You're all too clever!

Hi everyone!
Yup... april fools!
I'm glad I didn't get many of you, did you really think I'd leave you all? No way!

ANYWAY I know I have been REALLY backed up with posts... please be patient with me as for the next week or so they might be a little al over the place...

First cab off the rank... my nails for the Obsidian Lace photoshoot! I know technically you've seen them in the other photos I posted but I don't know how many of you saw them (or saw how bony my wrists are or my freaky long hands! I'll wait here while you check.... back? Okay!)

I'm not going to post a billion shots of this one as it's simple and my application was a bit dodgy because I was in a rush. I used stargazer's white for the base, used reinforcements and painted over with colour club's after hours.

I'd love any ideas you may have for nails for future photoshoots! I'd like them to be mostly gothic style, preferably in monochrome colours.

Love,

That was fast, plus another half moon!

Hi guys!

As you all can see Toxic Lipstick is getting a brand new look! I'm still tweaking some minor details but comments seem to be back up and running, as I was using an external commenting system, since that came into play all comments were saved.

On another note, I'm noticing a heck of a lot of people not following basic direction when it comes to my contest.
Is it really that hard to find one thing you'd change about my blog? On the other hand, some of you have really cut loose and are pointing the finger at any little thing! I mean, I know I brought it on myself, but for new followers to enter and use it as a chance to be hurtful? Geez...
It goes without saying anyone that can NOT follow direction will be disqualified immediately.
I get the feeling they probably won't read this in any event, haha!


Okay now what most of you are here for, some pretty! This is a bit of a humungous post, so please excuse me! Think of it as me making up for being lazy these past couple of days!

This is three coats of Sally Hansen - Sheer Romance and 2 coats Cheri - Candy Apple.

Then I spiced it up a bit more! This is Maybelline Express Finish. Not sure the name of the colour as there's no label but it's a red jelly with very fine red glitter through it.

Then I added even more to it! This is Orly Prisma Gloss Gold.

Whew! I have something very special for you, I'll probably get impatient and do another little post in a couple of hours to show you!

Don't forget to enter my Giveaway!


Love,

A bit of class...

Hello ladies!

I know i'm a bit later than usual with my posts - I am trying to get my sleeping pattern back to normal!

After my last manicure I felt so damned gaudy... I felt like I had to step it up a bit.
This usually happens - after wearing black I tend to go for something totally different, then that ends up feeling like it was way too overkill so I usually go back to black.

But somehow I don't think that me having every other post with black nails will quite cut it, will it now?

So I went for something a bit different.
I still wanted something vampy, but something warm, something with class.
Originally I was going to go with a red but I found this in my little box of tricks and couldn't stop staring at the bottle! I made it a bit different by doing a half moon manicure with it.

I did this last night before going to sleep so excuse the sheet marks! Ack!

But isn't this colour just DIVINE?!
It's a burgundy purply elixir.

This one is "High Mantenance" by ChiChi - an Aussie brand.
Find out about them here:
http://www.chichicosmetics.com/story.htm

I love ChiChi - the names are amazing - Mortisha, Mermaid, Jitterbug - too cute! Also, most of them go for the sort of names like -"Plain Jane" "Movie Star" "Soapie Addict" "Paparazzi Princess" "High Heeled Housewife" "Corporate Femme".
Not to mention it applies like a DREAM.
This is two coats but it would have been fine with one - Except I'm a total doofus and bumped one of my fingers.

The moons are the "natural" colour from a french manicure kit by Sally Hansen - this one is "Sheer Romance".
But seriously, Sally Hansen? Natural? I'm a half british goth and that is in no way natural on ANY LIVING PERSON.
Also - it applies HORRIBLY.
It streaks and its sheer in a way that you end up with gross patchy globs.
Originally I just wanted a wash of colour but it just wouldn't work for me.
So I ended up just applying until it was opaque.
I lost count at 6 coats. SIX!!!!
Has anyone else tried these?

So what do you think?
I can't stop looking at my nails because of how much this colour ROCKS.

Love,