Lit from Within: Carpe Noctem Purple Patchwork
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Carpe Noctem Purple Patchwork


Hello, Fireflies!

Can every month be geometric manis month?  I love all the different interpretations of this theme.  I found this nail art on Chickettes that I thought was so much fun, and decided to do my own version with some Carpe Noctem Cosmetics polishes.

Carpe Noctem Sapphire Abyss made my camera cry.  I know it looks like I covered my camera lens in Vaseline, a la Cybill Shepherd's Moonlighting days (Google it, young'uns!) but I didn't.  It's just so soft and shiny; it's so beautiful.

Carpe Noctem Sapphire Abyss

I applied some tape strips and did some freehand to make this patchwork of purples.  The light, orchid color is Carpe Noctem I'm A BIG F*cking Deal and the eggplant is Carpe Noctem Interstellar Towel.

The light, orchid color is Carpe Noctem I'm A BIG F*cking Deal and the eggplant is Carpe Noctem Interstellar Towel

I love how the white dots just make the whole mani look sharper and more defined. Except for that whole Vaseline thing.  Maybe it's time for a new camera?


I love how they're all purple, but so different!




Bottle shot: Carpe Noctem Sapphire Abyss, I'm A BIG F*cking Deal, and Interstellar Towel, and Sally Hansen White Tip.

Bottle shot: Carpe Noctem Sapphire Abyss, Carpe Noctem I'm A BIG F*cking Deal, Carpe Noctem Interstellar Towel, and Sally Hansen White Tip

Kinda makes me want to do an eyeshadow look with colors like these.  Would you?


29 comments:

  1. Love the nail art and that's the colors I have on my pedicure now, purple :)

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    1. I love purple polishes - it's a fave for my pedis, too, especially darker ones coming into Fall.

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    1. I bought these all together - I love it when a brand puts out complementary colors that just make me want to do a mani with them all.

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  3. Love this design--the purples are so pretty together.

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    1. sometimes, the best complement for purple.. is another purple! lol

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  4. Cute design and I love the Carpe Noctem shades <3

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    1. thanks! They are really pretty colors - and complex, too, with the shimmer, and shift and holos.

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    1. thanks! Carpe Noctem did a great job with these.

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  6. I love the sweet little polka dots!

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  7. Loving this, that color combo is gorge!

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    1. Thanks! Carpe Noctem did a great job with these. They're so different, but I love how they go together.

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  8. Love this combo! Purple looks great on your skintone!

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  9. I love this - the base color is so pretty. And yes, I totally remember those Moonlighting days!

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    1. Don't you sometimes wish life had a Vaseline filter? lol. She was so pretty and totally didn't need that filter, but it sure was a part of that character.

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    1. There's a reason Radiant Orchid has been so big this year! Purples are awesome.

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  11. Back when I was 18 those are the type of colors I use as eyeshadow almost everyday, you should create something I'm sure it will be super

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    1. When you were 18, I was... probably in my something something year of being 29, right?

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    1. I love purple. I love blue. I love green... so many colors I wasn't allowed to wear as a kid. All mainstream now! I can't get enough.

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  13. The radiant orchid one? It's a stunner.. as it says, it's a BIG F'in Deal! lol

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