The Weighted Companion Cube

  When Becky saw this polish, she knew I would need it.  As a huge fan of Portal and Portal 2, I have snatched up a lot of related merchandise, and what could be more perfect than a polish designed around my BFF in the game, the companion cube?

Outdoors, sun

  For my companion cube nails, I started off with two coats of Zoya Dove on all but the ring fingers, followed by two coats of NailsIT Companion Cube.  This polish is a medium gray jelly with pink heart, white square, silver hex, and small iridescent glitters.  The hearts were surprisingly east to get out, but I found that adding a second coat made them just a bit too grayed-out, so I used a brush dipped in remover to brighten them up again.  Love this glitter!

Outdoors, shade... with Wheatley

  On the ring finer, I started with two coats of Zoya Kelly, followed by painting on the light gray details with Zoya Dove and the pink details with Nicole by OPI Up & Kim-ing Pink.  I added a pink rhinestone in the center of the heart for good measure  Looks very nice with my companion cube plushie.  

Outdoors, shade

  I pretty much love this manicure... almost as much as the game.  And the cube itself.  I'm not going to lie, I probably ran around for about an hour trying to figure out how to save it... ANYWAY if you haven't played Portal I strongly suggest you do, it is really an amazing game.

  Look at me still talking when there's science to do...

Snowball Fight!

  This year for Christmas, one of my gifts from my sister Becky was a totally gorgeous glitter topcoat from Darling Diva Polish, with snowflake glitter in it!  How awesome is that?

Indoors, artificial light

  For this manicure, I started out with a purple base color (It was just two days before the Fiesta Bowl), a England Lady of the Lake.  This medium purple holo is of course great on its own, but also made a perfect base for Darling Diva Snowball.  This polish is a glitter-fest in a clear base; it contains white glitters in bar, large and small hex, and snowflakes shapes, as well as silver hex and various sizes of blue-green, incandescent glitters.  While the glitter did end up making the polish look a bit more blue than purple, I still love the finished look.

Indoors, artificial light

  The snowflakes were sort of a pain to get out of the bottle, but in the end it was worth it.  I put on about three or four layers of topcoat and still couldn't get them to lay completely flat, but I didn't have much of a problem with them snagging for several days (I started to pick at them, so that's my fault).  Lovely polish and perfect for a snowy winter day.