OPI I Brake For Manicures Swatch

Merry Christmas everyone! I got a couple of polishes from my boyfriends stepmom today, one of them being OPIs I Brake For Manicures. I had time after my nap navidad to swatch it for you guys because it's a really interesting color but I'm not sure the pictures do it justice. It's a creamy dark grey/brown/purple that goes on smooth and opaque in just two coats. I love it. It's from the Touring America Collection which I loved almost every color of. It's a new shade for me, and perfect for winter! I'm glad I'm on a break from acrylics so I could easily swatch this on my natural nails!

I hope you can see the complex hue combo in this color- might add a sunlight pic later on. Thanks, Diane!

Do any of you guys have this color? What do you think of it?

Merry Xmas, followers!

Essie School of Hard Rocks Swatch

Ahhh I've had this polish for a few weeks now and haven't gotten a chance to swatch it out because my crap long acrylics and my 30 day challenge. But here's the scoop: School of Hard Rocks from Essie's Winter 2011 Collection is a creamy, slate blue/green/grey polish that glides on smooth and opaque in just 2 coats. I was sorta worried as it's been sitting upright in its drawer for at least 3 weeks and it had already settled at the thin liquidy stuff rose to the top. I gave it an extra few shakes and it was good as new. The first coat was transparent and streaky, but it coulda just been me, as my hands are very badly sore from 3 straight days of crocheting Xmas presents. I love the color, it is such a new shade of blue/grey/green (lol) that I really haven't seen before. I instantly felt like it was winter and it made me feel very warm inside. The only problem I have with this polish: when I was applying top coat, the polish started to rub off onto the top coat brush!!! And I'd had my nails dried for nearly 45 minutes! Maybe it was just this top coat, I'll let you guys know next time when I use a different top coat. But my review stands: this is a great new color!! I love it, and can't wait to try the other Winter 2011's from Essie!

30 Day Nail Challenge - Day 11 - Polka Dots

I don't know if this counts as polka dots, but there certainly are a lot of dots here. I used Chrissy and my Franken "Ashy Wang" to make clean French tips, then added large dots of black, white, and Jessie's Girl "Baby Cakes" (hot pink). Then a couple of tiny dots coming off the cluster. I super enjoyed this design and will def be trying it again in different colors!

Argyle + Franken Bottle

So here's a picture of the franken Chrissy and I made called "Ashy Wang", although I just thought "Ash Wangsday" would be funnier.

I made little boxes of black and "Elephantastic Pink" by OPI. then little stripes of shimmery gold "This Is It" by Sinful Colors.

If you go back to like my 2nd or 3rd post ever I did an argyle design, but I'm still not happy with the way this turned out so I think I'm going to try again, and maybe post if it gets better.

Franken No. 1 - Ashy Wang

WARNING: TOE PICTURE!!!!!!

So Chrissy and I needed grey nail polish and there was none at Rite Aid, so we bought white polish and added black to it to make this GREY (not the blue) in this picture. The blue is Wet N Wild's NERDS Need Love Too.

We sat there and shook polish for what seemed like forever and then we decided to name it Ashy Wang No. 1 because it looks kinda ashy and Chrissy's name is Wang. Anyways, sorry, for showing my toes! But for the first time in nail blog history, I painted my nails to match my feet! Hope I didn't terrify anyone with an upclose picture of my monkey paws....