Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by a City

Welcome to another edition of Twinsie Tuesday!  Today's theme is inspired by a city.  I attempted two manicures with full nail art to represent LA and they both came out terribly.  So on to plan B!  I could randomly pick a polish from my OPI drawers and I'd have a 50:50 chance that I'd end up choosing a city themed polish, so that's exactly what I did.  So now I present to you OPI Midnight in Moscow!

Midnight in Moscow was from OPI's Russian collection released in Fall 2007 (I can't believe it's been almost 10 years!).  It's a vampy coal color based polish with molten deep red shimmer.  It has that glow from within look that I love.  I believe this one is still apart of OPI's core collection, so you should be able to find it easily in stores!

This is 2 coats.

Be sure to check out what the other Twinsies have come up with!

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Twinsie Tuesday - Coffee

Hi everyone! Time for Twinsie Tuesday!  Today's theme is coffee.  I was stumped for a while about what I could do besides plain brown.  None of my stamping plates have anything coffee related and my free hand skills need some work.  Then I thought about latte/cappuccino art!

So I brought out my Uber Mat and did some dry marble decals because I couldn't find my latex lol. These aren't quite as uniform as latte art and ended up looking more like stirring cream into coffee.  I kind of like how they came out, but the brown feels like it clashes with my skin.  I'd definitely do it again with different colors.

For this look you need:

• Dark brown polish. I used Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme
• Light tan/cream polish. I used OPI You're So Vain-illa
• Toothpick
• Plastic ziploc bag or Uber Mat.  I've even seen some people use those silicon baking sheets.
• Quick dry top coat.  I used KBShimmer Clearly On Top.
• Nail File
• Scissors
• Acetone and clean up brush

How I did it:

1. Paint a square the size of your nail with the dark brown polish on your plastic bag or Uber Mat.  Make sure it's a thick coat and opaque.  Dab it on if you have to.
2. Drop a few drops of the tan polish on the the wet dark brown.
3. Using your tooth pick swirl and make any design you want while everything is completely wet.
4. Let sit for a while and then paint your quick dry on top.  Don't be neat, get it all outside the "lines" to make it easy to peel off.
5. After everything is dry peel off your decals.  Paint a nail with top coat and place the decal on top.
6. Press down and using your nail or a cuticle stick, press down around the cuticle and file the edge of your nail to get the excess decal off.
7. Clean up around the edges with your acetone and clean up brush
8. Top it all off with top coat!

Be sure to check out what the other Twinsies did!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Twinsie Tuesday - Mix and Match

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  It's been a while since I've been able to participate in Twinsie Tuesday, but things have calmed down, and I'm getting back on track.  I love Twinsie Tuesday because it often pushes me out of my comfort zone with nail art.

That said, today is all about mixing and matching.  I decided to use some nail vinyls that I have.  It was my first time and I think it came out pretty well!

For this look I used:
-A black polish
-Dreamland Lacquer (formerly Smitten Polish) I Made a Promise **
-Whats Up Nails Vinyls
-OPI I Snow You Love Me
-Quick Dry Top Coat

**I Made a Promise was sent by Dreamland Lacquer for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Be sure to check out the other Twinsies!!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by the Season

Hi everyone!  I've been taking a bit of a blogging break, but I'm back today with a Twinsie Tuesday mani inspired by the season.  I decided to go with a fall inspired look because the weather here in LA has been anything but fall like!

I went with a glitter gradient and it didn't quite come out how I envisioned (the base is to dark for my taste), but I kind of like it.

For this look I used:

• China Glaze Free Bear Hugs (from the Fall 2015 The Great Out Doors Collection)
• China Glaze Electrify (from the Hunger Games Collection)
• OPI Thrills in Beverly Hills Top Coat

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by a Hobby/Interest

Hi everyone!  I'm late to Twinsie Tuesday today.  It's been a crazy few days and add jury duty on top of that, but better late than never right?

Today's theme is all about hobbies and interests besides polish.  Aside from collecting (or hoarding) polish and painting my nails, I love to read.  I always have since I learned how.  When it was bed time I'd read under the covers with a flash light, read while eating breakfast and dinner, I'd even get in trouble because I'd turn on the shower and stand there reading because I just had to get through one last chapter before getting ready for school.  I'm not quite that bad now, but I still read quite a bit.
So today's mani is "newspaper nails."

I started off with a base of OPI I'm so Vain-illa.  This one is a bit streaky, so make sure to wait between coats.  This is 3 coats.

I then cut up pieces of news paper.  Apparently I ran out of rubbing alcohol, so I had to improvise with vodka.  Just put a piece of the cut out newspaper on your nail and soak it with alcohol (or vodka).

Don't forget to check out the Twinsies' hobby nails!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Marisa at Polish Obsession

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Claire at Kerruticles

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Twinsie Tuesday - Ocean Inspired

Hi everyone!  Welcome to another edition of Twinsie Tuesday!  Today's theme is ocean inspired, so I decided to take this time to practice my nail art.  It didn't come out perfectly, but I wouldn't call it a complete fail.  Living close to the ocean on the west coast, we get to see the sun set over the ocean, so I decided to go with that and added a little island and palm tree.  Here's how it came out(I really wanted to mattify it, but of course my precious Essie Matte About You has gone missing):

Polishes Used:

• China Glaze Givers Theme
• China Glaze Snow
• China Glaze For Audrey
• China Glaze Stoked to be Soaked
• Great Lakes Lacquer The Triathlon Trainer
• OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian

Be sure to check out the other Twinsies and their ocean inspired nails!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Sally Hansen Edgy Creme and OPI Thrills in Beverly Hills - Throwback Thursday

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've done Throwback Thursday so today I'm bringing it to you double time with not one, but 2 throwbacks!

For this look, I used Sally Hansen Edgy Creme which is one of those pretty ugly colors, but I love these kinds of cameo sage greens.  I'm crossing my fingers for some shades like these in the fall.  I can never get enough!

I then layered OPI Thrills in Beverly Hills on top.  This throw back is a top coat with an antique gold shimmer/micro flakes.  This top coat is a black label and is originally from the Shopping Around the World Collection, Holiday 2005.

And a bonus picture with the OPI bottle.

If you haven't already, don't forget to enter the giveaway me and some other bloggers have going on!  You could win $200 or $40 in PayPal credit.  You can spend it on polish or whatever else you want! There's a link in the side bar or click here to enter! 

Twinsie Tuesday - Revisit

Hi everyone! Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Revisit, so all us twinsies are going back to themes past that we haven't participated in and revisiting the theme.  I'm choosing a theme from before my time as a twinsie: First Polish Posted on Your Blog.  (Insert Xzibit "Yo Dawg" meme about revisiting here.)  I thought I'd do this theme since I recently had my 5th year Blogiversary (June 6th) and just let it pass by without really acknowledging it.

And now I present to you OPI DS Glow.  It's a beautiful shimmery polish with bits of bronze, copper and gold.  I used 2 coats.  I'm not sure if it's discontinued, but it's pretty easily available online.

And if you'd like to check out how far I've come since starting this blog, check out the original post!

Check out what themes the other Twinsies picked out and also don't forget to enter my giveaway (you could win $200 or $40 PayPal cash!).

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Throwback Thursday: The Original OPI My Private Jet

Hi everyone!  I'm a little behind on swatching, but it's been so long since I've done a Throwback Thursday post that I'm going to play "hookie" and do one anyway.  I love wearing my oldies.

OPI's My Private Jet is a favorite among collectors and if we were going to do a history of polish it would definitely be more than a foot note.  It originally made it's debut as a part of the OPI Night Brights collection released in 2007.  It was a charcoal holo and it's funny to think about it now how rare black holos were when there are tons of them around now.  Anyways, all of a sudden people were finding My Private Jets that looked very different from the original.  The newer one was more brown, but holo was scattered and not really there and some even had a blue flash.  I don't know what OPI was thinking, but the color of My Private Jet has changed at least 3 times.  The polish is now core and I'm not even sure what it looks like now.  I'm just glad I was able to get an original!

And without further ado, the original My Private.  This is 3 coats.

Do you have My Private Jet?  What reformulated polish do you wish they'd change back?

Twinsie Tuesday - Soft and Feminine

Today's Twinsie Tuesday is all about soft and feminine.  I chose to use my favorite "my nails but better" shade OPI I Theodora You.  It has that translucent look but builds up, isn't streaky and most importantly, hides my stained yellow nails.  I should probably get a back up.  For that extra "dainty" touch I used China Glaze Golden Enchantment.

This is 3 coats I Theodora You with one coat of Golden Enchantment.

Check out the other Twinsies' soft and feminine manicures!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Twinsie Tuesday - Anti-Valentine's Day

Hi everyone!  Today's Twinsie Tuesday post is all about Anti-Valentine's Day.  The first thing that popped in my head to do is a gradient from red to black.  My gradient was a bit of a fail.  This look didn't quite come out like I imagined, but it's growing on me.

For this look I used:
-OPI Big Apple Red (one of my favorite reds)
-Wet n Wild Black Creme
-Nicole by OPI Pitch Black Shimmer (this one is a black glitter and hard to find, sorry!)

Check out the other Twinsies' interpretations!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas