Essie-Shine of the Times

I'm sure all of you have seen Shine of the Times around multiple times, but I just had to get my two cents in :)  It's a gorgeous gold/green/orange/multi flakie that is really saturated with flakes.  Compared to my Finger Paints flakie of the same color variety, this one seems to have twice the amount of bling.  I didn't want to layer it over boring black, so I decided to go with China Glaze Ingrid (not sure why Ingrid doesn't have her own post yet, I'll get working on that ;))

Let me tell you, it is super hard to get the green flash of this polish on camera without the photo being really blurry.  You can get a glimpse of it on my pointer finger and ring finger, but otherwise the orangey-red and gold are prominent.  Like I said, the glitter is really dense, and this was only one coat of SotT over two coats of Ingrid.  I topped off everything with Seche Vite.

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Classy Lady Nails :)

Not sure why, but this stamping combo came out really classy lady-ish to me.  Does that make sense? Lol :)  Anyway, I used a base of Essie's Lady Like, then stamped it with W'n'W Black Creme and a BM plate (don't remember which :/)  I topped it all off with a coat of SV:

I like it!   What do you think?

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Essie-Lady Like

Happy Pink Wednesday!  I have a really soft pink for you guys today.  It's Essie's Lady Like from the Brand New Bag collection!  I adore this color :)  It's a super soft pink with some purple tones.  I would say it's borderline nude, as well.  Two coats was good for this polish, even though the first coat was kind of patchy.  Topped it off with a coat of SV.

I think it's so classy and feminine :)

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Essie-Power Clutch

This is Power Clutch, fom Essie's fall 2011 collection.  She's a gorgeous medium grey creme with a bit of an unusual greenish tinge to it.  I didn't like this one at first, but it grew on me the more I looked at the bottle and when I put it on my nails, I loved it! Formula is awesome, this was only one coat topped with SV:

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It's Raining, it's Pouring...

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Yesterday we had a crazy storm here in northern AZ...like 1.5 in. diameter size hail.  Nuts.  So here's my interpretation of a rainy day on my nails :)  I started with a base coat and two coats of NYX Girls Dark Gray followed by q-tip clouds using NYX Girls Perfect Gray.  I added cloud details with Dark Gray and a small brush, then raindrops with Essie Smooth Sailing.  The raindrops didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped, but it was still pretty cute:

Have any of you done a rainy day mani on a cold and dreary day?  I felt it was appropriate :)

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Essie-Your Hut or Mine?

I have had my eye on this one for sooooo long.  Couldn't find it anywhere!  But thanks to fellow blogger Connie of Mimi's Mani's, it is now mine!!  Thank you sooooo much for swapping with me!  Everyone should check out her blog if you haven't already because it's awesome!  Anyway, this polish is a warm medium pink with subtle gold shimmer.  Gorgeous.  Application was great, two coats to opacity.  All topped with Seche Vite:

The shimmer is kind of hard to capture in photographs since it is so subtle.  I included the half-shaded last picture to show the color of the shimmer better on the pinky finger.  So sorry about the state of my cuticles...ugh.  Today is an intensive repair day for them!!  Hope you don't mind too much...

Thanks for reading and thanks again to Connie for the great swap!
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Essie-Smooth Sailing

Today's nail of the day is Smooth Sailing by Essie.  This blue is by far my favorite that I own in nail polish form.  Every time I look at the bottle I want to take off whatever I have on and put this one on!!!  Anyway, it is a medium periwinkle-blue with silver reflects.  Can you say gorgeous??

Check out how amazing this blue is.  Usually I don't care for blue nail polish because it typically isn't very flattering on me.  This, however, is beautiful! Perfect for summer, in my opinion :)

May Favorites :)

Since it's the beginning of June, I thought I'd let you all know what my favorite polishes for the month of May were!  These four polishes were basically all I wore in May, with the exception of swatching.

Sorry about the poor lighting...anyway!  

From left to right:

China Glaze-For Audrey

Orly-Rage

OPI-Cozu-Melted in the Sun

Essie-Smooth Sailing

These colors are so springy and amazing!  For Audrey is an amazing creamy light teal.  Perfect for spring days :) Orly Rage is a metallic rose gold.  The OPI is one of my all time favorites.  It is a shimmery pinky beige.  Smooth Sailing is a super unique medium blue with silver reflects that really lights up in the sun.

I have a feeling I'll be reaching for these all through June as well :D

nail art of the day

Today's nail of the day is a fun one!  Essie's Smooth Sailing with OPI Black Shatter on top.  I think the result is pretty and daring :)

sun.

 The sun really brings Smooth Sailing to life.  In person, this color looks just a tad more purple than in photos, but it's close enough.  It also has the most gorgeous silver reflect to it.  Definitely a summer must-have!

shade.

Overall, I really like these two polishes paired together.  I feel that they compliment each other in some strange way.  Plus, who can resist trying out the black shatter over every color?!  I had to do it :)