The Fancy Side

I don't think it's any secret that Cirque Colors is my most owned brand. I adore all of Annie's creations and when I saw pictures of Coven I practically threw my money at her. Coven is a beautiful blurple (I hate that word, but I don't know what else to say here) filled with green/copper shimmer and a smattering of holo particles. To say that I love this polish is not a strong enough description. 

I did this look forever ago and totally forgot about it. I just found the album on my computer and realized I'd never posted about it. I'm normally the organized one so for something to get lost in the ether was a weird realization. I couldn't not show you this pretty but simple look though. 

Basically I found a glitter and creme polish in the same color family and paired them. The creme is Essie Blossom Dandy, a light minty blue that I applied in two thin coats. On my other fingers I used Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe, a light minty blue glitter polish. I believe it took three thin coats for this opacity. 

Welcome to that moment where I geek out about the ROYALS winning the WORLD SERIES! Cheering on the KC Royals has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. I've been to more games in Kauffman Stadium than I can count. The last time they won a World Series I was barely four months old. Cut to last year, I live in NYC, can't go to any of the games, and I end up crying alone in a bar after work as we lost in game 7. I spent a year being sad about that but then the Royals came out this year hotter and stronger than last year. I cannot wait to clench and go to the show again. THEN....dun dun duuuuuh...the METS win and are in the show. Literally....my worst nightmare y'all. If I'm serious about Royals Baseball, my husband LIVES and BREATHES Mets Baseball. So now, you have two uber competitive people who do not joke around when it comes to their teams, married and those teams facing off in a Championship Series. This only ends good for one of us. I'm happy to report, that I came out on the good end of this one. THANK GOD! My husband not so much, but we weathered the storm and hopefully won't ever see this kind of match up again. 

So long story short, I love Royals, my husband loves Mets, we got to go to NYC games, I saw my team win, BEST GAME EVER! This is what I wore on my nails, because of course I have to do something. 

I used a complete batting lineup from Cirque Colors for my baseball mani. I was only going to use the glitters, but as I was searching for them I kept running into "oh this would go well" moments and the next thing I knew I had seven bottles on my desk ready to rock. The blue creme on my thumb/middle finger is NYFW, white is done with Carpe Diem, gold glitter is Helios, blue glitter is Lapis, gold holo in the crown is Rococo, the white for my baseball is City Lights, and the red for the laces is Rita. Everything is handpainted on these, so they aren't perfect, but I'm pretty damn proud of them. 

My final Halloween themed #StampingSaturday look. For this one I kept it simple so that the base polish, which is sooooo pretty, could shine. 

My base is Beyond the Nail Spooktacular*, a glitter bomb filled with orange, black, and white glitters. This was 2 coats for full coverage, brushed on. Talk about awesome! 

Today I have another look for you featuring polishes from the OPI Starlight Collection via Preen.Me  Today I started with a base of OPI Comet Closer a soft gold filled with little textured bits. It's smooth to the touch, but gives the look of a textured polish. This was two thin coats, with no application issues. 

#TheLacquerRing is back today with our final October prompt. Since it's Halloween in a few days the prompt was Spooky, which seems appropriate. I've done so many Halloween themed manis this month (it's been a serious take over) that I actually struggled with what to do for this look. Don't worry I came up with something. ;-) 

I started with a base of LVX Anthracite, a deep gray creme. This beauty was easy to apply and covered in just two coats. Also, some of you may notice that I went back to the oval shape. Let the celebrations begin. They are short right now, because I'm still dealing with that break, but they are back in the much loved shape. It's weird how people were like "square..no, coffin....NO!"

For the last touch of my Spooky look, I created a decal with a terrifying ghost from MyOnline Shop JR-22 plate. I wanted it to look like he is coming out of the mists to get you. 

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Today, I have a look featuring two beautiful polishes from the new winter OPI Starlight Collection* These beauties were sent via a collaboration with Preen.Me and I'm ecstatic to be included. 

OPI Give Me Space is by far my favorite of the six polishes I received. Give Me Space is a deep blue polish filled with enough sparkles and flash to look like the night sky. This is the perfect base for galaxy nails! My swatch is two perfect coats, no application issues.