My plan was to use a topcoat of Essie’s “As Gold As It Gets”. And I’m certain it will be pretty if I ever get around to doing it….. but something in my soul just prevented me from marring this beautiful polish. I couldn’t do it.
There is just something about a pretty red nail…(ask Our Painted World’s hubby 
)
classic.
Essie “First Dance”
Stop signs have been lingering in my thoughts. I had to get my vehicle emissions test done, and get my license plate renewal sticker. I guess traffic stuff has just been on my mind.
When I looked up a stop sign image online, I came across this website with the history of stop signs. Interesting.
http://www.myparkingsign.com/MPS/article_history-of-stop-sign.aspx
and an image: 
Sinful Colors “Ruby Ruby” & “Pull Over”
Stripes are NOT my friend.
I clearly got hoodwinked into attempting stripes…again. lol. I tried. The light pink lines weren’t showing up so I tried to add dark pink lines…. I can’t say that helped though.
I’m never giving up my dots. NEVER.
OPI “You Don’t Know Jacques!”
p.s. Duana, I hate stripes…. at least until I can paint them nicely. haha
I really wanted to cut my nails from last week, so I just needed an excuse. So when my pinky nail started to crack, they had to go. Now I have a new workspace for nail art!!
I have grown to love the color combination of pink and brown…
…that is all Aisha’s doing. And now, every single time I see the combo, I think of Aisha. She has great taste.
And every time I look at this design on my nails, I just think of cupcakes….
Cupcakes and Aisha. lol.
OPI “A-Taupe The Space Needle”
w/pink acrylic paint dots 
I love polka dots!
Mint? maybe. Apple? not to me.
More like "Mint Moss". lol. But that name is not nearly as pleasant as Mint Apple, I suppose.
It’s still a nice color though. I need to come up with a better name and send it to the Sinful Colors Marketing Department….
Sinful Colors "Mint Apple"
w/ orange nail art striper 
I planned on breaking out my China Glaze Electropop Lights Spring 2012 collection ….. that I wasn’t aware (when I purchased last week), was to be released to the public in FEBRUARY 2012?? *checks calendar*…. LOL…
it’s still winter anyway.
At any rate, my wonderful sister brought me a Zoya nail polish delivery….
and. I. Lusted.
Zoya “Veruschka” (how it’s spelled on the bottle)
{Veruschuka [<–link] – how it’s spelled in the text of the Zoya site??}
I don’t know what the name means, but it must be something sexy because when I tell you I swooned… SMH. If I didn’t like matte polish before……
……..it was because I hadn’t met Zoya.
this must be the most beautiful forest green I have ever experienced. No, not seen…. experienced. There is nothing I don’t love about this polish. The brush is beautiful. The formulation is smooth…. and has the prettiest shimmer, which gives the matte depth. It’s beautiful.
There. are. no. more. words.
update:
Inspired by Kamsamnida’s Mosaic design, which I thought was beautiful.
I treated myself to China Glaze’s “Anchors Away Collection” this past weekend. It was the perfect collection for this design.
Lighthouse – yellow {jelly shimmer}
Ahoy! – dark pink (magenta) {jelly shimmer}
Hey Sailor – red
First Mate – blue
Starboard – green
Life Preserver – orange
outlined with Sinful Colors “Black on Black”
On my left hand I used larger blocks of color, but I think I like the detail of my right hand with the smaller blocks. Of course, it takes longer, but I think it’s worth it.
I want to cut off my nails.
I am also just really sleepy. Not just sleepy, but really tired. I definitely need more rest.
They say never make big decisions when you’re really tired. So I have tabled my thoughts on chopping my nails off for the time being.
This Sinful Colors “Dancing Nails” is such a soothing shimmer frost. It has some vibrancy and depth, but it feels like a neutral polish. Lets you know it’s there without being ostentatious or forceful.
My best description of this color:
Redwood.
There is a bronze-ish feel with hints of magenta. I love these colors. I might be in the mood for some neutrals.
I hate driving. But I think I hate public transportation in Chicago more.
Last week I was greeted by mail with a Red Light Enforcement Camera Ticket.
FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS?!?!?!? O_O
Now, TECHNICALLY, I didn’t run a red light. I made a right turn. On red. At a permitted right turn on red light.
So, you KNOW I was ready to contest this ticket….. until I watched the video. Then realized that I never really came to a complete stop before the light turned red before I turned. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS YELLOW WHEN I REALLY STARTED MY TURN!!!!!
I don’t feel like fighting the ticket though. And since I still hate public transportation more than driving right now…. I’m never driving that route to work anymore ever again. Never.
I’m still mad about this stupid ticket!
base – OPI “ Suzi Takes the Wheel” & Sinful Colors “Black on Black”
I used Orly Matte Top Coat on the gray based nails to allow the “lights” to stand out, and topped just the acrylic paint dots with a dot of Seche Vite for shine. Did it work?
I still decidedly HATE the Kiss Nail Art Stencils. Either that, or I just really don’t know how to use them yet.
After the last fiasco with the stencils, Viv encouraged me to try them again with a more neutral base. The results this time? Better than that horrible blue, but still needs marked improvement.
Since I altered the regular French manicure on this one, I’ll have to try another stencil with a “standard” French manicure and see if there is any redemption for these wack little “almost sticker” contraptions which do an incredible job of leading you to believe your nails will look amazing once you have these tiny nail art design tools. ALL LIES.
Nope, I’m still completely unimpressed…. so on to the photos:
Sinful Colors “Easy Going” tips &
OPI “Malaysian Mist”
I could have kept this French manicure variation for a little while. It was a nice little deviation from my “all bright everything” preference in polish these days. But the stencil and the silver wrecked it for me.
So, Viv?? do you still like these stupid stencils?? lol
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