Day 2, GOLD

Well, Day 2 of the Advent Calendar Mail Challenge is just not working for me... 

Today's theme is GOLD, Gold may be my least favorite nail polish color. That could be why the only gold I have is the mini Goldeneye from the OPI Skyfall collection. Now, I am an OPI girl. As far as I am concerned, they can do no wrong. Right? WRONG! Goldeneye did not impress me at all! It seemed a little thick, and hard to apply evenly. Even with two thick dabbed on coats, the coverage wasn't great. Part of the problem may have been that it is a mini bottle. It seemed hard to get out of the bottle...and clean up was such a Bi+(h that I finally just gave up! Oh well, one disappointing color out of hundreds is not bad odds!

I tried to make it a little better with some color and some nail art. I like how the holly leaves came out, and I like the red on the gold glitter. Once again, no sun today, so pics are inside with flash and outside in the shade.

Day 1, RED!

I know that I have been quiet lately, but hopefully December will be a more exciting month around here! Starting today, I am going to be doing the Advent Calendar Challenge from Happy Hands Nail Polish. 

Day one, as you can see, is RED! I decided to try out a new Chirality polish called Bloodshot. I am absolutely IN LOVE with all of the Chirality colors, and Bloodshot does not disappoint! It covers well in one coat, but I prefer two. The holo sparkle is just stunning. I just can't stop looking at my nails when I wear this polish. You can check out Chirality here https://www.facebook.com/chiralitypolish, you will not regret it!

So, even as beautiful as the Bloodshot is alone, I have trouble wearing just one color! I chose to add a thin silver 'racing stripe' that reminds me of tinsel!

The sparkle is outstanding! It is hard to really capture it in a picture. Unfortunately, there was no sun to be had today, so all pictures were done with artificial light. 

Day 1 accomplished. Wanna take bets on how long this will last?! Stop back by tomorrow and see if I can stay committed!

My First Deborah Lippmann!

Every time I try out a new brand of polish, I swear that it is my new favorite. Last night, I may have just found my VERY favorite! I picked up Stairway to Heaven by Deobrah Lippman because of a deal at beauty.com. If I made a purchase, I would receive DL Across The Universe for free. I needed a neutral glitter that would go with anything, so I ordered the Stairway to Heaven, but was SUPER excited about the free Across The Universe. Needless to say, I was very sad when I received notification that the ATU was out of stock and my freebie was not going to be...

Because of the bad experience, I put the Stairway to Heaven up on my shelf and kind of forgot about it. It was not what I REALLY wanted, so I was not going to play with it. Sometimes I really do feel like I am still 5 years old!

In the mean time, I have been waiting for the OPI Bond collection. I was only going to get two of the colors, but when I saw them in person, I had to get just a few more. Like 8 of them...

Anyway! Last night, with a little eenie, meenie, miney, mo, I chose to test out the Casino Royal. It it is named after one of my favorite moves after all.! It was my first choice from the begining, and it did not disappoint! It is an amazing plum/purple/burgandy cream that covered perfectly in two coats. As beautiful as it is though, I cant just wear one polish! So, I was off to find a glitter that would complement this lovely shade.

There, on my way too full nail polish shelf, was my never used, basically forgotten about Stairway To Heaven. 

Meh...ok. I guessed it would work...

OMG! This stuff is AMAZING! Tons of irridescent rainbow glitter swimming in a clear base. It is like wearing little rainbows on my nails!
You can actually see the rainbows reflected on my hand!
The down side of all of this fabulousness is that I COULD NOT get a good picture of it. The best ones are the blurry pictures that really show off the sparkle.

Oh well, I guess this means that I will just have to try this manicure again...SOON!

Christmas Polish!

I finally did it! I opened and Etsy store! I have my Christmas polishes for sale now!

I have a couple great bloggers lined up for reviews and I hope to have my own swatches up soon!

I never realized how nervous I would be! I LOVE my polishes, and I just hope you do too! 

www.etsy.com/shop/FlashYourTips

That's a Winner!

I have a BASEBALL themed manicure to show off tonight! With the Cardinals in the playoffs and doing SO well, I decided to use the team colors as an inspiration for an indie polish of my very own! For the first round (we will call it the Day Game Mani), I used OPI Alpine Snow as a base, then my very own Flash Your Tips Birds on the Bat on top!

I liked the way this looked, but felt the Birds on the Bat needed something...MORE GLITTER! So, back to the lab for a new batch...

Next, I decided to do a Night Game Mani.

 This is Birds on the Bat (with MORE GLITTER) over Maybelline's Impeccable Greys. 

Now this is more like it. Lots of glitter, and I love the way it looks over the darker color base. 

So, the Cardinals are winning, Birds on the Bat is a success, and my nails look great! It is a good day!

Next on the blog, I will be showing off my blog giveaway wins! Stay tuned!

Pinks Please!

If you have somehow missed it, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is the month when it seems that the whole world has turned pink! Due to the loss and suffering of some good friends, this month holds a special place in my heart. And well, pink IS my favotite color! So, when OPI releases their BCA nail polish, I get pretty excited. It is PINK, it is SPARKLY, and it is for a good CAUSE! What more can I ask for?

Unfortunately, this time, I was not too impressed. The duo is a very pretty pale pink and a nice sparkly glitter. The both look amazing in the bottle. The pink, I Think In Pink,  is very pale. It took three coats just for it to have any opacity at all. It is a pretty color, just a little too subtle for my taste. 

So, I did some layering with You Glitter Be Good To Me. This definitely helped. This polish has great coverage and tons of glitter! It contains a nice medium sized bright pink hex glitter, and small pink/gold glitter

But it still needed something...

So I added another layer of I Think In Pink over the glitter. It makes a nice glitter sandwich and finally achieved the opacity and beautiful pink color I was looking for!

 Finally!

OPI You Glitter Be Good To Me

OPI I Think In Pink

 Even though I am not CRAZY about either of these colors on their own, I think they will be great for mixing up with some different colors. One plus, I got a cute little OPI bag for buying the set. And of course, it is PINK!

THIS is Halloween!

After being so pleased with my first bottle of Dollish Polish (Whats This, Whats That?), I was very excited to try This is Halloween.  I wanted this one to be very Halloweenie, so I started with two coats of Sinful Colors Courtney Orange. Then came ONE coat of This is Halloween. 

This polish is just amazing. It had TONS of glitter and covers so well. I was initially disappointed that all of the gilitter is very small flecks, but I got over that quickly. I think it just adds to the beauty here. With green, black, gold and orange flecks, it really defines Halloween. Next I want to try this over a brown. Maybe OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know!