F Alphabet Mani

Hey all!  I have another mani from the alphabet mani challenge I'm doing in one of my facebook groups.  This week is brands that start with F.  I chose Finger Paints You Yacht Too Know Better and a long discontinued indie brand, Feenix Polish Shake Your Tail Feathers.  I miss Feenix polishes.  They were always such pretty glitters and they still look just like they did when I got them.

Thanks for stopping by guys.  Have a great night!

Sara

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

Hey all!  Happy Monday to you.  Quickie post for you today.  When I decided to wear Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears I couldn't decide if I wanted it over black or purple.  So I picked both.  I used my go to black cream, Finger Paints Black Expressionism and the purple is Sation Super Natural Powers.  I used one coat of Unicorn Tears on all nails and topped them with a quick dry top coat.  Easy peasy!

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

By the way, I thought this would be a pain to remove and it wasn't.  I just came right off.  Thanks for stopping by today and reading!

Until next time...

Sara

Finger Paints Paint the Town Purple

Finger Paints Paint the Town Purple

 Hello!  I stopped into Sally's the other day and Finger Paints has a new collection out.  So I snagged two of them.  First up today is Paint the Town Purple.  This was kind of sheer so I layered one coat over Zoya Mira.  I'm so in love with how shiny it is.  The formula was great.  It applied evenly and very smooth.  Other than it being on the sheer side, I love it.

Finger Paints Paint the Town Purple

Finger Paints Paint the Town Purple

Thanks for stopping by and checking out today's mani.  Have a great day!

Sara

China Glaze But of Corpse

China Glaze But of Corpse

Good morning!  I have some quick and easy Halloween nails for you today.  I started with China Glaze But of Corpse, a green with black glitter.  It dries to a texture finish but it's not overwhelming so I was able to handle it.  I used two coats, a layer of Gelous and a quick dry top coat.  My accent nail is Finger Paints Black Expressionism, an easy one coat black, and stamped with Rica Whiteout.    

China Glaze But of Corpse

Have you done any Halloween nails yet?  I'm still trying to decide what to wear on Halloween.  Have a great day!

Until next time...

Sara

Pretty Stamped Mani

*Purchased by me*

Hey guys!  When the OPI Sheer Tints first came out I was convinced I didn't need them.  Then someone posted a mani similar to this and I fell in love.  So much love that I ran to ebay and purchased the mini set.  So let me give you the run down.  I started out with a coat of my favorite one coat black, FingerPaints Black Expressionism.  I used Glossy Glam to get it dry.  Once it was dry I stamped using my new favorite white polish, Rica Whiteout.  It's an amazing stamping polish but the best part is it's a one coat white.  Yep you read that right.  A one coat white!  I let the stamping dry (although not long enough as you can see some smearing), then used the Sheer Tints in random swipes on my nails.  Kind of giving it a water color look.  Then I top coated the whole thing with Glossy Glam.

So I'm obviously not a perfect stamper but I'm getting better.  A cashier asked me if I got my nails done when I had this on the other day and I proudly told her that I did them myself.  I don't think she believed me haha!  Have you tried out the Sheer Tints yet?  I'd love to see what you've come up with.  Feel free to drop a photo by my facebook page.  Oh and don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

Until next time...

Sara

Finger Paints Symmetrical Symphony

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Hey guys!  I'm back with a second flakie from the Finger Paints Kaleidoscope collection today.  Hopefully I'll have all the others for you but that probably won't happen until later this weekend.  Today's flakie is Symmetrical Symphony layered over Finger Paints Black Expressionism and an accent of China Glaze First Mate.  I'm trying to pick a color that I think the flakie will look good over in addition to the black with each mani.  I think I picked well today.  Again this is just one coat of Symmetrical Symphony with topcoat in each picture.

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I know it's a lot of pictures again but I really just wanted to show all the different colors.  I hope you all have a great day!

Until next time...

Sara

Finger Paints Colorful Dream

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Hey all!  Happy Sunday (or very early Monday depending on where you are).  I'm excited to share today's polish with you.  I purchased the new Finger Paints flakies collection at Sally's the other day.  The Kaleidoscope collection is a brand spanking new collection of five flakies.  These are different than the last flakie collection they did.  The old ones where brighter, more primary type colors.  This collection is softer, more pastel type colors.  I decided to start off with my favorite of the collection, Colorful Dream.  What you see in the pictures is one coat of Colorful Dream layered over FP Black Expressionism (an awesome one coat black) and an accent nail of Sation Miss Emo Shun All.  I have topcoat on in all the pictures.  I just love how changing up the base color can change the whole appearance of the flakes.  I actually prefer is over the dark purple of the Sation.  The flakes laid very flat and were smooth with one layer of topcoat.

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I know this is more pictures than normal for me but I wanted to make sure you got a good look at these.  Do you like flakies or are these a pass for you?  I like them because they can instantly change any mani.  If you pick them up I'd love to see what layering combos you come up with.  Feel free to drop your mani pictures by my facebook page.

Until next time...

Sara 

Finger Paints You Yacht To Know Better

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Good evening!  Today's polish is Finger Paints You Yacht To Know Better with an accent of Our Tips Are Tealed.  You Yacht is a gorgeous blue with little teal sparkles that sadly I just couldn't get a good picture of.  Makes me sad because this polish is a stunner in person.  Finger Paints can be super hit or miss for me so I was pleasantly surprised on how great this applied.  Two coats made it perfect.  Our Tips are Tealed also applied great at two coats.  Both pictures have topcoat.

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I really adored this mani.  The accent nail really picked up the little teal sparkles in the main color.  I wore this awhile back so that's why my nails are so short, even for me.  I will definitely be wearing both of these again.

Have a great night!

Sara

*I purchased these polishes myself.  I finally found a Sally's that puts things out early regularly.  Yay!

I'm a Twisted Tart

Ok so I'm not really a twisted tart but my nails are.  Today's mani is Finger Paints Twisted over Zoya Tart.  I have a little confession about the FP.  It's been sitting in my untrieds drawer for over a year.  My sisters gave it to me for Christmas right when it came out and then it just sat there.  I considered selling it a few times when the price was a bit out of control but I just couldn't.  I finally decided it was time to wear it so what you see here today is two coats of Twisted over two coats of Tart.  Twisted is a rainbow flakie polish that went on a little sparse, so it definitely needed two coats.  Tart is the perfect 4th of July blue and was opaque in two coats.

It was overcast the morning I took these pictures so I don't have a sun shot but honestly I think it shows the flakie better like this.  Are you a fan of flakies?  I still can't decide if I love them or am indifferent to them.  Maybe I just haven't found the right color combo.  I own four of the Finger Paints flakies, Nubar 2010 and CN Clairvoyant.  Do you have any layering combos that you've loved that you'd recommend I try out?

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Sara

Essie Bobbing for Baubles & Finger Paints Fall of Surprises

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Hi lovelies!  How is everyone today?  Do you ever do an accent nail then later wish you'd done the whole mani that way?  That's the case with today's nails.  This is two coats of Essie Bobbing for Baubles with an accent nail using Finger Paints Fall of Surprises.  Bobbing for Baubles is a super dark navy.  Honestly it looked black a good majority of the time.  It had a great formula and was almost full coverage in one coat.  Fall of Surprises is a copper glitter.  This is one coat of FoS.  I really,  really wish I would have done the glitter on all my nails.  I really enjoyed this combo.

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Do you have any other suggestions on what I could put under Fall of Surprises?  I really want to wear it again very soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sara

Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed

Today I have the gorgeous Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed. I'm so happy to have this polish. When trying to decide what color to layer TS over I really wanted something that would keep it as close to the bottle color as possible. I have nail wheels that I try different combinations out on. To go with this I have a notebook that I write down all the combos in so I won't forget what they are. I can't be the only one doing this right? Okay maybe I am. So I tried Toxic Seaweed over Sinful Colors Kissy, Cult Nails Let Me Fly and Finger Paints Scenery Greenery. The Finger Paints got me closest to the bottle color on TS. It did look really neat over Kissy as well. Take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think. This is two coats of Scenery Greenery and two coats of Toxic Seaweed.

By the way, if you see anything that looks kinda foggy or blue on my nails it's because I dropped my bottle of Butter London Victoriana on the patio. I didn't realize it was on my nails until half way though taking pictures. I very carefully used some remover to clean it off and reapplied topcoat to save my mani.

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Do you see all those pretty coppery flakies in there? Love love love! Maria of Cult Nails mentioned that Toxic Seaweed may be limited edition due to trouble sourcing ingredients so head over and check it out soon.

Have a great Saturday!

Sara

Color Club Blue-topia and some Finger Paints flakies

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Apparently it's flaky week here at My Life in Polish and no one told me. As I was writing this up I realized all my posts this week have featured flakies. Seems like they are so much easier to get all of a sudden. Anyway, Color Club Blue-topia is an awsome blue polish. It went on in two easy coats. Sorry I don't have pictures of it by itself because I did my nails at night. On top of Blue-topia I layered one coat of Finger Paints Motley and Flecked. Now this wasn't my idea but when I saw in on facebook I knew I had to try it out.

Check out this awesomeness!

I'm so in love with this! I can't wait to try these same two flakies over a green. Maybe Artsy, Crafty from the same Color Club collection. Have you tried any of the FP flakies yet? What do you think?

Until next time,

Sara

Finger Paints Winter Sky

Today I have Winter Sky by Finger Paints. It is part of their holiday collection. I only picked up this and the green (can't remember the name). I love this color. Not sure I can express to you all how much I love this. It has a subtle shimmer to it that I just love. This is two coats and the accent finger is one coat of China Glaze Atlantis. I have been wanting Atlantis for so long and my nail polish Secret Santa was so good to me. She took care of a couple lemmings I had. My secret santa was LaKeisha from Refined and Polished. If you haven't checked out her blog go do it now!

Sorry these pictures aren't the best. I've been so sick and we've had a stretch of icky weather. So no sun for me. These were taken inside, next to the window. My next couple of posts will be like this. Luckily the sun seems to be coming back.



See that amazing sparkle from Atlantis? I can't wait to wear this as a full mani.

I'm going to try and schedule a few post so I don't disappear on you again. I'm still really sick so no guarantees.

Take care,
Sara

Finger Paints Amethyst Atelier and Nubar 2010

I have finally decided to try out my Nubar 2010 today. I've had it for a while but I get easily overwhelmed by layering. So many choices. Freaks me out! Anyway...I started with one coat of Finger Paints Amethyst Atelier, a super dark purple. So pretty! It's really dark but still looks purple in all lights. If I had been wearing this by itself I would have done a second coat but since I was layering I just did the one. Sorry about the lack of clean up. I was waiting until I was completely done to do that.

Next I did two coats of Nubar 2010. Not much to say about this but WOW! Now I want to put this on everything. Even my husband thought it was cool. The lady who was cutting my son's hair just about pulled my hand off looking at it. Have I mentioned it freaks me out when people I don't know touch me? Here are the pictures. These were all taken in the shade. The sun pictures just didn't work out well.


So now I want to know, what's your favorite layering combo for Nubar 2010? I need suggestions seeing as I am one of the least creative people ever.

Thanks,
Sara