NOLF (Nail of Last Friday)

Hey, all!  Lately I've REAAAALLY been wanting to revert to my college-era nocturnal ways, so while I'm sitting here trying to make myself go to bed (tomorrow's a Monday, after all!), I thought I'd quickly share last Friday's mani with you.

This is Ulta "Lav-ish," which was part of the mini-polish set called "Paint the Town."  Y'all, I LOVED this polish.  First off, it's a lovely lavender-taupe color with a delicate pinkish-gold shimmer built in.  It's a great office neutral.  I wasn't terribly scared of staining, so I decided to do without a basecoat (which is rare for me).  As a result of that and the ease of application, this was definitely one of the quickest-yet-still-flawless polish jobs I'd done that I can ever remember.  I don't think the "Paint the Town" set is available anymore, but it looks like the full-size Lav-ish is, and I just can't recommend it enough as an addition to your office-friendly polish collection.

Hope everyone avoids a case of the Mondays tomorrow!

Who doesn't need a bit of whimsy?

I like a bit of whimsy, don't you?  In fact, Revlon's "Whimsical" has two things going for it:  "whimsical" is one of my favorite words, AND it's a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's "Glitter in the Air," which is an amazing Pink song!  Really and truly, this has been a lemming of mine since I first caught sight of it.  A couple of weeks ago I picked up Ulta's last bottle!  w00t!

I feel like it's been done and done in it's purest form and over white, so I decided to throw it over a navy polish.  (It was a navy from an Ulta set.  I've since lost the packaging, and the bottle was too little for a label.)  Here's before the dose of whimsy, and after:

Yeesh, that's a bit messy.  You know blues, though.  This has two coats of Whimsical over the navy.  In truth, I wish I'd stopped at one.  It really looked better that way.  Nevertheless, I'm pretty happy with Whimsical, and downright DELIGHTED I never came close to dropping $15+ on Glitter in the Air.  Can't wait to play with this some more!

Update:  The navy is from Ulta's Paint the Town set.  It's called Nauti-cal But Nice.

Weekend Haul!

I recently discovered that my friend Kristy shares my lacquer obsession, so of course we HAD to make a run to Ulta together.  She'd never been, and as predicted, her jaw hit the floor.

Wanna see what I got?  Of course you do!

Essence What Do U Think and Choose Me.  Love these little bottles!

Essie Sandy Beach and Ulta After Party

Piggy Polish You're Blue-tiful

OPI Houston We Have a Purple, ORLY Galaxy Girl, China Glaze Foxy

I only had two goals in going:  Essie Matte About You and a dotting tool.  Turns out, they don't carry much in the way of art supplies (that's okay since Sally does), but I DID grab the Essie matte coat (not pictured).  I was really pleased, though, to get a little bit of something from lots of different brands, including some I hadn't tried yet.  I'm also excited about Essie Sandy Beach.  I'm hoping it will be my mannequin hand color.

To wrap up the day, Kristy and I chose which manicure we would each do first from our selection.  Here's what she chose, and I LOVED it!

This is an OPI Houston We Have a Purple matte/shiny French.  I'd have to say that this color isn't really very purple, but it IS gorgeous.  It's is my first jelly finish, and I can already tell I'm a fan.  (Although it dried with LOTS of bubbles...is this common?)  I can also already tell that I'm gonna have lots of fun playing with the matte finish.  I've said before that I'm not totally on the matte train, but it DOES make for a really fun accent.