Fingerpaints flakies!!!!

I'm posting from my phone because I am so excited..... one of the Sally's I go to had the new fingerpaints in the back and let me buy one of each Eben though they aren't due out til January!!!! I will be posting pictures when I get home!!!! This made my month :)

Sunset Mani...

Last Saturday I was out driving around and I just happed to look at the sky as the sun was going down. It was so pretty. The nice blue sky with fluffy litte clouds that were tinted red from the sun. As I looked at the sky I said to myself: "Raeven... You need to make your nail look like the sky." I thought I had a pretty good idea, so when I got home I pulled out a nail wheel to play with some colors to see if I could find a combination of colors to give me the effect I was looking for....

This is what I ended up with...

I think it turned out pretty good. I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors "Rise and Shine" the blue was a little brighter then I wanted but when I added 2 coats of Maybelline Colorama "Ruby Rays" it muted the blue out a little and made it the perfect shade for me. After that I felt that it still needed a little something so I added a coat of OTD Northern Lights... PERFECT!!!! I loved how it turned out so much that I kept it on for 3 days.. normally I change every other day if not every day... It turned out better then I though it would and IMO it looked even better in person. Flakies are so hard to capture on camera :/

I recieved "Ruby Rays" from a swap I did with Nail Xchange it was a surprise she threw in and I was so excited about it since I don't really have a lot of flakies :)

What do you think? Have you used either of these polishes before.

Thanks for reading and as always please leave any comments or questions below!!!

The one without a name...

Grrrr... I'm kind of distracted right now due to my little demon dog (as my mom calls him) He just peed on my bed, thank god for the mattress pad I have and now that he is in his crate for the night he won't stop whining. Normally he goes to bed like a good boy, but he's so bad tonight that I was forced to move his crate out of the bedroom just so I could concentrate on my post. Some people have told me that I shouldn't have his crate in the bedroom, but I mainly do it because my house gets cold at night and the bedroom is warmer. lol..... ok enough babbling... on to the nail stuff   :)

I was at Walgreens a few weeks ago and I saw they had 2-packs of Pure Ice polish containing one color and one crackle top-coat. I had already gotten most of them individually but I saw a green that really caught my eye and it came with a silver crackle which worked for me because I have the silver from OPI, but I don't care for it much and I tend to like the Pure Ice crackles better :) so it was a win-win. The green doesn't have a name.. just a number.

2 coats

 
 Bottom of the bottle... I always feel bad when a nice polish doesn't have a proper name... lol. This polish went on great and it is so pretty. Knowing I can't leave well enough alone I used some top coats... like 4 of them lol

 First was 2 coats of Pure Ice "Oh Baby" I love that it brings out the blue hue in the polish.

 It wasn't a big difference so I decided to try something else too... I used Finger Paints "Sparkle Top Coat", and China Glaze "Golden Enchantment" and "Fairy Dust" One coat of each.

I loved how it turned out. Pictures don't do it justice. I loved it so much I left it on for 3 or 4 days. Normally I change polish every other day. Every time I looked at my nails I felt as if I was looking in to tiny little galaxies. I like how every polish added to the overall look an didn't cover up the coat below it. I will have to use these all again over a different base color :)

What do you think???

Thanks for reading and please leave any questions of comments below. :)

Avon Matte Violetta

I've had this polish for awhile. I use to sell Avon before I really got into nail polish. Ever since I got this color I thought it was so pretty, but it kept getting pushed to the end of the line so to speak. I finally decided to try it out.... I was really disappointed. In the bottle "Violetta" is a deep purple with hints on pink and blue... on the nail, not so much...

 This is my first time using a matte nail polish, but the formula was horrible. Application was a pain in the butt. Ugggg... I really don't care for the final color either. It's so blah and nothing like it was in the bottle. I did a SV topcoat and it really helped. Maybe it is just me, but I think polishes look better when shiny. Such is the case with "Violetta"...

 You can really see the pink here

 The blue is beautiful at this angle

Much better with a top coat... This polish is with out a doubt going in to the swap drawer. I hope someone else can give it a proper loving home...

Thanks for reading and please leave any questions or comments below :)

I've been a bad blogger :(

I've been having a bad week. Some personal issues so I won't bore you with the details. On to the pretties :)

So I did my first swap a little bit ago with Nail Xchange. The main reason for the swap was my lemming for China Glaze "It's Alive" from last years Halloween collection. It's so pretty!!!

This is 2 coats with SV topcoat. Pictures do not do this polish justice. I love it so much, and I'm so happy that I was able to get it. I've heard that this is a dupe for Orly's "It's Not Rocket Science" but I don't own it so I can't do my own comparison :( oh well...

I promise to start posting better and more regularly :) I hope you will keep reading. Please leave any questions or comments. Thanks for reading!!!