Nails & PFW

I've been kind of lazy lately when it comes to my nails, opting for a couple quick coats of whatever I pluck out of my collection that does not offend me at that moment and then wearing that color until it chips. And then for like a week after.

The last compliment I received on my nail color was a couple weeks ago when I was at Ulta and the woman at the register was like "Ooooh, I like your nailpolish!" and I whipped my hand back into my bag before she could get too good a look because my nails were so, so chipped, and at a beauty store? How embarrassing. I was wearing Zoya's Luna, one of the polishes I got during their most recent 3 free bottles promotion and I took a photo of it on but I won't post it here because, god, my cuticles, you guys.

But it's a really pretty grey polish with silver glitter, and is way more interesting than just DIY-ing grey polish with silver glitter overlay, therefore unique enough to add to my collection. See how I can justify things like that? So easy.

So it's Paris Fashion Week again, and today Gareth Pugh showed another incredible collection, as usual. And I adore it, as usual. I'm just as fascinated with the nails the models wore as I am with the garments.

Source: @MACcosmetics

That is some marbley corpse gorgeousness, right there. MAC says that you can get the look with by mixing Nocturnelle Nail Lacquer & Frozen White Pigment, but I know I'd make a mess of that, so no.

Right now I am wearing one of my favorite polishes, OPI's Skull and Glossbones, which I love because it is both a beautiful color and easy to apply as well as remove. Maybe once this chips I'll get brave and un-lazy and try something interesting?

this is a nail polish post

OPI, are you for REAL with these names? because i'm dying.

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i wish i liked these colors more because i would be ALL OVER this collection based on the theme alone. i'll probably at least end up getting "danke-shiny red" (hahaha, that NAME!) because i'm a sucker for a good red polish.

also, are you also for real, china glaze? i have to wait until SPRING 2013 for your "hologlam" holographic collection!!?! do i look like someone with that kind of patience?!

source: the gloss menagerie

these look so, so amazing. i've been looking for a good holographic polish and they seem to be kind of hard to find. i can't wait until these come out! i hope i'm still as excited about them by then.

lastly, i tried doing freehand leopard print nails last week and i think they came out great! i think this is one of the first nail tutorials where the technique was pretty much just as easy to execute as advertised.

i followed this tutorial and i used some old paper embossing tools i had lying around as dotting tools because they're basically the same thing. i really love the way this looks and i think i'll try out some other color combos.