GO BLACKHAWKS!

So the Chicago Blackhawks are now up 3-2 in the Stanley Cup Finals! WOO HOO!

Base: OPI - Alpine Snow
Stripes: LA Colors Art Deco in Red Glitter and Black

Sorry I didn't include the pointer. He had a huge chip by the time I got around to taking a pic of this.

Logo:

• China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky
• LA Colors Art Deco - Red Glitter
• BB Couture - Poison Ivy
• LA Colors Art Deco - Black
• Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen - Black (for the outline)

Have a great day!
-Elaine
:c)

Orange Fest!

So I have to start with: I LOVE ORANGE! I haven't for a while, but the love is back. Perhaps it is the summer. i don't know, but suddenly I love orange polish and have bought several. I also love NEON orange polish. It is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E!

I posted this great 2/3 - 1/3 mani idea I had with neon oranges a while back, but never got a chance to wear it out. I just tried it quick at home and took it off. Since last week I was on vacation, I thought it would be a perfect time to rock it.

I started with a base of OPI-Alpine Snow. Then did 1/3 of the nail with the yellow-orange neon from Hot Topic that is called Marigold on their website, however I call it Tangello. Then did the remaining 2/3 in Sally Girl - Amped and finished it off with orange fishnets stamped with Konad plate M57 and L'Oreal - Sizzling Tangerine. One of my fave manis ever!!

Layering with Juliana

I have a new love and it's called layering!! This Juliana from NYX has won me over big time. I never used to be into sheers, but now I see how great they are. Not for wearing alone, but for wearing with so many other colors, the manis you can create are endless! And this post explores just that. So this mani I did a few days ago as a NOTD:It was so rainy and gloomy that day, I decided on a bright mani to pep me up. I chose Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightening, and layered NYX-Juliana. It definately made me feel good! It makes my think of happy things! And as on lovely lady wrote on Makeupalley: "Lemon sugar gumdrops".

Then I tried Juliana over a coral color just on a paper plate and realized it looked amazing! I tried over others, and realized it looked great over orange and green based colors because the glitter in it flashes orange and green.In the pic above, from the thumb: Sally Girl-Amped (layered over white), Rimmel-Camouflage, Milani-Tropical Fiesta, L'oreal-Shocking Green and L'oreal-Sizzling Tangerine
Sun
Shade
Sally Girl-Amped + NYX-Juliana

Milani-Tropical Fiesta + NYX-Juliana, L'oreal-Shocking Green + NYX-Juliana

Rimmel-Camouflage + NYX-Juliana, L'oreal-Sizzling Tangerine + NYX-Juliana

Orange!

Last week I found the new L'oreal Blooming Brights at Walgreen's and picked up Sizzling Tangerine and Shocking Green. Both awesome. I had been thinking about orange polish all day which is weird because I don't usually go for orange polish. Not sure why. I like orange, but maybe on my nails its weird? I don't know. But you know how what you like changes, and what is aesthetically pleasing one day is not the next. So I guess that day I just dug orange. And Sizzling Tangerine is a good one:

On Friday the orange itch continued, and I ended up with two neon oranges: Sally Girl-Amped, and a Hot Topic one. Unfortunately Hot Topic doesn't name their polishes so I have been calling this one Tangello.

Sizzling Tangerine looked like it would make a good Konad color (side thought: should add to Sasse's list) and it stamps very well! Good consistency and well pigmented. So I threw all my oranges together to get this:

I started with a base of white, did 2/3-1/3 the neon oranges and then stamped with M57 and sizzling Tangerine. Its way too much for the office, but awesome weekend mani!

(Before the Konad)