Petite Pink Mattified

Saw this manicure and had to try it.

BUT after I added the silver tape, the ends just didn't want to stay put. So my solution? Top coat it! Well that made them stick up even more! Ug! Frustration forced me to wipe that accent nail completely clean and just go for a silver striper brush :-) Problem solved!

I'm so swooning over the matte though. And I'm not really a pink kind gal!

ORLY Cotton Candy,

Hard Candy (heheh^^) Matte-ly in Love matte top coat,

Kiss nail art pen striper in silver

Tips - Pinkle Sparkle (not quite glitter)

Because I already had a Pinkle Glitter manicure, I didn't know what to name this one so I went with Pinkle Sparkle. More sparkly than glittery. Inspired by Chloe (still one of my favorite manicurists).

I didn't have a shade quite as awesome as hers (odd being that I could walk up to the store and grab that SH now) but I figured with how many polishes I already have, just use one close (as I LOVED her color combo).

So I went with Color Club OH MY GOSH ITS NAMELESS!

(yup, so nameless. If you  know the name, please let me know!)

Then added OPI Sparkl-icious (see, the title even says sparkle)

Then went with a tip of the same nameless Color Club with my French Tip Dip.

Layering - Sparkles, Flakies and Holo

Tried some layering instead of actual art this round. 

Loving the way the combo came out.

Using OPI Light My Saphire, ORLY Twilight, Finger Paints Asylum and China Glaze Holo Top coat

Crack-a-Laqin'

Hehehe get it? Ok giggling done.

Onto my delayed posts. These nails, I did 2 nights ago. Last night I tried a flame style which turned out just awful, so I refuse to post pictures of that manicure. So here is 2 nights ago crackle manicure.

It had been a long time since Id done a crackle or a vampire red so I mixed them!

OPI Silver Shatter

And the base color, OPI Midnight In Moscow before the crackle

 Almost makes me wanna add CH Fairy Dust and pretend its Edward, phew....is it hot in here??

Fabric - Torn Demin Jeans

Inspired by this tutorial, I added a second day to the fabrics theme. 

Turned out pretty darn cute even with many interruptions during the painting :-)

I also added a zipper stamp in copper on my thumbs but its so hard to see so I won't even highlight that for you.

^Oops for the blurry pic^

The polishes I used:

*W&W white

*Avon Blue Flare

*OPI Russian Navy

*Love & Beauty no name light blue

*Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl

Fabric - Burberry

By suggestion from my mom, I decided to try a Burberry pattern.

I think I'll make this weeks manicures from patterns fabrics! Yay!

So my mom sent me a picture of a scarf of hers so I did my best to imitate it.

Man what a pain straight lines are! And my kiss nail art pens get so sticky after being open for a minute or two that I get stray "hairs" after I finish a line...UG!

                                                                                                                   The scarf

The products

*Kiss nail art paint in black and white

*OPI Red

*Chanel Lilac Sky

Lilac Sky before the artwork

Animals - Panda Bears

With some more inspiration from Simply Rins, I decided on Panda Bears.

I added a colored background as well as mouths on them. No where near perfect like hers but still cute :-)

I also added a Bamboo accent nail because no Panda is complete without food!

The stuffs

*OPI Red

*Sinful Colors Envy

OPI Decades of Shades

*SH Whiteout White

*W&W Black

*kiss nail art paint in white

Animals - Piggy In Pink

Day 2 in my animal week of manicures. I did pigs! All my light pinks were so translucent that the two shades I chose were so close its hard to see the detail.

My inspiration came again, from Simply Rins.
She has some amazing art work!

I was given a HUGE tub of about 75 polishes from my aunt on Christmas Eve, mostly OPI. I've found some pretty gorgeous ones. Tonight's brown came from the collection.

Went for 2 accent nails tonight, stray from my usual

Hand dotted white dots

I used:

*OPI Shim-Merry Chic 

*Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl

*Pure Ice Peony

*W&W Sally Hansen Whirlwind White
(thanks for the mistake pointing Liz :-p)

*Kiss nail art paint in black

*Off brand yellow fimo bow

Animals - Not Your Average Bear

Now that Christmas is over, I can get back to random manicures. I've decided to try my own challenges, starting this week off with Animals.

So today's manicure is bears. Not the typical average Teddy bear as these guys don't look too much into snuggling but are still awesome.
Found the inspiration at Let's Polish Some Nails

 

The products

*2 coats Color Club Nomadic in Nude base

*OPI La Boheme for bear

*Color Club Earthy Angel for nose

*W&W White for eyes and ears

 

Tiara Tips

Not exactly holiday colors but for some reason, teal does remind me of Christmas when I was little.

My mom had bought a large package of wrapping paper that had these glittery teals, purples, pinks and greens in it. So it does remind me at least. 

I originally got inspired by My Nail Graffiti's manicure but went with a teal tip instead of a blue tip. Both look great I think though. She did an amazing job.

 

 The products I used

*2 coats OPI Yodel Me On My Cell base color and tips

*1 coat China Glaze Loreli's Tiara glitter coat

(I feel kinda naked without any art or embellishments or rhinestones but I was pooped after 3 hours of wrapping presents and only being half way done)

More pics

You can kind of see Yodel peeking through Tiara, yea? I thought Yodel as a base gave it a really pretty hue to it :-)

Tiara also applied really nice. Even with one coat of top coat, its not too rough like many glitters. I must say, I am impressed!

Looks gorgeous in natural sunlight but my camera is just no good for capturing that.