Avalon's House of Parliment

This manicure is a little mash up.  I started with a full manicure of A England Avalon.  It's no secret I am a sucker for purple polishes, and this one is beautiful.  The next day I got Nails Inc Houses of Parliament in the mail.  I was so excited to try it out that it went right over top as accent nails.

The colors don't really 'go', but I love both polishes separately.  They are both great purples, and who doesn't love a fun magnetic polish?

I want to live on Sugar House Lane

This is one of my favourite polishes.  When Nails Inc introduced their Sprinkles Special Effects polishes I knew I had to have the entire set.  I love the sherberty glitter polishes (that are fortunately in right now, even though this is from a year ago).  The texture and creaminess is fantastic.  This one is Sugar House Lane, and it is black and white matte glitters in a slightly sheer taupe base.

 These apply really easily and you only need two coats to get great coverage.  The glitter shows through the semi-sheer base, but not a lot, so if you want that trapped look you will need to work a little harder.  I recommend thicker coats actually, because then the glitter lies wherever it wants in the base as opposed to getting covered up by the next coat.

 I adore how these look like ice cream or sprinkles.  They are so pretty, yet subtle enough for me to feel comfortable wearing them all the time.  It also helps that this one is the most neutral of the set, but I actually looked forward to it the most.  I will leave you with another shot, since these polishes just make me happy and I am sure you needed a reminder of their amazingness.

Shady Donmar

Today I have a quick update for you with a gorgeous combination.  This is Nails Inc the Donmar collection, which consists of Chelsea, a dark burgandy base, and Donmar, the gorgeous flakie topcoat.  It applied beautifully and wore wonderfully.  Overall the set was definitely worth the ten bucks I scooped it up for when Sephora was clearancing them out!

On an unrelated side note, I am sorry I have fallen behind on these posts.  This week is pretty hectic, as I am filling in for my department's buyer while he is out of town.  Hopefully my life will go back to normal soon, and with it my blog posts. 

Birthday Haul 2012

This was my birthday haul from this year.  As soon as I got it I had to put them all on my hands.  My pointer has Sephora by OPI Betsey Johnson It's My Pink!, my middle finger is Illamasqua Elope, and the rest of my nails are Nails Inc Chelsea and the ring finger has the Donmar special effect polish.  This was literally just a little swatchfest so I could see (and smell!) the colors I got for my birthday.  The Betsey Johnson polish is scented like her perfume, which is kinda cool.  I can't wait to wear these polishes as full manicures, I've already worn the Donmar collection since, and the other two are just waiting in line.