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!

My Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...

  Ever since a fabulous karaoke rendition of this glorious song by yours truly, thanks to some Wii game or another (I can't even remember which one now, haha), the "Milkshake" song has been a bit of an inside joke between my family and I.  So of course, when she found the Deborah Lippmann Fashionista trio contained a polish named Milkshake, my big sis knew I had to have it!

Outdoors, natural light

  Deborah Lippmann Milkshake is a sheer neutral beige creme, and it is simply gorgeous.  I can't help but feel like my short little nubs I was sporting with this mani don't hardly do it justice - so expect to see it again when they grow out a bit!  Application was perfectly smooth and it evened out beautifully.  This is three coats.  I added the design using Konad Special White and plate m74, and added the dots using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Raspberry Race and Blue-Away with a dotting tool.  Although I didn't get a picture of Milkshake by itself (not so smart), here it is with the white only.

Outdoors, natural light

  Such a fresh and clean color, perfect for spring - or any time really.  And totally work appropriate!  I can't wait to see how this will look over longer nails as well - now I just have to stop ramming my nails into things at the lab so they can finally have a chance to grow out.  Thanks for the gorgeous polish, Christy!  :)