Day 18: Half Moon = Epic Fail

UPDATED: See the end of the post for swatches of the other polish I used for this mani, but forgot to take pics of!!

 

So I have a total Epic Fail for you today. I don't know what I was thinking last night. So normally I do the days challenge the night before. I did today's half-moon last night, and tomorrows galaxy tonight. I work during the day and it's just want works out the best for me.... anyways. I was at Walgreens yesterday during lunch and I bought 2 of the new L'Oreal Project Runway polishes. I figured I would use them both right away. Well I started out....

 

 2 coats of OPI "Oh, Waiter!" from the recent Ulta collection.

 

 This is one of my go-to underwear polishes. I like the fact that it's not bright white, yet not dark gray either. It's a nice neutral color and it applies great!

 

 Next I did 3 coats of L'Oreal "The Temptress' Power" I was drawn to this color and it's mate, I think it was the green shimmer that did me in lol. It's mainly a golden, orangish brown with a strong green shimmer. Application was good, but very sheer. I did 3 coats over the underwear just to make sure I had even coverage.

 

 

But honestly, I think I may already have a dupe, if not more, in my collection already. This one may go into the swap pile. I love the color... but it's not an original one. I guess I felt I needed to buy it since it was like a pair with the other polish.

 

This is where the fail comes in... After I did the half-moon... I didn't take pictures :( WTF!!! I didn't even realize it until I was making this post. And I just finished my galaxy nails, so no re-do's right now.

 

I do plan on re-doing it tomorrow before I attempt my water marble... never caught the hang of it. I will post an update on the post with the other polish L'Oreal "The Temptress' Touch" which I love.

 

To make up for this fail here is a preview of tomorrow's galaxy nails, another first for me...

 

Thanks for reading. Check back tomorrow for an update on this post and too see my galaxy nails. Don't forget to check out the other blogs below. I bet none of them forgot to take their pictures lol.

UPDATE: This is the other polish I used, but forgot to take pictures of the finished project. Sorry about that :)

Bottle Shot: 

 L'Oreal "The Temptress' Touch" - This is easily one of my favorite greens I own. I don't think I have any other polish similar to this. It's just awesome in a bottle!!

 

 I did the swatches on a nail wheel so you could see them next to each other.

 Left "The Temptress' Power"; Right "The Temptress Touch"

 

  Left 3 coats "The Temptress' Power"; Right 2 coats "The Temptress Touch"

 

One last picture for the road.... so pretty!!!

Day 11: Polka Dots

Today I have a polka dot mani for you, or as I always say "pokie dot" hehe This is actually a mani I've been wanting to do for awhile, so this was the push I needed to finally do it.

 

 I stated with 2 coats of one of my favorite greens, China Glaze "I'm With The Lifeguard" I love that it's neon and it is opaque without a need of underwear.

 

 For the polka dots I used OPI "Every Month Is Oktoberfest" from the current Germany Collection, and is my untried. I love that it's a deep dark purple and it's noticeable purple and not black in person.

 

 I used 3 different sizes dotting tools. I started out by using the largest dotting tool to kinda make a french tip on all nails and then using the largest and the other two sizes to kind of make a falling effect with the dots.

 

 

 

I really love how this mani turned out and I wish I would have done it sooner. I plan on doing this again using different colors. I almost don't want to take it off, but I am doing a challenge so it has to come off tonight to make way for my stripe mani.

 

Thank you for reading and please keep checking back for the rest of the 30 day challenge. Also check out the other ladies below :)

 

 

Day 9: Rainbow Nails

 Today is rainbow nails. What I originally wanted to do, I felt was going to be done by most of the people in the challenge so I decided to just go simple. I also wanted to try out the Elmer's glue as a peel off base. These are the polishes I used, all of which are untrieds except the OPI base polish:

 

 Orly "Rockets Red Glare", Jordana "Magenta Magic", Orly "Sashay My Way", Jordana "Blue Bash", Orly "Mermaid Tale", OPI "My Boyfriend Scales Walls"

 

 After applying my glue base I used 2 coats of OPI "My Boyfriend Scales Walls"

 

 On my pinkies I used 3 coats of Orly "Rockets Red Glare"

 

 On my ring fingers I did 3 coats of Jordana "Magenta Magic"

 

 My middle fingers got 3 coats of Orly "Sashay My Way"

 

 The pointer fingers have 3 coats of Jordana "Blue Bash" I didn't realize that there was a colored base so it didn't really go along with the rest of the polishes, but I still think it fits in.

 

 Lastly I applied 3 coats of Orly "Mermaid Tale" on my thumbs.

 

 All of the polishes except "Blue Bash" would not be good with out a base. The other 4 are mainly top coats for other polishes. But they are all very pretty :)

 

Orly "Rockets Red Glare", Jordana "Magenta Magic", and Orly "Mermaid Tale" are all similar polishes but different colors lol.

 

 

 I still think I like "Mermaid Tale" the most... but mainly because it's green :) hehe

 

Hopefully the polish actually peels off this time. Last time I made the mistake of using a base coat under the glue. I'll make sure to let you know tomorrow. Thanks for reading and make sure to check back tomorrow for my gradient nails that are actually the theme for the day and not just me falling back on my normal technique.

 

Don't forget to check out the other ladies rainbow nails below:

 

 

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Today I have 2 4th of July manis to show you. First is the mani that I wore on Monday... 

 For this mani I used O.P.I. "Alpine Snow" China Glaze "Blue Year's Eve" and "Ruby Pumps" and Icing "Patriotic Princess"

I started out with a coat of "Alpine Snow", and then used "Alpine Snow", "Blue Year's Eve" and "Ruby Pumps" to do a gradient sponging on each nail.

 I then applied one coat of "Patriotic Princess" to each nail

My second mani I tried something a little different. This time I started with 1 coat of Spoiled "Correction Tape" and then applied striping tape like such:

Then using Essence "Glamorous Life" and "Hard To Resist" I sponged over the striping tape.

"Correction Tape"

"Glamorous Life" 

Some of the striping tape moved during the sponging process, but I still like the outcome :)

 "Hard To Resist"

 On my ring finger I used 2 coats of Julep "America"

Well that's it for today. Thanks for reading and I hope everyone had a fun, and hopefully cool day. It's been in the 100's here today!

Night!!! 

For more on Julep nail polish you can find a list of all of their polishes here!! Enjoy!

Shredded Mani & May/June Haul

I'm going to start out with a mani and then show you most of the polishes I've bought in May and most of June. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few, but it's still a lot lol.

So my mani today is pretty simple. Nothing special, but I still think it looks awesome. I started with 2 coats of China Glaze "Love's A Beach" I forgot to take a picture before adding 1 coat of Icing "Shredded"

  

  

I really liked this mani. I did have a few C.O.D. moments where I picked at the flakes that didn't lay flat. That was minor, and totally something that I can deal with and work with. I think this would look awesome over so many different colors.

Ok now on to my haul pictures!!!

First a few things I picked up from Big Lots:

Color Mates "Cabernet" "Spring Fling" and "Fuchsia Flash"

 Revlon "Grapefruit Fizz" "Apple-tini Fizz" "Watermelon Fizz" "Pineapple Fizz" "Grape Fizz" and "Mint Fizz"

 O.P.I. "Just Spotted The Lizard" "Number One Nemesis" Sally Hansen "Multi-Faceted" and "Ring-a-Ding"

 Color Club - Blossoming Set

 Orly - "Swizzle Stick" "Steel Your Heart" "Green Apple" "Butterflies" "Prelude To A Kiss" "Oh Cabana Boy"

  

 China Glaze "Love's A Beach" and "Orange You Hot?" Icing "Shredded" "Rave Royalty" "Pampered & Primped" and "What Planet Are You On"

 The 4 Cos Bar's have no names, but you can find them at Target, O.P.I. "It's Totally Fort-Worth It" "Pirouette My Whistle" and "Shatter The Scales"

 Revlon "Sorbet" Magicolor This polish stinks to high heaven lol, and Sally Girl neon orange

Well that's it for today. Now you see what I have to have a blog sale lol. Thanks for reading and have a great day/night!