NOTD: Nubar Passionate Purple

This is a bit more purple and less blue in real life. I think it's pretty nice. I did 3 coats to get good coverage.

NOTD: China Glaze Flying Dragon

This has got to be one of my favorite China Glaze polishes. I love the color (purple with blue and red glitter), and I love that it's matte and the surface is kind of bumpy. I know a lot of people hate that, but I like it when a polish has texture.

NOTD: Nubar Lavender + Sinful #831 Hottie

I really like Nubar Lavender. It's such a pretty soft color. I think it looks quite nice with the Sinful polish on top.

I realize that I didn't quite manage to remove the pink from the last NOTD, but oh well. I don't care enough to go back and fix it :)

NOTD: Sinful #56 Pink Diamond

This is such a gorgeous polish. It has a really nice duochrome and gorgeous shimmer as well. I used three coats for complete coverage.

NOTD: SpaRitual Solitude

There was a lot of buzz about this color when it was released. I absolutely hated it while putting it on. It looked like the nastiest, streakiest brown. In brighter lights it's actually quite lovely and very unique. Sort of like a very dark eggplant.

Sorry about the cat hair. The stupid animal insists on sitting on my lab while I'm doing my mani.

NOTD: Misa Double Date

Gosh, this is a lovely polish. It's such a gorgeous soft purple shade. I had to do three coats to get good coverage, but I think it's worth it.

NOTD: OPI DS Original

I've wanted this one forever, so I had to wear it right away. <3

NOTD: Orly Cashmere Cardigan.

Another pre-bedbug NOTD. I had a hard time finding the name of this one since I had to hide all my polished in the closet when the exterminator was here. I didn't want him to think (know?) that I'm nuts. Anyway, it's called Cashmere Cardigan. It's more of a dusty lilac than the picture shows. I really like it. Got a ton of compliments on it at work as well (yay).

NOTD: OPI Purple With a Purpose

The exterminator was here today. He said he thinks we should be able to get rid of the bed bugs pretty easily since we (or actually I) have brought them home so recently.

In other news, I found some pre-bedbug infestation NOTD pics. This one I love. Pretty much a perfect shimmery purple. Love!

NOTD: $OPI Call Your Mother (with and without Nubar "FOR MEN" topcoat)

Behold the difference between men and women:

OPI for Sephora Call Your Mother - for wimmenz


OPI for Sephora Call Your Mother with Nubar FOR MEN topcoat - clearly this is for dudes

I think I like the dude version better to be honest.

The Nubar Matte topcoat applies very nice, but I don't think it works like a normal topcoat. It doesn't seem to prolong wear at all. If anything, it makes the polish more chippy. Still worth it for the nice matte effect though.

NOTD: Misa Shop Till U Drop (again)

Yep, I've worn this one before, but it's just so lovely! I got several compliments on it at work. I'm trying to make my nails square again, but it's just so much maintenance. Sigh!

NOTD: Sinful #260 Volcanic

Love this Sinful polish! It's just so beautiful and shimmery.
Thank you to everyone for the suggestions on the China Glaze Stone Age polish. I think using it for konad and pedis will work great!

NOTD: OPI Overexposed in South Beach

Phew, I finally found a South Beach collection polish that I don't love! I still like it though. It has nice shimmer and application was good. It's just not very unique. As you can see from the pics, the break in my nail finally broke off completely. Fortunately my nails seem to be growing quickly.

NOTD: Nubar Pyramid Purple

Another goodie from the Cleopatra Collection. This one is a creme. I used two coats, but I should probably have used three. I'm hoping to Konad it tomorrow if it doesn't chip!

NOTD: La Femme #016

Ugh, this was not what I was expecting. I thought this would be a semi sheer purple with holo glitter. Instead it's an extremely sheer purple with sparse sort of holo glitter. I don't love this. It doesn't help that I didn't completely remove the orange either....

NOTD: Nubar Nile Purple

Uhoh, first post-break NOTD! I find polish application really difficult when I got from long to short nails. I always end up with way too much polish on the brush. I really like Nile Purple. The shimmer is very pretty.

Thank you for all the comment on my "break post". I really appreciate it :) You guys are the bomb!

NOTD: Misa Shop Till U Drop

More Misa! This gorgeous color is called Shop Till U Drop, and how can you argue with that? I really, really like this color. It has some very subtle bluish shimmer. I used three coats.

NOTD: Nubar Lavender

OMG, I'm so busy at the moment. I don't have time to read blogs and barely enough time to change my polish (the horror!). I should have time to check my favorite blogs and reply to your comments this weekend :)

NOTD is another Nubar pastel. This one is called Lavender, and it's pretty amazing. Very nice coverage (I used two coats) and good application.

NOTD: Sinful #102 Purple Diamond

I love the Sinful polishes that have "Diamond" in the name. They just have so much bling that camera can't possibly capture it. Next time I'm going to layer this over something since it's a bit sheer even with three coats.

NOTD: Precision Purple Posh

I really like this polish. It practically glows. Application was a little weird. The polish felt thin and runny, but pigmentation was pretty good. The picture is three coats.