Happy Late Birthday!

Hey Ladies!

As always: Better late than never! This is a mani that I did for my birthday back in March. I was inspired by a shirt I had bought that week for myself. So I kinda mimicked the shirt on my nails for the night we went out dancing!

So I started off with two coats of China Glaze's best color EVER made: For Audrey! In my opinion, this is the most beautiful color on earth. Don't get me wrong. I love unique colors that have 43 thousand shades in one (I exaggerate a bit). Love douchromes. Love holos. But you don't always have to be crazy to be a beautiful color. I remember when I first saw this color. Mari wore it out for a previous birthday outing of mine. I loved it so much that I went on the hunt for it. Sally's Beauty was sold out back then. Thankfully I was able to get it online from Transdesign. *insert heavenly music here* I was sooo happy. Mari and I usually share our colors but this is one of the few colors we each own a bottle of. I guess you can say its in my permanent line! Moving on....

I applied 2 coats of For Audrey. I then stamped with Konad plate m57 using their Black Special Polish. Then I dotted with China Glaze's Spontaneous. This color was great for it because it's seriously opaque! You ask: How did I dot? (Or you might not care!) Either way, listen up (those of you that don't have a dotting tool). I don't own a dotting tool. I got a toothpick and cut a little bit of the tip off so it wouldn't be so pointed. You want that flat end for dotting. Don't cut too far unless you want a fatter dot. Then I just placed a drop of the polish on my nail board (yes, I have a board -school binder flap- that I use to paint my nails on in case I ever spill polish - don't want that landing on my desk). I dipped the end of the cut toothpick in the polish and then applied it on my nail. I waited a while for the dots to dry and then applied a coat of Seche Vite (didn't want the dots to smear).

And that's basically it...

Hope you gals like it. Happy Polishing!

Dark Teal Leopard

Hi gals! Hope you've had a great week so far. Got passed Wednesday so just a few more to go. :)

This is two coats of China Glaze's Rodeo Fanatic stamped with China Glaze's Kaleidoscope Him Out using Konad plate M57. Eh. Not too creative for mid-week but cute nonetheless. Enjoy, gals.

Happy Polishing!

KOTD: PHD's Analogous Challenge

Hey Ladies!

I am about to spam you with pictures from my June 16th mani. This mani was in response to Polish Hoarder Disorder's Analogous Challenge for the week. I felt "blah" about it once it was done. Remember, I was still sick and medicated when I did this. LOL! So please forgive me for my failed attempt.

It started off with 2 coats of China Glaze's "Solar Power." This yellow makes me think of a taxi more than it does of the sun. Maybe that is why it's described as "taxi cab yellow."

Then I stamped the fishnet image from M57 using China Glaze's "Tree Hugger" which is a green apple type of green with a bit of shimmer. I should have stamped using a darker green color. I didn't mean for it to be so... subtle.

Then I stamped the butterflies from M36 using OPI's "No Room For The Blues" which is a nice sky blue color.

I was disappointed with the outcome. I wish I would have chosen darker colors for the stamped images. I feel that they are so subtle that you can't really tell its blue and green. Or maybe the tone of the yellow was too much. I don't know. Better luck next time.

KOTD: Boy, Where Are My Flowers?

Hey Ladies!

Here is another mani I had done while I was partially missing.

So a while back Maria got me China Glaze's "Towel Boy Toy" as a surprise gift. But then I hit final exams and didn't see her so it took a while to get this beauty in my possession. And I was finally able to use this bad boy.

Behold, 3 coats of "Towel Boy Toy!"

Application was great. I just needed 3 coats to get good coverage and avoid VNL. But who cares! It's gorgeous! Because it is a neon, it dries quickly and matte. But once you put topcoat... Beauty!

Then I stamped those funky flowers from M57 using Konad's Special White polish.

I was actually sad when this mani chipped. Don't be surprised if I use this color again soon. There is just something about it that draws your eyes straight to it. And in the sun... *drools* It has this gorgeous shimmer!

Definitely one of my new favorites!

P.S. - I corrected my last post. That wasn't post number 100. Blogger was playing a prank on me and was counting a non-published post (which I have since deleted). So....

THIS IS OUR 100TH POST! Woo Hoo! I never thought we would get to 100 posts. This is awesome. Blogging has turned out to be more fun than I originally expected. It just sucks that life can get in the way sometimes.

I will be posting more tomorrow! Imagine, I'm only by my mani from May 25th. I still have 7 more to go!

Happy Polishing!

KOTD: OMG, Konad Black is a mess!

Hey Addicts!

If you've already read the post about the giveaway winner, you already know my sleeping dilemma. I'm still sleepy!

So I chipped a few nails during my typing frenzy this weekend (final Appellate Brief due yesterday). But I managed to do my nails once it was all over.

Ignore the smear on the tip of my ring ringer. 

And ignore the burn on my index finger... damn curling iron!

I know some holo's tend to chip rather quickly so I did a base coat with China Glaze's "White On White." (1 coat) Then I did two coats of China Glaze's "OMG." Application was a little bit of a pain but totally worth it. Then I used the the image on M57 with Konad's Special Black Polish. What are these spots anyways? Leopard? Cheetah? Whatever... LOL!

"OMG" is an amazing color! AMAZING! I am so glad the sun was cooperating today. I can't help but sit and stare at it ALL the time. Gorgeous! It's like a rainbow on my nails.

Insert mini rant here: Is anyone else really annoyed with the Konad Black Polish? What a pain to remove!!! I love it to stamp... but hate cleaning it up! What horror! It gets everywhere. It takes up twice the amount of effort to get rid of. My stamper is STILL stained black. Ugh! Anyone else have this issue? Or does Konad just hate me? LOL!

Weird, true, but I still think it's Cute!

This is Lemon Fizz and Four Leaf Clover, both by China Glaze; and Konad's M57 i.p.