NOTD: Orly Fowl Play

I'd like to say first, that going forward you'll start seeing a mix of pictures, some from my old camera & some from my new camera.  I don't have a case for it yet, plus I don't know how to work everything yet, although I'm learning (& in some cases being rather pissed off in the process).  So far the only thing that I'm unimpressed with is the manual white balance settings, they don't seem 100% accurate to me especially the Fluorescent H setting - but it's not a huge deal because most of the time it does really really well with the setting on auto.

On to the polish - Fowl Play is from Orly's Birds of a Feather collection:

 

Really enjoyed this polish.  Considered wearing it matte for a day, buuuut:

Wasn't too impressed.  Didn't enhance it much to my eye, just made it look kind of old & dirty looking.

Kind of a slow week overall - the mani I put on after this lasted me I think 5 days so I'm still getting back in the swing of things.  Had a semi-fail over the weekend that still turned out pretty cool.  Remembered/discovered that Movie Maker does not like the format that my new camera shoots video in =(  And am planning to work 10-hour days the 3 days I work this week.  So I  suppose I should get to bed LOL.  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Guest NOTD: Rimmel Steel Grey

The name is misleading - this is definitely a taupe.  But I guess "Steel Taupe" wouldn't make much sense LOL.  Here is Mom wearing Rimmel Steel Grey:

 

As a side note - with this manicure mom accidentally put top coat on instead of base coat.  I told her she should take it off but she insisted she wanted to "experiment" by just doing base coat on top of that - well, long story short the next day came with the polish coming off several nails completely - a cleanly popped off nail shaped piece of polish LOL.  I don't know that she'd welcome me sharing this "senior moment" with you all (we'll see soon I guess)  but I think we all have our spacey moments.  So if you're ever having a moment & make this mistake - just start over!

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Nails Inc Trafalgar Square - Glossy & Matte

I had this polish on for a full week, Sunday-Sunday, with no chips.  I picked it because I knew at the time I wasn't going to be on my normal schedule of every few days & I'm happy to say it lived up to my expectations, and I wasn't bored with it even when I finally did take it off. 

 

Another of their Magnetic Effect Polishes, this is Nails Inc Trafalgar Square - I got this design by holding the magnet sideways, which is a bit tricky since you can't use the guide but still pretty simple as you only have to hold it in place for a moment for the magnet to do its job:

 

Just so you can gauge the wear, I believe I added Matte Magic to it Thursday or maybe Friday morning:

 

Here's a look in motion - so deep & 3D, I'm heavily leaning towards more magnetic polish for Christmas:

 

 

Almost caught up =)  Just Monday's & my current manicure & I'll be current.  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Orly Rock-It

A simple, basic, gorgeous red - I had this on for nearly a week.  In a few shots you can catch a bit of the pinkish duo-chrome, but it was so close to the main color it was really difficult to capture.  From the Mineral FX collection, Orly Rock-It:

 

Thanks for reading =)

 

~Colette

NOTD: Orange with Spider Web Tips Drag Marble + Tutorial

Those of you who've been following my blog for a while will remember the original version of this manicure, which I did in 2009 & you can see HERE.  I'm still working on my side project of making monthly slideshows back to the beginning of my blog, & when I posted this one I got a ton of requests for a tutorial on this look.

 

For this year's version, for my base color I started out with Milani Brisk Orange:

 

And then for the drag marbling on the tips I used Wet n Wild Black Creme & French White:

 

I actually like my first version a little better LOL - one of the reasons I don't always like revisiting old looks, I swear that's been the case in several instances.

 

Here's the tutorial (which you may already have seen, considering it's been up for 2 weeks!):

 

 

Just a few more NOTDs to post & I'll be fully caught up.  Thanks for reading =)

 

~Colette