Damask Tapestry

I've been searching for an off-white color for a long time that I like, and can easily access. The bottle I truly long for is Illamasqua's Load, but in lieu of that, I got myself a little Insta-Dri from Sally Hansen that's a nice placeholder: Beige Blast. Under the right light, it looks like your run-of-the-mill white, but paired correctly, the muted, more natural beige appears.

Pairing it with Savina's Grape really brings it out, and makes me so happy! The design is from the Red Angel plates, #109. The combination reminds me of a fancy wallpaper. I see gold accents and orchids adorning the room. And there is probably a maid required to keep the place so spick and span.

Perhaps more approprietly, the manicure today matches my free beauty bag I ordered from Target. It was full of samples (body wash, shampoo, styling cream) when it arrived, but now it houses all of my nail tools (files, stampers, scrapers, clean up brushes).

Slimming Black

You're recovering from your Thanksgiving gluttony...what dress or blouse do you reach for? Your black one. My favorite slimming black blouse is this Converse 3/4 length button-up.

It works wonders for the middle!

For my nails, I felt like elongating them with a little optical trickery. To do that, I reached for Time Off (the Sinful Colors nail art brush), Flyin' High (China Glaze), and I Lily Love You (OPI).  I quite like the effect.

Flyin' High was deepened and tinted purple with I Lily Love You. Made it a much more muted sky blue than the bottle appears sans-effects.

Like the non-dominant hand striping skills? How about the new stamp for my photos?

Worn Out

After a day of skiing hard after not skiing for an entire season, this is exactly what I felt like. Apologies for not posting yesterday.

I did however, lay face down in the snow to get a picture for you guys.

Also, that's my jacket that I matched my nails to in my last post.