You've probably never seen this here before...

 a sheer polish with VNL!

 I don't even know what possessed me.  This is three coats of the new Revlon ColorStay Calla Lily by itself.

 Then I added two coats of Lynnderella's Snow Angel.

 The light is very warm here, but also I feel self-conscious that my nails look stained.

 I do like how it's sort of fresh, clean, and lacy looking.

 Here are pictures indoors, where the light is cooler.

Sadly, this mani did not last long at all (we're talking a few hours) and I totally blame the Revlon ColorStay base coat because that's about the only suspect thing that I used.

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 Here are a few quick swatches I did back in July?  I think.  I thought you might like something to tide you over through the duration of my time wearing the Sally Hansen ghosties!  (The ghosties did come off tonight, by the way.)

 Above is Nars Vestale, a Nordstrom exclusive from the anniversary sale.  I don't remember how many coats, to be honest.  It was two or three, but I'm leaning toward just two.  :)

 Here is Sephora by OPI My Personal Serpent from this year's Fall collection.  This was either one or two coats because this polish is surprisingly very opaque.

 Here is Lippmann Billionaire.  Two or three coats - I'm not sure.  Sorry!

 And last but not least, Lippmann Stormy Weather.

I wish that I had written down how many coats each of the swatches were.  I regret that!  None of the swatches shown here feature any top coat.

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I figured I should have the best of both worlds: nudes and glitters. I started this mani with three coats of Sephora by OPI Don't Feed the Hand Models.

Don't Feed the Hand Models is a creme nude that definitely gives me a nice, slightly cool, slightly pink mannequin hand effect.

I put one coat of L.A. Girl Glitter Addict Uninhibited on top.

Uninhibited is a clear base with small (looks to be) square and larger black hex glitters. The glitters have a neat glimmery, shiny finish to them that looks very interesting on the nail.

I did try to do a thin coat with Uninhibited, but it wasn't cooperating that way and wanted to come out rather thick. It wouldn't spread right thin. Other than it not doing what I wanted it to do, it applied just fine.

When I got the bottle and first looked at it, I noticed random red glitters in it. Sure enough, I have two pieces of red glitter on my nails. You can probably see the one on my middle finger and the other is on the middle finger of my right hand. Kind of funny, huh?

Maybe they got glitter happy and/or sloppy when manufacturing. Either way, this polish is really cool and definitely rocks! The over all effect reminds me of lace, or speckled egg shell (that's what Sid thought), or cookies and cream!

The finish looks a little bumpy in these last two pictures, but it's actually nearly smooth with two coats of top coat over.

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I'm sorry I haven't been able to post in a little while. Things have been kind of hectic for me. I'm back, though, so I hope you enjoy some nice mannequin hands!!

This is three coats of Misa Whimsical Wish.

It's a sheer, shimmery peachy nude. I had no problems with application or wear.

I ended up really loving this mani, way more than I could have anticipated.

I think my previous nude mani primed me for really loving this look. I wouldn't normally care too much for a light peachy color, but I love how it's soft and ever so slightly unexpected (at least, for me).

I also think I'm starting to appreciate softer colors when my nails are longer. Call me crazy, but I get self-conscious somehow when I wear wild, vampy, or bling-tastic colors on my "long" nails.

Maybe I'm going through a phase, too. You never know!

At any rate, Whimsical Wish gave me a nice first-time-ever mannequin hands look that I definitely loved wearing!

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I've never in my life actually wanted to put on a nude nail polish before. Never. But, the other night, for some reason unknown to me, I did want to put on a nude polish. Specifically, Cult Nails Cruisin' Nude. This is two coats, shown below. Sorry about the acetone abused skin!

Cruisin' Nude has a really pretty pink shimmer to it. I decided to add a coat of a long-time lemming for me that I just recently acquired, OPI What's Dune?

Aaaaahhhhhhhhh LOVES IT SO MUCH!!!

The holo is awesome, even with two top coats on! And it looks incredibly great in indoor lighting even when the holo is not revealing itself.

Understated yet flashy, dare I say? I have no idea what's going on with me that I'm craving this type of mani. In any case, I'm just going to go with it.

If you happen to have these polishes, or even a similar nude to put under What's Dune?, I highly recommend it! I ordered Cult Nails polishes from their site HERE. I'm not affiliated in any way with this brand, but I do know that it is a brand spanking new baby brand of polish, created by a fellow nail blogger, and she even lives really close to me here in Florida! How cool is that?!

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Friends! It's good to be posting again! I've been sick for over a week now! My husband says he thinks I have H1N1. Oh yuck! I'm sitting here trying to hack up a lung as I type. The worst of it is (hopefully!) over now, though, so I figured it is high time to start showing you pictures of my latest creations. :)

I've been itching to 'Nad for quite some time now, so I finally made it happen about two weeks ago. I have to admit, I was nervous that I had forgotten how.

I started with Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge. It applied so perfectly in just two coats. It went on very light and nude but ended up drying a bit darker.

Then I used China Glaze Joy and Konad plate m63 to stamp on the design. That little blue guy I'm holding is my fab kitty nail scrubber. I got him at this super way cool store in NYC called Pylones. Everything in there is tragically cute!!

I was so pleased with how this turned out! It was relatively easy for me, too! Hip, hip, hooray!

I still got it, baby!

I really love this design pattern. It's so flowy and free.

If you haven't tried stamping yet, I highly recommend it! It's so much fun and really takes your manicure to a whole new level of gorgeous.

I think I've got the 'Nad bug now, for sure, so you'll be seeing more in the future.

I hope you enjoyed this one as I did!

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