Black Tie Optional in Turquoise & Caicos!

I purchased both of the polishes for my current manicure this week and they've both been on my wishlist for awhile.

I took advantage of my $5.50 CVS reward bucks to buy Essie's Turquoise & Caicos. It is priced at $8.29 at CVS. I also saw it at Walmart for $7.75.

Although I have a few similar colors, they are all just different enough for T & C to be a fantastic addition to my collection. It's a beautiful creamy turquoise, just the right mix of blue and green. It applied perfectly, opaque in only two light coats. (Although looking at it in the sun, I probably could have used another coat.)

My second purchase was Hard Candy's Black Tie Optional. It was love at first sight after seeing swatches by several nail bloggers. It took forever for my neighborhood Walmart to stock the new Hard Candy collection. I was very happy to see this one restocked today, and at just $4.00, I had to take it home with me. I love it just as much on my nails as I did on the various swatches! It features small, medium, & large white and black hex, black bars, and tiny and small black & white rounds. 

BTO will look incredible over any color. I paired it with Turquoise & Caicos today and it is every bit as fantastic as I expected! One accent nail (one coat) with Sally Hansen Hard as Nails crystal clear over all. 

 

Randomness from Desi

I am clearly the blogging slacker of Mommies' Manis...got to get my polished fingers on this keyboard more often! ;)

Anywho...I don't have a mani to share with y'all today, as my finger are bare. Giving them a little time to soak up some moisture/cuticle oil. (constant color changes wreak havoc on my hands!) But I do have some polish-related pictures for a quick, random little entry.

Cuticle care is important, y'all. And isn't my nail file pretty? It's pink. And it lights up. What?!

I have been stalking regularly checking my local WalMart's Hard Candy section in hopes that they've stocked the new polish line. So far, no luck. The pretty new display sits empty, but the colors shown look amazing! What gives, Wally World? Polishaholics need a fix!!

The empty display. It mocks me. "See all the pretty colors? You can't have them!"

I did purchase a new NYC polish. At $1.97, I don't feel guilty, plus they're pretty amazing for such an affordable line! I'm in spring mode, so I'm leaning towards pastels these days. Loving this sweet yellow!

Lexington Yellow. Darn blurry image.

That's all for now, but stay tuned...I'll share my thoughts about the Zoya Pixie Dust polish at some point during the week!


-Desirae

Over the taupe, Flossy, Flossy.

I broke a nail. Had to change my manicure. Darn!

I decided today would be a glitter day.

I started by picking out four different base colors to go with my Wet N Wild, Fergie collection, Flossy Flossy.

As a music artist, Fergie is lame. My opinion. I'm not a fan of her at all.

But she has some pretty polish colors. Flossy Flossy is one of three I own. It's got gold, mauve, and copper hex glitters and gold, mauve, blue, purple, aqua, green and copper micro glitters (or at least really small glitters).

I digress.

I decided to go with brown because I figured it would be most likely to complement whatever I wear tomorrow.

The brown I chose is one I have not used before. And shame on me, because its beautiful! I chose OPI - Over the Taupe.

It looks like yummy Swiss chocolate milk. I nearly left it as is, but reminded myself I was committed to glitter.

I used two coats OPI and one WNW. I used Hard Candy's Matte-ly in Love (matte top coat) on all but the ring finger and decided to leave that as a glossy accent nail.

This glitter went on awesome. I love the wider, flatter brush.

I took these photos before cleanup because the lighting in my house is starting to dim and Collin was starting to stir.

Anyone else love brown polish? Glitter?