Topcoat Swatches

Hi everyone,

I hope you are having a fantastic week so far!

Today, I have some swatches of my topcoat collection. I had to get these from IG, I didn't have time to properly swatch them as I've been trying to get ready for tomorrow's post.

About the pics. They're in order of the bottles, left to right. The only one I didn't post is the one on my thumb. The last pic is the topcoat on my pinky, that is not a topcoat. I made that last year with same ingredient just opaque. It's three coats. If I were to use the topcoat version I'd probably need the whole bottle.

I hope you like them!

Have a great day!

Half Full by Shipra Taneja

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a terrific Tuesday!

Today, I'll be talking about my inspiration for this collection of topcoats.

The lovely Shipra Taneja from Taneja's Bride is the inspiration behind this collection of topcoats. Shipra is Indian. "Indian with a dot not a feather." A line from from her book Half Full, so please, don't email me any negative comments. Click the link and buy it! It's a great book! This book reminded me, as women, we all go through the same things. We all hurt the same, we all love the same, we want to be loved for who we are, no matter our culture. And, because I'm always curious about other cultures, I went to her website to learn more. She had pictures of her wedding. And, OMG, she had the most beautiful bold colors! If you know me or been around more than five minutes, know I love bold colors! I oh'd and ah'd over all the beautiful colors! In my overactive imagination I pictured happiness and joy. A time of celebration. Dancing. Twirling in circles throwing gold and silver coins in the air in total abandonment. If that ain't overactive, I don't know is! Hehe! So, what started out as a collection of glitters quickly turned into a collection of topcoats (I've shared some of those glitters on IG). I created this collection to go over dark colors. I wanted something simple and chic to transform those dark colors into something special. I think I've done that with this collection. Shipra, you're an amazing lady :D

The bottles you see in the pic is not the bottle I chose to use.

Have a Terrific Tuesday! And, don't forget to join me tomorrow for swatches of these colors.

Opening Week Details

Warning long post. And, I share my faith.

I have so much to share this week! I'll be posting a lot of info leading up to the shop opening on Thursday. I have a lot of surprises for y'all too!

I've been closed for quite a while. Let me explain. At the end of last summer I graduated from school. Then, I did what so many expected me to do, I got a job. I had no time for nail polish. Well, about for 4 months ago I started feeling as if I wasn't putting all my faith in what God was wanting me to do. I was starting to believe it was me who was going to get me where I want to be. I was thinking in order to do all I want to do I needed a "real" job. As always, my Heavenly Father is at work teaching me it isn't me who's going to get me there, but Him. One day I was outside having me time with God. I started questioning why we choose the careers we choose. Why we stay in certain jobs. I won't bore you with all the details, but at that moment God gave me the answer. That was the moment I knew I had to put all my faith and trust and lean only on God for all my hearts desires. I resigned. It was not an easy decision to make. I'm so scared! I have to remind myself everyday that God has me in the palm of his hand.

I prayed long and hard about what to open with. I decided on a collection of topcoats. I was supposed to release this last year, but the time wasn't right. I can't wait to share my inspiration for this collection! I'll share that tomorrow as this a rather long post.

Also, I'm going to do something a bit different. Along with this collection, I have what I'm calling my Couture Collection. What is that? It's any color you see on the blog. I'll make it for you if: 1. It's mine and 2. I have the ingredients. More details on that later this week.

Have a great day!

Don't forget to join me tomorrow for the inspiration behind this collection of topcoats!

It is what it is!

Good morning, afternoon or evening everyone! It's Wednesday! In two more days the weekend will be here! Or, three if don't count friday (I do) :D

I haven't had time to do my nails this week, so I'm going into the vault. I did this a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't capture the awesomeness so I never posted it. I thought what the heck, it is what it is!

I used a shimmery golden orange I made a bazillion years ago and added two coats of one of my niece Athens' creation. OMG, in real life this was awesome!

Have a great day!

P.S. The last pic is a bit blurred to capture the holo, but as you can see I had no luck :(

The Weekend Is Here!

Hi y'all! It's the weekend! My plans are to go to work. I hope you all have much better plans than mine!

Today's post is the topcoat I posted Thursday. I decided to try it over a burgundy base color this time. I haven't had time to play and mix up my own burgundy, so I used an Orly. Gosh, I really need to make time to play with all my bases. It just seems something is always going on and I never have the time. I think I'll take Nike's advice and "Just Do It!" Anyway, the best way to describe this topcoat is to think Revlon's Fantasy Fire. I do have FF, but haven't gotten a chance to properly swatch it. I really love this topcoat! It has a shimmery red sparkle and you know how I feel about red! For those who don't know. I LOVE IT! :D It has a bit of blue and gold sparkle too! In my opinion this is a topcoat to wear on a bright sunny day. I think I'll try it over a lighter color and see how that looks.

Have a great weekend!

Thankful Thursday

Good morning everyone! I hope this week is flying by for you!

Just a quick post.

Today, I have a topcoat to share with you. This is a shimmery burgundy topcoat. I love how this looks! I used two coats over a Revlon blue jelly. My next few posts will be this topcoat layered over different colors. Taking pics of this beauty was hard! I normally just stand under my lamp using my iPad and snap away. I just could not capture the awesomeness. And, since a girl's gotta do what she must. I went to my bathroom and stood on the tub! O.O haha! So, having said that. These pics are not the best as far as hand position, but I did capture the true color! :D

Today, is Thankful Thursday. I haven't posted a Thankful Thursday post for a while now. Let's slow down and take few seconds of time and be thankful for something because there's always something to be thankful for.

Have a great day!

It's Hump Day!

Hi y'all! I hope you all are having a great week! I know I've MIA for a while, work has been keeping me busy, busy, busy!

Just a quick post.

I wanted something bright and fun for today's mani. What could be more fun than yellow and red! The yellow base coat I made last summer. I've shown a similar version of it before. I used two coats and used one of Athens' glitter creations. And, just because, I decided to do an accent finger in black. I used two coats of glitter on the yellow and one coat of the black.

Have a great day!