Baby girl is off to 1st grade

So I pause Layers inspired by My Little Pony (to resume tomorrow) to tell you that I went to a kindergarten graduation yesterday for my precious baby girl. Oh yeah - they do ceremonies with full on performances now. Personally I think it's getting a little ridiculous. Going from P-K to K and K to 1st are now both graduation ceremonies. 5th to 6th is as well as 8th to 9th and finally 12th. The only one I get is 12th to be totally honest. I never had graduations for all those other ones - sure we did class parties but my word!
Well I knew the other proper moms would have their daughters out in full gala so I had to send baby girl up properly:

To match her pretty dress:

She was just sooo cute! Also I did a manicure just for the ocassion and hubby picked out colors he though she would love and reminded him of his little girl:

A funky french with OPI Teenage Dream over the top. I had forgotten about this shimmer gem and I am soo happy I pulled it out!

So here's to the onslaught of summer. God help us all.

Rock it like it's 1999!

So remember the enabler haul? Pink glitter takes me back to Pink and other late 90's pop icons, but you have to add black to the mix. I hadn't tried out my NYC Black Lace Creme yet so what better time right? But then I get my hands on another metal from the new China Glaze Metals collection - Haute Metal. Oh...wow! It's rock, it's glam, and it's 1999. HEART!!!!!First the stars of the show:

Left to right: China Glaze Crackle Haute Metal, NYC Black Lace Creme, OPI Teenage Dream. Lets start with the base: NYC Black Lace Creme has a brown base so it does not have a blue sheen to it at all. Take two generous coats or three thin coats to achieve full opaqueness. Great, creamy color, but I'm still craving Raven by Zoya. Lets go in for a close up:

I realized I hadn't stamped in awhile due to my crackle craze. The stars are BM20 from the first Bundle Monster set. Since their full nail designs from that set don't cover my whole thumbnail and I really needed a quick manicure solution crackle filled in quite nicely. Only having to stamp four nails is a nice way to have a great design with super quick results. The mommy in me says heck yes!! Stamped with Sally Hansen White Out (and it stamps as nicely as the tiny, special Konad polish for a fraction of the price!).

 You can see the glitter of the gorgeous metal and glitter in this one although it still doesn't touch the gorgeous glam of this mani in person. You should really just try it for yourself.

And for today's random mommy moment: cheese!