Deborah Lippmann "Purple Rain"

Hey ladies, I hope you all had a great weekend!
I spent mine in Portland, Oregon with Minh. He had a CLE (continuing legal education) conference to attend at the Hilton hotel in downtown Portland. I spent most of the time shopping. I wanted to meet up with my friend Angie in Portland, but she was on vacation in sunny California! lol

Anyhow, with her directions, I drove out to Tigard, OR to enjoy the fabulous shopping and real estate stalking on Bull Mountain. I love the Washington Square Mall in Tigard! It's so very nice. I also found myself at H-mart lol.
Then the next day I spent it shopping in Downtown Portland with Minh.
Did I mention there is no sales tax in Portland? I did visit Louis Vuitton! I will share my "haul" next post. ^_^ The rest of the weekend we spent at Minh's parents' house. I brought Nickel & Penny two big dingos (dog bone treat) and they ignored us the whole time we were there! They just enjoyed their treat. : )
Nickel looked very happy to be with sister. They both have doggy beds right next to each other and look so cute together!

But now for the subject of this post: nail polish!

I painted my nails with Deborah Lippmann's "Purple Rain." I've been pretty good at changing my nail polish once a week. I still have many more DL polishes in my collection to try out!

Deborah Lippmann "Purple Rain" created with Zac Posen
Purple Rain is described as Zac's signature twinkling lilac (shimmer frost).

Frost nail polishes definitely require more time to apply if you want to avoid streaks.

You can find Purple Rain here at Deborah Lippmann's website for $16.

In bright lighting

What do you think of Purple Rain? I think it's a very unique lilac purple polish.
It's not my favorite, but I'm glad I tried it. : )

And of course, the newly 1 year old Wally & Timmy.

Timmy is all engaged in his bone. lol

Deborah Lippmann "I Dreamed You"

I really love Deborah Lippmann's "I Dreamed You" nail polish.
It's a light pink with a hint of gold and pink shimmers.
Described by DL as a starry opalescent pink.

Isn't "I Dreamed You" a beautiful name for this polish?

Taken with my Blackberry right after I painted my nails.
I think Timmy approves of this color! : )

A few new photos of the puppies from today, April 5th, 2011.

Timmy

Wally

Wally was having a bad hair day lol.

Deborah Lippmann "Across the Universe"

Nail polish: "Across the Universe" by Deborah Lippmann

Description: "Blazing blue and metallic green glam in sheerest navy (glitter)"

Deborah Lippmann was in Downtown Seattle at Nordstrom Flagship on Saturday.
I didn't get a chance to stop on over to see her, but I did catch Deborah's short interview with MollieinSeattle. I actually found Mollie's website via DL's Twitter, and I'm so glad I did!
She seems like such an amazing Seattleite!

We also got a tweet from @deborahlippmann today!
Woohoo! ^_^



Watch the interview and you will see why I was inspired to paint my nails with "Across the Universe" today. ^_^

From my experience, to get the best results with the DL glitter polishes you should paint one coat ...let it dry... and then continue with your second coat. The dimensions of the glitters is so hypnotizing!

I'm still learning how to tape photos for NOTD (nail of the day) blog posts.
I give huge Eprops to nail bloggers! Here's a post by Scrangie on this same polish,
her photos are SO amazing, but see for yourself!
http://www.scrangie.com/2010/07/lippmann-collection-deborah-lippmann.html

Ridge Filler Base Coat, Across the Universe, Seche Vite Top Coat! ^^

It's so pretty!

I was having some fun trying to be artsy with my photography.
^_^ I'm trying to figure out this macro lens.

I love Across the Universe! (It also reminds me of the movie).
My sister used to watch it on repeat 24/7!

"Across the Universe" (stock photo)

I have many many more Deborah Lippmann polishes to share this year. ^_^
I just want to collect them all because every element of her polishes are so pretty!
I love the bottle shapes a lot!