OPI Glow-Ink in the Dark and More

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Yesterday, I decided, "To heck with it..." and just cut my nails all the way off again. Bummer, but at least they're even. The good news is that OPI's Halloween glow in the dark nail polish, Glow-Ink in the Dark, showed up, and I got to play with it.

It's supposed to be purple and glow green. It's purple, the glow isn't markedly green. It took a base of matte Alpine Snow and three coats of Glow-Ink in the Dark to be even and opaque. Here it is with a base and a top in the sun.

And here it is glowing.

Not so much green, huh? I still like it - it's purple and glow, so I have no complaints!

On to the more... Today's Nails of the Day! One of the few benefits of cutting my nails is that I get to use the zebra pattern from Konad plate M57. I love that pattern. I decided to make it the mid-80's on my nails, and used Essie Punchy Pink as the base color with Black Konad Special Nail Polish for the stamping. Punchy Pink is a great one - I've used half a bottle this summer. Pictures don't show how really neon it is ("whorish and unwearable," according to one of my male friends!). Last year's are getting hard to find, so if you want one really neon pink, get this one while you can!

That's it for now, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you!

StrangeBeautiful Volume 1

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I've been up and around early this morning, so I decided to do some swatching for you. The good news is I got it done, the bad news is that my pesky left thumb nail popped right of, silk wrap and all, as soon as I removed its old polish. Dangit!!! So, for the first time ever, we have an all-right-hand post today while I decide how short to make them. You'll have to forgive my pictures - I'm not that good at taking pictures of my right hand...

I swatched StrangeBeautiful Volume 1 for you, since I've never seen swatches of them online before. I figured, as long as I'm doing random stuff this week, why not make it unusual stuff? They're all two coats with no top, and none have names (that still unnerves me!). All are cremes.

First is a pretty orchid color.

Plum.

Brown could have used a third coat.

Nifty slightly blue green.

Excellent true blue.

Perfect pumpkin orange.

This red started the line, and might just unseat Dior Poppy as my favorite red.

Cool khaki, my NOTD. This one has a top coat.

My only real criticism is the lack of names! I really like every single color, with the red, orange, and khaki being at the top of the list.

That's all for now, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you!

OPI Boo-Berry & Konad

Good evening, Dear Reader!

I've been trying to think of a good theme for the week, and decided this week will have to be Random Stuff Week. With the Konad haul, new Nubars on the way, and other things, there's just too much varied stuff to show you this week to pick a theme. I also have a surprise for you, I hope for Friday...

So for today, I went with an oldie-but-goody, OPI Boo-Berry. It's the glow-in-the-sark Halloween color from 2007. Again, I used matte Alpine Snow for a base to make it opaque, then I stamped it with two of my new Konad plates using Konad Special Nail Polish in Blue and White.

It's happy, it's chipper, it glows in the dark. What more could I ask for???

That's all for today, Dear Reader. Until tomorrow, love and nail polish to you!