NOTD: Essie Fiesta & Essie As Gold As It Gets

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The NOTD I have for you today I created with Valentine's Day in mind. Nothing says Valentine's Day like pink and sparkly glitter! I started off with Essie Fiesta. Fiesta is a bright medium pink creme. It was very self leveling. I then added one of the newish Essie Luxeffects polishes in As Gold As It Gets. As Gold As It Gets is small gold irregular shaped glitter, and red to green flashing micro glitter suspended in a clear base. I used two coats of Fiesta and one coat of As Gold As It Gets over Qtica Natural Nail Growth Stimulator and topped it off 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: Claire's Mood Polish Happy/Earthy

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The NOTD I have for you today is something I picked up at a blog sale but is readily available for purchase in Claire's. It is a mood polish, meaning it changes colors. I really love these mood polishes from Claire's. Every one I've tried has such an obvious color change. Happy/Earthy is a grassy green in the bottle. It changes highlighter neon yellow with heat and a darker blue toned green with cold. At room temperature Happy/Earthy shows a lovely gradient from yellow to green on my nails. This, of course, will vary from person to person depending on the length of your nail bed, how much free edge you have, and the temperature. I've had way too much fun playing with the color change of this polish. Happy/Earthy was quite sheer, but it is a neon and neons are usually sheer. While I'm not happy to have visible nail line, the effect of this polish is cool enough for me to live with it. Pictures shown are four coats over CND Stickey and topped with China Glaze Fast Forward.

With Lukewarm Water

With Cold Water

With Hot Water

Cooling Down

Room Temperature

NOTD- Black & Gold Pittsburgh Penguins Inspired

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About a week ago (January 6th) my husband and I went to a Pittsburgh Penguins game. I'm a huge hockey fan, in fact it's the only sport I can pay attention to. Every time we go to a sporting event I always paint my nails to coordinate with the team colors. I will usually also to an eye look using the team colors (I'm a dork, I don't care). This was my very first Penguins game and my first NHL game so I was very excited to go and see my favorite team take the ice. The fact that I also got to see my favorite player play (wooo Fleury) was just a bonus.

Since I was so excited to go to the game I had so many NOTD ideas going through my head and i just could not decide..... so i did them all.

Thumb- China Glaze Liquid Leather (2 coats) stamped with Bundlemonster plate #BM-209 using China Glaze GR8


Index- China Glaze Liquid Leather (2 coats) Topped with OPI Gold Shatter (which did not shatter at all for me) topped with Wet n' Wild Tangled In My Web (1coat)


Middle- China Glaze Liquid Leather (2 coats) topped with China Glaze Golden Enchantment (2 coats)


Ring- China Glaze GR8 (2 coats) stamped with Bundlemonster plate # BM-223 using Wet n' Wild Black Creme


Pinky- China Glaze 5 Golden Rings (3 coats) topped with China Glaze Black Mesh

I know it's a little much but I. Love. It !!!

NOTD: OPI Sugar Plum Yum

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The NOTD I have for you today is OPI Sugar Plum Yum and all I can say is the "yum" part is right on! This duochrome polish is absolutely stunning. Sugar Plum Yum is a dusty blue based polish that shifts to pink and to gold. I've actually had this polish on for three days now because I just can't get enough of its gorgeousness and I've beeb staring at it constantly, moving my hand in the light, and continuing to be simply amazed by the obvious color change.  Sugar Plum Yum is very sheer. The pictures shown are four coats over CND Stickey and topped with China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat.

On to WAY too many pictures of Sugar Plum Yum...

Gorgeous Gold Shift

Starting to see the Pink Shift

Showing more pink

All her gorgeousness

YUM!

Things I Love: Rimmel Red Action Moisture Renew Cream Lipgloss

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Today I have a beauty item that is not polish. I know the name of the blog is Starlet's Nails but I love all things beauty.  Recently I've really been getting into lip color. Red Action, to me, is the perfect " I just ate a cherry popsicle and my lips are stained from it" red. This is a color I've been lemming for a long time. Red Action is a gorgeous warm toned red with very faint gold micro glitter. The glitter is not gritty at all and the gloss feels silky smooth on my lips. I feel the gloss lasts longer than most other glosses I've tried.

If you're interested in Red Action check your local CVS drugstore. I picked up this beauty for 75% off!