NOTD: Icing Golden Touch

Had kind of a busy weekend, so I didn't get caught up as much as planned - this is still like 3 or maybe 4 manis ago, but I actually went out on Saturday night, so I spent the day getting ready & doing some running around, rather than catching up around here.  More on my night out at the White Out including some pics of me & the ladies I went with will be upcoming on my other blog =)

Black with colored glitter is always a good look when done well - by which I mean you can actually see the glitter on the nail as well as you can see it in the bottle =)  And Icing's Golden Touch definitely did it well, actually even better than it shows in pics.  Why do glitters seem to always need a topcoat so badly?  You can see in the first pic how dull it dried before I added Seche on my index compared to the other nails that are already top coated:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Zoya Kimmy

Another that was a bit hard to capture - not quite as difficult as Royal Velvet, but a challenge in it's own way - this is Zoya Kimmy & she is a darker red in person, leaning a bit on the orange side:

I've been doing a lot of plainer manicures it seems like lately.  And while I've enjoyed it on the one hand, on the other I'm very much missing my nail art =)  Just haven't had the time lately, barely enough time to change the color.  I have an idea for pink stripes but I may put it off in favor of a rainbow marble with the Island Escape collection ... we'll just have to see what this weekend brings ... oh, and get caught up enough to show you guys LOL.  I am still about a week off but I'm trying to make progress or at least not fall any further behind.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Orly Royal Velvet

Orly Royal Velvet is from this spring's Precious collection - it's beautiful, and it is a duo-chrome, but it was very difficult to photograph - it's dark blue-purple, and as I know my fellow bloggers are aware, purples like to pretend they're blue on camera.  But there are a few shots that give just a hint of how awesome this is in person:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

TOTD: Sally Hansen Pumping Iron

Not my best pedi pics - I'd already had this on for a few weeks & it was only when I started to consider what I wanted to change them to, did I realize I hadn't taken any pictures.  Sally Hansen Pumping Iron is from the new Hard as Nails line, and it's a nice smooth silver:

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Zoya Cheryl + Hidden Treasure

I started off intending to wear Zoya Cheryl on it's own - it's a perfectly nice brown:

But the next morning when I woke up, it just wasn't doing it for me - so I added a quick layer of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure & I was much happier:

Here's a look in motion:

Then I had it on long enough that I matte-ified it for a day with China Glaze Matte Magic - one of my favorite looks for a flaky, as amazing as they are glossy something about the matte just makes each it glow from within:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette