NOTD: It's Alive Glitter Gradient

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Before I get to today's post I'd like to thank my new followers for joining me here. To all my followers, I appreciate each and every one of you. I always look forward to your comments. I love the polish community and I'm so glad to be a part of it. Okay, enough mushy stuff... on to the polish

The NOTD I have for you today is one of my all time favorite color combinations, olive green and purple. If you've read my past posts it's no secret that olive/military greens are my favorite color. For today's NOTD I started off with 2 coats of China Glaze Urban Night. Urban Night is a rich red based purple creme polish.Urban Night was released in the 2011 Fall collection. It's not so dark that it looks black on my very fair skin, but it's not obnoxiously bright either. It makes me feel warm and screams fall to me. I needed two thin coats to reach opacity.

Since I can never leave well enough alone, and I'm dying for Halloween to be here, I decided to add a glitter gradient using China Glaze It's Alive. It's Alive is an insanely gorgeous (okay I'm biased) murky olive green  multi-sized glitter polish. It's Alive was part of the 2011 Halloween collection.

What are your favorite color combinations?

NOTD: Orly Mysterious Curse Swatches & Comps

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The NOTD I have for you today is from Orly's Dark Shadows collection. Mysterious curse is actually a repromote of Orly's Royal Velvet. Mysterious Curse is a purple based polish with tons of blue shimmer. I noticed the formula was a little watery and thin but not unmanageable. I needed three coats to reach opacity.

Indoors

Flash- look at that shimmer

I decided to check my stash for dupes. The closest I could come up with was OPI Glacier Bay Blues. Glacier Bay Blues is a blue based polish that's packed with purple shimmer that sometimes flashes green. 

You can see from the picture above the difference in the base colors. 

NOTD: OPI Grape Set Match Fauxnad

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The NOTD I have for you today is a fauxnad mani. For this mani I used a base of OPI Grape Set Match. Grape Set Match was in one of the Serena Williams Duos. Grape Set Match is a purple shimmery polish with pink, purple and blue micro glitter. I used my Bundle Monster plate number BM-225 and Sally Hansen color quick polish pen in Gold Chrome. Pictures shown are two coats of Grape Set Match stamped.

NOTD: China Glaze Coconut Kiss

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Have you ever continuously seen a polish in the store and pick it up and then put it back? That's how I was with Coconut Kiss. I kept seeing Coconut Kiss in Sally's Beauty Supply and i shamefully admit it just didn't look that special to me. I kept seeing swatches and oohing and ahhing over them. I finally decided it must be one of those colors you cant judge by the bottle so I picked it up. Coconut Kiss is a rich, but not vampy, almost metallic royal purple. I'm in love with this polish- there I said it. I had a small issue with bald spots, but I was in a little bit of a rush. I had no removal issues or staining. Pictures shown are three coats over Qtica Natural Nail Growth Stimulator topped with China Glaze Fast Forward.

NOTD: OPI Sapphires In The Snow & Fingerpaints Twisted

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The NOTD I have for you uses one of the new Fingerpaints flakies. I was so excited to get my hands on these flakies. I haven't tried them all out yet, but I intend to soon. Stay tuned for more manis using the flakies. The mani I will be showing you today is OPI Sapphires In The Snow topped with Fingerpaints Twisted. Sapphires In The Snow is a blue/purple creme polish. I found it to be quite opaque and it could be a one coater if you're careful with your application. I always have trouble stopping at one coat, especially when I know I'll be photographing the mani. Twisted is an amazing flakie glitter polish. It starts with a milky base and the flakes flash a rainbow of colors. I see flashes of blue, purple, green, red, and gold. The flakes in Twisted are medium sized, cover well and really come to life over darker polishes. The milky base did not distort the base color at all. Application was a breeze and the flakies are smooth with a normal topcoat. Unlike other flakies I've tried, I have zero removal issues. Pictures shown are two coats Sapphires In The Snow and two coats Twisted.

NOTD: NYX Girls Frizz Spots & Super Funk

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The NOTD I have for you today is NYX Girls Frizz Spots. Frizz Spots is a sheer black jelly base jam packed with small and large silver hex glitter. Super Funk is a clear base with small and large purple hex glitter. I have such a weak spot for Frizz Spots. I'm sure it would look great over black but since this was the first time I've worn it I chose to wear it as it is intended to be. I had no application issues, and no removal issues when using the foil method. Pictures shown are three coats Frizz Spots topped with one coat Super Funk.

NOTD: Zoya Rea

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The NOTD I have for you today is Zoya Rea. Zoya Rea is a purple foil. I really love the metallic finish of this polish. It's not your basic metallic polish, there are lovely bits of glittery pieces that give this polish so much depth. I've left the pictures huge so please feel free to click for more detail. Pictures shown are two coats Zoya Rea over CND Stickey and topped with Barielle Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender. I had no application or removal issues.

NOTD: OPI Pepe's Purple Passion & OPI Divine Swine

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Today I have a NOTD using the new OPI Muppets collection. I started off with a base coat of China Glaze Seduce Me then topped my ring finger with OPI Divine Swine. This is ONE coat of Divine Swine. I cannot believe how glittery it is! You're blowing my mind here OPI! I added a coat of Pepe's Purple Passion to my other nails. Again this is one coat of Pepe's Purple Passion. Pepe's Purple Passion has really awesome gold irregular shaped glitter in it.

These polishes are limited edition so if you like what you see be sure to scoop them up fast.

NOTD: OPI I Brake For Manicures

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This time I have OPI I Brake For Manicures. I Brake For Manicures is from OPI's Touring America Collection which was released fall 2011. I Brake For Manicures is one of those odd colors. Sometimes it looks purple, sometimes it looks more raisin.  It is a creme and certainly unique in my collection.  I Brake For Manicures is a great fall vampy color.  Swatch shown is two coats.