OPI Merry Midnight

OPI Merry Midnight is from last year's Holiday Wishes Collection. Merry Midnight is a deep warm plum purple jelly with red opalescent flakies as well as smaller crushed red/blue/silver micro-flakie-glitter. This polish rocks. It's definitely not a traditional Christmas color but every time I look at this I can't help but think "..as visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.." :0)

~Dori

My Top 20

So you may or may not be familiar with MUA, the Nail Board, or the Nail Board Top 20 but each Fall we do a Top 20 polish list in which everyone on the board submits their favorite 20 polishes to a NB member and they tally up the votes. Today was the day that the votes and the 2010 NB Top 20 were shared on the board. It becomes a bit of a spam fest on acid where everyone shares what polishes made their top 20 list and so I figured it was reason as good as any to share with you all what made my top 20 list this year. Some of these I have posted on here before (mostly because I was trying to have swatches done to share on the board when I revealed my top 20 list) so hopefully that's not a big deal. Behold, my Top 20:

In no particular order,
China Glaze Fortune Teller

OPI Absolutely Alice

Deborah Lippman Happy Birthday

Color Club Electro Candy

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

China Glaze Nova

Essie Mint Candy Apple

OPI Dazzled By Gold

Deborah Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers

Nfu Oh 52

OPI Smitten With Mittens

China Glaze Emerald Sparkle

OPI Brand New Skates

OPI The Show Must Go On!

China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

Nfu Oh 51

China Glaze Party Hearty

Del Sol Trick-Or-Treat

OPI Holiday Glow

And last but certainly not least,
Zoya Charla

There you have it. How many of these make up your favorites too?
~Dori

Nfu Oh 52

Quick post right before I take my last final! Nfu Oh 52 is a deep purple jelly with light blue flakies. 3 coats. Very pretty. Sorry for the quick post, my final starts in exactly 21 minutes so I'm off.

Happy Hump Day!
~Dori

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

Happy Sunday! Today I have on Sally Hansen Hidden treasure over OPI Alpine Snow. Hidden Treasure came out in the Spring of this year and is a clear base jam-packed with flakie goodness!! Over white, Hidden Treasure looks much more of a light iridescent blue in the sun and a warm gold with a touch of red in the shade where as when it is worn over black HT takes on much more or a bright red look.
Hope you all have a relaxing Sunday. Last night I lost my voice, I've still got a sore throat, a cough, and clogged ears from Friday. I have finals for school tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday which I haven't studied at all for so I guess I better hop to it. Wish my luck!

~Dori

Nfu Oh 51

How was everyone's Thanksgiving and Black Friday? My meal was amazing and I scored some sales that I'm pretty happy about. $225 pea coat for $62?!? Yes please!! Today I have on Nfuh Oh 51. Yes, the beloved 51. It's gorgeous and shimmery and flakie and squooshie and breath taking. I don't even like purple polish but I'm obsessed with this one. 51 is a purple fuschia jelly with pink flakies. It's a little hard to tell in pictures, but the polish actually looks purple-blue on the tips because of VNL (visible nail line) so if VNL annoys you, you'd probably be better off layering this polish over a similar color. Nonetheless, this is a gorgeous polish and a must-have for any flakie love.

~Dori