Chic Checkerboard

This morning I was watching Fashion Police on E! one of my favorite shows and saw Kirsten Dunst wearing a checkerboard dress.  The panel basically liked it just did not like that you could see the inside lining and it was not dark.  I loved the pattern but thought it was beige and brown but then noticed it was black along the side.  I love the look and then thought how pretty that would look on my nails.  So, off to the polish room.  I used OPI’s Sand in My Suit as the base color then using my Leelac A plate for stamping. the colors I used for stamping were Klean Kolors Metallic Black and Metallic Coffee.  If you  don’t have the Leelac plate, the Cheeky set of 2012 the first set has a checkerboard pattern.  I really like this pattern and can’t wait to really wear it. 















So, getting inspiration can sometimes be hard, where do you get your inspiration from?
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet's Challenge Day 29 Inspired by Another Blogger

The Polish Perfectionist did a manicure very similar to this.  When I saw it.  I loved it.  I changed the colors to the manicure but it is based on the one you will see if you click on The Polish Perfectionist.  I think it is very unique and looks really clean.

 

I used Deborah Lippman Let’s Hear It For the Boy on thumb and pinky.  On index finger I painted it with OPI’s My Boyfriend Scales Walls and dotted with the same Deborah Lippman,  The middle finger is China Glaze Liquid Crystal and the ring finger has Blagger stamped with white using DRK-A plate.  I love this manicure and it is great because you can change it to different colors.  I just love it.
Ciao for now,
Patty

Girls,Girls, Girls

Today I received my Girls Collection Polishes from Deborah Lippman and I am pretty happy with them.  The only thing is that I don’t watch the show so, I really don’t know if the colors match the character.  I remember watching the first show but it didn’t hold my attention and I was still missing my usual Sex and the City girls.  So, I am going to watch some shows on demand and see if it is any better.


This is the packaging the polish come in which is pretty cute and good because I don’t have anymore shelf room for individual polish but for sets I do.  So, I do like that it came in a set.
                                                    

This is Shoshanna.  A blue that tends to have a little lilac in it.  The formula was smooth.  This is three coats with a top coat of Seche Vite.  I am out of my favorite Nubar top coat.









The next one is Marnie.  A soft pink.  This one was a little streaky but was smooth with three coats.  The color reminds me a lot of Butter London Teddy Girl.  I will check to see how close they are.






The next one is Hannah a beautiful green leaning on some teal.  This one is my favorite of the collection.







The last one is Jessa.  A beautiful red.  It is more of a blue red than a purple red.  I wore it tonight and I know this is going to sound weird but it made my hands look like really young and clean I had been swatching most of the day so for my hands to look that good after what I had put them through, it was pretty good.  Another thing I noticed was that it made my hands look thinner and when a polish can do that I loved it.  The formula is really good on this one and I think it is my second favorite of the group.







So that is it.  I am not sure if this is still available.  I did not see it on the Nordstrom website.  I pre-ordered directly from the Deborah Lippman website.  I think it is still available on the Lippman website.  The only pitfall is that they are not sold individually.


Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Mani Using your Favorite Color Day 29

My favorite color is purple.  So I decided to use purples to create this fishtail design.  I used Essie’s Nothing But Metal, Zoya Carly and Zoya’s Dannii.  I love the look of the fishtail design and feel pretty comfortable creating them.  So, I like this one and had fun doing it.







So, there is my entry for today’s challenge.  Did I meet the challenge?
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge My Own Creation Day 27

This is a simple manicure that I would wear for a day of shopping or just hanging around.  It does have some work in it in the fact that I did a gradient.  I love doing gradients and like I have said before mixing colors that are a little off beat, because let’s face it I am off beat.  Just a quick note I  saw a great movie today called Silver Lining Playbook with Bradley Cooper, Robert de Niro and Jennifer Lawrence and all I can say is that it was a great movie.  Life is best served up with a side of crazy.  So, this manicure is low key but I like it and it is what came to me when I did it. 

 

 

 

I used China Glaze Desert Sun and Elephant Walk to create the gradient and then stamped with China Glaze Platinum using my LeeLac plate A.  I love that plate just because it has some really cool designs plus the images are big and I never have to restamp.  So, this is my offering for today.

 

Ciao for Now,

Patty

Glad I Didn’t Miss This One

KB Shimmer’s Blackened Blue was a Black Friday Special.  I did not get on the net that day waiting for Cyber Monday.  On Cyber Monday I was shopping and saw this polish on someone’s website.  I shot Kristi an email and asked if this polish would be out again and she said it would probably be out sometime after the new year.  When I found out it was coming out I think I had to have been one of the first people to order it.  This polish is gorgeous. 

 

 

 

Then I found this really cool ring on eBay and just had to have it.  Then I had to pair it with this polish.



This polish I  so smooth it isn’t funny considering all the glitter in it.  I used one coat of OPI’s Light my Sapphire, it is a really dark blue that looks black.  Then I used one light coat of the Black to Business,  it dried really quickly, then one more coat.  It kind of has the consistency of floam but a little lighter.  I am in love with this polish.  I might need to buy another bottle because it will be used often. My only wish is that I would have taken these pictures later in the day because the sun was so strong the day I took the pictures I took them in a shade and was not able to lighten them as much as I want. A mistake I will remember.  If you look at the first picture that is a true picture of the color of this polish.   If you like dark blues and not over the top bling you have to have this polish.  Believe me you will LOVE it.

Ciao bellas,
Patty

Basilisk Venom by White Owl Lacquer

I had been dying to wear some red nail polish, problem was I wasn’t going to wear red the next day or so I thought.  Then a miracle happened the red sweater that I have been bitching about all winter was suddenly found by my husband.  So, I washed it and it was dry in the morning and ready for me to wear and how exciting finally I was going to wear red polish.  Then, an even bigger miracle happened when this polish I ordered from Owls and Lacquer came it.  The mail has been so slow right now.  So, I was really excited because when I ordered it it was paired with a red polish.  I decided to do a black accent nail since the sweater I was wearing had black interwoven in it.  I kicked ass the next day.  Everyone asked me something about it and Mara was nice enough to send me a little sample of Mooney which is a whole other story that I will share this week.  I’ve just been on a bad sleep schedule because my stupid apnea monitor mask broke and I haven’t been able to sleep.   I am going do a post on that this week anyway here are the pictures of the red glittery mani that I wore last week.











So, I think this polish is just beautiful on the red and black.  I am excited to try it on other colors too.  Tomorrow I will post Mooney because there is a cute story behind it.  I must head to bed to stay on this wonderful schedule that I am finally on and be able to post more than just one post a day everyday.  I am holding back some because I was a little burnt out and don’t want that to happen so just continue on this slow ride and I can entertain you all with something more that just what polish I used.  Oh, for this mani I used the red Die Another Day from OPI and Just Black from Essence a brand that I hope to review this week.

Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 26 Inspired by your country.

Uk,oh.  First let me say these are my opinions and mine only.  If you don’t want to read this post that is fine.  The first thing I want to say is that I would probably not want to live in any other country but the US.  My family has been here for at least eight generations.  There are problems in our country and the fence represents the craziness going on.  Putting up a fence to keep Illegal immigrants out is a joke, but there are fences in other places they are just not visible.  Healthcare, education, housing, and jobs.  Having been a social worker for 20 years I saw people who really needed help unable to get help for one stupid reason or another.  In some way we are all fenced out or in something in this country.  We need to have the fences broken down and stop this.  I just don’t understand how there is money for this and not for that but I don’t see sacrifices on politician's parts.  No one wants to go to med school because of the BS they have to put up with.  More and more junior colleges are going up but what about 4 year colleges.  The admissions are on the decline.  I could go on but it would just end up making me mad so.  Let’s just say that for now there are fences everywhere you can’t see them but they are there.

 

Sorry to be a downer again.
Ciao for now,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Childhood Games day 24

 The one game I can remember playing was Twister and honestly I hated it.  It was an aggressive game and I always got hurt.  I don't know if this game is still on the market but it should be taken off. It seems like fun but as the game would go on people just seemed to get more aggressive.  Sorry this is such a downer but it is all I could remember.

Don't know what the next challenge is but I hope it is more cheerful.

Ciao,
Patty

CRUMPET’S CHALLLENGE Day 21 Merge or Melt

I totally found this last night any realized it was still in draft.  So, this is melt or merge challenge.  I decided to do a merge. Which is basically a gradient.  I was wearing butter London' Old Blighty a dark red.   I decided to try the gradient with the red. I used OPI' S My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  It looked really like something from Valentine's Day, so I stamped with hearts.  It was a risk that appeared to come out all right.

Kimber’s Challenge Letter C

Ok,  I got a good one today.  This is a good color one of my favorites.
It is Cult Nails Cruising Nude.  How many points?  Ok, I know I am playing this game by myself but I am curious to see how far I can go.  Next week is D.  So, I'll see if I come up with something.  I can't be this lucky for too much longer.












Cult Nails Cruising Nude.

Ciao,
Patty