My birthday watermarble with a cupcake on top served fresh with Hubby's Picks (HP20)

What a mouth full and I'm not talking the cupcake ;) I had an amazing birthday filled with gourmet bites, boozy delights, and a confused birthday manicure. But, hey, it was my birthday and I'll polish how I want to!

Basically I knew I wanted the overdone cupcake manicure. It's overdone, but I've never done it, and I love cupcakes. 'Nuff said. But I REALLY wanted a water marble. So naturally we do both with the traditional accent nail (because everything about my blog is traditional).

So the watermarble colors are super cool - there was an air bubble that popped sadly, and the kids kept bumping the table so they aren't perfect. But I loved it! The dark blue one is China Glaze First Mate, the lighter blue is China Glaze For Audrey, and the yellowish green is China Glaze Electric Pineapple. The cupcake is a lot of colors but my favorite part is the sprinkles which is Essence Circus Confetti. YUM! This is several days of wear sadly.

Onto hubby's picks! The line up was OPI I'm OK, You're Bouquet, Orly Winter Wonderland, Cult Nails Clairvoyant, and Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten. I ended up with a layering combination the was somehow sophisticated girly.

 Click for a close-up. It's so sparkly and dimensionally amazing!

The OPI went on first followed by two coats of Clairvoyant and topped with Winter Wonderland. Then simple dots with both the OPI and the Color Club and presto! A simply stunning manicure if I do say so myself. I REALLY wanted to do more art but he keeps picking mostly glitters :( Here's to hoping for next week!

Cult Nails Clairvoyant: The one that got away

So my heart broke earlier this year when Cult Nails, one of my most favorite nail polish companies, announced that Clairvoyant (if the bottle has gold lettering then it's Unicorn Puke) would be discontinued. I had missed the initial restock, but was satisfied to know that two months later it would be restocked and I could get it then. The tragedy occurred right before the restock when they received the news that two of the ingredients that made Clairvoyant what it is were gone....possibly forever. Now, months later, I'm pretty sure everyone has given up on those ingredients ever coming back but Cult Nails has promised they would continue to try to reformulate and, knowing how diligent and wonderful they are, I believe they still are!

However my heart was broken. So rare that bottles barely pop up for sale and when they do it's so far out of my price range I can't get one. Then, THEN! The impossible happened! My polish addiction enabler over at Constantly Redone told me she had bought a bottle for me. She showed up ON MY DOORSTEP holding the prized nail polish. And I was so right to lust after this beauty:

 *SQUEAL* It's a deep blue/purple jelly with the most insanely amazing assortment of flakies packed into it. I layered two coats of it over a coat of Julep Taylor for this stunning manicure that I just couldn't take my eyes off of. Can you blame me??

Look at the depth and life of this polish!

These were all taken on an overcast day and let me tell you! In the sun they are even more dazzling! Can you even imagine?!

It is everything I had hoped for and so much more. I am still in shock and ever so grateful. This was the one polish I yearned and pined for. I am truly loved <3