Peachy Keen

  Recently I had another really nasty nail break.  These always seem to happen when I am at work and do not have my full compliment of tools to deal with it.  So I confess - obsessing over this break lead me to bite off another one of my nails.  After that I had to bust out my clippers and (with polish still one) hack off all of my nails.  Oh little nubbins... how short you are!  I just have to remind myself that they will grow back - so everything is peachy keen! :)

Outdoors, natural light

  This gorgeous peachy color is Majolica Majorca Caramel Cream.  It has a very subtle golden shimmer that gives it a pearly, soft look.  This is three thin coats and application was fairly smooth.  I added the design using Konad Special White and one of my newest stamping plates, m85.  As I was looking at the golden bottle cap I couldn't help but thinking this color looked really pretty with gold, and I added a top coat of Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow, and topped it off with Seche Vite!

Outdoors, natural light

  A very elegant manicure for my short little nubs!

Majolica Majorca Witchcraft

  Another awesome Japanese polish from Becky, this time I have for you Majolica Majorca Witchcraft!  What a fun brand name. :)

Outdoors, sun, no flash

   This is a really gorgeous slightly shimmery lilac color.  I really loved this pastel color, especially with the hint of shimmer!  This polish was a bit on the sheer side, and took four coats to achieve opacity.  Due to my impatience, I had a bit of problem with some tip shrinkage since I allowed like.. no time in between coats here and saw the shrinkage after adding a fast-dry topcoat.  Oops.  Still totally gorgeous though!  I wish I had taken a picture before the Konad, but it was late and I only would have had bad artificial lighting so this is it!  For the design, I used Konad plate m63 and Konad Special White.  I love this patter - it really looks 3D.  However it is a bit narrower than other full-plate Konad patterns, and I wished they had just added another row of the squares on the plate... but it is still a really cool image.  I have another Majolica Majorca polish from Becky as well, can't wait to try it!