Essie "The lace is on" Fall 2013 collection

Fall is finally here, not so much in New York because the temp has been in the late 70's.. the other day we hit 80. I mean really now? I need an excuse to wear my bulky sweaters, come on people.

But I digress, Essie has really been upping their game lately, the new fall colors have been really.. well.. different! You expect fall colors, browns.. reds... the like, but they have an awesome duo chrome and a glitter and well this:

Um hello, gorgeous!

Sorry for the yellow tint, until my 64 gig media card comes up I'm reduced to using my iPhone for pictures! Hold me. #White girl problems...I know. But I got so used to taking much better pictures with my g11 that I have been spoiled. Them's the breaks. But I must run off now, I've got nannying to do.

What's your biggest nail polish....um.. why does this exist?

You know exactly what I am talking about, the nail polish styles that make you go, why did they make this? Okay I might get burned at the stake for this, but why does Matte polish exist? The one thing I love about nail polish is the glossy glossy finish, I go to great lengths to have extra ooh la la. But matte polish defeats this! When the matte polishes came rolling out, I walked away puzzled. But to each their own, some people loved the mattes, still do. But for now, I am good.

Nooooooo.......

Textured polishes have me at 50/50. Some companies have done a really good job with it.  Zoya, I LOVE YOU AND YOUR PIXIE DUST POLISHES. I WANT THEM ALL. And when you put on a topcoat, DROOL.

Thanks All laquered up!

I WANT.

 Those gumdrop polishes, those are gorgeous.

I have the red one, from my friend Tarah, it rocks my socks.

But some companies, I wont name, well they missed the ball. And they cost almost the same as the Zoya's, more then the gum drops, and they are already on clearance. So I guess I wasn't the only one that thought they stank...pew pew pew.

But seriously, what nail polish out there makes you go hmmmm?

Whoa.. this is sad.

Wow, so sorry for the lack of posts! I guess its me now, all alone... but thats okay, Ill try my best to post more than once every 3 months!

Heres a manicure I am rocking right now:

$18 for 13 ml/0.43 fl oz, Sephora.com

I saw this in Sephora(swooooooooned) and Renee scooped it up and got it for me behind my back. It is literally the prettiest nail polish. 

Couldn't have said it any better, Chris.

It lasts a long crazy time, almost opaque in one coat, is it worth the money.. um.. yeah. I think so. The color is, but their are other colors in the collection that can be easily duped. This color, not so much. So yes me likes!

Missed part of the thumb, oh well!

I couldn't decide between this hot pink nail polish from an Urban decay set that I bought a few years ago, and this gorgeous blood red aptly called Sooki from Zoya, one of my favorite Zoyas! So I did both! I never really do the ring finger stand out nail, but I think the two went well together. I do need to redo the thumbnail part, see this is why i never show the thumbnail! I always seem to miss half of it ( but that may be pure laziness on my part) And of course a generous topcoat of Seche vite. I cant imagine doing my nails with out it.

I also think this look works better on shorter nails, agree? disagree? Let me know in the comments! But tata for now!

My cow nails! Moooo!

My cow nails! Moooo! #nailart #nails #cow #moo, a photo by fairymoore on Flickr.

One of the girls I nanny for is obsessed with cows, I mean obsessed. Everything cow. A while back she was sick with a cold, so I painted her nails to cheer her up. And then in the process I did mine. Here is the link to the tutorial for it!

http://pinterest.com/pin/98023729361485311/

It was so easy and I got a ton of compliments for it. Next! Owls!

Manicure fails including mine.

 I was on pintersest before and when i say before I mean all night (kidding...Kinda) and I came across this:

And it made me think of the Halloween manicure that I did a few years back (old). 

Not going to lie, the above one is cuter than mine! But I will admit that I have had my own manicure fails so its glad to know that I am not the only one out there that has had one.

My horrible attempt at konading. Honestly the only reason I posted it because it was Clarins Unicorn pee, but yeah that Konad is complete manicure fail!  So what was your manicure fail?

Awesome Polish from an Awesome Friend

I oohed and ahhhed at this polish when I saw it online swatched but now I own it:

China Glaze Nail Polish Cirque du Soleil ITS A TRAP-EZE!

Courtesy of mi amiga Tarah, But I did it different! I love the milky base, but I knew it would take about 3 coats to get it to be that color, so I used Essie's Candy Apple Mint as a base coat, and I am please with the results.

And of course a nice layer of Seche Vite, Over all I love it!