Untrieds Day 24 - Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar

Thanksgiving sort of marks the last day before the Christmas season and Winter arrive, so I wanted to do one last Autumn themed mani.

I think these leaves are super cute for Autumn. I stamped them on using plate BM19 and Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar. This is over my existing mani of Wet n Wild The Gold and the Beautiful. Sugar Sugar is a shimmering red polish and was very simple to stamp with. I wanted more sparkle, so brushed on a thin layer of The Gold and the Beautiful after I finished my stamping.

I'm still learning to accurately stamp, as you can see some gaps. But practice makes perfect. 

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Untrieds Day 23 - Wet n Wild The Gold and the Beautiful

Today I have a pretty gold to show you. :)

The Gold and the Beautiful is more of a top coat or layering polish. I layered two coats of it over Love My Nails Innocent Pink (a light cream color). Its a little simple for me, but I plan to stamp over it soon. The application was good. It was even and smooth for a glitter.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Untrieds Day 22 - Funky Fingers Golden Coast

Today I wanted something simple that reminded me of Autumn since Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Brown and gold sounded perfect. So I layered Funky Fingers Golden Coast over Julep Olivia.

Olivia is a nice one coat creme polish, while Golden Coast is a gold glitter polish with holo glitter as well. It has amazing sparkle and is a dream to apply. I only needed one coat of each polish.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Untrieds Day 21 - Color Club Antiquated (with Lace Added)

Today's Monday Nail Art Challenge on PAA is lace. I really wanted to give actually placing thin lace on my nails a try. So I raided my fabric collection and found a pretty forest green lace left over from making bridesmaid dresses last year. I thought gold would be perfect so I picked up one of my Color Club polishes from their Foiled Collection.

After trying this, I have a new appreciation for people who attempt and succeed at manicures with lace fabric. I had some fraying and shifting. The fabric just sort of soaked up the top coat and did not let it dry. This design came right off after I took pictures. I only had to pinch the fabric off. 

I think lace overlays are a unique nail design, but either I lacked patience or I missed out on a trick to get this right.

Moving on from the lace and onto the polish, I love Antiquated. Great application with two coats. As the collection name implies, it has a nice foil finish. Its a very lovely subtle gold polish.

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons

One Month of Polish Shopping

I have not posted any of my polish buys in a month. And a lot has accumulated. Too much to do up close shots, without there being dozens of pictures. So I just did a few basic group shots. If anyone wants to see a better bottle shot of anything, let me know. :)

Wet n Wild Lust, Nocturnal, Glitz, Morbid, Rustic, Lust, Poshe Nail Strengthening Base Coat, Super Fast Drying Top Coat, Orly Androgynie, American Classics Gelous, OPI Give Me a Coral Sometime, Mermaid Tears, Rainbow Connection, L.A. Colors Art Deco Ice Breaker, Ulta Material Girl, Barielle Grape Escape, Zoya Charla, Ashley, Unforgettable Moments Sparkling Turquoise, Brash Sergeant Khaki, Totally Teal, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Miami Nice, Color Club Orna-minted and Cosmetic Arts Covered in Diamonds. I purchased all of these myself except for the Essie polishes. They came from a swap with Ju from Lacquered Me.

I won these polishes Shadow's Nail Art 1 Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway. Beauty UK Sage Green, Black, Gunmetal, Electric Purple, Electric Blue, and Voodoo all from their Midnight Minx set, along with Pure Ice Crackle Catwalk and Shattered.

I got Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe and Foiled Collection sets from Ross. Not including the top coats, they come with: Sugarplum Fairy, Beyond the Mistletoe, Holiday Splendor, Jingle Jangle, Candy Cane, Gingerbread, Perfectly Mol-ten, Antiquated, Cold Metal, Hot Like Lava, Foil Me Once, and Lumin-icecent.

I grabbed all these from the clearance bin at Walmart. They are all Love My Nails. If you want specific names, let me know.

Abby, an awesome woman I know from PAA, was nice enough to get some Funky Fingers for me. Teal Scales, Burgandy Scales, Golden Coast, Power Chord, Monster Ballad, Cayman Island, Stage Dive, and Zeppelin.

All of these are from Amy's blog sale on I'm Feeling Nail-venturous. I originally only bought two, but she was looking for someone to hopefully purchase the rest of her listing in bulk. Since we live in the same city, I made her an offer and picked these lovely polishes up from here. These will make my first polishes from Sephora, Kleancolor, Konad, Nfu-Oh, Scherer, L.A. Girl, and Jesse's Girl. There are just too many to name, but if anyone is curious about any of them, I will post names. :)

Its a ton of polish, I know. But I'm a very savvy shopper, so I promise I did not spend as much as it seems.