....and I hate it right back!! Ugh. This is MAC Biker Blue. I just HAD to have it, even though I'm certain I have dupes. I did three coats here.

It was surprisingly sheer.

A couple of terrific gals on MUA suggested that I layer Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure over it.

I did, and here is the result.

There were some very scary sore looking cuticle spots that I tried to blur out for your viewing comfort. :/

But here is why MAC polish hates me! It started lifting at the corners, in a major way, in less than 24 hours of wear (even with my new-found love base coat, Palladio Fuse)! What the H?!

I should have known. This happened to me with the last MAC polish I wore, Bad Fairy.

I guess I thought with the new awesome-sauce base coat, it might just act right.

Not so much. It's a bummer, too, because it was a fun mani and I'm sad I only got to wear it for a day. Ah well....onto bigger and better things (I hope!). :)

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Here's an orange mega glitter look I did using MAC's Imperial Flower (two coats) and OPI's Extrava-vaganza (one coat).

Imperial Flower is super bright and vibrant with a lovely shimmer.

Extrava-vaganza has predominantly orange glitter with silver, gold, green, and pink, I believe.

Just like the other Burlesque glitters, it's very jam packed full of glitter and is almost opaque in just one coat. I like to layer them over other colors, obviously.

This is my crazy party pumpkin look.

I don't know that I'll be reaching for either of these too often, just because I don't tend to favor oranges. But they are fun and lovely, nonetheless!

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Bad Fairy. Are you completely tired of this one yet?

I used three coats here.

I bought this around 1 PM of the day the collection released. I got it at Nordstrom. It was the last one. Zoinks!

I'm pretty sure I came home from work that night and changed my nails to this. I'm just really behind on my posts!

I like this color a lot - especially in pictures - but, on my nails it just didn't amaze me as much as I'd hoped it would.

It doesn't help that MAC polishes don't tend to wear well on me. I had a decently large chip by the morning after I put it on. It was lifting and peeling at the corners before 24 hours.

Maybe I just haven't found the right combination of bases and tops to use with it? In any case, this was definitely a BAD Fairy.

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I was still in my blue phase! I started with two coats of MAC Ming Blue.

This has a good application and is quite pigmented.

For bling, I used Kleancolor Starry Meteor, one coat.

Nice! I like it!

Kleancolor makes some really unique and cool glitters!

I love the intense silver glitter. It's so shiny!

Folks, this fine post comes to you all the way from Slippery Rock, PA! I'm on a little vacay, visiting my best bud until Tuesday. I haven't been back to the Pittsburgh area since I moved just over two years ago! I'm looking forward to visiting some old haunts and seeing good friends. :) Off to the 'Burgh and the Zoo!

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The first mani you're seeing is four coats of NYX Paradise and one coat of Chanel Illusion D'Or.

I did this mani twice in a row because when I was nearly finished the first time, the NYX bottle knocked over and spilled all over the floor (and my p.j. pant leg)!

You ever try cleaning up a spill with freshly painted, still wet nails? Yeah, doesn't work.

Anyway, this was pretty and I enjoyed it.

Here I did Inglot 320, two coats, topped with a coat of Inglot 203.

The flakes on top of the frost gave it quite a bit of texture, but I still think it's kind of cool!

It reminds me of a crazy Christmas Tree ornament my mom has. It's a metallic, frosty pickle. Yeah, a pickle. Something to do with a German tradition or...something.

Then I threw on a coat of China Glaze Sour Apple and a coat of Matte Magic!

Still looking like crazy pickles, but fun no less.

What do you think? Totally bonkers?

This is my current mani, MAC Originality, two coats. It's a coppery frost with copper flakes.

It is a dead-one match for Urban Decay's Baked color! I have the eye shadow and the eyeliner. I think of them as my Baked nails.

I love this color, but am not in love with it on my skin tone. I think it's do-able, though.

Also reminds me of shiny pennies...with texture.

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Here is a relatively un-extraordinary picture of me wearing MAC Baby Goth Girl over some random pink Essie whose name I cannot recall. It was a vivid pink creme and I was hoping that by layering Baby Goth Girl over it the effect would be closer to how BGG looks in the bottle. No such luck! It's a great polish, very pretty, but definitely one of those where you really wish it looked like it does in the bottle when it's on your nails! I may continue to experiment with it in the future.

Next is Illamasqua Untold. I did three sort of thick coats. I also used China Glaze Matte Magic on the ring and pinky fingers.

Illamasqua Jan is a really soft, pretty mauve creme. Again, the ring and pinky are mattified.

I hope you enjoyed the mix!

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