Dynamic Duo

One of my favorite things to do on the weekends is getting a pedicure.
Let me rephrase, one of my favorite things to do on any day, at any hour is get a pedicure.

With fall weather upon us I am getting so excited about darker nail polish colors, although my toes will be hidden by socks and boots most of the fall and winter, I am still looking forward to these new hues. 

A close friend text me this past week asking what the "cool color" for fall was. My advice to her was not to go too dark since the transition from summer to fall is happening slowly. Then, this weekend,  I went against my own advice and got the darkest color on my toes. 

OPI's William Tell Me All About It has always been one of my favorite colors. Today I noticed how dark it really was and realized that someone might mistake this dark plum (with a hint of crimson) for black. 

To balance out my very dark toes, I got another OPI color on my fingers and think the two colors compliment each other quite nicely. 

Get Me to the Taj On Time is not your basic pale pink, but rather a muted, light mauve that I love for my finger nails. 

So I guess my new advice for nail colors right now would not be "don't go too dark too soon" but to go with the fall colors on either your fingers or toes and keep the other light. Trust me, there will be plenty of cold, winter days to paint both our toes and fingers as dark as night.

Goth toes and pretty princess fingers. 

Light My Sapphire

I normally stick to the same routine when it comes to painting my nails. About every other day I find a new color combination and paint all my nails a color depending on my mood and the weather, all except my two ring fingers which usually get a nice coat of gold shimmer.

My favorite gold nail polish is by Butter London and on a lazy afternoon I wanted to try something new on my nails. I have seen pictures before but I want to try the trend out for myself.

All you need it two contrasting nail polish colors, (I chose Butter's The Full Monty and OPI's Light my Sapphire) a top coat, a quick drying nail coat, and circular office labels.

Paint your nails using one of your chosen colors, this will appear as the color on the bottom of your nail. Drop quick-dryer on each nail so that the stickers do not smudge the polish or pull any off. Cut the labels in half and press a sticker firmly on each nail to create an arch. Be sure to press down very hard on each part of the label so that no nail polish creeps down.

Paint your other color above the label and apply quick-dryer to this color as well. Allow to fully dry!

After your nails are dry, carefully peel the stickers off (I used tweezers) to reveal beautiful two-tone nails!

Expect compliments.

Color Club

Clockwise, in order
Sequin Dress, Pyramid Clutch (On SALE! $28.75), Sweater Skirt, OPI Nail Color
Sequin Shift Dress, Colorful Wool Scarf
Fireside Ornament
Dye Glam Necklace

I love that Kate Spade chose "multi" for the November color. It's just what everyone needs to get them in the mood for an upcoming December holiday and the festivities that go along with that. 

This blog post originated when I was browsing the new OPI Muppet's Collection and found the multi-colored glitter polish, Rainbow Connection. I have never been a big fan of glitter in nail polishes, opting for the traditional glossy look, but recently that has all been changing. There is something special about glitter this time of year and my sparkly nails are reflecting that. So what's big for the month of November? According to Kate Spade it is all colors, all the time. According to me, it is glitter glitter glitter. And according to OPI, it is both. OPI is the clear winner here. 

Until next time.

Color is cute and glitter is good.

Color is my Obsession!

As promised, here is the highly anticipated nail polish collection blog post. Okay maybe I have been the only one highly anticipating this post because I get to show the love of my life, my prized possession, the thing I would save if there was a fire in the house. 

Are you getting excited?

Sneak Peak in the bag.

Weird how it doesn't look like that many from this view. I am a little disappointed.

OPI
I love OPIs website that shows all 267 colors that OPI offers right now.
If only my collection could house all of those colors one day.

Essie=Favorite

Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow, DS Glow, Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees

Even though I love Essie, these three OPI colors are my favorite right now. I love the hunter green and dark grey, and the bronze glitter looks good on everyone.

As much as I love the colors, I love the names that come with them. Another dream job would be to work for OPI and make up the insanely creative names for their polishes. 

My Daddy's the King

I'm Not Really a Waitress

Tease-y Does It (New Texas Collection!)

I'm Suzi and I'm a Chocoholic 

Who Needs a Prince

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A Peony for Your Thoughts-- I admit, I stole the name of my blog from an OPI nail polish, but it only seemed fitting.

I hope you enjoyed the first glimpses of my collection and as it continues to grow I want to continue to photograph it. I'll try to get more creative in the next months, but expect a nail polish blog post at least once a month!

What's ironic about this particular post, is that as I write it I just noticed that I don't have nail polish on my fingers for the first time in months.

Until next time.

Naked nails.