OPI Nothin' Mousie 'Bout It

Hi everyone! Today's mani is from earlier this week. First I started with one coat of CND Stickey Base Coat, then two coats of China Glaze Hang-Ten Toes. HTT is a vibrant blue-based pink with a gorgeous shimmer. It dried to a satin finish, so shown below is one coat of Out the Door to make it shine. Application was effortless and dry time was surprisingly fast.

To jazz it up I added a coat of OPI Nothin' Mousie Bout It, from the Minne Mouse collection earlier this summer. NMBI is a sheer pink base filled with iridescent pink glass flecks and heart shaped glitters. The hearts are a pain in the ass to apply if you like uniformity, but I didn't have to fish too much. I stamped a bow on my ring finger with a random plate from bornpretty.com and Kleancolor Metallic Black. Out the Door topped it all off.

As adorable as the glitter is, I picked at the hearts all day. Maybe if I had a coat of Gelous or something on top it wouldn't have bothered me so much, but those little free edges.. grrr! MUST PICK 

What do you think?? This mani was fun but I got tired of it a little faster than I thought. I'm a little more impatient now!

What bothers you most about glitter?

Cupcakes for everyone

<3 Rachael

China Glaze I'm with the Lifeguard

HI! Welcome to The First Post After The Hiatus!

I'm so excited to be back. This week will be full of fun polish swatches I've been dying to show you. They may not be the most recent collections but they're bright and shiny and full of YAY. 

First up is... I'm with the Lifeguard- China Glaze. This green beauty is part of the 2012 Summer Neons collection. I feel slightly like an emcee at a date auction..

IWTL is a perfect springy lime green with a subtle shimmer. Shown is two effortless coats. I love that these neons don't need a white base coat to really pop. One coat of Out the Door topcoat and voila!

I couldn't do my nails for two weeks, so lately I've been on a stamp-ede... get it?

I have no recollection of which plate this is, but when I find out I'll edit this. I used Kleancolor Metallic Black, my faaavorite stamping polish, and stamped some adorable little suns! Can you see the shimmer in the Kleancolor? I love the metallic flecks in my stamps- just gives them a little somethin' somethin'.

In hindsight this would have looked better with the index and middle finger designs switched, but whatev. It was hardly noticeable on the nail.

OMG MY FIRST MACRO. Can you see the shimmer sorta? Okay, kinda lame for a macro but I was so stoked to have figured it out!! YAY

What do you guys think of I'm with the Lifeguard? These were mostly out of stock at my local Sally's, but they are available other places, like Beauty Brands and Ulta, so you may still be able to snag it!

Hope you're having a great week! <3

Rachael

OPI Cuckoo For This Color

Hello everyone!! How was your day?? 

This mani is OPI Cuckoo for this Color. It's one of the polishes that you can win in my giveaway!! Don't worry, this is my own bottle. :) A really beautiful, shimmery dark green, CFTC has lovely application and is opaque in two coats. Dry time is average, sped up by a coat of Out the Door. I wanted to glam it up a little bit, but for now this rich green is gorgeous by itself. What do you think?

Thanks for coming by! Have a great day!

-Rachael