OPI It's my Year

I found this in a small-time jewelry store in an equally as small town. They had Swimsuit Nailed It! and Crown me Already from the Miss Universe collection. Those didn't catch my eye as much as It's my Year.



This color is so gorgeous and shiny. It's this a really light pink-purple with TONS of gold shimmer. My camera could barely capture how amazing this color is. I love it so much. It applies relatively sheer. This is three coats. The formula is amazing and easy to manage. You'll definitely want to enlarge this photo to see the true beauty that lies within this color.

The Vikings

It isn't nail art saturday, but who cares! Maybe it's Striped Sunday. This is my first try at a tape manicure and while I am not entirely pleased with how it came out, I definitely learned a lot:

1. Do something to protect cuticles to prevent lots of cuticle flooding
2. Don't do nail art when your toddler is in "helpful" mode.
3. Use a better base color

I live in the mid-west. The closest decent football team is the Vikings, so here is my...Viking manicure! They're not my favorite team at all. My favorite team is THE SAINTS! I'll be doing a Saints Mani soon, and with baseball coming up, I'll be doing my favorite team, The San Francisco Giants!

So here it is. I used Wet n Wild Color Icon "give me a price quote" for the gold (crappy bottles, wth?!) and Sinful Color "dream on" for the purple. The purple is very intense and dries matte. Even with a top coat, the WnW gold is still really gritty feeling which I do not like at all - however it's a very awesome, textured gold.

These two colors were really great choices for a tape mani because the almost-neon "dream on" dried really quickly and the glitter dried quickly as well!

Remember, today is the last day to enter the giveaway! Tomorrow I'm hoping to have some color club spam for you guys. :) Enjoy your Sunday!

revlon gold coin

I bought this bottle with high expectations and a little bit of caution. Gold usually doesn't work well with my skin tone but it looked so pretty in the bottle I had to buy it. It also looked more cool-toned than a warm gold so I went for it.

 This is a really pretty gold color, the coverage is decent and this dries really quick and doesn't chip for anything. It's like foil on your nails! If you're looking for a gold but you have cool toned skin I highly recommend Revlon Gold Coin. It's a great color.

I just want to say hello to all the new followers as well - I'm happy to have you here and look forward to your input. :)