Fall Nails with Julep & Top Shelf Lacquer

It's finally starting to feel like fall over here! To celebrate this amazing weather I'm doing a fall theme mani of course:)

The colors I'm using today are:

Hot Toddy by Top Shelf Lacquer,

A rich burgundy with gold glass fleck, holo dust and multiple colors of flakies.

Goldie by Julep,

A Full-coverage gilded microglitter gold polish.

I started off by using 2 coats Goldie on my outside nails & 2 coats of Hot Toddy on my inside nails followed by 1 coat of topcoat.

Once dried I applied nail tape at an angle & applied the opposite color on one side of the nail tape( so if the nail had Hot Toddy I applied Goldie on one side & visa versa.) I removed the nail tape & applied 1 more coat of topcoat.

Outside lighting 

Excuse my hand position, I'm not use to this bottle shape

Inside lighting 

10 takes later I was finally happy with this picture lol.

Overall I'm happy with how this turned out. I keep saying I've been neglecting my juleps but honestly I wish julep would go back to using the old formulas like Goldie. Goldie was perfection to use, no issues, applied easily, no staining ect. Whenever I get a new julep polish I end up selling it or giving it away because I'm not happy with it. 

Maybe one day julep will but until then there are other polish brands for me to use.

Hot Toddy is available at

Top Shelf Lacquer.com


Goldie is available at

Julep.com

Subtle & Bold with Blush Lacquer & Anchor & Heart Lacquer

I was feeling creative today! I wanted to wear a blue polish but wanted to pair with another polish to help make it pop. 

The colors I'm using today are I'm No Clown by Blush Lacquer, A light neon pink jelly . 

Sunday Morning by Anchor & Heart Lacquer, a delicate pale blue creme featuring purple micro glitter, lavender and turquoise micro flakies, and scattered holo pigment.

I started off using 2 coats of I'm No Clown on every other nail & 2 coats of Sunday Morning on the rest followed by 1 coat of topcoat. Once dried, using tweezers I applied 5 pearl gems from Julep on the nails that had Sunday Morning. The pearls are self sticking so there was no need to add a topcoat of glue to the bottom of the pearls.

Outside lighting 

I think I'm No Clown really goes well with Sunday Morning.

Inside Lighting

Oops, the pearls look a little uneven. 

All in all I'm very pleased with how this mani came out. I got to thinking though, wouldn't Sunday Morning & the pearls look great for a wedding day look?

I'm no Clown is availible at 

Blush Lacquer's Etsy Shop

Sunday Morning is currently unavailable:( but be sure to check out Anchor & Heart Lacquer's other colors at 

Anchor & Heart Lacquer Etsy Shop

Triangle Tipped with Julep & Turtle Tootsie Polishes

While going thru my stash I saw my pile of Julep that I have been neglecting since I've discovered indies.

Julep Phoebe & Turtle Tootsie Polish Sugar Cookie 7 Days Of St Patricks Day

It's day 6! Where has the time gone? This  was moved way faster than I anticipated.