Olympic Closing Ceremonies

So since today is the Olympic closing ceremonies and I haven't done an Olympic manicure yet, even thou Ive watched them every day lol. I figured this was the perfect time to finally do one before it was too late.

I wanted to do 5 different designs on my nails so it took a bit of planing but I love the way it turned out. I used alot of different polishes for this so ill list them after the picture :)

Thumb: Base is 2 coats of Billie French White. For the design I used konad blue, red, and yellow, China Glaze I'm with the lifeguard and Finger Paints striper in Ch-art coal black. I used different sized dotting tools to make the rings. For the London I used the Finger Paints stripper in Ch-art coal black again.

Pointer: Base is 2 coats of China Glaze Hey Sailor. The white stripe is 2 coats of Billie French White. And I wrote the lettering with Finger Paints stripper in Ch-art coal black.

Middle: Base is 2 coats of Billie French White. And I wrote the lettering with Finger Paints stripper in Ch-art coal black. I then did a coat of Orly Shinning Star and then a coat of Julep O'Canada.

Ring: Base is 2 coats of China Glaze Hey Sailor and I used a Finger Paints stripper in Hip hip hue-ray to do the diagonal white lines.

Pinkie:  Base is 2 coats of Billie French White. For the design I used konad blue, red, and yellow, China Glaze I'm with the lifeguard and Finger Paints striper in Ch-art coal black. I just used a thin brush to paint the lines.

All this was done free hand and I love the way it turned out. Think its really colorful and spirited.

Also just wanted to give you all a friends reminder about my blog sale which you can find on the tab at the top. I'm also willing to swap from stuff on my wish list <3

Pretty & Polished Beach Bunny

Hey dolls as promised I have a Pretty & Polished swatch for you today!!! I decided to layer 1 coats of Beach Bunny over 2 coats of China Glaze Pink Plumeria. I cant believe how well these two polishes go together. I was very hesitant at first on getting Beach Bunny but once I put it on I feel in love. Ive seen that this glow under black light so ill have to find that out one day he he.

I love the depth that you get in the glitter with only 1 coat. Its insane. My camera kinda freaked out with this one so the color is actually more pink in real life then what this show.

Now I have something very NPR to show you but im really proud of ha ha. As you know on my weekend off I try and go fishing with my dad. Well usually I only catch weird or little fish. Well today when we went out I thought I caught weeds. As I was reeling in I got a sudden pull on my line thinking I caught more weeds. Next thing I know my dad yells you don't have weeds you have a big fish. So as i got this fish close to the boat and I can see it being the girly girl I am I keep moving further back from that side of the boat ha ha. My dad netted it and to our surprise this is what I caught :)

That is my first musky!!! He was 30 inches long which is too small to keep as they have to be 48 inches or larger. And of course I was two chicken to hold onto the chain for the picture so my dad did before be released him back into the lake.

Well that was my excitement for the weekend. It definitely was alot of fun.

Tomorrow I finally have a Olympic mani to show you all that I did for the closing ceremonies :)

Giraffe Print

Hey dolls, sorry for being MIA this week, had to work, haven't been feeling well, and did hair twice this week. But I have been painting my nails a bit :)

The other day I wanted to use some of my China Glaze Safari polishes and remembered seeing an awesome Giraffe manicure done with some of them so I decided to try it. I used 2 coats of Desert Sun on  all my nails except my ring finger where I used 2 coats of I herd That. I then did a bit of I herd that on the tips of all the fingers. Once it was all dry I stamped with a mixture of Kalahari Kiss mixed with Konad white, since it wouldn't stamp well on its own, with plate BM-313. 

I do love the way this turned out, I actually kept it on till last night and I did it on Monday night.

I also came home yesterday to a group order of the Pretty and Polished Pre-order, I ended up painting my nails with 1 of the 2 I got but ill show you guys that tomorrow :)

Look at those pretties!!!!!!

Sea Lore Ariel

Hello everybody!!!! Hope you all had a great weekend!!!! Today I have a special post for you, not only do I have an indie polish to show you but I also took a picture of my eye make-up yesterday as I loved it!!!!

So of course its nail time first, he he. I started out with 2 coats of China Glaze Aquadelic, which is a turquoise blue cream that applies perfectly in 2 coats. I'm really sad I only have one bottle of this color as I love it sooo much but hate using it since I don't want to run out but it was perfect for this mani.

I then applied 1 coat of Sea Lore Ariel over top which is a clear base with different sizes and shapes of red, purple and green glitter. The reason I choose Aquadelic as the base for this is that I also got the Ariel ring from her which I decided to try and match my nails to and I think I did a pretty good job :)

I love this polish. the glitter was really easy to get out of the bottle and applied really nice. I'm in love with The Little Mermaid so that makes this polish even better :)

Now onto the make-up!!!! Yesterday I decided to do a light blue, purple and gold combo. I used a Real Colors pallet that I got from Sally's for this. I love the way it turned out I also lined my lower lash line with the gold to bring it all together.

Hope you all have a great day <3

AiS: Brooze, Silver, and Gold

Good morning dolls, hope you all are having a great weekend so far!!! I figured id do my post early this morning since Mr. Merf woke me up early so I stamped my nails already!!!! Hes doing so much better, being his old mischievous self.

Last night I painted my nails with my new China Glaze TMI!!!! I am sooo impressed with this color, its was almost fully opaque in 1 coat!! Ill definatly have to try stamping with it. Today's Adventures in Stamping challenge is Bronze, Silver and Gold. Since I don't own a bronze polish *I'll have to change that* I decided to use silver and gold :)  I decided to use my BM-310 plate and stamped using Essie Good as Gold, and then used a dotting tool and added dots of Sally Hansen Silver Sweep.

I really like the way this turned out, wish my dots were a bit more even thou. But I definatly am loving the gold with the TMI, they really compliment each other.

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow ill have to try my new Sea Lore polish :)

Have a great day lovelies <3

LDOS: In The Garden

Hey dolls got another Lazy Days of Summer Challenge post for you all today!!!! But before that an update on my kitty :) I picked Merf up today and found out the technical name for the thing he has is Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease. Pretty much mean he has a sensitive bladder that bleeds due to stress and lack of water. So I know have to have him on an all wet diet, and of course the vet gave me their stuff which is $43 dollars for 15 days so if anyone know anything about this and know anything that can help my poor Merf it be greatly appreciated.  The food hes on right now is Royal Canine Urinary OS Wet. Been doing some research and seen Purina Pro has a similar one that I might try when I'm out of this one :) But besides all that Merf is doing good, acting like his adorable normal cuddly kitty self <3

Okay so now onto the nails. This manicure didnt turn out anything like I had in mind.... I started out with 2 coats of Orly Fresh, I then added one coat of Orly Mermaid Tale. This base was ment to represent grass..... I then stamped ontop with Konad Red, Pink and Yellow with BM-306.

I think if it didnt have the glitter it would have looked better. Guess ill know for next time ;)

What do you all think of it??? I must say I love Orly Fresh thou!!!! Its a great green polish!!!

Now I though before I post the links to the other people in the challenge id show you my awesome nail mail today!!!!

I got 2 of the China Glaze OMG collection from a doll in my birthday group!!!!1 TTYl, and TMI are now mine!!!! And some cute extras!!!

And a close up of the bottles!!!!

I then got my first Sea Lore polish called Ariel!!! I love the Little Mermaid by the way hehe. And a matching ring. This is my first piece of nail polish jewlery cant wait to paint my nails it and wear the ring together!!!!

Now if you want to see more awesome summer head on over to visit the other lovely ladies who are participating in this challenge!!!

Victoria at Manicurator

Alyson at Beads nails food

Amanda at Mandys polish

Hannah at Polished prisms

Sue at Creative nail designs by sue

Katee at a Girl and her polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes nails

Jessica at Nearly natural nails

Karine at Karinea0a

Jen at the Polished zombie

Jessica at Jessicas nail tales

Pryanka at Nail sparks

Anna at Polished cousins

Maribeth at Obsessive cosmetic hoarders unite

Kayono at KayonolanSharra at the Blahg

My first braid manicure

Hey dolls, I'm sorry for not posting early today or last night. Last night I was busy taking pictures of all the polishes I have up for sale and adding them to my blog sale tab, so please make sure you go take a peak. And this morning I had an emergency with my cat. I woke up to him peeing blood. I was really worried as there was blood on my carpet so I called the vet got an appointment and took my Merf in. All day I was worried sick about him, got a call this afternoon and hes okay!!! He has irritable bladder syndrome (or something like that). Apparently his diet, stress and other things can cause his bladder to bleed. Since hes so young and there no cure for it im gonna have to watch him, change his diet and keep him calm. Even thou I have no idea why he'd be stressed. So tomorrow after work I get to pick my fur-baby back up and the vet will educate me some more.

Now that you guys got to hear about my stressful day, I figured I needed a very happy manicure to lift my spirits so I decided to try my first braid manicure since it would be colorful :) I must say I love how easy this manicure is!!! I do find that my right hand turned out much best which is weird since im right handed.

For this manicure I used China Glaze Aquadelic, China Glaze Dance Baby and Julep Blake. For the solid nails I used 2 coats of the China Glazes which applied beautifully, and 3 coats of Julep Blake which was a big streaky mess but I love the color. For the braid part I started with 2 coats of Dance Baby and then used 1 coat of each for the braid.

I must say I love this color combo even thou it is kinda Easter-ey. I did want to show you both my left hand and right so you can see the improvement. You can see on my right hand the spacing of the braids are much more even. Although I wish the tips were smoother didnt realize that just looking at them, nor the hair on the left lol. But besides that im in love!!!

Anyways dolls, time for bed for me to get some rest before work and before my Merf comes home <3