Top 11 of 2011, My Favorite Polishes of the Year!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up string These a few of my favorite things....

My favorite polishes of the year in no particular order

Oh my Megan you're such a gem. Elegant and sophisticated. Although it's not your typical neutral I think it can pass in various environments.

I think I finally figured out how to create the perfect movie manicure. You know the one that Jennifer Aniston usually wears in movies. Mousseline takes a few coats but it's like cushiony clouds once you get there.

The perfect little topcoat to quickly spice up a mani, Nubar White Dots.

The perfect Holiday green Glittering Garland.

I coveted the magnetics from a far throughout 2010 and was thrilled when they made it to the US in 2011. One of my favorites the year, Layla Black Metal.
The Special Effects arrived late this year but just in time to ignite a fire on my nails. Twisted was my favorite from the collection of five. I know a lot of people don't like the density of the polish but I think it's perfect because it allows me to create the look I'm going for. I can be a demure vixen with 1 coat or take it into overdrive with several coats.

Khloe Had A Little Lam Lam. Need I say more?

Change your Holiday vision. Blue is not a color that comes to mind during the Holidays but Snow-Man of My Dreams was the perfect mate this year.

The Lovely Gayle. This muted one coat-er won me over.

My first neutral glitter, or should I say a neutral based. Glitter in the Air makes me happy :)

First Mate. A stunning cobalt blue that's sure to turn heads.

The return of DS polishes. We were all hoping for holographics but were gifted with glitter instead. With the mix of purple, blue and pink used to make DS Temptation, I'm not complaining.

Perfecting a Dupe. This may be one of the most popular Revlon's of the year. A duplicate to Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, Facets of Fuschia, was definitely a favorite of mine.

While the excitement over crackles has died down there were a few stars amongst the bunch. Clean Break was one of my favorites from the plethora of crackles that were released in 2011. It was one of the few that cracked wide enough to allow ample room to visualize the base color. Go Color Club for mastering this formula!


And there you have it. A few of my favorites. Yes I know, I went well over 11 polishes but I just couldn't narrow it down!

I hope you enjoyed my selections. Until next time, Happy Polishing!

NOTD and Haul Pics

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great week. I'm still really busy with my hospital rotation but next week it will be over and I'm ecstatic! I've been working on projects every night for the last 3 weeks and it's just flat out depressing. I worked 12 hours yesterday and was so excited to get home because I didn't have anything else to do. I'm so over all of this work and trying to make a good impression. I could care less what my grade is right now. Just pass me so I can move on with my life, lol.

So tonight I couldn't sleep. I woke up at 2am with all kinds of energy and got to playing with my new polishes. I was going through a slight depression last week and ordered a few glitters to make up for it :)

My NOTD is Dorothy by NYX. Another Deborah Lippman dupe. It's pretty but quite thick. My right hand actually turned out much better because I was able to get a few thin coats in. It seemed to thicken almost immediately the longer I kept the bottle open. I only needed 2 coats.

And here's part of my haul from last week.

Uninhibited, FINALLY!!!

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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Friday!

Across The Universe

Long time no post! So sorry for my mini-vacation but I wasn't vacationing at all! I've been so swamped with assignments, papers, presentations and tests. So sad that I've been away so long.

Soooooo, today I thought I'd share my first Deborah Lippmann purchase. This is hands down my favorite polish from her glitter collection. It took quite a few coats to get this one opaque. Yes it's designed to be sheer but I couldn't get the glitter just right, so I applied 4 coats. Next time, I'll go for 3 coats because I prefer the glitter floating in jelly look that I achieved the first time I used it.

4 coats

3 coats

Glitter In The Air Swatch

As promised, today I'm sharing Glitter in the Air. The polish is filled with large blue and pink hex glitters, along with tiny blue, pink and silver. As with her other glitters, the pieces appear to be floating in jelly, although this time its more of a milky base. It went on sheer, but I continued to build layers up to 4 coats, as I wanted to capture the look in the bottle.

It was difficult to capture the bling in this beauty but its definitely there.

It also looks great layered. Here are a few looks I played around with.

Top row: Essie Splash of Grenadine, LA Colors Live, Essie Turquoise & Caicos

Bottom row: WnW White, Zoya Sweet, Zoya Crystal

Overall I'm happy with this gift from my dear hubby who continues to support my addiction :D

So what do you think? Will you add this polish to your glitter collection?