POTD: Neon Pink Layering Experiment

Hello! Sorry if my posts have been on the thin side. I have had a lot going on that includes painting walls so not only have I not had a chance to do swatches, but even my nail of the day manis have been quickly ruined so I don't have much to post. So instead I have a pedi!

I love brights on my toes for summer, especially neons and especially pinks. I started my pedi out with Essie - Flirty Fuchsia and the got an idea to layer over it thanks to my sister. We were playing around with a super shimmery pink: Piggy Polish - Pink-ing of You. It reminds me of the new Sally Hansen HDs that have super shimmer in semi-sheer bases. I was digging Flirty Fuchsia on its own but this just made exponentially better.

This pic isn't the best representation because it is more neon and more cool in real life.

This pic was taken right around sunset, but the neon is more apparent in low light so I had to snap a pic! It shows the brightness a bit better.

And of course... my fave: the closeup!

Have a great night!
-Elaine

PS - GO BLACKHAWKS!!!

Tutti Fruitti

Happy Sunday! I have to get the heck outta here but I couldn't help but upload a pic of a pedi I couldn't help doing! It's super cute:

I don't know... I just had an urge to put fruit on my feet! For the base I used Sinful Colors - Easy Going, then I used the Konad fruit plate (M55) to stamp on my big toes.

Left foot:

Orange: L'Oreal - Sizzling Tangerine

Watermelon: China Glaze - Sugar High and Konad polish in green

Right foot:

Grapes: Konad polish in green and China Glaze - Grape Pop

Strawberries: China Glaze - Sugar High and Konad polish in green and red

Have a great Sunday!

Aw!

Two random pics for you since I don't have time for a real review. I am trying to get together my life! I need to give my two weeks, apply to new jobs, wrap up stuff at work, and then pack up everything I have to move 800 miles! WHOA! But let's see something, right?!

This is my tooties over the weekend in a fantabulous new pair of wedges I got from TJ Maxx. They are super high (at least 4") but so comfy! I am going to wear them all summer and destroy them, I just know it. And what is on my toes?!! China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy AKA Best Pedi Color EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this is a amazing shot my girl friend took of my baby, Cash over the weekend. Ready....... AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

Nails and Toes of the Day

Hello all!

I redid my nails AND toes last night and I am loving them both so much I thought I would share.

This my mani for today. All day yesterday I was planning on either painting with a green franken I made a while ago, or MAC's newest release, Blue India. Well I had a package waiting for me in the mail and it screamed, "Put me on now!!" This is OPI - DS Glamour and it is the prettiest damn thing I have ever seen! This is a medium to dark indigo holo. Oh so pretty! In low light it looks like denim but it the sun, watch out! This is on fire!


This is the pedi I did on myself. Cute, right? I think this is the first time I have put rhinestones on my toes! It's not too bad! This is a new shade from Diamond cosmetics I showed you here, Tranquility. I then stamped the flowers with Konad plate M21 and Konad special polish in white and green. Lastly I added the little green rhinestone to the center and added topcoat. So fun!

Have a wonderful day!
-Elaine
:c)

AMERICA! @#$% YEAH!

Hi all! I have been feeling so patriotic all week thanks to the Olympics and all the athletes bringing home medals for USA. And how about Team USA Hockey?!!
I have been wanting to do a USA manicure, and have a good plan, but by the time I had the chance to do it on the weekend, I realized it would be time to take it off for the work week so I did a pedi instead!

Big Toes: Rescue Beauty Lounge - Underwear, stamped with Konad plate M14 and M3 with Essie - Mesmerize and Konad special polish in red

Little Toes - right foot: China Glaze - Dorothy Who?

Little Toes - left foot: Savina - Ruby

...and all little toes are stamped with plate M3 and Konad special polish in white

Dashing Through the Snow... With my pretty painted toes...

The holidays are upon us! I decided to get festive with my tooties!! It's really thanks to the BF. I was going to redo my toes and picked out a nice orange creme: Sally Hansen - Sonic Bloom. I showed him what I was going to use and he did not seem enthused. He said "Why don't you do them for Christmas? With snowmen!" Okay, dear. You got your wish!

LEFT FOOT
Big Toe
China Glaze Emerald Sparkle
Migi Nail Art Pen in white
LA Colors Art Deco in Red Glitter

Little Toes
Unnamed shimmery white from Borghese Allegra set
Unnamed red glitter from Borghese Allegra set

RIGHT FOOT
Big Toe
China Glaze - Caribbean Blue
LA Colors Art Deco in Black
Migi Nail Art Pen in White
LA Colors Art Deco in Red Glitter
Tropez - Black Satin
Konad Special Polish in white
Konad plate M3

Little toes
China Glaze - Emerald Sparkle
Konad Special Polish in white
Konad plate M3

Pedi by request...

....from my hunny! He was so funny when he began the conversation about it too. He looked at my feet (which were Essie - Funky Limelight at the time) and said, "Why don't you ever paint your toes white?" I didn't even know what to say! I just said I never thought of it because I have so many other colors to use on my toes! So I asked if he wanted me to and he said, "yeah!"
"Do you want me to do a soft white, or a white-out white?"
"White-out white."
"Do you want me to do some sort of design on them?"
"Yeah, in red. Flowers or somethin'."

Okay babe. This one is for you!

And he likes it! And I really like it!

I used OPI- Alpine Snow as the base, and then stamped with Konad Special Polish in red with plate M64 on the big toes, and then plate M3 to get the little random flowers on the rest of the toes.



Here is my and my friend's foot at the beach on Sunday. She was wearing Misa - Pour Me Something Tall & Strong with LA Girls - Supernova on top. (Sorry Kate! HAHA!) It was a gorgeous day and she didn't have to work so we planned to ride bikes to the beach and go for a swim. It was the first time all year I went in the lake!! I just love it. And I love to lay on the beach. I don't bring a towel or anything. I love to just roll around in the sand. It's so theraputic and nice. And fun!

And here is my foot underwater!

And a bonus pic of the beach. It was getting near sunset so I got some pretty shadows and colors in the clouds.
(you can click to view the enlarged size too!)

POTD - Plus a Bad, but Very Cute Puppy

Hello! I have a hot mani today, but want to share it in my LA Girls - Rockstar swatches I have planned so instead I bring you my feet!! I did a pedi with Sinful Colors-Fusion Neon and layered over it with LA Girls Rockstar-Scandal. Scandal is a light purple shimmery sheer so now my chalky flat neon is shimmery and shiny!
I really like this one. I wish it would show I bit truer in the pic. I think in real life it looks much brighter.

And today you get a bonus, fury-friend post. I don't close the door to the bathroom when I shower because we don't have a fan for the steam. This leaves opportunity for Cash to take my clothes and chew on them, whether it be a sock, underwear, slipper, etc. So last night I come out of the shower to find I am missing a slipper. I go out to find it and him and discover he is no longer chewing on it, but instead has swiped a roll of toilet paper! Look how guilty:It's my fault, really. Earlier in the day I gave him an empty TP tube to rip up and I guess he needed more! He just LOOVVES to rip up napkins and paper towels. Shredding is one of his favorite things to do. It's not usually a big deal because it's not really important stuff. What is great is that he knows it's wrong because as soon as I discover him he is rolling over to submit and say sorry, but he does it anyway! He must be in such heaven while he's doing it. He's just thinking "this is worth it".

POTD: Neon Polka Dots

I guess this isn't exactly "of the day" because I am not in the habit of redoing my toes everyday... yet. Never say never, right?! I did this creation over the weekend. It made my man giggle everytime he looked at my feet! He thought it was cute and that I am a big dork! All accurate!

I painted my tooties black first, then did white dots, and applied 6 different neons over the white dots as randomly as I could so they wouldn't look really patterned. Here's the result:

Not bad, huh? I freehanded the dots. I didn't use any sort of tool. Maybe it would have come out neater if I did. But I still like it!

Check out how awesome neon colors look under a UV light: Neons are creeping up as new fave for me!

Neon Skittles Pedi

Hello! Today I thought I would do something fun for my toes to get them ready for summer! So I did a rainbow-neon pedi! I used: Sinful Colors-Dream On, Sinful Colors-Irish Green, Essie-Flirty Fuchsia, Essie-Funky Limelight. I did a base coat of white for all to get the neon to really pop, and to get it on in less coats. For the big toes I just freehanded the boxes.

Have a lovely holiday!

Good Koni Idea, not so good results

So today I thought I'd stamp that fun, boxy design on Konad plate M73 onto my Sag Harbor mani. And I thought to would look cool if I did a dual color stamp with green blending into white. Well, it was great in theory but didn't look that great on the nails. So then I added some gold sparkles: Cover Girl-Gold Rush and Sinful Colors-Paris. And that didn't really please me either.
There's just something I'm not feeling. Maybe a darker base color would do better. I have not given up on this design. I want it on! It will work for me!

At leat I like my tooties!! I got tiger toes! There on the prowl!