So sorry!

Good evening!

I am so sorry I haven't posted lately. I haven't had a computer to be able to edit pics for over a week now. Finally, finally, I had access to one today, so I was able to get my pics done :)

To keep this post from being extremely photo heavy, I have one pic from each mani. Let's get started!

This is today's mani, a pastel water marble. The base was 2 coats of Morgan Taylor All White Now, the water marble colors were the entire collection of Color Club's Poptastic Patel Neons.  This came out much lighter than I anticipated, but I still liked it. Soft and pretty. It wasn't easier to capture it with my camera, but this was the best I could do.

I chose not to do the Stamping Sunday theme, because I didn't like what won the vote. Instead, I did an Easter themed mani. I used a new to me KBShimmer color, Where me Peeps At?, a Peeps yellow crelly with round glitter. I needed three coats for opacity. Over that, I stamped Messy Mansion MM08 and Mundo de Unas lilac.

Friday's mani featured colors from the super popular China Glaze Electric Nights collection. People have been going gaga over this collection, and I can see why. I picked up 8 of them last Wednesday, and really wish I had gotten one more of the other glitters. For this mani, though, I used UV Meant to Be and Point Me to the Party. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Three coats was needed for UV, but I think that was more me than the polish. I kinda feel I should have sponged on the glitter, because I could see air bubbles in bright light.

Thursday was really simple. Just three coats of Zoya Mimi. My camera made this look much cooler than it really is, so I tried to adjust the warmth for a truer color.

I have mixed feelings about my mani from Thursday. I adore the color and the stamping, but I absolutely hate the formula of the base color. I truly did buy CND Vinylux in Butterfly Queen for the name, but the color is gorgeous, so I figured I would give it a chance. Unfortunately, the formula is terrible. It dries rough, and stays rough with even two coats of Seche, and boy, it was a bitch to remove. Messy Mansion MM42 an Mundo de Unas were stamped over it.

Tuesday's mani was a bit of disappointment as well. I feel like I should have layered Morgan Taylor Best Ball Gown Ever over a periwinkle to make it pop. The formula wasn't bad, just two coats for opacity. Another mani where I used Messy Mansion MM08, but stamped in MdU lavender.

Mixed textures was the order of the day for last Monday. I used Zoya Lux and Brittany. Really love this combo!

For whatever reason, Easter nails were the Stamping Sunday them last week, instead of yesterday. I wanted to do nails that looked like Easter eggs, so I started with a water marble base. I used all the colors from Essie's 2014 summer neon collection. The "eggs" are from MM08, stamped in MdU pastel yellow.

For that Textured Friday, I used one of the last textures I have untried, L'Oreal Totally D'Accord. This is such a pretty texture. It's a blackened teal with silver flakies. Only two coats needed for opacity.

I totally ripped that Thursday's mani from Zoya's IG. It was a blue ombre, with Purity, Blu, Yummy, Edie, and Ryan. They left theirs glossy, but I matted mine with Zoya's matte topcoat.

I love the next mani. It's a water marble and gradient combo, using the same 4 colors. They're all Morgan Taylor colors:

All White Now
New Kicks on the Block
Varsity Jacket Blues
Going Native

And lastly, the previous Tuesday's mani. I pulled colors from the skirt I wore that day, blue, grey, and white. The white was OPI My Boyfrined Scales Wlls, te blue I Saw, You saw, We Saw... Warsaw. For the grey, I used Cracked Concrete from China Glaze Crackle Glaze. I then matted it with China Glaze Matte Magic.

Happy Humpday!

Happy Wednesday! I've got several manis I want to show y'all :)

I kinda flubbed today's mani. What I pictured in my head didn't exactly turn out the way I wanted on the nail. It's pretty enough, I suppose, just not as bright as I thought it would be. Base color was 3 coats of Zoya Lianne, then a coat of Seche. I let that dry a good while because of the 3 coats, then I stamped over it with Winstonia W218 in OPI's Kiss me on my Tulips, then another coat of Seche.

Tuesday I wore my new preciousssssss :D I had ordered a new holo and received it Monday, so of course I had to wear yesterday. I paired my new holo, Lilypad Lacquer Tanzanite Twinkle, with Colors by Llarowe Smooth Criminal. Two coats each and a coat of Seche.

Monday was a stamped mani with a somewhat new color. I've used it for stamping with, but had yet to use it as a mani. It's a beautiful color, too, a darker radiant orchid in my opinion. The base for the mani was 2 coats of CND Vinylux's Tango Passion. I used it as I would a regular polish, so it got topped with Seche. Stamped over with Messy Mansion MM20 and Milani's Black Swift, then another coat of Seche.

Sunday's mani was a test in patience. I had to try several to get the right colors to water marble. I finally got it with OPI's 50 is the New Fabulous, I Just Can't Cope-cabana, and AmazOn...AmazOff. The base got a coat of Seche before it was stamped. I used EDM03 and Milani's Black Swift, then Seche, then OPI's Matte topcoat.

Welcome to April!!

Good afternoon and happy first day of April! Yes, I know, it's April Fool's, but I'm not a prankster so I really don't take part in this day of pranks :)

I do have a few bright, springy manis to show you, though. I'm kinda continuing in the same vein I was last week, bright colors, but this week I'm using bright jellies. Today's mani featured not only a jelly, but one of OPI's new Sheer Tints as well.

To start, my base was one coat of both China Glaze's Kinetic Candy and Isle See You Later, then a coat of Seche. I stamped over that, using CND's Vinylux in Black Pool and my Apipila P.2 plate, followed by another coat of Isle See You Later and Seche, then stamped again with the same things. I topped that with a coat of I Can Teal You Like (Sheer Tint), then Seche. Amazingly, I didn't have any chips with all that on my nails when I took it. Usually, with that much Seche, I get chipping lol.

I love how Monday's mani came out. It wasn't exactly anything new that I did, but the glitter I used for the candy mani was different. All OPI colors, all one coat each, topped with Seche. Base to top- Flit a Bit, Rose of Light, and Y'all Come Back, Ya Hear?. I think this is by far my favorite candy mani look I've done.

Sunday's Stamping Sunday mani I regard as something of a fail. The challenge called for stamping over another technique, which isn't actually that difficult for me to do. My problem came with the colors I used. See, I was inspired by an ad layout in Nails Mag. for CND's latest line of Vinylux and Shellac colors. They are gorgeous, and I absolutely had to have Tango Passion. It's a deep orchid shimmer that's just beautiful. The other colors, except for maybe the pink, I already very similar colors, but those are pretty much what I wanted to use. 

Except for Tango Passion, the other colors are from Zoya: Josie, Yummy, and Pippa. Josie and Pippa were sponged over Yummy, and Tango Passion was stamped over that, the image is from Winstonia Nature Series W-04. All topped with Seche.

And for last Friday's Textured mani, this beautiful color is I'm Brazil Nuts About You from OPI. Two coats.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Good evening and happy Valentine's Day, to those that celebrate it :) Hubs and I celebrated yesterday because he has to work all weekend. We had a nice dinner and some champagne and an amazing dessert. Really, just an awesome time.

Anyways, I have a few manis to show you, starting with today's. It's Valentine's themed, but not red and pink lol. One of my favorite treats for Valentine's are the little candy conversation hearts, so when Messy Mansion designed a plate with with those little phrases, I had to have it. I started with a Skittles mani, using Zoya Shelby, Yummy, Josie, and Sharon, and OPI's I Just Can't Cope-acabana (ahhhhh-mazing yellow!!!), all topped with Seche. Then I stamped a different phrase on each finger in Confetti Purple Reigns. Topped again with Seche, then a coat of Wet 'N Wild's matte coat.

I won't show you yesterday's mani because, quite frankly, I hated it. I hate how it turned out, it really looked better in my head than on the nail. It was awful.

I got a lot of compliments on Wednesday's mani, which is kind of funny, because the plate I used wasn't the one I ordered lol. I'm still waiting for the one I ordered :P

Wednesday's mani started with OPI's Kiss me on my Tulips as a base then Seche. The stamped image came from Vivid Lacquer plate VL 010 in CND Vinylux Black Pool. Seche again, then OPI's matte coat.

Tuesday's mani was for the Monthly Palette Project-

Okay, so for this one, it was use at least two colors and recreate someone else's mani. You know, monkey see, monkey do. I found this mani on Pinterest and went for it.

All my colors are Zoyas: Stevie, Malia, and Danni. Stamped image came from Messy Mansion MM07.

A new love!

Good evening!

If you've been following me for any length, you've read of my new love of indie polishes. But I'm really picky!!! It's hard for me to say what exactly I'll like until I see it, but there are some I'm predisposed to, such as matte glitters, circle/square glitters, holos.

I came across Candy Lacquer's announcement on Face Book last week for her newest colors, so I took a browse...... and immediately fell in love with Precious Metals. I have no words for how gorgeous this is! Here is her exact description of it:

Lots of micro flakies, including sterling silver, golds and pinks in a sheer multichrome base with just a hint of holographic sparkle. This polish has lots of silver flakes, but has the overall appearance of a copper/gold color with a touch of pink.

My pics do not do it any justice! It has more than a hint of holoness to it. Honestly, I don't see the silver in it, but I can seperate the gold and pink. Candy Lacquer did a great job with this one; I may order another since it's limited edition :P

Alright, I also have for you yesterday's Stamping Sunday challenge, which was appropriately Valentine's themed lol. I don't remember who posted them, but my mani was inspired by a love letter type mani.

The base was two of OPI's Skull and Glossbones followed by Seche, then Saran Wrapped with Zoya Dove. The first image came from Bundle Monster plate BM-311, the lips from Sugar Bubbles 002, and the rose from Messy Mansion MM07, stamped in CND Vinylux Black Pool and Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar, respectively.