Pretty Pretty Polish

Happy Friday Everyone!

While J is eating everything in sight in New York this weekend I will be here in Seattle enjoying the gray rain. My Mom is flying in for a visit on Sunday though so she will surly brighten up my day (okay, that was incredibly cheesy but I had to continue with the weather pun).

So, I am quite the nail polish junky and have been since college. Aside from all my classes and work I still managed to have quite a bit of free time back then and I became rather compulsive about having perfectly painted nails. In college it was longer nails painted in a french manicure, which I was actually quite good at doing myself, and today it is short nails painted with fun colors.

Here are some of my favorites:

The following two photos, my nails and J's, are polishes from Julep which is a Seattle based nail parlor, I mentioned it before when showing my mustard polish. Although those of you who don't live in Seattle will have to order polish online I think it's worth the investment because they have fantastic colors and they manage to stay on my nails for 5 days without any chips (this is considered a long time for me, my nails usually chip after 2!!).

Yoko

Stella

I also love OPI polishes and I originally saw these two colors on a blog that I'm sure many of you are familiar with called Infinite Whimsy. The blogger got a manicure and layered these two colors and it looked fantastic. I couldn't find them in a store so I ordered them online. One warning, the glitter polish took about 15 minutes to remove so don't try to do so as you are dashing out the door to work!! Note: the photo doesn't do the Bring on the Bling justice, it is fantastic and very blingy (that's not even a word)!!!

OPI: Glitzerland

OPI: Glitzerland with Bring on the Bling on top

Finally, aside from the Julep polishes, which are difficult to come by, my favorite polishes are Essie. These polishes can be found at beauty supply stores and even at Target and JCrew. I think they just make the most delightful colors and they are always coming out with something new and fresh yet still somewhat classic. Here are some of my favorites.

From left to right:

Van D'Go, Mint Candy Apple, Lilacism, Fondola Gondola, Foot Loose, Turning Heads Red.

And there you have it my friends. Hope you have a lovely weekend and happy polishing!! Let me know what your favorite colors are, I'm always looking for something new!!

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