China Glaze Blue Years Eve

Well today is New Years Eve so I decided it would be appropriate to use China Glaze's Blue Years Eve! I pretty much love all blue polish and this one looked so pretty in the bottle I had to have it. I was a bit disappointed with the texture of this one, it was jellyish and squishy and took 3 coats to get full opacity. I was expecting it to be like Glittering Garland but it wasn't. I actually got so frustrated during the application I almost stopped and took it off! I am glad I left it on because it really is gorgeous so I think it was worth the aggravation. I topped it with Love & Beauty's "Navy" which is a blue micro glitter with large silver hex glitter. I am not sure how much I am digging the glitter top coat though, although it does feel very festive...kinda like confetti on my nails. Happy New Years Eve everyone, I hope 2012 brings Prosperity, Health and Happiness to all of you! xoxoxo~Rach

Here it is on it's own

and here it is with the glitter top coat

Essence Just Rock It! w/ Love & Beauty "Blue/Green" on top!

I picked up some Love & Beauty polishes at Forever 21 this past weekend and I wanted to show you the one they call Blue/Green/ I saw in in the bottle and it had an amazing duochrome so I grabbed the last bottle!  I tried it layered over Essence Colour & Go in Just Rock It.... an amazing deep navy blue. I was so impressed with the gorgeousness of the Love & Beauty! And it was only $2.80! Do you guys own and Love & Beauty polishes? Do you have this one, what do you think? enjoy! xoxoxo~Rach

China Glaze Glittering Garland

Today I have the utterly gorgeous and amazing Glittering Garland from China Glaze. I have absolutely fell in LOVE with this polish, I wore it for almost 3 whole days so that should tell you something. GG is an evergreen jelly base packed with greenish gold glitter/glass flecks. The color is deep and mesmerizing, I could not stop staring at my nails. Application was perfect, no dragging or anything. This is part of the 2011 Holiday collection so if you have not picked it up yet....do it now!!! enjoy! xoxoxo~Rach

Golden Rose Matte Velvet #107

I received this polish from my dear friend Kati who lives in the Netherlands. She always picks out such amazing polishes for me! This time she surprised me with the purple beauty....Golden Rose Matte Velvet #107. I wish Golden Rose would name their polishes instead of just giving them numbers but that does not make this polish any less gorgeous! The formula was amazing on this...so smooth and easy to apply. The finish is different from the OPI Suedes and the Mattes, it has a ton of micro shimmer in it, I know it would look spectacular with a top coat! Thank-you Kati for sending me this beauty! enjoy! xoxoxo~rach

Color Club Antiquated w/ Gingerbread On Top!

It took me a little while but I finally decided on a mani for Thanksgiving! I went with Color Club Antiquated from the Foiled collection and Gingerbread from the Beyond the Mistletoe Collection. This combination is gorgeous!!! Gingerbread is one of the most gorgeous glitters I have ever seen! I can't wait for everyone to be blinded my my gorgeous nail bling tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate <3 xoxoxo~Rach

China Glaze~Wagon Trail

Sorry for such a long absence, I have been going through some personal struggles and I just have not had the time to do any blogging lately. Things are looking up now, though so I will try to post as much as I can :) Today I have China Glaze Wagon Trail from the 2008 Rodeo Diva collection. Wagon Trail is a deep, dark olive green and has quickly become one of my all time favorites! I love dark, rich looking polishes and Wagon Trail certainly does not disappoint! Enjoy!~xoxoxo rach

3o Days of Untrieds~Color Club Sugar Plum Yum

i am so behind on the 30 days of untrieds but I am making an effort today so I am going to show you Color Club Sugar Plum Yum. SPY is from the Holiday scented line. It is a large pruple and smale green hex glitter topper that smells like.....well...Sugarplaums! I used Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten as the base. I am not 100% sure I am loving this mani, I think it is growing on me though. What do you guys think! Enjoy! XOXOXO~Rach

30 Days of Untrieds~ Ozotic 515

For day THREE of the challenge, I have Ozotic 515....a gorgoues holographic blue! This polish makes me sooo happy wearing it. Ozotic is an Australian brand not available here in the US...I ordered mine from a friend who places group orders to keep our prices and shipping low. This is 3 coats, the first coat went on a little streaky and draggy with is consistent of most holo polishes but by the second coat it applied like a dream! I added a third cause you can never have too much holo! Do you guys have any Ozotic? what are your favs? enjoy! xoxoxo~Rach

here are the participating Bloggers! go check them out!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer
Alyssa at Always Polished
Amber at The Polished Momma
Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin at Something Creative
Carly at Lacquered Lover
Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!
Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art
Chelsea at Pretty and Polished
Gwen at Pudgy Nails
Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails
Jacki at Adventures in Acetone
Jamie at Nails Adored
Lindsey at Nailtopia
Natalie at Gems in a Bottle
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Sarah at Lucky Lacquers
Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T
Thalie at Glazed Talons

30 Days Of Untrieds~ OPI Lincoln Park After Dark SUEDE!

Day 2 of the Untrieds challenge is OPI Lincoln Park After dark Suede. I bought this one after seeing it on a blog somewhere. I loved it so much! Purple is my thing! So I have to admit I have never used a SUEDE polish before...I am a suede virgin! I used 2 coats and then I also added some SV {Seche Vite} so I could show you what this looks like "un-sueded". Whatcha think? Do you like it better left suede or shinified??? enjoy! xoxoxo~Rach

and here it is un-sueded! With a top coat!

here are the participating bloggers:

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer
Alyssa at Always Polished
Amber at The Polished Momma
Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin at Something Creative
Carly at Lacquered Lover
Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!
Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art
Chelsea at Pretty and Polished
Gwen at Pudgy Nails
Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails
Jacki at Adventures in Acetone
Jamie at Nails Adored
Lindsey at Nailtopia
Natalie at Gems in a Bottle
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah at Lucky Lacquers
Shaina at Haute Lacquer
Thalie at Glazed Talons

Blogger Challenge....30 Days Of Untrieds

Let me say that I normally run far, far away from any kind of nail polish challenge when it is presented. Why? well for one I am a total control freak, I want to wear what I want when I want to, not because some stinkin challenge says I have to! Second, I am really realizing that my skills in nail art are quite limited and even when I do attempt them, I end up hating the results. Soooo, when my friend Taylor from Nailed To The T suggesting a 30 day challenge of untrieds, I hopped on board. I have too many untrieds and this challenge will give me the control to choose what I want to wear! The first polish I have for the challenge is OPI Cuckoo For The Color. CCFTC is from the amazing Swiss collection. CCFTC is a deep teal shimmer and went on perfect in 2 coats. If you look closely at the pics when they are enlarged you will see the most gorgeous light blue shimmer in this polish. I AM IN LOVE with this color! I am in love with this polish, seriously I don't want to ever take it off! see for yourself how wondrous this polish is

Teal is my second favorite after purple and this polish has stolen my heart~~~~ 

here are the other amazing bloggers participating in this challenge:

Taylor at Nailed To The T

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Caroline at Good Lack,Nail!

Alyssa at Always Polished

Caitlin at Something Creative

Ashley at Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea atAddicted To The Allure Of Beauty

Jamie at Nails Adored

Go check out all the other bloggers posts on this challenge!!!!