Mermaid Monday!

I've decided to start a blog special! I love fantasies and fairy tales--and the mermaid is a unique make-believe creature that inspires amazing nail art! So I am going to start doing Mermaid Mondays! Some will be nail art or patterns, others will just be a mermaid inspired color. I may not be able to do one every Monday, but I will certainly do my best!

So, without further ado, the very first Mermaid Monday! Today's design is inspired by mermaid scales. The grey is sleek and underwater-ly (if that's a word); and the green is the mermaid's tail. (Polish and technique after pictures).

For the base I used OPI Mermaid's Tears. Over the ring finger, I layered on China Glaze Hook And Line. For the scales I used Zoya Opal. Opal just gave it a glittery look, and that wasn't exactly how I wanted it; so I covered them in Essie Matte About You. I think the matte really makes the manicure. It makes them look much less glittery, and more like actual sacles. They definitely still catch the sunlight; but there's a hint of mystery--much like a mermaid.

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Another Summer 2012 Collection from Essie!

The Poppy-razzi isn't the only collection coming out from Essie! The next collection for summer is coming out June 1st! All Tied Up seems a little dark for summer, but I think it looks amazing--kind of a sunset color, or something sweet, which is definitely summer!

Magic!

These pictures do them so much injustice...It was so wonderful, but the camera just couldn't capture it. It's really bad. But I hope they are not  that bad--I did my very best. They don't even look that matte...but they are.
But my nails really do look magical! I did a layer of Zoya Opal over OPI Planks A Lot and the matte-ified it with Essie Matte About You. Magic--I mean MAGIC. It looks like fairies, it looks like flutters, it looks like scales, it looks like magic! (I know I've said that a lot, and I hate to be repetitively redundant, but thus are adjectives--there's only one word to describe certain things). The Opal wants to glitter, but the matte stops it. Just like fairy mischief. I am juts in love with this! From some angels you just see the purple, and then you turn your hand and there is where the magic falls!
The pictures all just made me so sad with how they looked...No justice. If you have these colors, try for yourself! Indulge in the splendor! It looks so much different in person! I included a picture with some nails tipped, so you can see where the magic hides. there is more of a muted iridescence in real life that just doesn't show.
I am a fan of all things fairytales, so this manicure agrees with me. =) Love!

                                

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Essie Mirror Metallics Preview

I am so excited for this collection! I love metallics!

Left to Right: No Place Like Chrome, Blue Rhapsody, Nothing Else Metals, Good As Gold, and Penny Talk.
I love the names!

I'm most excited for Penny Talk--it's hard to find copper! What shade are you most looking forward to?

They don't have a release date as of yet, but I hope it's soon!

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