When I bought this color, I thought it was more on the side of magenta. As you can see, it is definitely not. The first coat is a semi-translucent magenta (see the edges of my nails? They are magenta) but as you add more layers the color darkens. This application was 3 coats. The result is a dark purple. If you look closely, you can see tiny pink/magenta shimmers. It's a gorgeous color! If I hadn't broke my pointer finger (far left) I'd wear this a few more days.

Ooooooooooh, I love this color! Pure glitter. Opaque in 3 coats... 2 if you're really good. You must use a super glossy top coat (Seche Vite) if you want to get the most sparkle out of this polish! Look below... An out-of-focus shot for proof of how awesome Absolutely Alice is!
The photo below has indirect lighting. It shows the 2 colors of glitter: bright blue with a touch of gold! I thought the blue was the color of my favorite crayon as a child, labelled "Cerulean". However, the googled images of it are much more blue than I remember. Anyone have any crayons?
This color is a MUST if you love bright polishes, blues, or glitters! It is GORGEOUS! I don't want to take it off!

Well, it's pretty obvious where I got the inspiration for this manicure. Does that explain all the "Tiffany blue"-like swatches I've been doing? Here is Nfu Oh #394...
There were so many other Konad motifs that I wanted to incorporate into this design. However, there just wasn't enough room on my nails! The bow is from M59. The gem and box are from M14. The silver glitter is China Glaze's Tinsel...
Ideally, I would have liked a bow on my pinkie nail but there was no way that was happening! That bow is huge! Also, I wish I had put a bow on my thumb... It's always easier to criticize when you actually see the prints on the nails vs. ideas swirling around in your head! Hope you like it!

I'm sick of the photo quality I get when I upload pictures into Blogger. I tried using Photobucket but the pictures ended up being so big that blogger automatically cropped them to fit within the limits of the post. I hesitate to join Flickr because I have to sign up for a Yahoo ID and I don't really need anymore login names and passwords to remember! Does anyone out there have a better way to post pictures? If so, please let me know!

Anyways, on to the nails. I wanted to use red and purple. I love red and purple! So I thought, "I'll try a Red Hat Society themed manicure". I pictured it looking better than this. What it turned out to be reminds me more of hippie tie-dye! It is better in real-life, of course... but it would be even better with more purple!

I knew right away that I was going to use those feathers on Konad image plate M63. I stamped the design on top of OPI's Dutch Tulips (base color). To add more interest, I used silver AND purple special polish. It's a good thing I did because the purple is barely visible.

Afterwards, I filled the void created by the arched feathers with China Glaze's Ruby Pumps. Then I remembered how hard Ruby Pumps was to photograph... so I went over it with a red glitter Stripe Rite!

Does anyone else have problems with Konad's topcoat getting super bubbly!?! I bet I have over 50 bubbles on my thumbnail alone! I don't shake the bottle... I try to apply it in as few brush strokes as possible... It looks perfect when I'm done. It's not until it really begins to dry that the bumps start showing up. I'm desperate for help/suggestions! :( I feel like such a whiner today!

2) My eyes aren't actually green. They're brown... but I really want colored contacts so they may be green one day. Hopefully!

This is my favorite OPI gold as of now. I have "Dazzled By Gold", ""Glow", "Curry Up Don't Be Late", and this one, "I Get A Kick Out Of Gold". [IGAKOOG] Nice acronym.

Like I mentioned before, I received some nail wheels for Christmas! Here are all of my OPI swatches! These will make it so much easier for me to choose colors. The hard part will be finding the right bottle from the storage boxes!

I always hack into my boyfriend's Ebay account and put girly things on his "Watch List", usually nail related items. Haha. So this year for Christmas some of which he got me was all of the things I had on the list. Nail wheels! OPI's I Get A Kick Out Of Gold! And these pretty polishes from Nabi:
They look gorgeous, right? I've never used Nabi polishes before but I've seen some on Nihrida's blog so I thought they might be worthy of my time...? I decided to use the pink (actually called "Purple Big Glitter") over OPI's It Color.
Okay, so where is all of the glitter?! Still in the bottle, I guess. I gave it another coat.
I'm really NOT impressed. The glitter is pretty, BUT YOU CAN'T GET IT ON THE NAIL! The bottle looks packed with glitter, so why do I only get a glob of clear when I pull the brush out of the polish?? I'm sincerely upset :( ...
[Above] Now seriously, who said that?! "The best nail polish I've ever used"? What a joke. Other reasons I'm disappointed in these polishes: They smell GROSS! When I open the bottle I feel like I just stepped into an auto body shop. It's an awful paint smell. Also, it has a thick, sticky consistency. Yuck! I feel like I have super glue all over my nails! Have you ever tried super glueing your nail back together after it broke? Well, it gets all over. It runs all over your nail and floods your cuticle. That is basically what this polish did to me. I'm taking it all off now!

I'm always trying to come up with something that I haven't seen before. I think this may be it... I used Purple With A Purpose and a Stripe Rite (silver glitter):

Here are the nails I stamped while teaching my aunt how to use her new Konad stamping kit. Don't mind the application OR my super dry cuticles. They really don't look this bad in real life! Anyways...