You gotta' see this!

Hey Kids, check this polish out!
If you're a fan of Mary's Blog, Body and Soul, you've seen this brand before here and here. Her sister purchased them last August for a surprising $1(each) at a flea market in South Carolina.

The awesome pictures Mary posted created an instant lemming for me. Honestly, I wasn't much interested in the polishes. What I really wanted were the stunning bottles! My favorite being the one that looks like a filigree cage.

I never thought these polishes/bottles would be mine, so imagine my surprise when I found them by accident at a local dollar store I never go to!
My favorite FCC #39;

The bottle is to die for and so is the color!  It's a 2 coater with a great brush.
I can't stress enough that you just *have* to click each and every one of these pictures to get the full effect of this awesome glowing polish. I feel like I *stole* this cheap-o at $1. Forgive my gushing excitement...I believe the last time I was *this* excited about a polish was when I traded my brand new, unopened teal flashing MPJ for the 3/4 full original holo MPJ at the last nail salon I was using.

Look at how this metallic glows! Now, I don't have MAC Bad Fairy, but from swatches and descriptions I've read, the duochrome properties of BF is soft and only visible under certain light conditions. My FCC #39 has a soft duochrome thing going on under certain lighting. I would not call it a dupe, however, it has totally killed my lemming for BF for sure...it's *that* gorgeous!!! Please enlarge all these pics to get the full effect of this polish.

Color without topcoat looks like a silvered red foil. Upon applying a topcoat it magically transforms into a molten, glowing red metallic with flashes of gold/orange and fuchsia. Just stunning!!! Please click to get a close-up of the difference. Bottom is a fakie without a TC.

Close-up of bottle color. The silver you see disappears after applying a topcoat.                                                                                                                               

 I <3 FCC #39 so much!!! I can't decide which is more beautiful, bottle or polish?
I also grabbed a filigree cages blackened red and the following;

I grabbed the above (FCC #65) thinking it was a glitter with flakies. Upon swatching, I realized that the goldish floaties were iridescent hex glitter- and not flakies. It's still pretty though.
I'm leaving right after posting this to grab some more. The almost empty FCC display had several different bottle types, one of which was kind of bullet shaped similar to a Cover Girl Lashblast mascara tube but smaller. That one was a dusty griege purple and I want!

Here's more FCC #39

Going batty fauxnad

Hi Kids!
Here's my first Halloween inspired fauxnadicure of the season...more than a little late according to my Goth Card. For a while there, I was afraid the men in black coats would revoke my card, however, since my mani is kind'a cool, I'm confident that my card is safe for the time being.

This fauxnadicure was really hard to photograph, so be prepared to be bombarded with more pictures than I should posting. As always, they're clickable for the ginormous size.

*Base was an old Maybelline Express Finish, Fiji Plum, 3 coats. This polish doesn't look plum at all, it's really a dusty, berry red with red flashing to gold glitter.
*Moon is Nfu-Oh #61 applied using a reinforcer on middle nail
*One coat layer of Ruby Kisses in Fuzzy Navel...a sheer, orange jelly.
*While the layer was still wet, I brushed on and swirled a dark franken in random places. I was going for the illusion of dark clouds in a red night sky.
*Since the night sky is always brighter around the Moon, I ringed it with China Glaze Orange Knockout and also added it between the clouds, concentrating most of the intensity on the middle nail and lightly radiating it out to the inside edges of my index and ring nails. Thumb and pinky are the furthest from the Moon, so I left them darker.
Bat images applied using a Color Club mini in black.
*Plates; T13, H17, BM13.
*Stamped (the solid) witch riding her broom on my thumbs

Staining Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck, LOL a peenshroom!

Hey Kids...I meant to post this last week, after removing my cherries fauxnad.
Look at the staining I got with NUP Love Struck;

The staining this polish left was so opaque, I barely had vnl. Since I was originally going to wear a blue, I used a base coat, and just look at what happened! Staining was so deep, I had to grind away 1/3 of my acrylic. I'm not sure if Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck will do the same on natural nails. At any rate, I'd recommend doubling up on a good base coat before applying this one.
Although the staining was horrendous, it doesn't change the fact that Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck is my #1 favorite red.

For the heck of it, I'm closing this post with a bit of funny.
Last week while my dh and I were on a leiserly walk through the woods, I came upon this;

Giant peen mushroom! I wish I had taken these pics from the angle that showcased the "helmet" better, but I was laughing so hard I could barely keep my camera still. It didn't help that dh asked if I felt the need to take the giant peenshroom home.
Since dh is such a fungi, (yes, I crack myself up...at 49, I'm allowed to be corny), I'm going to back and grab this thing and put it on my nightstand.

SH Garnet Lapis Prism, worthy of a weeks wear

Hi Kids! Long time no post...10 days to be exact- with good reason(s). I'll get into that after nail polish stuff.
My NOTW has been 2 coats of Sally Hansen Garnet Lapis Prism over 1 coat Pure Ice All Night Long.
Prepare yourself for lots of pictures...Garnet Lapis is a gorgeous, multi-chrome chameleon.
There is so much more I want to say about this polish, but am unable to because Valium is making my normally inarticulate mind even more confounded where words are concerned. Not even sure if that last sentence makes any sense.
I can, however, post my pictures without fear of sounding stupid....
Garnet Lapis has many facets. You can check it closer by clicking the pictures to make em bigger...
Most pictures taken after a week of wear;

So, that's it- Garnet Lapis, a great polish to wear and be mesmerized by while sitting in the dentists chair for 7 out of 10 days.
It's also been a great "pick-me-up" after my chest X-ray confirmed my suspicion that I have Emphysema...one of my rewards from smoking...Which, by the way- for those of you who smoke- IS NOT REVERSIBLE.
I'm not writing this for pity- I knew what the risks were.  That said, please do not comment with "I'm sorry"-that will offend me greatly. 

Cherries fauxnad**edit**

Hi Kids!
I am tickled pink at how nice my fauxnadicure turned out!
9 pictures, 3 different light sources.
Pictures are clickable...
Sun

Incandescent light...

Fluorescent light... Overall, most color accurate

With the exception of black, all the stamping polishes are my newest frankens, and were created specifically to give my faunadicures more dimension.
All the traditional stamping polishes I've used tend to be one dimensional and just sit there on top of the nail.  Not a good look if you're into multiple colors and layering.
With that in mind, I used a mixture of-  polishes and pigments that have a flash, shimmers, frosts, metallics, and in the 2 greens used today, holos. I really love how my frankens turned out...they seem to sit deep within the mani.  It's very similar to the difference between a pattern woven into a silk scarf opposed to a pattern printed on a silk scarf. The woven pattern is more dimensional and richer.

I'm having so much fun messing with these frankens...there is always the element of surprise. ?  I don't know what finish within the stamping polish will dominate until I apply a top coat. (Base color also changes what the stamping polish will do.) The franken I used for the cherries is actually a light coral, but after applying Seche, it looks like a hot, glowing, cherry red over Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck!

Oooops! For got to give plate numbers...
Cherries- essence rectangular plate (from a swap with the lovely Tiana) and partials from BM21
Leaves- BM05
branch thingies- fauxnad A07

I also forgot to post this...
Does this happen to anyone else?
Mani is FULLY cured, but without top coat. It is NOT dentable.
Granted, I sleep on my hands as well as have them under my pillow. As per my dh, the area doesn't go over body temp- 98.6.

Odd that a temp of 98.6 softens polish enough to do this.

Nina Ultra Pro so underated!

Hi Kids!
It's weird how fast tastes change. Half a year ago I hated red polish, and now, I can't get enough of them!
I was hoping that Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck would be a great red. I was wrong....It's an amazing red!
I have to laugh at myself...applying Love struck was thrilling-  yes, it's *that* good. A dream to apply and sooo shiney!
2 coats of Love Struck looks good to me, however, because I have work tonight, I may need another coat to cover scratches. Stay tuned...this mani really deserves some 'nadding!

No clean-up yet and please ignore my parched skin...
Overcast and rainy.
No top coat Kids...Look at that shine!!!!!!!
Pics are clickable...

1 thick coat on plastic

Before I forget again- A special belated Thank You to Ange from Scandalously Polished...
I have now have one of her amazing frankens. 
I am waiting for the sun to show itself so I can wear this awesome gift!
It feels wonderful that Ange thought of me for this holo franken- a warmer version of my "go to" polish OPI Passion.
<3 Thank You so much Ange!!! <3

Zombie Zest NOTWeekend

Hey Kids!
Boy, am I ever glad I bought this polish! China Glaze Zombie Zest was not a planned buy, but more of an afterthought. I got it before the release date, when I picked up Orly Space Cadet and Galaxy Girl. I think I subconsciously chose Zombie Zest over It's Not Rocket Science because of the cool, Halloween inspired name. At any rate, I love it so much I stopped by Sally's to get Orly's version...better cap and more polish for the $. Once there, it didn't take long for China Glaze Mummy May I,  Ick-A-Bod-y and Nina Ultra Pro Love Struck to jump in my basket, along with more boards and thinner.

Not a very good week for my wallet...Just the other day, I wiped out a whole display of my favorite, iridescent, fine glitter top coat- Love My Nails Dazzling. In addition to that, I grabbed 2 of the new Borghese matte glitters- Purple Confetti & Mediterraneo Sea, a few Claw Polishes (for the bottles) and a few beauty incidentals (wtf??? $17.99 for BigSexyHair hairspray?). 2 days, 2 bags, $200  :(

China Glaze Zombie Zest is great on it's own, however, I think layering it over black brings out the duochrome in the flecks. Mani is 2 coats Zombie Zest layered over 1 coat of Color Club Where's The Soiree? I put this on Saturday and aside from melted corners from pulling hot clothes out of the dryer and a bit of tip wear, it still looks great!
Have a look...pics are clickable...
Spots are raindrops

Close-up macro...Pretty, isn't it?

Here's a pretty of a different kind...
Nipple markers I had to wear for my mammogram today.
Being a mammogram tech has to be the best job ever. Large boobies, small boobies, young ones, old ones, sagging, perky, lop-sided...doesn't matter- they're all so beautiful.
My paternal grandmother was a breast cancer survivor, and so is my mother.