It's crazzzzy dot time!

Good morning!

Now that Monday's over I think I'll be able to make it through the week ;) how about you guys? The upside to yesterday though is that we got some snow! Yay! No real accumulation but hey snow is snow right? Last year we got next to nothing besides the weird October storm so I'm hoping Mr. Winter has a little more in store for us this year. 

I hope you guys aren't tired of dots because I think I went a little crazy with this one LOL! I just wanted some dots and some how ended up with a lot of them! I think it's pretty cool though so check it out! :) 

Colors used:
- Lime Crime Pastelchio
- Lime Crime Lavendairy
- Lime Crime Parfait Day
- Lime Crime Once in A Blue Mousse
- Sinful Colors Black on Black 

I love the pastels against the black background I think it really makes them pop! From far away these puppies looked SO cool! All I used was a large dotting tool and a toothpick, super easy! 

If you don't follow me on Twitter then you missed this pic but one of my babies was helping me edit these pics last night.... for payment in cookies of course ;) 

And because she'd be mad at me if I excluded her here's my sleeping beauty :) 

So what do you guys think?

Thanks for reading :) 

Anyone up for more glitter?

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday I was out and about and found myself in Michael's (a craft store) and stumbled upon some beauties!! Tubes of glitter for .99 each! So I did what any normal blogger would do... picked up one of each color ;) LOL The glitter is a tad bit smaller than the glitter you can buy from the Born Pretty Store but plenty easy to work with :) SO wanna see what I created with them?! Beware though they were a HUGE pain to photograph -_- 

Colors used:

- China Glaze Running in Circles

- Sinful Colors Let's Talk

Totally IN LOVE with these! The time was definitely worth it here. The photographs really don't do justice to the glitter it's really quite beautiful in real life! :) 

So what do you guys think?

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Thanks for reading :) 

Snowy leopard

Hello everyone!

I know you just saw some momma nails yesterday but I've gotta show you these ones too! My freehand leopard print is improving! 

So I bought my mom this really pretty gray leopard cardigan for Christmas and when she went to wear it I had to paint her nails to match! Take a look at my snowy leopard nails :) 

Colors used:
- Sally Hansen Magnetic Silver Elements
- Sinful Colors Slate
- Orly Shine
- Black Acrylic Paint

Needless to say she looked fab! lol! I want to do leopard nails again and improve some more! Anyone got any good color combos you would want to see? :)

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading! Don't forget about my awesome giveaway I have going you better enter ;)

Layered stripe

Good morning guys!

Some of you may remember a while back I found a Pure Ice nail polish that when layered over black turns a really pretty green; being my first experience with layering polishes I was super impressed ;) Heck I still am super impressed LOL! Well I've been itching to use that polish again so lookie what I came up with this time! 

Colors used:
- Sinful Colors Black on Black
- Pure Ice Heartbreaker

 

I love the simplicity of one stripe right down the center and from far away it actually looks like the whole nail is green. A cool thing about this polish that I didn't know before is when layered over black it doesn't just turn green, at certain angles it looks blue (you can see it in pic 3) and when I put my hands under water it looks purple.. sorry no pic of that -_- I never realized how awesome this polish really is. :)

So what do you guys think?

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More matte/shiny

Hello everyone!

So you may remember yesterday's post with the black nails and blue striping tape. Well this is the mani that I was doing when I came across that gem! Yep I was going for some more matte/shiny nails! These ones are super cool because they have an almost 3D look to them! So here's the finished product! 

Colors used:
- Sinful Colors Black on Black
- NYC Matte Me Crazy

I think it looks almost quilted! I felt pretty BA wearing these ;) LOL I want to try doing matte/shiny with other colors too but I'm afraid it won't show up as well as the black does.... You guys know I'll try it anyways though :) 

So what do you guys think?

Thanks for reading! :) 

Simple striping

Hi guys!

So the mani I'm showing you today wasn't planned. It's actually part of another mani that I will be showing you in the near future. It's no secret that I love striping tape.... well I hate using it but love the effect at least ;) LOL After I had put one piece on each nail I fell in love! I almost didn't even finish the mani that I had planned to do! But alas I persevered. Not before I snapped a couple pics tho :) 

Colors used:
- Sinful Colors Black on Black

I love how simple yet striking this mani is. The blue tape really pops against the black. I think I'm going to have to try different colored tape and do this one again lol! The only problem I have with keeping striping tape on my nails is the corners never want to stay down! That's why generally when I use striping tape I paint over it and peel it off. Any one have any tip on how to make the tape stay down?

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading! :) 

Caviar anyone?

Good morning lovelies!

I finally have my very first caviar manicure for you guys today! As I said it is my first so BE NICE! Haha I have a few bald spots and such... I tried to fill them in but ended up just losing more -_- Anyone have any tips on how not to have bald spots? I'll gladly take them LOL :)

I wasn't sure how I felt about the whole caviar trend... they just seemed to unwearable... and really they kind of are. I ended up quite liking how they looked surprisingly. I would never be able to wear them for more then a few minutes though I'm a chronic nail picker and you all know what that means LOL Those little beads wouldn't stand a chance! But for picture taking purposes I thought they looked super cool! 

Colors used:
- Sinful Colors Black on Black
- Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold 

My camera completely freaked out color-wise when taking these photos. The gold really is MUCH brighter and prettier in person -_- Dumb camera lol! Besides the bald spots I think these are something I will definitely do again... as long as you guys like them ;)

Which brings me to my next question... what do you guys think?! 

Thanks for reading all :) 

Finally a braid!!

Good morning!

Happy day after Christmas everyone! :) I don't know about you guys but I'm POOPED! Lol!! But Santa was very good to me and gave me lots of polish to play with ;) So I'll be spending my day swatching those for you guys! Thank goodness I've got a few posts saved up so here's one where I was finally able to do a braided mani without messing it up! Enjoy :) 

I'm so excited today because I've finally been able to do my first successful fishtail braided mani! Woohoo! I've always loved the way fishtail braided manis look but every time I did them I failed MISERABLY. I'm talking too bad to even show on here as a fail -_- LOL but I followed THIS tutorial by Lucy over at Lucy's Stash. I put mine way close together but it's the same concept hah! Lucy's nails are always AMAZING! I don't even know if she has the capability to do nails that are less then perfect LOL! And her tutorials are really great and easy to follow you guys should definitely go check her out! So here's what I came up with...

Colors used:
- ELF Misty Haze
- ELF Dazzle Diva
- Sinful Colors Cream Pink

I only did an accent nail because I figured I would screw up at least one if I did them all hah. I love the pink and gray combo I actually wore these nail for a whopping 3 days! That means I really had to like them LOL. I still need practice but I'm so happy I've finally been successful at one of these :)

What do you guys think? Do you like fishtail braided manis??

Thanks for reading :)