Nubbins...

So long long nails...Figures that I would do one of my favorite manicures in several weeks and my nail would split at the base! I knew it was splitting a little, but thought I could get another mani before I trimmed them down to help the nail so it could grow out a little. Yeah, apparently I should have trimmed them before I did this manicure...Work today broke it! I don't even know when it happened, but I could feel my nail catching in my glove and finally checked to see what was wrong and it was half split off. Ugh! To say the least, I had to come home today and cut my nails super short and completely cut off my right, index nail. It's super, super short. I'm not going to enjoy the callous build-up over the next few days, but what are ya gonna do?

So, here's a photo of the mani that I had to remove today. I got those new plates and am loving them!

  

Look how pretty it is! This is a England Perceval for the base (red foil) and BM 323 stamped in China Glaze Passion (gold chrome). It looks like it was or is a fabric pattern, but I loved it. It was so pretty. I forgot how great stamping could be! Unfortunately, my right index finger (in this photo even!) broke. :(

So then I had to redo my nails and did them to this. This is my left hand and it's cut extremely short for me, but it's not *as* short as my right hand. It's just a little longer than my right. The base is Sinful Colors Winterberry (grayed purple with a holo shimmer) and has glitter on top that's Sonoma Nail Art Sonoma Sunset. Winterberry photoed really gray in this photo, but I promise it has much more purple in it in person. I really like the holo shimmer too. It's really pretty. The glitter is pretty too, but I thought it'd look better over this base. It would look better over something more vibrant, I think. Or maybe just a good purple creme...I'll have to use it again some other time. It's purple, pink-fuchsia, and sky blue glitters in varying sizes.

Once my right index grows out a little, I'll try stamping again. What a bummer for Halloween nail art, but at least I've got a lot of Halloween glitters to try out too. LoL

With that...Not a whole lot otherwise!