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

Crumpet’s Challenge Nature Scene Day 23

Today’s challenge was to come up with a scene from nature.  When I think about nature the first thing that comes to my mind is the ocean.   I love it.  Anytime I can be at the beach I am going to be there.  I love water sports and just floating in the water, then the best thing is going to sleep still feeling the waves of the ocean as they go back and forth and lull you to sleep.












So, there is my offering for today’s challenge
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 22 Fabric

I decided to to a fabric that most people would recognize.  So, I chose Burberry fabric.  It wasn’t that difficult to do if you can keep you hands steady because the fabric consists mainly of strips.  I used cult nails in cruising nude.  Then three stripers black, white one and a red one to create the design.

personally I don’t own anythingi n ths pattern.  I have seen it several times and just pulled up a pictue of it.
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 20 Texture

I love suedes.  They are so versitle.   If you need a fast manicure.  THese are perferct.. THey dry fast an you can also make designs just by adding top coat or you can change the whole loook of the nail by adding top coat.













Have you ever tried suedes?
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 19 Favorite Polish

My favorite polish right now is Victoriana from Butter London.  I love butter London  polishes and this one is so beautiful.  Greenish teal with a slight amount of glitter.


You can wear this with any color and it looks good.  I love this polish it is just beautiful.
Ciao,
Patty

Guest Post Ciate Mainstream and Black Cat Lacquer Strangelove

This the guest post from IHeart Pretty Polish I did on Thursday in case you missed it.

Today I am posting for Essie who has a crisis with one of her nails.

My name is Patty from Patty and Goldie's Day Off and today I have a beautiful polish called Main Stage from Ciate. It is beautiful magenta and the company touts it as "being the color to go with any skin tone" which is a plus if you have sisters, it is easier to con Mom into buying it for you. I only have sisters so I think I have a little experience in this area.
So, let's take a look and see what you think?

The formula on Ciate is wonderful.  I would even venture to say it is better than Butter London.   It smoothes on like cream.  It dries fast and the color is very pigmented.  Two coats and that is it.  To give my manicure a little bling I did an accent nail with Black Cat Lacquer Strangelove.  A magenta glitter with lavender, magenta and black glitters.  I had never used black cat and was really amazed at the way it went on so smoothly a little goes a long way and I like that.   So, as far as buying.  I bought the Ciate on the Nordstrom website and Black Cat Lacquer on Etsy.

Ciao for now, and let’s hope Essie gets better soon so she can bring her wonderful samplings to you.
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 18 My Oldest Untried

My oldest untried I determined was probably a year old it is called Haze Glaze by Windstine. It is so pretty I don't know why I haven't tried it before. It was starting to thicken so I put some polish thinner and it just went on great. I love it. In doing this challenge though I do realize I am going to have to have a blog sale soon. I have a whole bunch of things coming in but nothing is going out. It might take me some time to let go but it must be done.  

   

 

 

 

How old is your oldest untried?

Ciao,
Patty

Butter London Posh Bird

I got this when Butter London had a sale.  If I had known how beautiful this color is I would have bought it long before I bought some other ones I bought.  This color is like a toss up between a light purple and grey and then there are times it looks like silver.   I totally love this polish that just happens to go with anything you wear.













Do you think this is a neutral color?
Ciao bellas,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day 17 New Technique

Now, I don’t know what the hell happened here.  I have done one nail like this and it came out great.  I think it may have been the colors I used.  I got close but by no means is this perfect.  It was my second attempt.  I could have done a fishtail or marbling and no one would have known that I am very comfortable doing these two techniques even gradients, but I wanted to challenge myself.  This is what came out.  I am kind of okay with it and I will do it again until I master it, but for now it what is.  I put out my best and I think that is what challenges are about.  Doing the best you can at the time and in this challenge if it is not perfect it is okay just keep trying.  What would be bad is for me to sit here and say I will never do that again.  In a month I will post this technique again and it will be better but I won’t give up and that is what matters.







When you come up against a challenge do you give up if you fail or do you fight till you get it right?

Ciao for now bellas,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Day16 Color Opposites

In doing this challenge you basically only have 3 choice color combo's. red and green, too Xmasy, yellow and purple and all I could think of was Barney, then there is blue and orange. I can deal with that. I actually love orange so that was where I was going.               I used Jade in holographic and Glitter Gal orange and of course dotting tools. What colors would you choose given those color combo. Ciao, Patty

Guest post

Today I did a guest post on IHeart Pretty Polish.  So follow the link to see a new Ciate polish I got this weekend.
Ciao,
Patty

Crumpet’s Challenge Water Color Day 15

This is the hardest challenge. My best friend of over 20 years is an artist and I know she used to spend an enormous amount of time preparing the background I used to help her. She had a studio in the middle of downtown. It was really hard work but just those moments working together on something I knew was going to be incredible was worth it.   I miss those times so much but when a friend who you love so much commits the ultimate betrayal you must step away. I haven't seen her in twelve years but it was amazing that I did this challenge it was do hard because she had taught me to lay out the background but it doesn't work on nails so there were so many strokes that had to be thought out to reverse my brain.   This by far has been the most difficult challenge. Here is my offering. I am sorry but I can't even begin to tell you what polishes I used. One color I know I used OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark.   

It is supposed to be tortoise shell.  Did I at least come a little close?
Ciao bellas,
Patty