Dark Angel and her Stardust

I received the sweetest RAOK (random act of kindness)

a couple of weeks ago from Jennifer of  The Polished Pirate Blog, she sent me a little pretty that's been on my wishlist for a while....MAC's Dark Angel! YAY I know the color isn't anything all that unique and I'm not big on MAC's formula but I NEEDED this one because of the name....it was meant to be mine! Thank you so much Jennifer, I love it and it sits in a place of honor in my polish closet.

What you thought I would do a normal manicure? Not happening!

I added Best Nail Treatments Stardust glitter to the very tips and my ring finger

I love this! The dark blackened purple of Dark Angel contrasts perfect with BNT teal glitter of Stardust

This is the most color accurate picture

MAC's formula still blows, it's streaky, drags and shrinks weird at the cuticle but the color is beautiful.

BNT Stardust is nearly full coverage in one coat and it dries so fast and the glitter is very fine so it's not bumpy once you put top coat on. (It also is a pita to remove therefore wears like teflon coated iron wearing a bullet-proof vest)

I could stare at this all day!

Hello from Kitty

My beautiful Swedish Sister from another Mother Feline sent me a goody package....

(I know you read her blog & if not you are missing out huge, see it here )

(Silver Kitty & Kitty Princess)

Feline feeds my poor little girl who could buy Hello Kitty goodies and so now as an Adult must have ALL Sanrio pretties!

I went a little FUNky on this one because it was for my middle daughters birthday and well she's ummmm...rather blingtastic. lol

I did 2 coats of Kitty Princess, 2 coats of Silver Kitty on my ring finger then tipped them in the opposite.

I used a mini straw dipped in silver kitty for the "rings" and the tip of the brush to dot my ring finger.

Kitty Princess is so sweet, it is a perfect baby pink creme with heavy metallic silver flecks

My little Rane loved it and I ended up doing her toes to match my nails

Stay tuned for a ton more Hello Kitty polish and some gorgeous Swedish polish too!

Giant hugs and smooches to my beautiful Feline, you spoil me so!

OPI Shattered my Holo!

What do you do when you can't decide? I do both!

OPI DS Original with OPI Navy Shatter tips

We had no sun but look how DS Original still rainbows it up in a light box

This is 3 coats of DS Original (It's sheer but worth the little extra)

and 1 coat of Navy Shatter with Seche Vite top coat

OPI you can shatter my holo any day!

I love the holo peeking through the navy blue cracks

Go ahead....drool, I did!

P.S. a little bonus to these Shatters...if you get stuck in a crazy hectic week, no one can tell that you might have a few little chips on your tips! lol

*some products in this post were set by the company/pr for my honest review

Shattered Mermaid's Tears

This combo just screamed out to me!

OPI Turquoise Shatter, from the Blue Shatters collection, and Mermaid's Tears, from The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides collection.

I am loving both collections so much!

I used 2 coats of Mermaid's Tears, 1 coat of seche Vite, then one coat of Turquoise Shatter and 1 more coat of SV.

I had to leave at least one nail showing mostly Mermaid's Tears.

Mermaid's Tears is a perfect dusty sea foam green creme with the most perfect formula.

Turquoise Shatter is my favorite shade of turquoise with heavy green shimmer and applies fabulously!

My camera refused to take a color accurate picture of Turquoise shatter, it is a true turquoise and not nearly as blue as it shows on camera.

I'm going to have fun with these shatters!

*Products in this post were provided by the company/pr for my honest review

Wicked Frenchie

I have never worn  a pink and white french manicure...

never found them very appealing. I have been known to wear plenty of "Funky French" manicures.

The idea for this one hit me like Harpy poo on a newly washed car. :o)

So I had no choice...it would not leave my head until I did it.

Products used:

Orly Rock Candy (Base)

OPI Catch me in your net (tips)

Aqua pearls from the pearl wheel from Born Pretty store

Skullerflies and skully decals a gift from my beloved Astraea

Seche Vite to hold it all

This came out just as it looked in my head...kind of scary that something from inside my head escaped

This shows the beautiful aqua shift in Rock Candy

This might be worthy of a tutorial

I almost hate to take this off!

CND Effects review

I recieved some samples from CND for review:

Inkwell-A deep blackened Blue creme

Silver chrome- Metallic silver

Effects copper shimmer-Sheer Milky white with tons of copper shimmer

Super Matte top coat

I decided to get a little creative.

I did 2 coats of Inkwell

sponged Silver chrome at the free edge

1 coat of Effects Copper shimmer

1 coat of Effects Scarlet shimmer (I already had this)

I love how it gave it a purple tone

Here you can see the copper shimmer

Inkwell applied like a dream, opaque in two very thin coats and the CND brush is my new girlfriend!

Their brush is The bees knees, not too wide but wider than your standard brush, flat and just the right shape to give an excellent and easy application.

Silver Chrome is opaque in one coat, not streaky like most metallics and super sparkly.

The effects shimmers are fabulous, they do not dull or cover the color beneath but add amazing shimmer and that lit within look.

Super Matte top coat is not like your traditional matte top coat. It does not give the flat matte feel like most but it does add an interesting matte like apearance. I have to play with it more.

Now I want the rest of the effects and more CND colors! Did I mention that their brush is perfection?