CND "Oilslick" + Laser Tape + OPI "Solitaire" =

ONE COATER ALERT!!!!

This CND polish had an amazing formula and this is just one single coat. The formula on this polish is amazing! 

So what do you think of this mani? 

The tape is sold for cents on Ebay or Amazon. It's very easy to use, just takes a little extra time. 

Have you ever used or would you try laser tape? 

Pretty In Pink and Purple Mani

To see how I prep for each mani and what kinds of basecoats I use, visit my NAIL CARE PAGE at the top of my blog. 

For this mani I used: 

CND Pink Wishes 

layered with CND Pink Wishes Pearl

and an accent finger with Wet N' Wild It's All In The Cut

I used Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat over all of it

and moisturized my cuticles with oil after. 

It's hard to see the pearl effect in photos, but it's quite stunning in person. 

It makes me wanna wag my tail: NAIL MAIL!!!!!!! Cult Nails, Ebay, Swaps, Stash Shots and a Negative MyGlam Review

WOW!!! All this mail on one day?!?! I felt like it was my birthday.

Remember the cracked bottle of Cult Nails Captivated I showed you guys last week? Well I emailed them and Maria said she'd ship me out a new bottle. Upon opening the package I was surprised and delighted to find that Maria sent a bottle of the Limited Edition Seduction instead of a replacement of my Captivated. SCORE!!!! I have a friend shipping me a new lid for the cracked bottle which is still completely use-able with a new lid. No complaints from me on the mix up. 

Here's a couple items I can cross of my WISHLIST. They were sent to me by my friend Cherie from Enchanting Cosmetics. 

OPI Did It On 'Em 

OPI Super Bass Shatter

From the OPI Nikki Minaj Line 2011

I received MyGlam Bag last week. The reason you didn't see the contents posted on my blog, is because half of them were missing. Yep...they gave me a half empty bag with items listed on the card that weren't there. So I mailed them and they said they would send replacement items in 1-2 weeks. Lame. That does nothing to make up for their mistake. Personally, I think they should have mailed the missing items and refunded my $10 for the month. OR they could have mailed out a whole new replacement bag. Just saying. 

Here are some nail polish wipes I ordered off eBay. They were less than $5. They are WAY TOO SMALL. I'll stick to cut up felt. I used these to remove regular ol' polish today. No glitter or art. It took me like ten of them. 

NOW, Last but not least, check out this swap from my friend Gina. Oh my gosh. She literally brought tears to my eyes. She said she was sending me a bottle of Revlon from my wishlist. Look at all this wonderful swag she sent!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever met someone, and right away, you feel like you've known that person forever? That's Gina. I feel like Gina and I are kindred spirits. She's sweet. She's funny. She's thoughtful. And could she have  been a more perfect polish present picker??? I loved all this great stuff. 

Look  at all these gorgeous colors she sent. WOW!

How thoughtful was she to add to my collections? 

Here's my CND Duos so far. I love these sets. I love to layer and these are perfect. 

Here is my Hard Candy collection so far. 

Here's my OPI collection. Pretty small. I'm not a huge OPI fan. Every now and again I see something original I like. I know some people are addicted to OPI but I don't think they are the best game in polish. They are easily duped. So easily, that they dupe themselves. 

The END

2 Part Vday Mani: Part 1: Layering

Before Glitter

CND Just Red

After Glitter

CND Red Sparkle

For this mani I used:

• Basecoat
• 2 coats of red
• 2 coats of red glitter
• 1 layer of topcoat
• Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!