As soon as I saw the ad for Brazilant I knew I had to have it. Speaking of, I am totally loving their ads lately- including the one for this featuring Braziliant in all it's pure gorgeous shimmering color coating a seashell- google it if you haven't seen (I don't like hotlinking!). This is a gorgeous red-orange with slight pink undertones. Not neon, but packs a punch. I can't wait to wear this on my toesies this summer!

I decided to top them with a little something- some fruit fimo slices and some of those little metal bullion beads in a fuchsia-red. Sadly, I ended up "sliding" the polish on my pointer when I put them on so it got a little messy :( I also still can't get fimo slices to work for me, I think my nails are just too curved and not that the slices were cut too thick like I had thought. The beads I'm not sure if I could get to stay any longer than a couple hours before they started popping off, and they were well embedded in my

top coat- I made sure of that.

Really, I'm just kind of frustrated with all nail art other than simple polish designs. Guess it's a good reason to practice!

Braziliant can be found anywhere Essie is sold, including most major drug stores and Walmart.

I've been waiting to use my more "realistic" looking Hello Kitty fimo stick and I finally did, along with a ton of rhinestones. All layered over Incoco glitter french manicure stickers (full review coming soon).

I think I'm getting better at slicing my fimo sticks thin, what a pain. And here is a fun fact: Hello Kitty is a Japanese Bobtail and so is the "beckoning cat" along with my pet Skrinkle. Here is a picture of him, lounging around pretending to be a vampire.

This is a quick post, I hurt my finger and it hurts to type :( I'll write more on that (including gross pictures) soon but I will leave you with this for the night.

I used:

SH Rapid Red insta-dri

SH Whirlwind White insta-dri

old Maybelline Colorama orange flakie with no label

cherry fimo nail art stick