Day 5: Blue Nails...And A Gradient!

 

Today is Day 5 and I'm so proud of myself that I'm still in it :). I did blue nails but I also used pink. I think the colors go well together. Without further ado here are the nails...

 

 I like how the 2 colors combined in the center and created a 3rd color, totally unplanned and unexpected, but a pleasant surprise :)

 

 For the untried polish I used China Glaze ""Fuchsia Fanatic" and....

 

 China Glaze "Turned Up Turquoise" which I also believe is an untried, but I could be wrong.

 

 When the two colors combined they created a nice purple which I really liked.

 

 I wanted to mix it up a little so I reversed the gradient on the ring finger... but I think I should have skipped it. I think it disturbs the simple beauty of this mani... but I could be wrong! lol

 

 Not being able to leave well enough alone I decided to add a coat of Sinful Colors "Pearl Harbor" which is a blue iridescent glitter in a clear base. It's very subtle, and very pretty!

 

 I know that in some of the pictures is seems to be a very obvious glitter, but it really wasn't. You would just catch glimpses and sparkles in the right light.

 

 

 I think "Pearl Harbor" is a very simple but versatile glitter to have in anyone collection. Plus at the normal prince of $1.99 at Walgreens it's a great deal. Plus you can often find it on sale for $0.99 :)

Well that's it for today. Thank you all so much for reading and please check back tomorrow for "Violet Nails" My hint for you is... I used the saran wrap method :)

 

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Day 4: Green Nails...w/ Ice Cream

Today is Day 4 of the 30 day challenge set up by the lovely Rachel @ Polished Criminals If you haven't seen/heard about it yet, it's actually 2 - 30 Day Challenges rolled into one. It's the 30 Day Challenge, but you also have to use an untried polish for each mani.

 

Today is Green Nails and my mani ended up reminding me of mint chocolate chip ice cream... what do you think?

 

 I started out with 3 coats of Barry M "Aqua Green" over a white base. This is a very sheer polish so you really need underwear with it, unless you want to do 50 coats lol. This was an untried polish that I also just happened to get in a swap with the same Rachel that organized this challenge :)

 

Please excuse the severe lack of clean up. I needed to get it done so I could get to bed.

 

 I then used 2 coats of Wet N Wild Fergie "Tonight's Gonna Be A Good Night" which is small black hex glitter and larger gold hex glitter in a clear base. This was also an untried polish for me.

 

 I felt this was one of the few original polishes in the Fergie Collection. It seems like a lot of the polishes were dupes of previous WNW collections.

 

 The end result really made me want some ice cream lol. "TGBAGN" was a great glitter polish. I didn't have to fish any of the glitters out or place them at all. It went one great. It is a wonderful addition to my collection and also unique.

 

 

 

Well that's it for today. I hope you are enjoying the manis for this challenge, I know I am :) Thank you for reading and please make sure to check out the other ladies participating in this challenge below. Also keep your eyes open for a giveaway, I'm nearing 300 followers and my blog's anniversary!!!

 

Day 3: Yellow Nails

I'm a little late on today's post but I had a long day... But at least I'm not behind :) So here we go.

 One of my least liked colors is yellow. This isn't my most creative mani, but I just couldn't find any inspiration, so it's nothing special :( Both of the colors I used are untrieds for me.

 I started out with 2 coats of Sally Hansen "Ivory Skull" which I think is my new favorite white. I then did 2 coats of Spoiled "Did I Dye It Too Blonde?"

 

 Then I added 2 coats of Daisy "Explosive Atom" a polish I picked up at a local nail supply shop. I think it's a little similar to China Glaze "Techno" so I think sometime soon I will have to do a comparison.

 It's ok I guess, But I really don't care for yellow, so I just wasn't feeling it. Well that's it for today.

Thanks for reading and please check back tomorrow for day 4: Green Nails :) I'll give you a hint to my mani, It looks like a type of ice cream :) Don't forget to check out the other ladies participating in the challenge below.

Challenge Day 2: Orange Nails & Another use for glue...

 

Day 2!!!

So I haven't fallen behind yet lol. That's good for me :) Today is orange nails. I wasn't sure  what to do so I fell back to my usual which is a gradient lol. I like how it came out. I think the two oranges blended well together and I really like them. So here they are :) Enjoy!!!

 

 I started out with 2 coats of Essie "Action" This is my untried polish for the challenge... Oh and the white "stuff" around my nails... Well I decided to try something new. I was reading how some girls were using Elmer's glue as a base for glitter polish and it made me think... why not paint the glue around my nails for easier clean up???

 

 The second color I used was Sinful Colors "Summer Peach" It's a nice neonish orange.

 

 

After I took these pictures and was editing them I noticed on my longer nails that "Summer Peach" didn't hit all the way to the tip of the nails, but I really like how it came out. I may have to try and do this on purpose sometime lol

 

 

 As you can see the glue worked out really well. This is a picture are doing the gradient with a sponge and peeling off the glue (which was fun for me lol. I like to peel stuff lol). There were only a couple little spots the needed removal, This is with out any clean up other then peeling the glue.

 

 

As always thanks for reading and make sure to check the other girls participating and to check back tomorrow!!!

 

 

Day 1 of a new challenge... Red Nails

One of my wonderful blogger girl friends, Rachel from Polished Criminails has set up a 30 day challenge with a little twist. Each day we have to follow the list but.... we also have to use one of our untried polishes.

Ok, so here we go... The first day is red nails. I had an idea in my head.... but it didn't really turn out the why I planned lol, but they can't all be winners lol.

I started  out with 2 coats of Teeeze "Femme Fatale" and then for my untried polish I used two of my nail art polishes that I bought awhile ago from the dollar store and have never used. So here it is...

Not my best work but oh well lol. Please excuse the tip wear... I did the red and then the nail art the next day. Bad planning on my part lol.

Well that's it for today. Make sure to check out the other girls participating in the challenge and check back tomorrow for day two. Thanks!!