Firefly's Frisky Feathers

Hello hello :)

Today's mani is a pretty multichrome with some striping tape and glitter...

Click the jump to see all the ingredients for this gleaming look!

A Jewel Among Stones

Hello and good day! :)

Sometimes inspiration for nail designs come from places we'd never expect. I suppose this is true of any form of art--seeing the world in a different way lends itself to artistic expression. With that in mind, here's what's on my tips today:

Indoors with flash

Sally Hansen Lustre Shine swatches

Good day :)

Today I have some swatches of the two Sally Hansen Lustre Shine polishes I managed to snag. The Lustre Shine lacquers are rich, opaque duo- and multi-chromes infused with real silver, and boy are they beautiful!

Having seen the entire collection (you can peruse them all here), I have to say these two--Scarab and Firefly--would be my favourites anyway! The only one I wish I'd been able to get aside from these is Lava.

This is a very pic-heavy post--duochromes always need it, there's so much to see!--so I'll post the swatches after the jump:

Coppery Fall Leaves

Bom dia, amigos! Today I'm comin' at ya with another autumn-inspired design, one that I really love! Observe:

Coppery-gold fall leaves on a red and brown background. <3

I started with two coats of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, which has been featured on here before--most notably on Movie Nails Day. Just in case you forgot, it's a STUNNING rich deep glowy red with some fine bright glitter. I then added a gradient tip with a makeup sponge and OPI Every Day Is Oktoberfest (yet another I've shown on here before... I gotta start using some of the others in my collection, but this was just too apropos for the look I was going for!) to make a nice background:

Pardon the bubbles, I kinda rushed. Doesn't it remind you of chocolate-covered cherries, though? *nibble*

I went for one of my go-to metallic stamping polishes, Revlon #932 Copper Penny, to stamp on the leaves from Bundle Monster plate BM04. Topped off with two coats of Seche Vite, for TONS of shine :D

So glowy and magical!

This is one of those I can't stop staring at throughout the day.

With a tartan scrunchie. Yeah, I said it, a mother-effin' scrunchie. That's how I roll.

And one more, because wine:

A lovely 2009 Merlot from Washington State. It was delectable with some Dutch cheeses I smuggled over brought home legally from my last trip to Holland.

See you next time... and stay warm out there: the autumn colours are lovely, but the colder temperatures, not so much! xoxo