Grape...Set...Match & Servin' Up Sparkle

Let me just say. OMG! I love this polish!! The first swatches I saw I knew I HAD to have it... I proceeded to go to every store that carried O.P.I. and no one had it!! Major bummer.. Even Amazon.com didn't have it for a while!! What was I to do?!? Luckily I spotted it one day and ordered it faster than you can say Grape Set Match three times fast.

It finally arrived yesterday and I couldn't get my old mani off fast enough. It is just a beautiful in person if not more.. I am in love.

Sorry, this is pre clean up

Just so beautiful!

Give Away Alert!

Just wanted to let you know that Nails By Desiré is having a give away. It's filled with a ton of great prizes especially if you like to do nail art. So go check it out! Good luck.

Essie Smooth Sailing

I figured I would break this up into two posts since my storage post was a little long. So here is today's mani. I used two coats of China Glaze Pelican Gray as my base. I used Essie Smooth Sailing (oh how I love that color) for the design and tips. The design was from the new Bundle Monster plates #201.

These pictures are still from my iPhone. I checked out my camera settings as Thalie at Glazed Talons suggested, but I didn't have a macro setting or the other option she referred to. Oh well. Thanks for the advice anyways.  Guess I just need to get a new camera (I am a serious shopaholic so it's not that bad of a thing.. lol)

This color combo reminded me of the mani I did the other day with Zoya Dove and Caitlin. But didn't realize until after I had finished. Oh well I still like it.

Storage Solutions

I finally broke down and purchased some storage for my ever growing collection (I think I may need help...lol). At first I wanted to by a Helmer by Ikea but with its $39 price tag I was a little hesitant. It also seems  kinda big so I don't really know of a place to store it.  However, some fellow bloggers mentioned that Michael's Craft Stores carry another product that works. They refer to it as a Melmer and it is intended for scrapbook storage.

On Friday I got a 50% off coupon in my inbox for Michael's and I knew it was time. The orginal price of the Melmer is $34 but with my coupon it was only $17. Score!  It is a really nice solution for my collection. However, I am not entirely satisfied. The drawers don't have full support rails so if you pull them out too far they can tip and fall... Not too great with a very heavy nail polish collection. And two I have a feeling it won't take me too long to grow out of this. But again for $17 can you really go wrong?

So here are some poor iPhone pictures of my Melmer.

See my thumb supporting this? If it wasn't there the drawer would have fallen out. 

I still need to organize this and I am debating of doing it just by color or by brand and then color. Any suggestions?

I need a new camera...

I have determined that I need a new camera. So far I have been using my iPhone for my mani pics but it does not do them justice. Today I tried using my ancient Nikon Coolpix... OMG! It was worse than my phone, it wouldn't even focus on my nail at a decent distance. Ugh. So here are some crap pictures of my recent manis.

Zoya Caitlin and Dove.. Please ignore the short pointer nail... 

Zoya Faye before clean up.. Isn't just so pretty and sparkly?

Here is the only picture of the stamp I did with Zoya Stacy. 

Happy 4th of July!

This is going to be a quick post. Here is my 4th of July mani. It really bugged me that I did White, Red and Blue, rather than Red, White and Blue. The method behind the madness was I was originally going to use white for stamping and I didn't want the white stamp on the white stripe. Obviously I changed my mind. 

This was Sally Hansen Rapid Red, Wet N Wild Saved by the Blue and China Glaze White on White. The stamp was from a Bundle Monster plate but I cannot remember the number and I used an un-named silver from Hot Topic.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy fourth!

I'm Back! (pic heavy)

I've been on vacation for the past few weeks with no access to a computer so I have not been able to update. However, I did take pictures of the manis I did.

Base: NYC- Times Square Tangerine Creme

Stamp: NYC Penn Station

Hot Topic- No name color changing polish no top coat

Hot Topic with top coat of SV

My Hot Topic Haul. I love the silver for stamping it shows up really well. Unfortunately Hot Topic doesn't name their polishes.

Here is a fail. I tried to free hand a funky french. Didn't turn out too well.

Base: Sally Hansen- Coral Fever

Tips: Sinful Colors- Folly

I went out and bought some scotch tape and the lines for this funky french are a lot crisper.

Base: O.P.I- Play 'Til Midnight

Tips- Hot Topic No name Silver

Base: Hot Topic- No name blue shimmer

Stamp: Sally Hansen Color quick pen Turquoise Chrome

Base: O.P.I- Steady As She Rose

Stamp- O.P.I.- Funky Dunky and Ogre the Top Blue 

Base: Princessa- New Eve At Vegas

Tips: Hot Topic- No Name Blue

Blurred to see the sparkle

This was my entire vacation haul. It does include the last Zoya promo where you buy the Color- Lock System and get the Summertime or Sunshine Collection free. I chose the Sunshine collection. I found a lot of discount polishes which is pretty nice on the wallet. I can't wait to use them. Next though is my 4th of July mani. Hopefully I will be able to post that tomorrow!