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I Juggle Men, from OPI's Femme de Cirque collection, is a conundrum to me. It shrinks everything it touches!





Here it is over American Apparel Passport Blue. Are we seeing all that shrinkage?? That's just two coats of I Juggle Men. No Seche Vite or any other type of topcoat.






Here's IJM over So Many Clowns, So Little Time. Looks great, right? So far, the only way I can wear IJM is one coat over a polish. If I add a second coat, BAM! Shrinkage! What kind of polish shrinks itself?






Oh, and look at the hilarity that happens if you add Seche Vite on top:



The wrinkling is less noticeable with Barielle Manicure Extender (middle finger), but c'mon! Sure, IJM dries quickly and shiny, but it doesn't dry anything below it. I'm sooo not into sitting around for hours waiting for my polish to dry. I'd need some sort of quick dry topcoat over it, and that's clearly not an option. I'll stick to CND Sapphire Sparkle.




I've seen some manis with this that look perfectly fine. Any tips to wearing this successfully??
22 April 5 comments
Guess what I found at a dusty! A beautiful, brand new bottle of Merry Midnight. Rather than hoard this and keep it as a second backup, I decided to share the wealth. It's stunning, really:






How to enter: all you need to do is be a follower and share a fun fact with me! It can be about yourself, the world, cute animals, etc. Entries will be accepted until May 6th. International entries are always welcome!


22 April 52 comments
Thanks so much to everyone who entered!! I used to Random.org to help select a winner:






The 36th comment is Cilucia! Congrats! Please contact me (contact button ------>) within 48 hours to claim your prize. :)





Next up is my backup of OPI Merry Midnight, so keep an eye out for that giveaway post tomorrow.
21 April 4 comments
I'm really loving my *close my eyes and grab* method of choosing a polish to wear. Today I grabbed Dulce de Leche from my OPI drawer.






2 coats
Dulce de Leche is a gorgeous pinky nude creme. This looks like the perfect base for a lace mani. *plots* The formula's great! It was completely opaque in two coats and applied perfectly.




Dulce de Leche is readily available wherever OPI is sold.
18 April 19 comments
I've been on shimmer/duochrome/holo overload for the last few weeks, so I just wanted something simple for today's mani. I closed my eyes and reached into my OPI drawer, and this is what I grabbed:





2 coats


Lucky Lucky Lavender is red-toned lavender creme. Mmm it's divine! Definitely a wonderful palette cleanser after all those crazy (crazy awesome) polishes I've been wearing. Lucky Lucky Lavender applied beautifully with no cleanup necessary. I also really love the finish.




Lucky Lucky Lavender was released with OPI's Spring 2010 Hong Kong collection, but I think it may be permanent? I'm basing this solely on the fact that there's a slot for it at Ulta, so I may be wrong. In any case, it's a great polish to own!
17 April 14 comments
The sun is not my friend today. I seriously waited until the last possible minute to leave for class, hoping the sun would show up. Of course 10 minutes into my drive, out comes the sun! So, today I have some phone pictures to share with you.





How gorgeous is this! This is one coat of Man of La Manch layered over Illamasqua Baptiste. It's very thin, so I'm not sure how many coats it would take for full opacity on its own.



Man of La Mancha is from the Holiday on Broadway 2003 collection. Despite its Ã¼ber discontinued status, it's still pretty affordable on eBay.





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