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Super Mario manicure

2013-07-31T13:58:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite manicures I've done so far.

(image credit to Mario wiki)

Colors used:

Sally Hansen- Rapid Red

Zoya- Mira

OPI- In my Back Pocket

Zoya- Breezy

China Glaze- Dance Baby

acrylic paint and dotting tools

Thanks for reading :)

4th of July manicure

2013-07-27T14:27:00.000-04:00

This post is long overdue, but it's better late than never right? :/

Colors used:

Sally Hansen- Rapid Red

OPI- Alpine Snow

Sinful Colors- Endless Blue

Yellow, Green, Blue Gradient

2013-07-07T21:55:00.002-04:00

Colors I used:

Sinful Colors- Unicorn (2 coats over a white base)

Orly- Coachella Dweller

Finger Paints- Tiffany Imposter

Orly- Prisma Gloss Gold

Purple to Blue Gradient & Black Tie Optional

2013-06-19T02:01:00.000-04:00

I did these nails as my bestie twin nails with @veve0223 on instagram.

Inspired by @mrslochness on instagram :)

My base polish (pre-clean up)

I used:

Essie- St. Lucia Lilac (3 coats for my base)

OPI- Do you Lilac it?

Orly- Blue Collar

Hard Candy- Black Tie Optional

JSRF- Love Shockers Mani

2013-06-19T01:35:00.000-04:00

I love JSRF so I wanted draw one of the characters, I chose Love Shockers. ^_^

(image credit: google)

I used:

butter London- Slapper

Sally Hansen- Flaminglo

Topped it off with 2 coats of Sally Hansen's insta-dri top coat

I used acrylic paint for the heart and Love Shocker's face

I use American Painter 4650 spotter brush for my drawings (can be purchased at Michael's)

Thanks for reading :)

Chevron Nails

2013-06-19T01:24:00.000-04:00

This is my first attempt trying chevron nails with tape.

The stripes are a bit uneven, but I like it overall :)

I used Ruby Wing Green Peace & Crowd Surf

I used tape and pinking scissors to created the chevron stripes.

Funky Fingers Jawbreaker

2013-06-19T01:11:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone. This is Funky Fingers- Jawbreaker. I used 2 coats over white.

The formula is awesome, I didn't have any problems with it :)

Jawbreaker has red, yellow, teal, and purple glitter in a milky white base.

(please excuse my horrible cuticles, I was picking at them)

Thanks for reading :)

Neon Sponging Mani

2013-06-18T22:23:00.003-04:00

I wanted to try out sponging, so this is what I came up with. I used a white base for all nails.

China Glaze:

Kiwi- Coolada

Sun Worshipper

Pool Party

Sally Hansen Pacific Blue & Sinful Colors Endless Blue Comparison

2013-05-27T14:45:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone! Today I have 2 awesome blue polishes to compare.

Sally Hansen Pacific Blue & Sinful Colors Endless Blue

Middle and pinky finger- Pacific Blue

Pointer and ringer finger- Endless Blue

I used 2 coats of each color. If you apply them very carefully, you can get away with one coat, but I like to apply two coats to be safe :) They both dry quickly and shiny. As you can see Endless Blue is darker and more of a true blue, as Pacific Blue is more of a cornflower blue

Thanks for reading :D

Munna Manicure

2013-05-27T01:56:00.001-04:00

I'm a total Pokemon nerd, I play the card game and the DS games. I'm planning to do more Pokemon inspired nails so stay tuned ^_^

OPI- Panda-monium Pink (3 coats, 4 on some nails to cover up bald spots)

I used acrylic paint for the flowers and Munna's face :)

Munna (image found on google)

Thanks for reading.

Happy Revolution- Flip Flip Flipadelphia

2013-05-27T01:46:00.000-04:00

I finally own an indie polish!

Happy Hands and Polish Revolution teamed up to create polishes inspired by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I freakin' love that show, it's hilarious :)

Bottle shot :)

From the episode (found on google)

I used China Glaze- Recycle as my base. I used 3 coats here

Then one coat of Flipadelphia and look how beautiful it is :)

With flash

You can wear this polish without a base but I haven't tried it yet :P

Instagram Recap #2

2013-05-15T17:56:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone :)

This is 2 coats of Sinful Shine- Blue Suede Shoes. I didn't use a base or top coat here. The application was perfect and it dries pretty quickly and shiny

I wanted to draw some nail art, the color reminded me of Munchlax

I painted his teeth too close together lol

Munchlax (found this picture on google)

I attempted chevron and I failed so I ended up adding dots :/

OPI- In my back Pocket (2 coats)

OPI- Alpine Snow (3 coats)

L.A. Girl- Turntable (2 coats)

Instagram Recap

2013-05-04T23:42:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone! Today I'm showing my manicure from a few days ago and my current mani.

I wanted to use my stamping plates, its been forever since I've used them.

With flash

Outdoors

Under lamp

Sinful Colors- Endless Blue (2 coats)

Hard Candy- Sugar Rush (3 coats)

OPI- Alpine Snow

Revlon- Black Lingerie

Konad IP: m57

What is on my nails now. I used a white base so the neon would pop :)

Outside

With flash

Sally Hansen- Whirlwind White (2 coats)

China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy (2 coats)

Hard Candy- Black Tie Optional (2 coats)

Thanks for reading :)

Ruby Wing Poppy

2013-04-29T19:44:00.002-04:00

Hello! I'm back. Today I have an awesome pink polish! Poppy is a hot pink that changes into a deep berry color in the sun. When you first apply it, it has a strong flower scent, the scent wears off after about 3 days (if you don't like strong flower scents, I don't recommend this polish) You only need 2 coats, and it dries with a satin finish. I don't like satin finishes so I used a top coat.

1. In the shade outdoors

2. Transitioning

3. Completey done changing

4. Indoors with flash

Thanks for reading :)

OPI- Don't Talk Bach To Me and update

2012-08-16T20:39:00.005-04:00

Hey everyone! Wow, I've been gone for a while. I'm 11 weeks pregnant so I haven't been painting my nails as much, the smell of polish remover makes me nauseous. I've been using nail polish strips all the time for almost two months. Since OPI released the Germany collection, I had to go to Ulta and get a few colors. Today I have a color that isn't similar to any polish I own. OPI- Don't Talk Bach to Me is a yellowish-green shimmer. (3 coats)

I'm using a new top coat too, so far so good. It really does dry fast.

I bought a Stila pallate and 2 polishes: Don't Talk Bach to Me and German-icure by OPI then I went back to get Every Month is Oktoberfest.

(She got a hold of my accessory box, lol)

Liz is going to be a big sister in March 2013 :)

Thanks for reading!

Butter London- Slapper Comparison

2012-06-15T19:07:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone. I finally uploaded my Butter London Slapper comparison pictures :)

Sally Hansen- Fairy Teal (2 coats)

Milani- Fresh Teal (3 coats)

Butter London- Slapper (2 coats)

Sally Hansen- Mint Sprint (2 coats)

^ With flash

^ Under lamp

^ With flash

^ Slapper and Fresh Teal are the most similar

Fresh Teal is a little darker and more on the blue side and Slapper is more on the green side.

Thanks for reading :)

Sally Hansen- Spring Fever Nail Polish Strips

2012-06-12T16:26:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone. I only wore these for about 4 days but I took them off, I got bored of the same pattern of my nails :P

Butter London- Slapper

2012-06-07T23:27:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone! My husband bought me my first Butter London polish about a week ago. The formula was very smooth and it was opaque in two coats. I love the bottle too :) I think I have a dupe in my stash so I'm going to a comparison post soon. Right now I'm wearing some Sally Hansen nail stickers, so I'm going to wait to swatch them.

Until next post :)

Liz's Birthday and Fire Nails

2012-06-05T15:15:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. I did these fire nails for the June photo a day on instagram. I used some paint brushes to randomly draw on my nails, it's not the best manicure I've done but I still like it :)

Colors used:

OPI- In My Back Pocket

China Glaze- Phat Santa

China Glaze- Solar Power

Liz's birthday was on June 3rd but we cut the cake on the 2nd, since the bakery where we bought the cake doesn't open on Sundays, we picked it up on Saturday.

Thanks for reading :)

China Glaze- Cling On & Eyeshadow

2012-06-01T22:34:00.005-04:00

Hello everyone! I went to Sally's on Wednesday and I saw that the CG magnetic polishes were on sale, so I got the green one. This is my first magnetic nail polish :)

I didn't use a base or top coat. I applied one coat then waited for it to dry (this polish dries quickly) then I applied another coat and held the magnet against the polish. I liked how it turned out, so I might go back to get some other colors if they still have them. The polish and the magnet were $3.29 each.

I used the arrow pattern.

The other day while blog stalking, I saw some pretty cool blue eye makeup . I wanted to replicate SilhouetteScreams's Djinn look but it's not as cool as hers.

Products used:

L.A. Colors eyeshadow palette in Supernatural

L'Oreal HiP eyeliner in Navy

NYX Provocateur mascara

Thank for reading :)

OPI- Vampsterdam

2012-05-28T15:26:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone. Today I have another color from the OPI Holland collection. I usually don't like polishes with a frost finish, but I had to get this one because of the name :)

I used 3 coats, I could have gotten away with 2 coats but I rushed and the polish dragged at my cuticles.

I found some cute spider earrings at Walmart so I wanted to post this picture :)

The pack came with 2 other pairs of earrings and it only cost 6 dollars.

Thanks for reading.

China Glaze- High Hopes

2012-05-23T13:34:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone. Today I have a China Glaze polish from their Up & Away collection. High Hopes is an orange-y coral and it dries super shiny. I used two coats.

Until next post :)

OPI- Ski Teal We Drop

2012-05-20T17:55:00.004-04:00

Hello everyone! Today I have a beautiful teal polish from OPI's 2010 Swiss collection. Ski Teal We Drop is such a pretty color, especially under direct sunlight. I painted my nails Wednesday night and right now there's some tip wear but it hasn't chipped badly. OPI polishes are my favorite :)

Last night I thought I'd lost this polish because I was absolutely sure that I left on my desk and I couldn't find it. I looked on my dresser, in Liz's toy box, everywhere but it wasn't there. It turns out I put it in my helmer after I painted my nails but I totally forgot lol.

I used 2 coats.

Thanks for reading. :)

Neon & Shimmer

2012-05-08T18:17:00.006-04:00

Hello everyone! Today I have an old NOTD and my current manicure :)

China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy (3 coats)

Sally Hansen- Hidden Treasure (2 coats)

The color I'm currently is wearing is OPI- I have a Herring Problem (3 coats)

The slight shimmer is really pretty :)

Thanks for reading :)

OPI- Thanks a Windmillion

2012-04-27T22:02:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone! I found another color that I absolutely love :) I picked up Thanks a Windmillion, I have a Herring Problem and Vampsterdam from the OPI Holland collection a while ago. As soon as I applied Thanks a Windmillion, I fell in love with this color. I still need to swatch the two other colors though. After 2 coats, some nails still had VNL so I used 3 coats on those.

^ A few days later, I repainted my nails with Thanks a Windmillion again, I used Done out in Deco on my ring finger so I could wear both of my favorite colors together :)

OPI- Thanks a Windmillion & Done out in Deco

Thanks for reading :)