Before the break!

Hi Everyone!  I've got a super pretty mani I did before the dreaded break!  I think we all know I am in love with textured polish--yes IN LOVE with textured polish.  And unlike a man so far I have not had one that's let me down!  Awhile back I got a few textureds from Forever 21 and the Purple/Gold one is so freaking gorgeous!  At first site it almost looks like a dupe of OPI Alcatraz Rocks but NOPE they are different so you need both of them!

Look at all that dark purple sparkle!  Oooooh Ahhhhhhh!

I stamped using China Glaze Passion (my favorite gold on the planet, probably the universe) with SA02

I can't wait for my nails to grow to this length again either dang it!

Here's a shot without any overhead lighting--still gorgeous!

I just cannot believe how much I love these textureds!  At first I thought I would hate them--I'm so glad I opened my eyes!

How about you??? Are you a lover or a hater??

Autumn Nails

Hi Everyone!  Holy cow did I have a major fail of a mani this morning!  I worked on a gradient for today's AIS challenge theme which is Autumn Nail and what I fully expected to turn out glorious and beautiful was a hot sucktastic mess!  Good lord it was ugly.  My friend James always tries to say I have no fails but I think we all know I have had some major fails!  I was able to recover this fumble though (how do you love that football analogy for football Sunday???) and do something I think is quite lovely.

The colors I chose today are Nails Inc Hamstead Gardens--one of those pretty "ugly" colors and Zoya Pepper and Toni.

Here's the craptastic gradient and stamping first

Yikes this is just a hot mess!  I didn't even clean up that great since I knew it wasn't staying on!

I did like how my thumb turned out though and I thought of doing the same gradient again with different stamping 

But I didn't!

Here's the ever elusive and rarely seen in the wild right hand--the one I refer to as my "man" hand.  I had stamped over the left and then realized I should have taken some pics of just the lovely Fall skittle!

Nails Inc Hamstead Gardens is that mustardy/baby poop yellow.  It's perfect for Fall!  The ring is Zoya Toni and really nice bordeux and the swear is Zoya Pepper--the perfect brick red!

I stamped using SA-02 with China Glaze Passion

I think it still says "Autumn" and it definitely looks better as a skittle rather a gradient!

I really like my new set of SA plates from Aliexpress.com!!

While the distinct difference between Zoya Pepper and Toni is harder to tell with the stamping over it, this mani is much better in my eye than the gradient.

Here's the Before and After shots though--YOU be the judge!

Heading over to a friend's for the Packer game!!!!  Hope my mani brings the Pack good luck!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!