Black & Silver French Tips

Happy Monday Everyone!!  How is your day going?  I'm actually happy it's Monday! The now-a-teenager and I have the day off after a very long seven days.  The ballet was wonderful and if I say so myself, she was the best raccoon ever!  But now I'm absolutely exhausted!  And I guess she is too since she didn't wake up until 11:45!!  So today's post is be kind of short because as soon as she woke up, it was nap time for me!

These are the nails I wore to the actual ballet.  I had bought a gorgeous black and white chevron dress to wear, but the weather didn't cooperate (it was 59 and constantly raining), so these were designed to match that dress:

I Used:
Sinful Colors- Black on Black (black crème)
Milani- HD (silver scatter holographic)
NYC- Matte Me Crazy (matte top coat)

I thought these were fun and they were easy to do.  I started with two coats of black polish (Sinful Colors Black on Black) and topped it with NYC Matte Me Crazy.  I love that top coat.  Instead of having to buy a bunch of matte polishes, this makes any polish matte.  Then just using the brush that came with the polish I painted Milani HD on the corners of my nails.  But you can use scotch tape to do this too.  In fact, I ended up having to do my nails in an extremely short amount of time, so when I do this again I will probably use the tape.

Here is a picture from in the theater.  It's really dark, I know, but it shows the holo:

I hope y'all enjoyed this!  I'm off to drag the kid out of bed so I can go back to sleep, ha ha.  Happy Polishing!!

Day 16: Tribal Print, R31DC

Happy Tuesday Everybody!!  I hope y'all are having a fabulous day.  This is mine and the almost teenager's busy day...tons of running around.  And it's freezing!

Today's challenge is tribal.  I've done one other tribal before and even though I wouldn't call it a fail, it wasn't my favorite either.  So today I decided to do a tribal how I wanted it to look:

Left Hand

Right Hand

I Used:
China Glaze- Turned Up Turquoise (gorgeous shimmer turquoise)
Barielle- Hidden Hideaway (dark purple with purple shimmer)
Milani- HD (silver holographic)
Small Liner Brush

 I started with two coats of Turned Up Turquoise by China Glaze.  Then using my small liner brush I drew the tribal designs freehand.  Which is pretty obvious when you see the two spirals, lol.  I really like how this turned out, especially the colors.  I still need some practice though.
Hope y'all enjoy today's manicure and be sure to come back tomorrow for another double challenge day:  glitter and the letter C.  And check out the other fabulous designs!  Happy Polishing!!

Right Hand





Day 15: Delicate Print, R31DC

Hi Everyone!!  How was your weekend?  Are you happy about the upcoming San Francisco/Baltimore Super Bowl?  My poor Tampa Buccaneers are gone, and Atlanta lost, so I don't have a favorite, but I'm looking forward to the food, the commercials and it's going to be my baby's birthday!!!  But it was a nice, relaxing (except for the yelling during the Falcons game) wedding anniversary.

Now on the challenge.  Today is Day 15, Delicate Print.  Really?  First flowers and now delicate.  I wasn't even sure what that meant.  To my southern mind, delicate is my great aunts on the front porch waving their handkerchiefs while sitting in doily covered rocking chairs, lol.  So, I went with more flowers:

I Used:
Barielle- Hidden Hideaway (dark purple with purple shimmer)
Milani- 3D (gold holographic)
Konad Plate M79

I began with two coats of Barielle Hidden Hideaway that I just bought when Barielle had their buy one get one half off....it just arrived Friday.  This polish is beautiful!  It's a deep gorgeous purple with a lighter purple shimmer.  The formula was perfect.  It went on smoothly without any streaking or dragging.

Then I decided to be brave and once again attempt stamping with the Konad plate M79 and Milani 3D.  For some reason stamping seems beyond my ability, lol.  It didn't turn out too badly.  Although the stamping being on a slant was an accident.  I'm going to keep trying, I'll get it!  Then since the stamp didn't cover my nail, I put a small French tip on the end of my nail just using the polish brush. 

Thank y'all for checking out today's challenge and be sure to check out the other fabulous ladies and their designs!  Until tomorrow (for tribal, another one I don't quite have down yet, lol), Happy Polishing!!

 

 



Fireworks II

Happy New Year's Eve!!!!  I hope y'all are having a great day.  So what plans do you have for tonight?  What are you wearing?  Go to my facebook page and post pictures of your dress and nails!  My mani is killer, my clothes...sweatshirt and lounge pants, lol.  We are spending the night at home with our 12 year old, eating seafood (crab & shrimp), pizza rolls and playing board games.  Still a fabulous way to spend the New Year!

So as a result of spending all night on a web site called Epic Fail (it's hilarious), I have two last minute manicures for you today.  Here's the first, another firework design:

I Used:

Sinful Colors- Black on Black (black crème)
Milani- 3D (gold holographic)
Milani- HD (silver holographic)
Small Liner Brush

I started with two coats of Sinful Colors Black on Black.  Once that was dry, I used a small liner brush (you could use a toothpick to drag the polish too), and painted the gold fireworks first:

I like how they look with just the gold too (please forgive the lighting, I broke the light to my light box).

Then using Milani HD, I painted the silver fireworks.  I love how these turned out,  I think they are festive fireworks while still looking classy.  I hope you enjoy them too.  As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.  Happy Polishing!!

Purple and Gold Water Marble

Good Morning everyone!!  Did y'all get any sleep?  Me either!!  New laptop + new Wi-Fi in house + trying to figure out how to use new laptop = absolutely no sleep for me!!  But as a result, I'm able to get two posts on in one day!

So this is what I ended up wearing on Christmas, a gold and purple water marble:

NOTE:  Click here to see my step-by-step tutorial on water marbling.

I Used:
Milani- 3D (holographic gold)
Color Club- Glitter Wonderland (purple with blue & red shimmer)

I started with two coats of Milani 3D.  I bought this during CVS's secret clearance sale and love it! It's a gorgeous gold linear holographic.  Then I used it and Color Club's Glitter Wonderland for the water marble.  The Milani worked wonderfully for the water marble; the Color Club, not so much.  It acted really weird...when I would drag my toothpick through the bull's eye, the Color Club would spread out or break apart.  I've had polishes not spread, or dry too quickly, but I've never had one do this.  The only thing I can figure out is that it is the perfume in this collection that makes it water marble unfriendly.  But as long as you aren't looking for a complicated design, they will work.

The Milani worked like a dream.  And since I was able to snag the entire 3D Holographic line, I see a Spring water marble in my future.

I do like how it turned out despite the Glitter Wonderland.  Hope y'all like it too!  Happy Polishing!!