right)

SleepWalker

Pumpkin Glow-In-The-Dark

Full Moon

Love Bite

Sleep Walker is from Wet-n-Wild's new collection, Coloricon

Take one look at it, and you'll know why I picked it up

Uh huh, it looks like Fortune Teller

But, alas, the glitter is too fine to give that true Fortune Teller look, but still, it has a really nice depth to the polish.

Even though the original  intent was to see if it was similar to 
Fortune Teller, the more I look at it, the more I really like it.
I may just put this on as a full mani and add the picture later.

Here you can see I've tested it with gloss and matte top coats

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Than I picked up Full Moon from Sinful Colors Halloween collection, which the name is escaping me at the moment. None of the colors are unique, including this one, it's a shimmery gunmetal gray. But I've only 1 polish in this shade and it dried out on me....so this is a good replacement.

~*~

I picked up this pumpkin Glow-in-the-dark polish. What is there to say? It's glow-in-the-dark polish! How fun is that?

Oh yeah, I'll have a blasty blast with this one.

~*~

Sinful Colors Love Bite, also from their Halloween collection,

is gorgeous.

It is almost identical to one of my ALL time favorite China glaze polishes,

Blk-Bila-Bong

(indoors)

(in sunlight)

Love Bite is a black base with a very fine teal glitter, while blk-bila-bong is more of an all over teal black shimmer. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't capture the true color of these. But the difference so slight, you'd never know they were 2 different polishes. I wear this color on my toes just about all winter long. Love.Pure love.

Pleasantly Plum

A simple cascading design with this season's hottest color,

Plum.

Indoors

In sunlight

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

Essence Color & Go in - Break Through

L.A. Colors Art Deco in - White

L.A.Colors Art Deco in - Black

Silver Bullion Beads

Purple Rhinestones

China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

For full tutorial on this look, please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

NOTD

WOW, it's really been a crazy week, with kids going 

back to school, getting things in order for upcoming 

holidays and family obligations, I haven't had a free 

moment to look at the complete disarray my nails were in.

Finally getting a few moments to breathe today, I sat back,

gave my nails some good ole' TLC and finished up with a 

very simple but very pretty mani.

Digging through my KleanColor polishes, I pulled out all the Fall colors 

to get ready for many upcoming tutorials,

 and decided to use

Military Green, layered with Starry Meteor today.

KleanColor in - Military Green

KleanColor in - Starry Meteor

I think I've finally got my schedule back in order and will resume nail tutorials this week, but for a few days, I get to stare at these beauties!

 

PURSENICKETY!!!

All girls have their little obsessions. 

And when I say obsessions, I mean that one "thing" that you just always have to have...that "thing", that when you see it, your heart goes a-flutter and you start to salivate.

Don't lie, you know you do!

For some, it may be shoes....

for some it may be makeup, 

and of course let's not forget nail polish!

But I'll admit here proudly, that I've got a serious "thing"

for handbags.

Purses, pocketbooks, whatever you want to call them, I MUST have them. 

They call to me, begging me to take them home!

While wandering around on, BetterAfter 

they were having an annoucement for their latest sponsor,

Pursenickety

If you aren't familiar with Pursenickety, then you are seriously missing out!

They offer an amazing selection of purses/handbags, that are ALL the latest fashions, straight from top designers and runways.

And on top of all that, they were also offering a special 30% coupon.

How was I to resist?

Yup, I didn't.

So here is the bag that I chose, I'm SO in love with it!

* DROOLS*

Marie Giraffe Print Spy Bag, inspired by FENDI

Very well made, and with oodles of compartments

And I just love the handles!

If you are a bag slut like me, LOL, you MUST check out Pursenickety, but make sure you bring a bib, because there are countless bags to drool over.

And speaking of bags, while thrifting the other day, 

I found this little gem.

This GORGEOUS  Kathy Van Zeeland bag

This baby retails for $ 95. but I got it for 5 bucks!!

I really haven't a clue why I got so lucky finding it, or why anyone would give this to the goodwill,  the bag looks like it's never been used!

Their loss, MY gain! :D

I just love the little bobbles she always has on her bags.

So cute, these two bags, plus a couple of others will keep me smiling right through Fall!

Abstract Peacock

Inspired by the tail of a Peacock, I came up with this very simple, yet very stunning look for Fall.

PRODUCTS USED:

PRO Nail Systems Base Coat

Color Club in - Soft As Cashmere

So Easy Stripe Rite in - Gold Metallic

KISS Nail Art Paint - Royal Blue

Color Club Art Club in - Mochalotta

Hurricane Nail Striper in - Teal Green

Art Club Nail Art - Green Iridescent Sequins

China Glaze - Fast Forward Top Coat

For full tutorial on this look, please visit my YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/dollface22772

 

SNEEK PEEK! Color Club's "Bewitching"

Here's a little sneek peek of Color Club's Halloween collection,

Bewitching

4 polish collection includes:

Bewitching - Black

Charmed I'm Sure - Royal Purple

Spellbound - Vibrant Orange

Hocus Pocus - Silver Glitter

This set also includes 

Halloween decals

(skulls, crosses, tombstones)

Halloween gem wheels that coordinate with the set, are also available.

SO CUTE!

Nail Talez 300 Follower Giveaway!

The oh so amazing ,ever lovely, Nikki 

from Nail Talez is 

celebrating her 300 follower's with a 

GIVEAWAY!!

12 GORGEOUS China Glaze polishes!!

Go check out her incredible work

here

http://nailtalez.blogspot.com

and here 

http://www.youtube.com/user/nailtalez

500 follower Giveaway WINNER!!

It's time to announce the winner of my 500 follower giveaway!!

So without further ado, the lucky winner is.....

Adeline

from 

http://through-beauty-eyes.blogspot.com

Congratulations Girl!!

Please send me your info so I can get your goodies out to you!!

Thanks again to everyone for participating & for following me 

and supporting my blog, it means alot!!

xoxoxo ~ Dolly