Hunger Games!!

IT'S HERE, PEOPLE!

Hunger Games comes out today!!

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I'm obviously SUPER DUPER EXCITED. I'm seeing it tonight, and in honour I made Hunger Games Nails! Now, these aren't the China Glaze Capitol Colours Collection (which I will purchase when Lent is over because I sort of gave up buying new polish for Lent...) but designs made from colours I already own. Also, these are definitely not as good as some of the ones I've seen on the internets, but it's mine :)

I used Deborah Lippmann Hit Me With Your Best Shot as the base. It is a fantastic gunmetal grey shimmer. Gotta represent District 12, y'all!

On my ring finger I did a flame motif for Katniss, the Girl on Fire. I used OPI Need Sunglasses? for yellow, China Glaze Papaya Punch for the light orange, Essie Orange, It's Obvious? for the dark orange and Kenne-bunk port for the red.

On my thumb I attempted to draw the mockingjay pin. I used OPI Take the Stage.

May the odds be ever in your favour!

Perceval and Take The Stage Part Deux

So upon further reflection of my previous mani, I decided to try putting Essie's Matte About You over to see if I liked it any more. For me, it is still an "Enh" (my version of 'meh'). Didn't get any compliments for these nails at work :(

I do enjoy Matte About You, it makes manis a lot more interesting. Plus, it adds another day to manicures. Bonuses are always nice!

A England Perceval and OPI Take The Stage

Today I was crazy, dangerous and reckless. I let my five year-old nephew pick my nail polish colours. I asked and he responded "RED AND ORANGE!". What does one do with red and orange I ask you?? A stylized French, of course!

The colours today used were A England's Perceval from their Mythicals collection and OPI Take the Stage from their Burlesque collection. I love love love both these colours. Perceval is such a gorgeous, vibrant red. It almost glows from within with a hint of gold. Take the Stage is a perfect shimmery orange, almost bronze. Put them together... and something happens. I'm not quite sure, but it's something!

No flash - you can sort of see the touch of gold in the Perceval bottle

Flash

Although I love the colours separately, but together I'm not feeling it. If I did a solid colour pattern on alternate nails, perhaps, but I am not loving this french tip combo. But my nephew seemed happy with it, so who am I to judge?