Copious and "Across the Trailer Park" by Hot Mess

I bought this gorgeous Deborah Lippmann "Across the Universe" dupe by Hot Mess, "Across the Trailer Park". It's here on top of three coats of Zoya's Frida.

I kept intending to do something nail-arty on top of it, but it was so lovely that I couldn't do it.

I didn't really need to put this over anything, either -- Across the Trailer Park is a really saturated blue jelly that probably would have worked exactly the same on its own. It has small green and blue hex glitters and blue micro glitter for extra glittery awesomeness. I did it on top of Elmer's glue as a base coat, and it peeled right off. Magic! I'll keep doing that with glittery polishes.

The Deborah Lippmann polish runs about $18 online, and this was only $10. Because I joined Copious, I had a $10 credit, so I ended up paying only $0.60 for this to come to me. Pretty amazing. There's a link to copious on the top right here, if you'd like to join -- I get a kickback, and you get the $10 credit, too. The seller wrapped it nicely in bubble wrap and included big star glitters that made me happy (and kind of sucked to vacuum up, since I wasn't expecting it), but it was an overall happy day.

No idea what I'm going to do with myself next. I want to try a mummy mani for Halloween, but I'm attending a party this weekend where I'd rather look elegant than spooky. I'll come up with something!

NOTD: Fire! Flames? Something like that....

So my original plan here was to make a sun-rise gradient, but halfway through the process, I decided I wanted brighter red on the tips, so I changed it to flames by sponging on the color in a oval way instead of straight across, and added the blue dot like the center of a burning match.

I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Mellow Yellow, Sally Girl Amped, and Maybelline Keep Up the Flame for the gradient, and the blue dot is OPI Unfor-greta-bly Blue. SV is the topcoat. I think I

I did this manicure on Friday, and it hasn't worn well -- lots of tip-wear, and some other assorted chips. On the other hand, this morning I went to the DMV to renew a car registration for a friend, and the DMV lady went on about how cute my nails were and seemed agog that I had done them myself. It totally made my day. I bet she doesn't hear "you totally made my day!" that often at the DMV, so it was good for both of us.

Also! I found a really cool website for style stuff through another blogger, iHeartPrettyPolish: Copious. She found a great Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe dupe: here. It's by Hot Mess, and called "Across the Trailer Park". I joined up with Copious, and I'll put a link for anyone else interested in joining here. They offer $10 credit for signing up, so the polish will be free! (Well, $0.60 in fees, but it's got free shipping. I'm all about this!) I'll post again with pictures when it comes and I can show it off.