Here I have started with two coats of Zoya Noel.

 Noel applied well and dried relatively fast.

 Next, I added a coat of OPI Gone Gonzo!  It's my first time wearing one of my Muppets polishes.  Hooray!

 My friend at work, Megan, helped me to get the Muppets polishes.  It was quite the fiasco, too!  Thanks SO MUCH Megan!  :)

What's not to love about  blue glittery goodness?  This mani does remind me a bit of this one, from around a year ago.  Don't ya think?

I have to say that I am one happy glittery gal this year.  There are just so many ridicumazing (yeah, I just tried to make a new word there) glitter polishes available!!  Long live the glittah!!

On the business end, I have decided to accept an invitation to join the BlogHer network.  You may have noticed the new advertising.  I hope that this will be a move in the right direction for me and I do want to again thank all of you, my dear readers, for even making this a possibility!  I am ever grateful to each of you for coming to DizzyNails and supporting my passion and hard work.  Thanks a million!!

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 Here is one of the spoils of the recent BOGO sale on Butter London polishes at Ulta from last week.

 It's two coats of Knees Up.  This polish applied perfectly and attracted plenty of attention!

 I always feel just a bit self-conscious wearing reds, so I wanted to add decals just to be different and for fun.  I have these Kitty decals from pa brand that someone sent me as an extra with a polish order.

 It's kitties, hearts, houses, and then one random little creature that looks like a mouse maybe?  He is so cute and special - I didn't use him yet.

 I did three accent nails.  Sometimes I just feel asymetrical...yeah.

 Black kitty and black heart on the right hand ring finger.

 The decals are pretty thick, so I used two coats of top coat over them to make sure they were secure.

 My right hand thumb had the white kitty, which I really like!

 My left hand thumb was jealous because I left it decal-less.

This was a fun mani and it definitely made me feel better about wearing red.

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This is a one picture post! I snapped this one quickly with my phone last Wednesday.

These are the Sephora Nail Art Patches in A03 Rrrrrrr. They are basically the same as the Sally Hansen ones, in terms of application and wear. I love the new patterns, too!

I have been wearing these for the past week on my vacation. This picture was taken right after I applied them. They suffered great abuse from sand, sun, salt water, and chlorine, but honestly looked pretty darn good even after a week!

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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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Here I started with three coats of OPI Obscure. Obscure is a matte mini polish from Halloween 2010. This first picture is the only one shown without top coat, so you can see the matte effect.

I used Konad plate m73 and Chanel Peridot for stamping.

I really liked how it looked with the black matte, but was sure I would scratch the life out of it in no time at all, so I added top coat!

I've got to say, these dreary, drizzly day pictures aren't doing anything for Peridot!

I'm not sure what possessed me to pick up my stamping supplies and go at it, after such a long stamping hiatus. I'm super glad that I did, though! Probably the tape mani got me wanting more nail art! :)

Since I think it looks better in the indoor, fluorescent light, I'll leave you with one last picture from those.

I'll let you be the judge!

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I don't normally wear a lot of golds, but I'm glad I got Dior Timeless Gold. This is two coats.

It's one of their Holiday 2010 colors.

I like that it's soft and cooler toned.

It applied very well, despite the big bushy brush!

Maybe I'll get used to the new brushes.

I bet this would be awesome with some glitter on top!

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Here is quick Saturday post for you all! Savina Charcoal Sparkle, which I got at Nordstrom Off the Rack.

I did three coats.

It looked so promising in the bottle, but didn't translate quite so well on the nail.

Perhaps if I had taken a pad with polish remover and gently swiped the tops of the nails then the glitter would have been more holo-tastic (I have yet to try this technique but hear it works wonders on polishes with hidden or sunken glitter).

It's still pretty, though, and in some lighting it looks marvelous!

The metallic, streaky, frostiness is another issue.

Applied carefully, you don't see many strokes.

I think I was hoping for awesome My-Private-Jet-ness on this one, which is my problem for even going there! It's still a pretty polish for 3 or 4 bucks and I did get several compliments on it the day I wore it. If you love grays, taupes, metals, and/or holos, it's worth checking out!

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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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