Happy 4th of July!

Good evening!  Happy 4th of July!  Some of you are probably getting ready for fireworks, how exciting!  It's only 6pm here but we are probably just going to stay home and avoid all the madness and crowds.  Besides, we've enjoyed a nice relaxing day at home, watching movies (Independence Day of course) and playing on the slip n slide.  I threw together a quick mani and am pretty pleased with how it turned out.  So feel free to head over to my Facebook page and share your 4th of July manis there, I'd love to see them.  Now let's check out what I've got on.

*polishes in this post were press samples*

Different Dimension:  Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Painted Polish: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Barielle:  Website/Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter 

Salon Perfect: Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Sinful Colors: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Merry Christmas and a Festive Mani!

Good morning and Merry Christmas!  My family woke up bright and early to start opening presents.  The kids have already played with most of their new toys and now are settling down to build Lego play sets.  I made a fun breakfast of eggs and rainbow sprinkle pancakes.  They turned out cute and were super yummy!  Of course I made enough to feed an army, oops.  Anywho, I wanted to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.  Hope your day is full of laughter and love and memories that you will always cherish.  I'll be heading off to my parents house soon but not before I take a minute to share my Christmas mani.  I found this idea on pinterest, looks like it was created by @iloveyou432 (maybe that's an instagram or twitter name?).  Well I took the idea and made it my own - hope you like it!

*nothing to disclose*

I used 8 polishes to create this mani so I will provide the main website link for each brand instead listing out all the social media links.  I did a different design on each finger and love how happy they all turned out!  It's like a party on my nails!  Here's my party lineup - Gingerbread Man, Snowman, Santa, Christmas Tree and Snowflake.  

Thumb: CND Midnight Sapphire, Sally Hansen OMGhost

Index: Zoya Nyssa, Sally Hansen OMGhost & Sheswai Honeyfox

Middle: Sally Hansen OMGhost, Sheswai Honeyfox, Barielle Irish Eyes, Sinful Colors Black on Black

Ring: Sheswai Honeyfox, Sally Hansen OMGhost, Sinful Colors Black on Black, OPI Love Angel Music Baby

Pinky: Zoya Noot, Barielle Irish Eyes, OPI Love Angel Music Baby, Sheswai Honeyfox, CND Midnight Sapphire, loose star glitter 

Mardi Gras Mani!

Yay it's Mardi Gras!  Fat Tuesday to be exact.  So you know what that means....Laissez les bon temps rouler (let the good times roll).  I have actually been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras before and it was one of the most fun places/events I have ever been to.  Amazing food, flowing drinks, everyone is happy and friendly.  I would go back in a heartbeat.  But since I am not there this year I am celebrating at home by planning a delicious cajun dinner.  I am also going to try a recipe for individual king cakes.  Yum yum!  Of course I have a great mani on too!  Let's take a look!
Red Dog Designs: Shop, Facebook, Instagram China Glaze: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Nubar: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Sinful Colors: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
I stared this mani with Sinful Colors Pistache on my index and middle finger nails.  A creamy pastel pistachio colored polish.  It made a perfect base for Red Dog Designs Harelquin Ball.  Harelquin Ball is a limited edition polish that is only available in March, so if you love it you need to snatch it up now!  Harlequin Ball is described as "various sized circle and diamond glitters, in shades of holo green, holo gold and purple, sprinkled with micro holo glitter."  There are 10 different glitters in this blend of awesome!  I used 2 coats of Harlequin Ball and found the formula fabulous.  The glitter came out easily and spread well on my nails.  I then used China Glaze LOL (a deep purple holo) on my ring finger nails, China Glaze GR8 (a golden yellow holo) on my pinkys and Nubar Reclaim (a medium shade green holo) on my thumbs.  I hand drew the diamond pattern in black over my thumb and pinky for a fun effect (be kind - I am not much a nail art person).   I then placed a "bead" necklace on top of LOL.  I laid it over my wet nail and covered it in topcoat.  I used 1-2 layers of topcoat on each nail.  

Red Hot Valentine's Day Mani!

Happy Valentine's Day!  This is going to be a fast and furious post because I have alot of stuff to take care of before I pick my boys up from school.  I'm dropping my kids all off with my parents so the hubs and I can get out for a date night!  YAY!  So let's look at my red hot sexy nails!  *apologies in advance, for some reason I paint like a toddler when I use red polish*

Lynnderella: Blog, Shop, Facebook, Instagram

OPI: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Sinful Colors: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

I started this lovely mani with 2 coats of OPI Red Hot Rio on my thumb, index and middle finger nails.  WOW this red is awesome.  It shiny and squishy and has full coverage.  I'd say it's a crelly finish.  I topped it with Lynnderella Nail Bed of Roses.  This is a SE and I am super happy I snagged one!  Look at that gorgeous holo glitter sparkle!  I used 2 coats of Nail Bed of Roses but 1 would have been fine.  I then used Sinful Colors Black on Black - the perfect  black creme!  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  I created a little Lynnder-layering and put 1 coat of Night Shade (a silver holo and black satin glitter combination) and 1 coat of UnDead Red (a silver holo, red metallic and satin red glitter combination).  Hullo I love how this turned out!  I finished up with 2 layers of topcoat.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!  I love this holiday!  It's so fun with all the BBQ's, family get togethers, parades, and fireworks.  It's also my little brother's birthday, yay!  Happy birthday Will!  <3  I have 2 patriotic manis to show you…here's the first!

I am very proud of how this mani turned out!  I am starting to really love gradients!  Though I need to figure out a way to not be so messy!  I actually tried the tape method (cover the skin surrounding your nails with tape so the sponge gets polish on the tape, not your skin) with this one and still looked like a toddler painted all over my fingers.  Next time I'll try the glue method (brush white elmers glue on the skin surrounding your nails, let dry completely, and when you are done doing your gradient peel or wash off the glue).  I created this gradient with OPI Apine Snow and Sinful Colors Endless Blue.  I did 4 "coats" of gradient.  My thumb and ring finger are 1 coat of NOPI Challenge Red-Y, a red creme polish that I got from a Kellogg's Special K promotion.  I topped all nails with 2 coats of Red Dog Designs Let Freedom Bling.  LFB is a stunning blend of silver holo stars, red and blue mini bars, small glitter hexs and micro holo glitter!   LFB really made this mani special for me!  As with all the Red Dogs I've worn - the formula and application were amazing!  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat for smooth nails.  

You can still purchase Red Dog Designs Let Freedom Bling!  But you'd better hurry because it's only available through the end of July!  Red Dog Designs is on Facebook and Instagram (reddogdesigns) and you can purchase at the SHOP.  

Sinful Colors Bikini & Sation Miss & Makeup

Morning polish friends!  I didn't have any posts scheduled for today so I browsed through my drafts and I had this one!  Hello hot pink nails!  I really love me some pink polish and the brighter the better.  I'm definitely no Barbie girl, more of a tomboy my whole life, but pink sure does speak to me!  

I started this with Sinful Colors Bikini.  Bikini is a mega hot magenta-pink polish with a purple (maybe fuchsia) shimmer.  It's bright, it's borderline neon, it's pretty awesome!  Bikini was a tad liquidy and there was some pooling off to the sides.  I did a rush job on this mani though, I'm sure if I would have taken my time all would have been fine.  I used 2 coats of Bikini.

I then topped Bikini with this awesome Sation polish - Miss and Makeup.  As far as I can tell Sation is only available at CosmoProf and on Amazon.  The only ones I have were gifts from my friend Gina.  Miss and Makeup is a great mix of hot pink hexs, silver and black shards, silver holo bars and silver holo microglitter in a clear base.  Since I used a pink base to start some of the pink hexs are lost in the mix, so next time I might try it over a nude or a light pink.  But I still love it!  Bright, sparkly, gorgeous! I used 2 coats of Miss and Makeup and then 1 layer of topcoat.  

True Blood Skittlette

Are you a Trubie??  I am!  So I have this quick post to show you a skittlette mani I did for tonight's season premiere!  I AM SO EXCITED!  I am on Team Eric in case you wondered.  So this isn't a review, just some pictures to show you how I paired things together.  I have never done a skitlette and honestly, alot of thought goes into it to make sure you are pairing everything just right.  I'm sure that future skittlettes will be better and more intricate but for today I am happy with how this turned out.  Chit Chat Nails is pretty much the expert on the subject (and the creator from what I can tell).  Here's her tutorial for the method if you are interested in trying it!  

Thumb: Sinful Colors Black on Black

Index: Jade Vermelho Surreal

Middle: Sinful Colors Black on Black, Lynnderella UnDead Red, Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire

Ring: Jade Vermelho Surreal, Lynderella Very Pretty Vampire, Lynnderella UnDead Red

Pinky: Jade Vermelho Surreal

1 layer of topcoat on all fingers

 And here are my regular hand poses becuase I couldn't just take 3 pictures.  Enjoy!