Monkey See, Monkey Do Monday--Superficially Colorful!

Hi Everyone!!! Happy Monday!!! I'm super late with the post today but better late than never!!!  When I first saw this mani over at my friend Jin's blog I loved it!! And I mean loved it in a LURVE sort of way.  She's having a blogaversary and you can recreate a mani of hers for some extra entries so I thought why not kill two birds with one stone???!!!  

My issue is I love hers so much more than mine!  I don't know what the deal is with the swirly image on my DRK-B plate but it doesn't give me a crisp, sharp image at all.

I did a gradient using Sinful Colors Rainstorm and China Glaze Bahamian Blue and then stamped using Color Club Blue Heaven

It's just so messy and muddy to me

Jin's looked AMAZEBALLS

Check me out trying to do her weird pose--well it's not weird to her but I sure can't do it!

This is what it looks like when she does it!

How can she do it?????!!!! I have no idea!

To see her original post of this mani check it out HERE

If you haven't entered her blogaversary OMG you have to check it out!!!  Go HERE to enter!!!

I'm super grateful to have such a fab friend as Jin--the bazillions of miles might keep us apart, but thankfully our hearts are close!

Jinnie In A Bottle er Skittle!

Hi Everyone!  Happy Weekend!  I had so much fun doing the Crumpet Nail Tart's 31 Day Challenge I've decided to move into the Sat-ART-Day club as well!  Today's theme is amethyst skittle.  I decided to haul out my mass amounts of purple holos and see what I could come up with.  Whenever I wear holo I think of my sweet friend Jin of Superficially Colorful.  That's why I named my post Jinnie in a bottle lol!

I hauled out some Color Clubs old and new, and some China Glaze Kaleidoscopes for this purple holo skittle.

Index is Color Club Fashion Addict, Swear is China Glaze Octa Gone Wild, Ring is Color Club Eternal Beauty and Pinkie is Color Club Wild At Heart

You can say whatever you want about the new Color Club holos and fall all over them but I still think the best holos in the entire universe are the China Glaze Kaleidoscopes.  Why can't they bring those back?????

Thumbie is wearing China Glaze Visit Me In Prism which is a lovely pale lilac.

It's below zero here this morning so needless to say I didn't go outside for pics of this baby.  Here's a shot with the flash

I wish they would make more dark holos like Wild At Heart it's such a lovely color

I'm off for the day to help out my mom.  She's still on the mend from her kidney infection and wouldn't you know it she's now got a horrid cold on top of it!  She's positive the reason so many people in the Midwest and especially Wisconsin are sick because it hasn't been cold enough here to kill off germs.

I don't think I'm done with this mani.  I think when I get back this afternoon I might stamp on it--we'll see.  If I do I will definitely update the post!

As I said earlier it's below zero AND it snowed here! UG!  Not looking forward to the upcoming week as it's supposed to be in the low 20's and snow everyday!  I guess I was right to haul out the holo goodness! LOL!

Hope you all all a fantastic weekend!

Here's the rest of the Tart's Amethyst Skittle!!

Day 20 Texture

Hi Everyone!!!  I've got a mani on today that drove me nuts!!! Today is texture day in the Crumpet Nail Tart's 31 Day Challenge.  I thought about mixing some flocking powder and glitter today but then I just got too lazy so this is what I can up with instead

I put on some BALLZ!  

I wanted to give a shout out to my fab friend Jin over at Superficially Colorful. She just LOVES holos and I don't wear them all that often so I hauled out China Glaze DV8 which I am actually wearing for the first time and Color Clubs Blue Heaven (which I really wanted to be pale green but wasn't)

I sprinkled on Recollections beads in Ocean and Capri and called it a day.

And by calling it a day I mean there is no way these beads are going to last LOL!  I didn't add a top coat to keep it looking true and when you rub your fingers over them to feel them the color rubs off!

I hope tomorrow is a bit better for me with the challenge.  Let's see what's up

Merge or melt!!! Perfect!!!

What textures did the rest of the Tart's come up with?