O.P.I. - Live and Let Die

This lovely polish from O.P.I. was a gift from my husband, who continues to impress me with his taste in nail polish. Live and Let Die is really quite beautiful! As always, I say my pictures do not do it any justice, but I will show you anyway.

These photos were taken a few weeks ago, before I had to chop off my nails. They're nearly back to their regular length now (praise the polish goddesses). 

My favorite part about this polish is that in normal room lighting, it's just a super shiny dark green, but in the sun it gets all glowy and golden and is just lovely! 

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Hard Candy - Beetle

Here's the problem: I have 12  photos of Beetle by Hard Candy. TWELVE. That may not seem like a lot, but I usually struggle to get 5 or 6 good pictures. I took over 30 and I honestly couldn't get it down to any less than 12 photos. I want to show them all in my blog because I think every photo shows something a little bit different in this polish. I know it's not new to most people, and I know many wonderful photos have been taken and shown already. But *whining* these are my photos and I finally got this polish and I'm so proud and and and well, it's new to me so.... HERE:

Needless to say, I absolutely freakin' LOVE Beetle!!! These photos show two coats over black. I wonder how it would be over other colors? Hmmmm... You know, I love this polish so much it almost makes me angry! Haha I think everyone should have a polish in their lives that is so damned gorgeous that it makes them angry.

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China Glaze - Water You Waiting For + Art

Today's post features Water You Waiting For from China Glaze. This is a gorgeous blue glitter. I'm always hesitant with finer glitters... I tend to assume they will all just look the same. Then I get one, use it, and I'm usually wrong! Such was the case with Water You Waiting For. The pictures show four coats for complete opacity, plus a top coat.

The glitter reminded me so much of actual water that I decided to throw some under-the-sea-inspired nail art on top!

The colors I used for the art were Make Some Noise (China Glaze), Arizona (Zoya), Exotic Green (Sinful Colors), and Alpine Snow (O.P.I.)

I am pretty happy with how cute these turned out! And I am definitely also happy that I was actually inspired to do some artwork. 

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L.A. Girls 3D Effects - Purple Effect

I finally ended my search for a purple holo! *dance dance dance* Recently I stopped at a Rite Aid and sort of avoided looking too closely at the nail polish section (attempting a no-buy month!).. but the glittery, holo-y goodness of the 3D Effects display drew me right in! At only 4.99 a piece I couldn't really resist this beauty and quickly grabbed the Purple Effect!

Next time I wear it, I'll probably use some purple underwear for more opacity...but DAMMIT HOW PRETTY IS THIS?! I don't have many holos, so I'm not sure how the quality of this guy holds up comparatively, but I couldn't be happier. The pictures show two very easily applied coats (it's basically a jelly formula) and a top coat. The holo is even pretty holo-y indoors. Pretty exciting if you ask me!

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