Orly Charged Up with Sticks 'n Stones

After wearing a lot of neutrals, it's nice to wear a bright saturated color for once.  Earlier this year when Orly changed their bottle/the logo on the front, the employees of Sally Beauty let everyone who purchased something select a bottle for free.  I picked this pretty purple called Charged Up from the 2008 Orly High Voltage Collection.

Here I'm using two coats of Orly Charged Up topped with a glitter topper: Cover Band Lacquers Sticks 'n Stones.  If I'm not mistaken, Cover Band Lacquers now goes by Ninja Polish and can be purchased on their site, NinjaPolish.com.  Sticks 'n Stones is similar (but not the same) to Lynnderella's Connect the Dots. When I first acquired Sticks 'n Stones, Connect the Dots was quite the pain to acquire but since since Lynnderella is now selling directly on her eBay store it's a lot easier to obtain.

This black and white glitter topper is a nice addition to any cream base and I enjoy the appearance it creates on the nail.  I fully understand why this is such a popular topper!

Golden Touch

At the beginning of the month I'd mentioned that I was looking for a good, gold topper suspended in a clear base.  A weekend or so ago, Ninja Polish did quite the restock and their polish, The Midas Touch, became available.  I was out for a walk at the time, but when I got home later the polish was still available and I snapped up a bottle for myself.  One thing I love about Ninja Polish is that they're located in Illinois and packages arrive pretty much one business day after being shipped.  Once The Midas Touch arrived I quickly paired it up with a polish I'd recently gotten in a Valentines Day swap.

This is two coats of Zoya Natty with two coats of Ninja Polish The Midas Touch dabbed on.  Natty is from Zoya's Fall 2012 Designer Collection and is a nice cream steel blue polish.  The Midas Touch is chunky gold top coat.  My favorite part of this manicure?  The texture of The Midas Touch against the cream polish Natty.