Oh my aching nails!

If you could have seen my nails this morning, you would have laughed or groaned!  I have spent the last few nights falling off the wagon - the picking at my nails wagon - bad.  It was getting to the point where my fingertips were hurting!

Anyway, I looked at the sad state and decided to do some fake nails to keep me on the right track.  I feverishly buffed, snipped, glued, pressed, filed, etc.... and then I was ready for polish and art!

Now, I have recently received a bottle of one of my all time favorite colors, royal blue.  OH, how lovely it is!!!!!  What was this perfect, awesome, regal color polish, you ask?

NAILNATION3000 - "Take the Crown"
Now THIS is a color to drool for!  It's somewhat sheer on it's first coat, but after 2, it's nice.  I put on a third coat for good measure, just because a regal color deserves lots!  :)  This polish finishes an almost-matte finish, more like satin...but with Seche Vite over the top, it's dripping in royal blue shiny goodness.  <3

NEXT, take NN3000 - "Molten"  (A silver that stamps SOOOO well)  and Winstonia's squarish plate W04, and I did this mani:

I am seriously in love with this.  It's simple, stamping-wise, I just took the image and rotated it to stamp in various corners for a less uniform look.  Here's a pic of the plate:

The big flower on the middle left is on my thumbs.    Winstonia quality is awesome!!

Well, I'm off to stare at my fingers....