Purple to Blue Gradient & Black Tie Optional

I did these nails as my bestie twin nails with @veve0223 on instagram.

Inspired by @mrslochness on instagram :)

My base polish (pre-clean up)

I used:

Essie- St. Lucia Lilac (3 coats for my base)

OPI- Do you Lilac it?

Orly- Blue Collar

Hard Candy- Black Tie Optional

Essie- Pretty Edgy Comparison

Hey everyone :]
Today I decided to swatch on my fake nails, I didn't glue them on because they are a pain in the toe to take off, so I taped them on lol
Essie: Pretty Edgy- A pretty grass green creme (2 coats)
OPI- Jade is the New Black- An awesome dusty green creme (2 coats)
Both polishes applied well, but I don't like the brush on the Essie polishes.

^ Inside (with flash)

^ Outside in the shade

^ Outside in the sun

^ My fake nail looks creepy

Liz :)

Part 1 from B-Day Haul

Here are some of the polishes from my b-day haul. I took pictures in the shade and then in direct sunlight, Please excuse my stained fingers, I swatched some greens and they stained and sorry I didn't clean up :(

Hot Topic- Periwinkle (2 coats)
I think I could have gotten away with one coat but I used two to even it out. I really really like this color I was going to buy the mint colored one but I'm glad I got this one. Bunny said I have too many mint colors but I will go back for it, tee hee. These nails polishes never have names but it said periwinkle on the receipt lol.



Essie- Funky Limelight (2 coats)
This is really similar to my Gir polish, my hands look really dark. I should have done 3-4 coats



Sally Hansen- Fairy Teal (2 coats)
This color is really cool, when I applied the first coat I was like "Nooo, you better look pretty with another coat" and it did :D
A lot of people don't lke the wide brush on the Sally Hansen polishes but I do, it makes it way easier to apply.

Favorite nail colors from 2009: Part 1

Here are some of my favorite polish colors that were released in 2009. I don't have that many colors from last year, but I'll show you the ones I do have that I really like :]
Sorry for the crappy lighting, but I wake up when the sun is almost gone, thanks to my baby who stays up til 5am.


Orly- Enchanted Forest [Once Upon a Time collection]
My favorite color is green so of course I love this. Dark green cremes are uber and I only needed 2 coats :]



Essie- Mint Candy Apple [Sweet Time Of The Year collection]
It makes my hands look kinda pink but this color is super cool :D
This colors usually needs 3 coats to even out but I used 2 thick coats.



Zoya- Verushka [Matte Velvet collection]
I don't really like this color matte, I usually put a top coat on all my mattes but it looks nice.
2 coats, and it dries really quick, so that's awesome.



OPI- Done out in Deco [South Beach collection]
My second favorite color is purple, and OMG lilac is such a pretty color tee hee!
Again 2 coats :]


Hopefully I'll post up part 2 tomorrow. Thanks for looking :]