Today I started my mani with two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Fortissimo.

 It's a really lovely dark brown with a hint of gray coolness to it.

 Fortissimo reminds me of delicious, creamy CHOCOLATE!

 I don't use my RBLs too often, but whenever I do I am reminded of how terrific the formula and application is.  I like the smaller brush, too.

 Here I've added a coat of Sephora by OPI Don't be Eggnog-ious.

 I was playing with the light in these pictures.

 Don't be Eggnog-ious is a monotone orange/copper glitter with large hexograms and smallish - well, I don't what they are.  I think they are squares, but I can't tell for sure!

 The glitter spread itself pretty well, I have to say.

 I did a little smooshing things around to try and get the glitters to look as even as possible, but not too much.

 And I see that there is a rather giant clump of hexograms on my ring finger...ha!  Oh well.

 It looks fine, of course, in person.  :)

 What do you think of this glitter and the other ones from Sephora by OPI for the holidays?

I really love them.  The red and purple are so stunning, as well.  I confess that this feels a little "simple" after so many wonderful Lynnderella glitter polishes.  But simple can be good, too!

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This was from a couple of days ago. I had put it on, kind of in a hurry, late at night. I might not have added the Crackle except that there was this weird little piece of nail sticking up from out of the middle of the polish on my one thumb nail. I had to cover it somehow!

I used two coats of $OPI My Personal Serpent and then cracked it with China Glaze Medallion Crackle. My Personal Serpent is very opaque and I think I could have done just one coat had I been more careful.

I did not wait very long at all before putting the Crackle over (and didn't use top coat over My Personal Serpent), and it was kind of an interesting experiment!

Some of the cracks were epic and the most beautiful I've ever had - most, in fact! A few were really lame, though (like my pinky here).

It was a worthy experiment, in any case. I know I've heard from many that metallic/shimmery Crackles/Shatters work better for them over wet polish. Seems like it could be true for me, as well!

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This manicure features Illamasqua Baptiste and Sephora by OPI Traffic Stopper Copper.

I used two coats of Baptiste, which applied perfectly (of course!), and a thick-ish coat of Traffic Copper Stopper.

Baptiste is gorgeous. Traffic Stopper Copper is gorgeous. What's not to love?

I topped everything with a coat of Out the Door top coat. I haven't used this much yet and am trying to decide if I like it. First off, it was not doing a good job quickly drying the thickness of the glitter polish. Eventually, I gave up and added a coat of Poshe over everything. Within minutes, all was well and dry (enough to sleep, at least).

The end result? Super shiny, very hard, extra smooth beauteousness.

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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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For this manicure I started with two coats of Wet & Wild Black Pearl. It was super nice, I have to say. Then I added one coat of....oh dear, oh dear! Was it one coat or two? Two!! I added two coats of Color Club Wild and Willing. It is way cooler than I had hoped it would be!!

It's blindingly sparkly (you'll see in a few pics)!

The shimmah is perfection.

Check out the duochrome!!

Even though these colors are not my most flattering I lurve this so, so much. It's very Autumnal.

The picture above almost makes it look like I had bubbling. I assure you that other than an obnoxious bubble or two on my middle finger, I really didn't have any trouble. I think it's the way the shimmah is shining that makes it look bubbly somehow!

As an afterthought, I had used Orly Bonder under this. The polish peeled off like stickers within 24 hours! I was really unhappy about that. The jury is still out on Bonder, but best I can tell so far, it performs differently depending on the brand of polish I wear with it. I don't think it plays well with W&W or Claire's polish.

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I debated whether or not to post the next picture.  Remember how I had these awful tears in the sides of my nails?  Well, the Orly rescue product helped for a while but the tears were just too severe for me to leave them alone.  My poor two wittle nails cannot get any shorter.

Don't cry for me, nail polish lovers.  I'll be okay.  You'll probably just be seeing more of my right hand for the next few weeks.  ;)  

Today's nails feature the faboo Shades by Barielle Falling Star.  The first time I saw this polish I knew I had to have it.  I am mesmerized by the marriage of the copper glittahs and the dreamy calm of the blue.  

I'm reviving my Konad skills, as well.  This is design plate m41 with China Glaze Poetic.

Don't laugh, but I have the entire Romantiques collection and have never before used a single one.  I know, I know!  And what everyone says is true, because they are perfect for Konading!  I was skeptical, I'm not gonna lie.  I'm fully converted and be sure that you will be seeing plenty of Romantique Konads in the future.  Gorg!

If I had it to do over again I think I would place the daisies a little further up the tips so that more blue shows.  

I do love this design.  It's clean, pretty, and interesting.

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