The Fancy Side

I mentioned in my last post that I had to take my fun Halloween mani off for an interview appropriate manicure. This is the manicure that I wore for that interview. I went for something that has enough interest for me, but was mild enough, that it wouldn't draw undue attention.




This is Make Him Mine from the OPI Mariah Holiday Collection. As you can tell by the bottle it is a Liquid Sand (aka textured) polish. Make Him Mine is a champagney blush-toned pink polish made up of the small glitters with some larger hexes thrown in. The formula was awesome as are all OPI Liquid Sands, and it wore beautifully.

Now lets just keep our prettily polished fingers crossed about the job.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Do y'all remember when I used to be "ehh textured polish is weird, I don't know if I like it"? Well you can officially call me reformed. I LOVE textured polishes now. Like I luuuuurve them. Seriously. I think the last 10 polishes I bought have been textured.

Anyways, as soon as OPI started releasing pictures of the fall collection, I knew that Alcatraz..Rocks would be mine. I looked everywhere and everyone beat me to the punch, because it was sold out every place I looked. Well, I finally found it the other day, filled with glee I purchased it, ran home and put it on my fingers. And here it is.




Alcatraz...Rocks has a smoky deep purple base with amazing colorful flashes from the prettiest sparkles. Its incredibly difficult to capture on camera. I can see beautiful flashes of pink, gold, blues, and purples. This is by far my favorite textured polish that I own, and I have Zoya Carter (CARTER IS AMAZEBALLS PEOPLE).

Where are you at in the world of textured polishes? Love or hate? Which one is your favorite?

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

I've put Sulley's fur on all fingers except my ring finger. Now since I don't really have furry polish, I decided to do his fur with some OPI Liquid Sands, because it seemed fitting. I started out with a base of OPI Tiffany Case and dotted in spots of OPI Can't Let Go.  To create Mike's eye I started off with a base of China Glaze's Gaga for Green. Once that dried, I free handed some circles (its ridiculously hard to do that, by the way) in Sally Hansen's Ivory Skull (white), China Glaze Hanging in the Balance (blue), and dotted the pupil in with a black striper.

I love this look. Although I wish Mike's eye was a little better looking. Here's a picture of Mike and Sulley from their new movie, Monsters University. How did I do?


Are you planning on seeing this movie?

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

OH HOLY CRAP PEOPLE! I've been obsessing over this collection since they announced it a few months ago. I may have been that annoying girl calling Ulta asking if they were in yet. And finally...finally I got my greedy little hands on the four colors I wanted. Also, this means that I am now officially on the textured polish bandwagon. So yeah, that happened. Anyways, lets take a look at these pretties.


I picked up four of the six colors available. I've got Jinx, Pussy Galore, Tiffany Case, and Honey Ryder to show you today. Solitare (white with pink shimmer) and Vespa (dark purple) just really didn't do it for me, so I choose to leave them behind at the store. I'm sure someone else will give them a good home.

Lets talk formula first. Overall, these polishes were great. They apply easily, dry fairly quick, and don't disappoint. I know the directions say don't apply with a base coat, but I always use my Orly Rubberized Bonder under these and never have any problems.

Up first we have Pussy Galore. Bravo to OPI for naming a polish after the most controversial Bond Girl, namewise, out there. And let's face it, his girlfriends have had some jacked up names over the years (I'm looking at you Dr. Holly Goodhead).


I kinda wish I had waited a while longer to take this photo, because the ring finger doesn't look totally dry in this picture. Pussy Galore is a soft baby pink and while it isn't my favorite of the collection, it goes well with my skin tone. It's the softest of the four shades I picked and in my book, it's a winner.


Next up is Honey Ryder. Side story: I totally swatched these while watching Dr. No. Yes it was on purpose. I had to get in the mood right? Anywho... Honey Ryder is like the textured version of OPI Glitzerland. I didn't pull out my bottle to check, but I feel like they would be a perfect match. This is a warm shade of gold and I also love this softer shade from the collection.

Next up we have Jinx. I know this polish is everyone else's favorite of the collection, but for me it's in second place. It's a close second, but my heart is elsewhere. I love the shade here. It's leans red-orange-coral with gorgeous gold shimmer. It's classy but with spice.

I've been on the fence about the whole texture polish thing. I have a few girlfriends who absolutely love it, but I've still been kind of wary about the whole thing. It seemed like a fad but I think it might be around to stay. Everyone is releasing collections, and I'm kind of in love with the whole OPI Bond Girls Collections (the colors at least).

I bought OPI's Can't Let Go from the Mariah Carey Collection forever ago, but it took me a while to work up the courage to try it out. And could I try it out like normal people and just wear it plain? Absolutely not...I wanted to see how it stood up in a design. So I got to playing in the sand.


For this design, I started off with a base coat of China Glaze Whimsical. This is a really pretty neutral duochrome that I thought paired well with the deep purple of Can't Let Go. Here it is with 3 thin coats on it's own.


I like this polish, it would be great as a neutral wear on its own, but if you aren't careful the brush strokes show. Next I layered in striping tape in different designs, then quickly brushed on 2 coats of the Liquid Sand polish. The result was great.