Happy Tuesday!

Good afternoon! I hope you week is off to a good start. Mine's not too bad :) Here are my mani offerings to you so far!

Today's mani is...... I don't know. For whatever reason, I just don't care for it that much, and it's not as if I used colors I dislike. Maybe it's simply a matter of it's not what I wanted, I don't know. Anyways, it's a jelly sandwich, starting with a coat of OPI's Suzy Says Feng Shui, two coats of OPI's Polka.com, and a coat of China Glaze's Ride the Waves. All topped with Seche.

Yesterday's mani, however, I absolutely loved. I'm very proud of how it turned it, since I've had similar manis turn out not so nice. The base was 2 coats of Zoya Darcy and a coat of Seche. Once it was dry to the touch, I created a gradient with Darcy and Zoya Thandie, cleaned it up, and let it dry. I stamped over that using Vivid Lacquer plate VL 002 and Milani Black Swift, and added dots with Milani White on the Spot. Instead of Seche, I used Out the Door's Northern Lights.

Sunday's Stamping Sunday challenge was very simple: over a pink base. So, I first did 2 coats of Zoya Katy. I just love this pink. Topped Seche, then stamped using my Handy 31 and 32, with OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark. Another coat of Seche and done!

A late Happy Easter!

Good morning!

So, I had every intention of posting manis before today; sadly, that just didn't happen. Because of that, I've got four manis to show off, including my Easter mani. Let's get started!

Sunday was, of course, Easter, and the Stamping Sunday challenge was Easter themed. I was all set to do a stamped mani for it, but I changed my mind the day before on what I wanted my base to look like. That base looked so good, to me, that I decided not to stamp over it. I created a water marble using all Zoya colors- Malia, Josie, Shelby, and Yummy, the dots being Sharon. This was done over a base of Purity and topped with Out the Door's Northern Lights. 

My camera must have decided to be retarded this week, because some of my pics are kinda blurred >.< Sorry about that.

For Monday, I did a pink gradient, also using all Zoya colors- Shelby, Fergie, and Reagan. Topped with Seche.

Tuesday featured a stamped neon mani. Three coats of China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise over White on White, a coat of Seche, Vivid Lacquer VL011, Milani Black Swift, and another coat of Seche.

And, lastly, Wednesday's mani was a bit simpler. It was two coats of OPI's Red Hot Rio (which is gorgeous, by the way!) and one coat of Snowflakes in the Air, also OPI, topped with Seche.

Stamping Sunday!

Good evening! I hope everyone has had a great weekend :) Mine was mostly uneventful..... except for chopping my hair off yesterday! That was the most excitement I had lol.

Today's Stamping Sunday theme was quite simple: pastels. This mani was rather quick and easy in coming up with. I knew exactly what colors I wanted to use as soon as the theme was put up. I did a gradient as my base, using Zoya Dot, Cole, and Pippa, topped with Out the Doors Northern Lights in silver.

Let me just say, I LOVE how this gradient came out. I almost didn't stamp over it, it looked so amazing. I did get a pic of it before I stamped :)

But stamped I did, using one of my new Messy Mansion plates, MM21, in Maybelline's Bold Gold. I topped it with Seche.

Yeah, so, I was wrong......

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About this week being tamer than last week >.>

Good evening! I had a rather unexpectedly crazy week again, leaving me with little time for posting manis. Last weekend, I was totally uninspired for Stamping Sunday, never mind that the theme chosen was something I was waiting to do until yesterday, so I had nakey nails until Monday. Wasn't able to get any pics of that mani because, well, we had nasty, nasty weather here most of the week. It finally settled back down into our usual summer weather, but still.

So, I do have 3 manis to show you tonight, let's get to them! First, is yesterday's patriotic Fourth of July mani. All colors used are from Zoya. My base colors were Purity and Ibiza, stamped colors were Sooki and Trixie. I added a coat of Out the Door's Northern Lights to the Ibiza/Trixie combo :) Stamping plate used was Winstonia W107.

Excuse the awkward, dominant hand pics, I jacked up the stamping on my other hand and just didn't fix it :P

Now, since I worked on Wednesday, I did do something patriotic that wasn't that ^ mani. I found at Walmart, several weeks ago, this pretty glitter from Pure Ice. It has two different sized red hexs, larger blue hex, and silver stars. This is certainly one you need dab on, and fish for the stars. I layered it over OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I didn't need to add a coat of Gelous before the Seche. I did matte it, though, with OPI's Matte Topcoat.

And lastly, is another glitter, this one from Maybelline. They've released, within the Color Show line, a set of 5 polishes called Polka Dots. They're all colored, jelly bases with mixed size, black and white matte hexes. The one I'm showing you is Blue Marks the Spot, although I went back and got Drops of Jade and Pretty in Polka. For my mani, I did three coats of Blue with one Gelous and one Seche. Personally, I'll be layering them the next time I use one. These you will need to dab on.

I found the Polka Dots at Walgreens last weekend, and they're on sale right now BOGO 50% off. I'm happy to see another mainstream company catching on to the matte glitter (as opposed to the textured glitter, Pixie Dusts or Liquid Sand) trend. I'm still waiting to find the Salon Perfect Neon Collision matte glitters at one of my Walmarts >.>

Happy Memorial Day........ or Happy Monday!

Good evening!

I don't know how many of you are Americans or internationals, but here in the States it's Memorial Day today. I hope you all had a great day, regardless if it was a holiday or not. Hubs and I went over to my parents for a little cookout and ate too much, and I drank a little too much lol.

In tribute of Memorial Day, I wanted to do something patriotic on my nails. I don't really have a white polish I like, so I chose a red and a blue, Zoya Sooki and Ibiza. I alternated colors, 3 red 2 blue on my left, 3 blue 2 red on the right. I did two coats each color and topped it with Out the Door's Northern Lights in silver. I let that completely dry before moving on.

I then pulled out my stamping gear, Konad Special White, and Shany plate SH13. The image I picked on the plate reminded me alot fireworks, so I went to town and stamped every finger with that image. I topped again with Northern Lights, and on accent fingers, I added a little gem to the center of the image. Done! Very simple, but very pretty. Even hubs noticed and commented on it several times!

Blah.......

Good morning! So, yeah, I've been feeling kinda blah, mostly because of the craptastic weather here, and just haven't gotten to posting my last two manis. Today I actually had the time and the want to do so. Thanks for your patience!

I'll start with the mani I rocked on Friday.

As you know, I ordered and received 8 of the 12 Beach & Surf collection from Zoya. Friday, I decided I wanted to use the "oddball" of the collection, Carly. I say oddball because, out the whole collection, Carly is the darkest and the only purple. It is a beautiful grape purple foil that is truly grape colored. Carly was mostly, if not, totally opaque in one coat, but I did a second in case I had some balding. I topped it with Out the Door's Northern Lights in silver and let that dry. The NL was very subtle against Carly and difficult to capture on camera. Once that was all dry, I layered on a thick coat of China Glaze's Latticed Lilac Crackle Glaze. Yes, yes, I know; most bloggers are over the Shatter/Crackle craze, but I'm not, and I intend to use what I have lol. I used one more coat of NL and that was it for this mani.

Alright, next I'm gonna show you the mani I did for Mother's Day. This one I kept pretty simple: two coats of Zoya's Zuzu with a rose stamped in OPI's DS Fantasy using Red Angel plate 118 on accent fingers. The image didn't transfer completely on my left, so I took a close up of the right hand to show it.

I love the color of Zuzu. In my opinion, its a true seafoam green that fits perfectly with the collection it belongs to. The only complaint I have about it is, the formula is a little weird. It's thicker than I'm used to, but not too difficult to apply. Opacity was acheived in two coats.

So, there you have it! I'll have a post up and ready for tomorrow's Pink Wednesday!

Time flies........

When you're busy, busy, busy! Whew, where did the last four days go?! I swear I lost time somewhere x.x

Good evening! I hope everyone has had a great weekend. I spent most of yesterday running around doing errands in the wonderful, early summer heat we have going here in FL, then cleaning today. Fun fun!

I wanted to show the manis I was rocking Thursday, then Friday and Saturday. For Thursday, I did some nail art with my mani. I started out with two, very easy cots of Orly's Sweet Peacock. I can not say how much I love this color and how happy I am to finally have it. I topped it off with one coat of Out the Door's Northern Lights in silver, although with the crappy weather I had Thursday morning, you can't really see it >.>

I let that dry then pulled out a fine, round paintbrush and nail art lacquers, and went to town. I ended up doing something that I have just been dying to try since I first saw: monarch butterfliy wings! Anyone that knows me in real life knows how I absolutely love butterflies, my favorite being the Blue Morpho. So this was sort of my attempt at recreating that. Not too bad for my first try, I think.

I will say this for it: as pretty as it is, and can be, I don't think I'll be doing again anytime soon, as it's very time consuming. It took me a good hour or so, from start to finish, which I don't always have to devote to a mani.

On Thursday, I recieved my first Birchbox order, which was the Birchbox trio of Zoyas. I fell in love with these three colors when I saw swatches of them, and knew I had to had them. As soon as I opened the box, I knew that I would be wearing at least one of the colors the next day. Orange is a huge color right now, and one I can't get enough of, so I chose Coraline with Belle layered over. For this mani, I did 3 coats of Coraline with one of Belle. I know it looks like I didn't wrap my tips or have tip wear in my pics, but I did and I don't. It was the way the light was catching what I had for visible nail line, which really wasn't too horrible. I think I might have been better off with either 2 coats of each or just one more coat of Belle. Either way, it still came out very pretty.