Thanksgiving Manicure. Bring On The Tryptophan!

So, these are the things that I am most looking forward to eating on Thanksgiving. Turkey, pumpkin pie and mashed potatoes are going to be consumed in quantities that would shock a competitive eater.

And yes... I am going to eat the Pillsbury dough boy. He is fast. But, I am faster! Muuuhahahaha.... (that is supposed to be an evil laugh)


After I am done. I will need some of these.

I am ready for Thanksgiving dinner!! Bring it on!! *adjusting my turkey eating pants*


PS On a nail polish note! The base color is Orly's Enchanted Forest. It's two coats. This green is gorgeous!! Definitely not black. Very nice. The Turkey is Ginger balls (oops) OPI Ginger BELLS from the new holiday collection. The mashed potato bowl is Sally Hansen Nasturitum. Pillsbury dough boy's eyeballs are OPI Dating A Royal. The rest of the colors are blended.

Welcome to the Jungle Zebra Konad

This is the image that has been in my head while wearing this manicure. Axl Rose sitting on a zebra's butt. You know where you are??? You're in the jungle baby!

This is a basic zebra manicure. Basic? yes. Boring? NO! Zebra manicures never seem to get old. :) I used OPI stars in my eyes and konad plate m57 with black special polish. This is on day THREE!! I can't believe I kept a manicure on for three whole days.

Nubar Purple Rain, Prince and Laundry

Today's color is the gorgeous Nubar Purple Rain. So, I had Prince stuck in my head all day! This is a very good thing. The whole day was spent doing laundry and Prince helped me through it. The pics were taken in my laundry room. So, they don't really capture how pretty this color is. It didn't matter anyway. I've been testing out Poshe top coat. It isn't doing it for me. It gets so many dents in it while it's trying to dry! I think I'll stick to my beloved Seche vite! Nail polish is so very fickle. One person's holy grail of top coats is another person's holy poo! :)

Maybelline Poptimistic ~ Glad To Be Green

This is the new green from the Maybelline "Poptimistic" collection. It is a pretty shade. I do find it a teensy, weensy bit too frosty. I loved the color but the frosting was weird... Now, the frosting I used for the background is PERFECT. YUM...... (oh yes, that is funfetti frosting)

Scrangie: China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns!

Scrangie: China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns!

Oh wow! :) Scrangie is amazing. She could make me want to buy just about any shade with her amazing pictures. I'm so excited for this collection now that I've seen her swatches!!

Antique China Glaze Dusk and New Hard Candy Hot Pants

This is an old china glaze I found at a beauty supply. It was so gunky I had to use about 10 gallons of thinner to revive this beauty! I felt like jazzing it up a bit and added hard candy hot pants glitter as a top coat. Wow! I feel like I have little jewels on my nails. :) Plus, it helped to disguise the not very well blended silk wrap on my badly damaged middle nail.

Weezer Pinkerton / Hiroshige Night Snow At Kambara Mani

I love this artwork for two reasons. 1. It's gorgeous 2. It's the inspiration for the cover art of Weezer's Pinkerton album! :)

Pinkerton came out in 1996. It is an amazing album. The artwork is by Hiroshige. The title of the piece is "Kambara Yoru no Yuki" or "Night Snow at Kambara." The original artwork is in the Ukiyo-e genre. They used woodblocks to print their designs.

Ouch! OPI Glove You So Much On Nubbins...

I was moving the couch so I could clean under it and I snapped two nails off. My middle nail broke so low that I had to repair it. The funny thing is that I had my file out last night to rock nubbins again! I guess my mind was made up for me.... The color is OPI Glove You So Much from the new Holiday collection.

Musical Manicure Madness!

Can you guess what awesome band inspired today's manicure?? I'll give you a hint. They have a new album out called Raditude that is only $3.99 on Amazon.. It's WEEZER! :)

Above is the mani after I added the little Weezer insignia. :) Each nail was inspired by a different Weezer album. L-R The Green Album (pure ice wild thing,) Make Believe (colorama black,) The Blue Album (random sally hansen franken) and The Red Album (OPI thrill of brazil.)

Here is it without the W's.

New Finger Paints Holiday Colors

Evergreen Dream is exactly what it's name implies, a dream! It is a perfect green shimmer. You can almost smell the conifers when you wear this color. This is two coats with no top coat.
Icy Iris. Can you say hubba hubba?? This is a really pretty purple. I swear I see a slight duochrome in the bottle. Alas, on the nail it isn't visible. Darn! This color is something between a small glitter or a large shimmer. Is that a glimmer.... glitmer.. shitter? :)
I compared icy iris to a few colors. Left to right: LA Colors Rock Star Groupie, Nicole by OPI black to the future, OPI Ink and then icy iris.

Decked with Dazzle is an okay color. I give it a 7 out of 10. It's a little sheer and a little mauve. The glimmer in it is gorgeous and saves this color from being boring.

This is for my awesome blog followers. I appreciate you taking the time to check out my little blog. May the Weezer snuggie keep you warm and toasty!

OPI You Don't Know Jacques and Square Nails!

This is a great color. I can't believe I didn't pick it up until this past week. Oh Jacques!! Where have you been all my life? :)

I hacked my nails and said good-bye to the squoval shape. We'll see how long it takes for the squared corners to break! :)