The Fancy Side: Morgan Taylor

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#ThePolishedBookworms: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Thursday, April 30, 2015 4/30/2015 10:25:00 PM

You may remember that I'm part of a little group called The Polished Bookworms. This is a group for polish lovers to get together read a fun book, discuss, and then do a mani inspired by the book. If this sounds like something you'd like, maybe you should join us. *hint hint*

Anyways, I was inspired by the book in so many ways. There were so many quotes that stuck out. I started with a base of Zoya Storm, which is obviously the best choice for a galaxy base ever!

I then used a bunch of polishes to create a galaxy look. Light blue is Zoya Rocky, dark blue is OPI Eurso Euro, also used were Orly After Party, and Morgan Taylor If the Slipper Fits. I then stamped on stars with Uber Chic 2-03 and Sinful Colors Snow Me White, topping it all off with China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Once my galaxy was done, I decided to pay tribute to the most integral part of the book. "Don't Panic" is the first thing every time you check the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. “I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.” - Arthur Dent. The words were done with OPI This Gown Needs a Crown and Konad Black.

On my thumb I give you the answer to the question, the BIG question. “The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.”

If you stuck it out this long, perhaps you'd like to take a peek at other ladies who did a Hitchhiker's Guide looks as well.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*self purchased

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Morgan Taylor's New York State of Mind

Friday, April 3, 2015 4/03/2015 03:49:00 PM

Last weekend was Karaoke night with my girlfriends. It went down like its supposed too...we were hilariously bad singers and out of control rambunctious. We drank to much and had WAAAAY to much fun. So it was a success. Picking out my polish for the outing was easy. When going out on the town in NYC what better polish to wear that Morgan Taylor's New York State of Mind.

NYSoM is a black based polish filled with the prettiest mix of pink, blue, gold, and purple micro glitters. It's like ~~unicorn poop~~ the prettiest thing ever.

Don't you love it. I don't know how you can't. What is your girls night polish choice?

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*self purchased

#TheLacquerRing: Stars

Thursday, December 18, 2014 12/18/2014 10:00:00 AM

#TheLacquerRing is back for the second prompt of the month. This month Lesley aka @msfitlesly has picks. For the color prompt she chose magenta which you may remember. For the art prompt she chose stars. I cannot wait to see how everyone interprets this prompt. I think I came at it from left field but I love my end design.

Lets start with my base. This is two gorgeous coats of Morgan Taylor Super Ultra Violet. Super Ultra Violet is a "blurple" it straddles the line between navy and deep purple.

I then sponged on ILNP Supernova on in random patterns on my nails. This is one of the new Ultra Chrome Flakies. I had such a hard time capturing the color shift on my nails. It goes from green, blue, and purple in the right lighting.

Finally I did my stars. I looked up constellation patterns and dotted on "stars" in the patterns of the constellations. On my thumb you'll find Leo, pointer is the Big Dipper, middle is Orion (MY FAVE), ring finger is Cassiopeia, and my pinky is Aires.

I love the idea of doing the constellations on my fingers. My dad taught me how to pick them out when I was little, so it was fun to use them in nail art.

Don't forget to check out everyone else's "Star" looks, the links are below.

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Which constellation is your favorite? Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*products used in this post were self purchased

Morgan Taylor Neon Collection

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8/27/2014 11:35:00 AM

It totally makes sense that at the end of the summer I have a full neon polish collection to show you. This is the Morgan Taylor Neon Collection. If you don't like lots of pictures maybe this post isn't for you. This collection may be my favorite neon collection ever. I didn't need a single white base for the polishes and they were all opaque in three coats. While these are all cremes a few of them applied more like a "crelly" (creme + jelly). Now that I've told you all that, lets look at these pretties.

Starting off with the least neon polish in the collection this is Don't Touch Me, I'm Radioactive. I think it is just insanely hard to make a neon blue polish, so I would classify DTMIR as such, however it is very bright and in your face.

Don't Worry, Be Brilliant is a bright neon coral polish that tends to lean orange in certain lights. This is my favorite from the collection and man it was in your face!

Pink Flame-ingo is an on fire pink! I love this color and thought it was so beautiful!

Next I've got It's Electric which is a radioactive bright purple.

This is Watt Yel-lookin at? a highlighter neon yellow. This was the sheerest of the 6 polishes, but it can be built up just fine.

This last polish, I've already shown you but I wanted to include it in the collection post. Go for the Glow is a bright green that really does glow because NEON!

So which color is your favorite? Mine are Don't Worry Be Brilliant and Pink Flame-ingo, but I love them all! Neons for the win!!!!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*all polishes featured in this post were purchased by me

#StampingSaturday: Neon Yellow

Saturday, August 23, 2014 8/23/2014 10:50:00 AM

I am hanging onto summer for dear life. I'm not ready for it to get cold and dreary, so I keep using my neon polishes. Even today it's low 70's here. What happened? Why is summer leaving? Was it something I said? Come back summer!!!!

For today's Stamping Saturday look I started off with a base of Morgan Taylor Watt Yel-lookin At? a highlighter yellow neon. I then used images from MoYou London Hipster 08 and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep for the stamped design. I used an un-named Sally Hansen glitter for the accent nail.

Are you ready for the changing seasons? I know I'm not. Don't forget to link up your Stamped Design below, you can also add the link up to your blog! Check everyones designs out too!

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Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*all products featured in this post were purchased by me

Stamping Saturdays: Golden Birds

Saturday, August 16, 2014 8/16/2014 03:58:00 PM

Can you all believe the weekend is here again? I'm just sad that its half over already. I had a really rough week at work and I'm not looking forward to another one. In the meantime the future in-laws are in town, so we're having a fun weekend of running around the city and tonight we are seeing the Carol King musical, Beautiful. It's supposed to be really good, so I'm very excited.

For today's stamped look, I started with a base of Morgan Taylor's Don't Worry, Be Brilliant. It's a radioactive orange leaning coral. On my accent finger I used OPI's Honey Rider topped with Nicole by OPI Lips Are Dripping Honey for some added sparkle. I then used China Glaze Passion to stamp on the birds and herringbone pattern from MoYou Hipster 08.

What do you think? Are you a fan of this look? Be sure to link up your stamped manis below and check out all the other ladies too!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*all products used in this post were purchased by me

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#TheLacquerRing: Green

Thursday, August 14, 2014 8/14/2014 11:00:00 AM

#TheLacquerRing is back. The lovely Cynthia from Of Life and Lacquer has the pleasure of picking for the month of August. As you know by now, we do a color for the first go around and then an art pick for the second theme in August.

For Cynthia's first pick she chose the color green. For my green I chose Morgan Taylor's Go For the Glow, which is from their Neon Color Collection. It is very neon!

Then for funsies because I want to see the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I haven't had a chance to yet, I chose to create TMNT nails. Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello are all accounted for, as well as "TMNT" over a turtle shell! They are all done in acrylic paint and pretend like they aren't super wonky, kay thanks!