Red and black color blocking funky french tips

• Maybelline - Onyx Rush
• Maybelline - Racy Red
• China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

This was fun! I used striping tape on the top of the blocks and in between them, took some careful brush strokes to make sure I didn't go over the thin tape. But it looks nice, and I like it! Sometimes I think I don't wear red enough.

This mani kinda reminds me of Cruella Deville from 101 Dalmations though. Just needs some white, I think, haha.

I hope to get one of my other cameras going soon, I think they take better photos. My current Sony is the newest but it seems to take some what crappy macros. :/ *pout* I don't know what it is, but the lighting did not want to play nice with this mani. It makes the red seem sort of washed out, it's not. :/

Finger Paint's Santa's Magic on black with gold striping tape

I had originally ordered Santa's Magic from the new holiday collection from Finger Paint's online, so I didn't have much of a realistic idea of how it was going to turn out. Holy moly, it's good stuff though!

First, it's uber holographic. Heavy holo glitter that really looks like snow. Secondly, it IS in a clear base, but it seems like the clear base kind of goes away and the actual glitter ends up adhering to the nail MUCH better than your average glitter. I was surprised I was able to do two coats of Santa's Magic under my gold striping tape line with very little goop/clear base making it unusually thick. (Which usually happens with a lot of glitters, specifically China Glaze's Whirled Away *cough*)

It's just as pretty on the nails as it is in the bottle. Don't you hate when you get a gorgeous polish and it looks like crap compared to what it does in the bottle? Huge pet peeve of mine really. If you're looking for a really gorgeous good quality glitter for the holidays, this would be it. Go get it at your local Sally's!

My guess is that this will probably be similar to the Finger Paints flakies last year and be discontinued sometime in January or at least after the holidays. I got two bottles. >_>

I really need to start getting pics of the bottle! Dang.

Dude. I have no idea why my cuticles are yellow! GAH. I tried Blue Cross cuticle remover that was the only thing I did different! GR. Sorry bout that.

Brown with Gold stripes + white hearts and Zoya's Limited Edition 18K gilty

Love this. I had no idea where I was going with it, it started off as testing my new gold polish I got from a $1.89 Walgreens sale. (Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure brand.) Thought it was too light for my taste, so I thought it was the perfect time to try my striping tape I ordered. Sooo. I added Essie's Little Brown Dress on top of it after applying the tape. In the process of doing this, I smudged the lines a little and I'm a perfectionist. Sooo. I added little white hearts using my white nail polish striper. Thank god for stripers! Heh.

The next day after I had done this mani, my pre order of Zoya's Gilty Pleasures 18K gold flake top coat came in. Perfect timing, as it goes very well with the mani I had did. Of course I had to use it, ended up putting it on my accent thumbs. :-)

Sorry bout the tip wear. I hate Essie polish, it tends to chip fast for me.
Must be a weak formula. :(