Gold Sprinkled Chocolate

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Gold Sprinkled Chocolate

So has anyone noticed that fall suddenly appeared?  This past week we experienced some true Ohio weather with gray rainy skies.  To get in the mood for this new season I decided to go with a dark colored manicure.  Having purchased Savvy Chocolate a couple of months ago I figured this was the perfect time to test it out.

I started with a basecoat of Orly Ridgefiller.  I have started using this basecoat to see if it would help with the staining on my nails.  I'm hoping that the more pigmented basecoat will make it so that the nail polish won't stain my nails as much. It does seem to be helping, so fingers crossed.  Next, I did to 2 coats of Savvy Chocolate and topped it off with a layer of Diamond Dry.  This color is gorgeous, but the only complaint that I have is that the color can be very dark looking without direct light.  But I was able to capture the yummy chocolate shimmer that this polish offers.

These pictures were taken outside on a fairly dreary day, but I was able to get some of the pretty shimmer.

 

To make this mani last another day, I added a layer of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Set the Stage.  I'm actually really loving this multi-sized hexagon gold glitter polish.  The glitter comes out nice and evenly, which isn't always the case with glitters like this.  I recently picked this polish up at Target on sale and I couldn't be happier :)

So what do you think?  A great fall manicure with the cooler weather? 

Also, I wanted to give a little shout out to Fingers.  As soon as I was done with this mani I thought of you.  I hope you like it :)

~Nailed by Brittany~

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I've been Seduced

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I've been Seduced

To continue my new China Glaze kick, I've decided to show you another polish that I purchased from Sally's the last time I was in my hometown.  I picked up China Glaze Seduced.  This is a beautiful burgundy creme.  The application of this polish was wonderful.  I did 2 coats plus a top coat of Diamond Dry.  However, due to our awesome lack of a/c in the apartment my nails got a weird texture....so just ignore that.  Also this color was really interesting.  Depending on what type of lighting there was, the polish went from almost a bright red burgundy to a very deep burgundy.  I, personally, really liked when it was a deeper, darker burgundy color.  I think I might be ready for the fall colors.

Taken outside in the shade, no flash.

Picture taken outside in the sun.

On a non-nail note, as Ericka had mentioned in a prior post 'The Avengers' is being filmed on the street that I work at.  Well today was the first real day of filming.  From my office, I was able to see the street that they were filming from the reflection off the empty building beside me.  They were filming a scene with police cars, and lots of extras screaming.  Of course, that was all I was really able to see, but hopefully tomorrow we will walk down there tomorrow during lunch. If I can get any good pictures, I'll be sure to share :)

~Nailed By Brittany~