Green with Envy

I picked up some awesome Sephora by OPI shades recently ....

Mermaid to Order & Teal We Meet Again

The lighter of the two, Mermaid to Order, is absolutely captivating in the bottle.  It's a gorgeous teal that appears to be a multi chrome that shifts from teal to light green to blue to purple.  Unfortunately, all of this gets lost in application translation.  I'll even give an inch and say it's a duo chrome, because I can slightly make out the hint of light green.  I still think it's a pretty color, but it had potential to be amazing.

I used the darker of the two, Teal We Meet Again, on my ring fingers.  With this one, there aren't any unpleasant surprises, it's gorgeous in the bottle, and stunning on your nails!!  The deep teal color is so beautiful, and the slight sparkle really makes it pop!

The past 84 hours or so have been nothing short of absolutely crazy, so I'm more than a little tired - but I still needed the zen feeling that polish provides.  So this explanation is me trying to apologize for the lack of nail art in this post.  I know it's a little out of my norm!  I actually used my RA-106 plate with Color Club Perfect Mol-ten on my ring fingers.  Try as I might, I simply could not get it to photograph very well, but it has a really pretty greenish gold shimmer in person!

I ended up naming this post "Green with Envy", because I am truly envious of the amazing color that is on display for me when I look at my bottle of Mermaid to Order.  I wish it were on my nails!!!  So ladies, until next time ... Happy Painting!!!

Colors: Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order, Sephora by OPI Teal We Meet Again, Color Club Perfect Mol-ten

Happy Little Trees!

Colors: China Glaze Ultimate Holiday, Orly Wandering Vine, Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, Color Club Holiday Splendor, Sephora by OPI Leaf Him at the Altar, Color Club Gingerbread, China Glaze Ruby Pumps, Barielle Falling Star, Ulta Mint Condition, Wet n Wild Buffy the Violet Slayer

I decided to make some happy little Christmas trees today!  I used Ultimate Holiday as the base color, which is a gorgeous gold/green glitter!  Then I used my dotting tools with all of my greens for the tree, Gingerbread for the star, and the rest of my colors for the ornaments.  This was another big hit with my little ones!

You cursed brat!!!!

After a few days off, I'm almost ready to close out my Wizard of Oz series!!!

Colors: Spehora by OPI Leaf Him at the Altar, Sally Hansen Black Out, Ulta Bam-blue-zled

Leaf Him at the Altar is a fantastic green!  It has hints of gold that really shimmer in the sunlight!!!  I decided to water marble my ring finger because, well ... she's melting!!!!  After I marbled, I dotted a little of the green here and there.  (I didn't use the green in the marbling because shimmer colors don't cooperate when marbling.)  Then I dotted the black diagonally on the remaining tips. I'm excited to finish the series with, of course, Dorothy!!!  YAY!

If I only had a brain ...

Continuing with my Wizard of Oz Series is The Scarecrow!!

Colors: Sephora by OPI 212-Sephora, Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow 360, Finger Paints Warm He-art-ed, Sephora by OPI Leaf Him at the Altar

I used my small shears to cut jagged edges on my scotch tape after two coats of 212-Sephora.  Then I applied two coats of Mellow Yellow, and one coat of Warm He-art-ed for the straw.  I taped off a section on my ring finger for a patch work piece like on The Scarecrow's clothing.  I hope you enjoy!  Happy painting!!!!