Julep Trina & some jazz ;-)

Again I find myself in a not very talkative mood tonight.  Must've been the Criminal Minds season finale - it sucked the words and emotions right outta me. ;-)  So tonight I'll stick to lots of photos of the purty purple polish!

Two coats Julep Trina topped by one coat of Barielle Elle's Spell and one coat NYC Matte About You on my accent nails.  I decided to do my accents a la Liesel (Liesl Loves Pretty Things), which is fitting, because she wanted to see Trina on my "nailsies." :-)

Lookit that firey flaky amazingness!  I loveeeee the idea of
matte flakies over dark colors. SEXY.

Trina's formula was lovely, definitely a one coater, I just used two coats in hopes that it would eliminate the cursed BUBBLES that cropped up yet again. Grrrr.  Well the second coat didn't do the trick, but a healthy dose of Seche did!  The dry time did seem a tad long to me, but then again, I'm just plain impatient. ;-)

Micro-sparkly, vampy purple Trina in all her glory!

Elle's Spell is a very rich, intense red jelly base with LOTS of  red/orangish-gold
flakes.  They sometimes show a bit of green in certain lights/angles.

Outside, full sun . . . FINALLY! :-D

Ahhh, so beautiful!  Trina really does look almost black in certain lighting.
But look at those flakes, just chilling in their bottle! *swoon

Elle's Spell dried fairly quickly & applied super, super easily!  Lots of different sized flakes in one easy swipe.  And the base is really very highly pigmented.  I may have to try building it up on its own sometime.
I'm very pleased with how this mani turned out, and my nails are getting LONG!!  YAY!  Oh, some other random comments: I loooove the satin feel of the matte coat (can't stop touching my accent nails) . . . NYC's is the first matte coat I've tried and I love it.  Can't beat the price either; $1.72 at Wal-Mart.
Hehe, just realized that the Seche is so shiny in this photo, it's practically acting like a mirror - you can darn near make out my reflection! :-P

So, in closing, I have to pay tribute to one of my favorite TV show characters, BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss from CBS' Criminal Minds.  ***Spoiler alert***

She dies a horribly sad death in part 1 of the finale that was on tonight. :-(  So sad!  Rest in peace, Erin; you will be missed!!  

Why??? WHY do awesome characters hafta be killed off?!?! :-/

Sorry, but I had to share this one too; I love candid behind-the-scenes shots! :-D
Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia and Jayne Atkinson as Erin Strauss 

Did anyone else watch this finale and get as emotional as I did?  Pretty sure my roommate was wondering why the heck I kept yelling "NOOOOooo!!!  Are you KIDDING me?!  Oh my...oh my GOSH! NO!" :-P