Zebra Pattern Over Black Sparkles

 

Polishes Used:

Black Satin- Rimmel

Some Like It Haute- China Glaze

White Konad stamping polish

Bundle Monster Plate #223

I've been wanting to try a stamp over a glittery polish for a while after seening some really pretty ones on other blogs. I started with two coats of Rimmel's Black Satin and one coat of China Glazes Some Like It Haute.

 

It turned out to be hard to photograph, there was much more multi-colour shimmer on the nail then what it seems from the photos. The the bottle photographed a little closer to what it really looks like.

 

 I then stamped a zebra pattern (Bundle Monster #223) over top!

In the future I will choose a thinner stamp over top to really be able to see the shimmer from underneath, but I got a lot of nice compliments on this mani, so I think the combination is a winner. :)

Monkey See Monkey Do!

So this Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge was a great idea to say the least. The idea is "Monkey See Monkey Do." If you are anything like me, (or many other Pinterest users for that matter) you have hundreds of pins you've never gotten around to actually trying. So the idea here is to take the time to recreate a mani you have seen and loved.

I have chosen to recreate a manicure from the ever-so-talented Chloe of Chloe's Nails. (Her original manicure found here.)

She dubbed this manicure "Secret Periwinkle Gets Tattooed".

Here is a photo of her design:

And here is my recreation, with a few changes.

 

Polishes Used:

Green Tea- Sally Hansen

Blue It- Sally Hansen

Black Satin- Rimmel

I went a lot lighter with the base colour, I'm having a total addiction to minty green/teal colours right now.

Orange with Red and Black Tips

 

Polishes Used:

Make Mine Mango- Revlon

Burgundy Flirt- Rimmel

Black- Art Deco 

So this manicure started by taping the tips with two reinforcement stickers to get a nice pointed curve with the red. (I REALLY loved this look.)

Steps:

1. Paint your nails and allow to dry completely.

2. Cut a reinforcement in half and stick it to the tip of your nail so that the point is in the middle of your nail bed.

 

  

3. Paint a thick coat of polish along the tip. Allow to dry for 10 seconds and gently peel off the reinforcement.

 

 Voila!

 

 

I then used a black art polish (the really long thin brushes) and tried to make it pop a little more. 

I will probably try this one again with different colours. 

Polish Crazed Spring Giveaway!

Currently waiting on a response from a potential winner....

Hi everyone! I don't know about you but I get pretty excited to enter polish giveaways, so I decided to host my own. Up for grabs is the following:

Brilliant Idea- Nicole by OPI

Prized Possession Purple- Nicole by OPI

Wild Orchid- Rimmel

Bundle Monster stamping plate #216

All items are new and have never been used.

Details:

Contest is open Internationally. 

Contest will run from April 11th 2012 to May 4th 2012.

You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect (GFC) to enter. 

The winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected.

Good luck!

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Burgundy and Silver Tape Mani

 

Polishes Used:

I'm Fondue of You- OPI

Celeb City- Sally Hansen

These "explosion" manis are great. Really easy tape job.

Steps:

 1. Paint your nail a base colour and allow to dry. (Completely!)

2. Cut angular strips in scotch tape and stick them to the nail. (Really flatten out the tape to the nail, other wise the polish can seep in and you wont get a sharp looking line.)

Step 3.  Paint on your second colour and allow to dry for only about 10 seconds, then peel back the tape.

 

You can also add a third colour which I hope to post at some point. The effects of that are even cooler.

Yellow Butterfly Wing

Polishes Used:

Mellow Yellow- Sally Hansen

Black Out- Sally Hansen

Black Stamping Polish- Konad

Bundle Monster Plate #208

So this started off as just a simple tape manicure:

 (It weirdly enough reminded me of Pikachu and that was embarrassing considering I think of myself as an adult....)

It was really eye-catching glossed up, but I'm hard to satisfy so I matted it too. :)

I got a lot of comments on this manicure, it was really cool and super simple and I will be trying more variations like this. Sort of reminded me of a butterfly wing.

Half Glitter

Polishes Used:

Hot Cocoa- Rimmel London

Strobe Light- Sally Hansen

I've been wanting to try this for a while after seeing it on Pinterest. My advice for this mani would be to use the thickest glitter polish you have. (This took me about 4 coats at the base to get a fuller look.) And have an acetone polish remover!