Twinsie Tuesday: the Matte Edition

I'm back, I'm back, I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack! How was everyone's weekend?? I'll be getting all caught up today with reading everyone's posts and comments:]

So for this Twinsie Tuesday, the theme is matte polish. So I thought I'd bust out one of the polishes I won from MariJo of Polish Obsession [thank you!!!<3]. Here's 2 coats of Revlon's Matte Suede Ruby Ribbon:

Okay, so not totally matte, but pretty nonetheless, right? I love mattes with shimmer, and this is no exception. Plus, this kind of color just makes me feel cozy, another reason I love this:] Thank you MariJo!! :D and make sure you all check out the other lovely ladies that are doing Twinsie Tuesday:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It

Layering with flakies, or how I never want to take this mani off.

I interrupt the OPF series to bring you one of my all time favorite manis ever:

it doesn't translate super well to pictures, but Chuva is a dark blue flakie [with sparse copper flakes mixed in] in a light yellow sheer base.

blurry to show the effect

Finger on the left glossy, the 2 on the right w/ Essie Matte About You

close up of the nail: glossy

close up of the nail: matte

LOOK AT THAT. Dyinggggg. This was absolutely one my my most favorite manis ever. & it was an accident!:] So I got my order from Llarowe in, but I didn't have enough time to change my polish completely, so I put on 2 coats of Ludurana's Chuva [Portuguese for "rain"] on top of my existing mani of one coat BB Couture's Napa Valley Red, with 2 coats of NYX Dorothy. I can't even tell you how pretty this was IRL.

Couple of notes about the Ludurana flakie: it's a polish from Brazil that I got from Llarowe. Okay, completely serious, I cannot believe how AMAZING the customer service at Llarowe is. An amazingly nice woman named Leah Ann runs it all, & she is so incredibly considerate of her customers. Also, shipping is dirt cheap, & I ordered on Friday, it shipped Saturday, I got the polishes in my mailbox by Monday. Plus, Leah Ann was nice enough to contact me via email about certain orders. she's also really active on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llarowe/126027514153022 . I can't recommend her enough!!

Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow Suede

So I had such a nail fail last night.. I didn't know what to put on: Orly's Emberstone or Milani's Totally Cool? I decided on TC [went with my outfit more haha]. It took 4 coats of polish for it to build up, & I guess I didn't have enough time to let it dry completely :[ So on my way to class, I got all these lovely scrapes & gashes. Ugh. So to make sure that it didn't happen before I went to class today, I put on OPI's Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow Suede, since I knew it would dry really fast!

Love how easy this was to put on & go!
What's your favorite on-the-go polish when you just need to slap something on??