Chanel Taboo

So I splurged on my second Chanel as a birthday present to myself. As soon as I saw Taboo I knew that I had to seek it out because it looked special enough to warrant the price tag. For me, it definitely did not disappoint. My favorite part is the blue sparkle which is unexpected and makes it really special.

Blurry picture to show the sparkle.

This is the first Chanel in ages that has really grabbed my attention, and if you are a purple shimmer lover like me, I highly recommend it! Thanks for looking!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 18: Classic

So what is more classic than a gorgeous red jelly? Or even better...a Chanel red jelly? Oh now we are just getting fancy...

So for today's mani I chose Chanel Pirate. This is my first and only Chanel polish and I figured that if I was going to get a Chanel, I might as well get one that was classic and that I would get a lot of use out of. This is 2 coats of Chanel Pirate.

 

 

 

And then I thought...what is more classic at Christmas than a sparkly red? So I decided to add some sparkle to this mani with a Christmas gift I received from a friend: BB Couture for Men Santa's Sak. I believe this polish was from their 2010 Holiday collection. I am not always a bar glitter fan, but the use of bar glitter in this polish is amazing! It has lots of silver microglitter throughout and small holo bar glitter that just glow in the red jelly base. It is so festive!

 

 

 

 

 

 

So as you can see...I am still missing a few days but my plan is to do ugly sweater tonight, a water marble tomorrow, and then for Christmas day I am wearing CrowsToes Jingle Balls (which will be a repeat of green). If I have time tomorrow before the water marble, I might try to whip up something for Sweets and Candy, Fruit Cake, and Rudolph, but it might just have to wait until after Christmas. And I WILL do my redo of my Christmas Movie mani at some point because I think it is funny. It is inspired by my absolute favorite Christmas Movie. :D

 

 

 

Thanks for looking everyone!!

Fun with Finger Paints Fall of Surprises

Today I have a mani that totally screams fall! I recently picked up Finger Paints Fall of Surprises because it looked like a very fun and fallish glitter, and I don't have anything like it. It has bronze hexes and bronze microglitter.

I had seen a gorgeous jelly sandwich mani that Scrangie did when she guest posted on Sparkly Vernis, and it inspired me to do something similar. For my mani, I started off with a base of a darker red jelly with golden shimmer, Mode Arsonist. Then I layered on one coat of Finger Paints Fall of Surprises. Next I did a layer of a red jelly, Chanel Pirate. Finally, I thought it would look cool to dab a bit of the bronze glitter on top so I took Fall of Surprises and wiped off the brush very well and lightly dabbed some glitter on top (be sure to wipe the brush off well because it is a very dense glitter). I think that it looks perfect for fall!

 

 

 

I will say I have enjoyed my new adventures in nail art, but this mani really felt like my old self! Thanks for looking everyone!