Layla Cosmetics CE-52 AKA "The Butterfly Effect"

Hi everyone, how are you doing?  It has been so miserably cloudy here in "Sunny Florida" for the past few weeks, which is especially depressing when you happen to need the sun to capture beautiful photos of nail polish...But fortunately yesterday we got sun for a few hours and I was able to get some lovely shots of this awesome polish from Layla Cosmetics.  I saw this in Ulta sitting all by its lonesome, and knew I had to have it!   Purple is my absolute favorite color, and I go wild for anything with a rainbow effect, which makes this polish the bomb.  I have never heard of this brand, so I tried to research it some more.  I guess because it is a foreign brand, there isn't much on it out there.  I was able to find only a couple reviews of this polish.  Now on to mine!

Okay, so technically I wrote the top paragraph a few days ago...and got distracted by wanting to build a light box again, which I will hopefully talk about after I finish it tonight!
I have never owned a "Jelly" polish, until now.  I didn't know it was a jelly until I started painting, and noticed the thinness of it.  Instead of using a base color, I applied 3 coats of the polish.  I really love it.   The purple is amazing, the flakies are rainbow-tastic, and there is tiny pink glitter all over the place!  What more could a girl ask for?

Its amazing what using a top coat will do, I am not so tedious with caring for my non photographed hand.  I have had this polish on for about 5 days, due to the lack of sunlight, and my photo hand is doing great!  However, the non photo hand is looking a bit ragged...

Well, the forecast says sunny everyday for the next week or so, and I am beyond excited to paint my nails!  Sorry if this post has been a bit frantic!  Enjoy the photos!  :)

OPI Its My Year

Happy New Year everyone!!!  I bought this purple polish from OPI a while back, but it never felt like the right time to use it.  Until now!  Recently I got these nail art glitter/rhinestone wheels from Bundle Monster, and thought I might try to use some.  It was actually pretty easy to get these little guys on.  Unfortunately it is overcast today, and I had to use artificial light.  I think it worked out though!   Normally I don't look at the name of the polish I am using until I sit down to write a post, and today when I looked at the bottom of the bottle I saw "Its My Year", and thought it was perfect!  Hopefully it will be my year, and everyone else's too!  

This is Halloween Challenge: Jack O' Lanterns

Hello to all!  As I have said I am new to the world of nail art and have been trying every polish and polish product I can get my hands on.  Unfortunately something I am using is not being good to my nails.  For the first time ever I am having issues with the tips of my nails peeling.  I have been cleaning up my excess polish using an angle brush dipped in pure acetone to clean up around my cuticles, and I am thinking that could be the cause of my weak nails.  I am bad at keeping up with the cuticle care, so I am going to make a real effort to do it routinely and see if that helps.  I don't know about giving up the pure acetone.  It just makes everything so easy!  I will do some more researching, and experimenting, and I will definitely share my results!  Now on to the challenge!

I just got back from vacation last night, so I am a day late, but I have the Jack O' Lanterns done!  I am really proud of the way they have turned out.  While on my trip I stopped at a Rite Aid and picked up some orange polish, so I don't have to mix my own again, and of course I got a few others.  One of the others I picked up is the purple I used for my design today.  It is "I Love You" by Sinful Colors.  For the faces I used Sinful Colors nail art polish in "Time Off".  I am really happy and proud of myself for how these Jack O' Lanterns turned out!  I also have to share my bargain find!  I bought another Sinful Colors polish named, "Serena And Chloe" and when the clerk scanned it the polish rang up for 0.49 cents!  Can you believe that?  Its my best bargain yet!

This is my right hand, I am a lefty so this is my better hand!

Right hand!  

This is polish before the faces.  I used Sinful Colors "I Love You"

Sinful Colors "I Love You"