NOTD: Zoya Anastasia

So, do you ever pick up something that's really too hot to be picking up, so you kind of grab it with your nails, and then realize later it was in fact so hot that it melted your polish off??  I seems to do so at least a few times a week LOL, this morning's culprit was a bagel hot out of the toaster, that I was trying to maneuver mass quantities of butter onto.  Fortunately I only had 2 casualties, a corner on my index & a corner on my thumb, and they didn't look too bad they just felt distractingly rough until I filed them a tad LOL.

From my recent exchange hauls, this is Zoya Anastasia.  Some lights it looked more dark mauve, sometimes almost bronze.  Stamping done with China Glaze 2030 & m40:

Was going to do a marble but it got late on me so it got bumped to tomorrow.  I put another slideshow together too, that I haven't gotten around to putting up here but you can check out on YT.  Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: OPI DS Fantasy

I originally saw this polish at my grocery store on a day I happened to be exercising restraint ... the next time I went, ready to splurge, it was GONE. Argh! Thus was born a lemming. I intended to order it online, I saw it was in stock - right up until I placed my order, when it disappeared from availability! I was dejected. I was giving up hope... and then I found it on clearance at a Trade Secret =)

So, that's the story behind this particular polish ... strange how some polishes develop their own little histories & memories that they trigger. From the OPI Designer Series, Fantasy - Konad done with China Glaze Devotion & plate m40:


This is not as bling-holo as some of the other DS polishes, but it does have a subtle holo to it in the right lighting - seen best above in the sun pic on the bottle (click to enlarge). But even when the holo is not super-visible, this is a really nice dark blue, dark while still very obviously blue - I had one lady at work today grab my hand and say something like "that is BLUE girl!" which was kind of cool LOL. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: RBL Orbis Non Sufficit

I hesitated for a while to wear this polish, because I was worried that I would be disappointed. I mean, when I spend $18/bottle on nail polish, I want to be in luuurrrvvve, you know? How could this mere creme compete with the shimmerfest goodness of Scrangie?

Silly me.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Orbis Non Sufficit (translation: the world is not enough) from the Blogger collection, Konad done with China Glaze Devotion & plate m40:


I had to add just a little Konad, but I really couldn't bear & didn't need to cover up much of this yummy color. Not to mention how well this goes with my pedi! I was a little worried that my patches might show with a creme, but that turned out not to be an issue =) I am 100% happy with all of my nails (well, the looks I'm saying, totally aside from the excessive patching). How often do I say that, picky as I know myself to be? I can't remember the last time I loved a mani this much ... oh, wait a minute ... YES I DO LOL =)

Anyway, awfully glad after all that I splurged on this polish =) Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Very Pink NOTD & I'm Adorable =)

Pink isn't usually my thing. If I had to pick a least favorite color, it's probably down there with orange ... but I am learning to appreciate both colors on my nails at least. And for today's lesson in appreciating all colors, I'm wearing Claire's Lulu Belle Konied with Black Special Polish & plate m40. This neon pink has some holographic glitter in it, which I did manage to catch in one out of focus thumb pic, and was distractingly bright on my nails all day =):

As a bonus, I haven't found anything My Nails Look Like lately, I guess I haven't been looking too hard, but I couldn't miss my mom's roses when I was taking the sun pics:


Also, Lachelle from Polished Beauty Blog gave me an award!


The Adorable Blog Award rules are as follows:

• Include the logo in your blog or post
• Nominate as many blogs which you like
• Be sure to link your nominees within your post
• Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog
• Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received this award.

Now, I've got a notoriously long blogroll, so it was really hard to pick just a few to pass this award along to. (Especially since this award is making the rounds & I'd like to shout out some blogs that haven't received it yet LOL!) Otherwise I'd get no sleep posting comment notifications LOL. So I'm limiting myself to 5, and here they are:

The Nailphile - The blog that started it all for me. I love lots of blogs now but I'll always remember that it was Siobhan who hooked me into the blogosphere & inspired me to start my own.
La Passion Des Ongles - Really great manis & konis. I also love that she shows her natural nails periodically, it's always nice to see what's behind all the polish.
Polish Pixie - Another of the first blogs I started reading & still love.
Sasse's 'Nad Stamping Stampede - Great Konad tips & pictures!
Alexlyndra - NOTDs with some really unique nail art & FOTDs too. A lot of blogs from other parts of the world all I can do is look at pics but I appreciate that she gives translations.

Check out the rest of my favorites to the right =) And, as always, thanks for reading.

~Colette