KIKO 320, 606 & 607

KIKO - 320, 1 coat

KIKO - 320 & KIKO - 606, 1 + 1 coats

KIKO - 320, KIKO 606 & KIKO - 607, 1 + 1 + 1coats

Color Club Sugarplum Fairy

Color Club - Sugarplum Fairy, 2 coats over 1 coat of a lilac chrome

Layered purples & glitter gradation

Layered purples & glitter gradation

Oh dear... this mani has so much going on in it I don't know where to start. Originally, I had wanted to do a simple, clean nude mani with absolutely no bells or whistles, but the polish I was using was so sheer I would've had to do 5 or 6 coats to get an even semi-opaque finish. So I said to hell with it, I'm going to have to redo this all in any case, and just started slapping on any sheer polish that was on my desk. In addition to the nude polish, this has at least the following: Flormar Supershine Miracle Colors U28, Maybelline Purple Water, Pure Ice Busted, China Glaze Nova, and an unnamed Yes Love purple tinted hologram glitter. Phew! And you know what - I actually really, really like the end result!

OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender & animal nail art

OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender, 2 coats

Lucky Lucky Lavender - a beautiful lilac (not lavender) creme with near-perfect formula. Again, I struggle to find anything to say about this polish that hasn't been said before - the OPI formula glides on effortlessly, dries fairly quickly and there is little to no bubbling. Just scroll down to see the cute little nail art I did. :D

 OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender, 2 coats & animal nail art

Klaus the Penguin, Gösta the Hippopotamus, Ruben the Pig and Raimo the Frog. And then there's Yrjö-Ahmed the Panda on my thumb. (I was IM'ing with a friend and asked him to provide me with a couple of really ugly names. Hence - Yrjö-Ahmed. Yrjö = George in Finnish, but it's also an euphenism for vomit. I came up with all the other names by myself.) I used ordinary polishes to paint these guys, but I should look into making an investment on acrylic paints.

Oh, and... notice anything different? (About the site, I mean.) :p :B I spent the last two weeks putting this baby together, and I must say that I'm very happy with the results... or, as Nubar puts it, the resluts. ... Okay, I might be a little drunk by now, but I think I deserve to have a drink or two after finally finishing the new layout. Woo, posting while drunk, that's a first for me!

Lilac OPI knockoff & nail art stickers

Lilac OPI knockoff & nail art stickers, 2 coats

Here's a fake, stinky "OPI" that I found on eBay about a year ago. The bottle has a white cap and the sticker on the bottom says the colour is #681 Sheer Nude. :D It has the ProWide brush which I love, but the formula was terribly thick and I ended up thinning this one a lot. I pretty much had to pat the polish on and then wait 30 minutes between coats to avoid bubbling. Nevertheless, it's quite a cute colour and reminds me of Nubar Vaso.