The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet & Houston, We Have a Purple

Just finished The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.  The beginning and end are slow, but the middle is mesmerizing.  Probably one of the least suspenseful battle scenes I've ever read.  I've heard that David Mitchell is a fantastic writer, so I'm going to give some of his other works a chance.

Maybe the real reason I couldn't concentrate is because I was staring at my nails.  Houston, We Have a Purple is from the OPI Texas collection.  It is a sheer, jelly style polish.  I layered it over Zoya's Get Even base coat (a white ridge filler) to add a little opacity.  I think the jellies look better that way.

OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y?

Texy is moderately sheer.  This is 3 coats on day 2 of wear.  Today is day 3 and no chips so far.  I used Zoya's system.  I received the entire OPI Texas collection for Valentine's day, so I'll swatch the whole thing soon!

Extravagantly Late

I think I found the last bottle of Estee Lauder Extravagant Night Nail Laquer on the web!  I don't know why I waited to buy it after seeing beautiful swatches everywhere.  I am trying it out this weekend.  These shots are after 5 days of wear.  I had one minor chip.  Any other imperfections you see are due to my poor polishing technique.  I also purchased Extravagant Pearl.