Matte Flakeys

Hi there! Today I have a matte layering experiment because I thought I lost my matte top coat, but it turned out it was just in my drawer with the other polishes and I didn't see it.. ahh that was strange.
I started with Hard Candy Lava and it is a 1 coater, but I like to do 2.  Then I put Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure, which is a yellow-green duochrome flakey top coat. And finally, on top of it all is a coat of Orly Matte Top.  I like the way it turned out!

 Lava by itself

 Finished mani

How do you guys like this?
Have a great week!

Nail Art Inspired By

Today's manicure is inspired by a teapot that was in my bonus room.  There are just so many colors used I don't think I can even name them so if you have a question about one just let me know.  The main colors used are Essie Blanc and Orly Ancient Jade.

I did the whole nail white, added the flowers, then did a half moon with the turquoise half moon.  After it dried I stamped it with a tip stamp.

Hope you guys liked this design!

Ruffian with Orly Rock Solid

Hi readers! Today I have Orly Rock Solid over Sinful Colors Let's Talk.  It took 2 coats of both.

 The one above is most color accurate.

I could only get one good photo of the complete manicure, but you can tell what it looks like, right?
Well I hope you guys liked this post.

In other news, I think I'm going to change my URL to make it match the name of my blog so it's easier to find. Do you guys think that's a good idea?  Also, go check out my new page where I'm going to post my awards!

Bye for now!

Ultra Violet Continued

I couldn't think of anything to do on my nails today, so I figured I might as well use my polish I was talking about today.  Here it is with BM-217 tips stamped with Orly Luxe.  And if you haven't guessed yet, it's one of my favorite polishes.  Sadly my tip stamps always fail so just so you know, the design is a viney thing.

Yes I know its messy and I need to clean it but I'm too lazy.

Filligree

Today's mani was inspired by Robin Moses and she does amazing work. If you haven't seen her stuff, go check it out!  I didn't do quite as well as she did because I don't have acrylic paints.  Instead I used 2 frankens I made (grey and peach) and OPI Lincoln Park After Dark and an Orly white detail brush.  Today I went to the mall and Trade Secret had a sale on OPI's that was buy 1 get 1 75% off so I couldn't pass that off.  I bought Melon of Troy (a nice frosty peach) and Guy Meets Gal-Veston (coral jelly with a 'sorbet' finish).  Sorry, no pictures of those:(  But here's the manicure!

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Hippie Nails

My nails today remind me of hippies.  It's not really my original plan though, but that was super hard to do so instead I just piled on the Bundle Monster stamps.  I don't particularly like how it turned out, but it could be worse.  And I lied yesterday when I said I would continue swatching stuff, because I prefer to do art.
I used Essie Sand Tropez, Orly Luxe, Essie Lady Godiva on my thumbs, and some Charlotte Russe polish in taupe.  The BM stamps are BM-214 and 222.