ASBMF: My last challenge

Well I do believe this is the first challenge I have completed from beginning to end, and I must say I loved it!!!! Especially since I was able to go at my own pace :) I cant wait for the summer version to start!!!

The last challenge was " The spring design of your choice". I decided to do a night sky, since I love how in the spring/summer you can just sit outside and look up at the sky and stare at the stars and get lost in it. It has to be the most relaxing thing ever <3

For this manicure I used two of my frankens that I made for my birthday group girls. The base is 2 coats of "Helen" which is a deep blue/purple holographic polish. I then did one coat of my 12th polish which is a hologrpahic glitter called "Nail Junkie" on the ring finger and I lightly burshes it on the tip half of the nail to act as the stars.

I really love the way this combination looks. I tryed to capture tis true beauty in the picture but it just doesnt do it justice. I swear ill ty and get a picture of it in the sun tomorrow as I think itll come to life even more in it.

The top two and bottom right are with flash. The bottom left is no flash. The bottom right I tried to capture the way the colors shift through to polish.

And some exciting news, im picking up the polishes for my 100 follower giveaway tomorrow so be sure to come back tomorrow night and enter :) 

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

ASBMF: News paper nails

I know its been a really long time since Ive done an April Showers Bring May Flowers post and that's because this manicure kicked my butt!!!! This was my second time trying it, the first was sooo bad I would even use it for the challenge, so today I made sure to have some patience and tried again.

The first time I tried this I did the soak the paper in vodka adn press it onto my nails. It was sooo faint and smudgy that way. This time i used a cotton pad soaked in alcohol, placed the news paper on it and then dipped my finger into the alcohol and wrap the pad around my finger. I got a much better result this way but I also got alot of ink on my skin which was hard to remove. I also used white as a base the first time I did this and this time I used OPI Care to danse?. I am wayyy happier with this manicure. And I do believe with practice ill get better.

I started with my right hand which is the first photo and you can see it got better as I got to my left hand :)

Have you guys ever done this manicure and if so have any tips?? I really want to try this with an Archie comic book again. Tried it once and got nothing to transfer lol.

Stay turned for my last ASBMF challenge in the next few days!!!!

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

Double Stamp with Konad m85

I have some very exciting news!!!! That post I did yesterday I entered into the China Glaze Martini Manicure challenge and guess what!?!?! I won!!!! Ahhh you don't even know how ecstatic I was!! Ive never won anything before so it was an amazing feeling!!!

Okay now that Ive calmed down lol. Yesterday I treated myself to 2 new konad polishes and a new stamp. I got Konad m85 and there plain black and blue polish. Ive been wanting a colored one for awhile, and now that I have one and Ive tried it I want more!!!!

I used the base from my Singapore Sling manicure which was China Glaze Pink Voltage and Make some noise. I then first stamped the blue on using the circles pattern. Once I did every nail and it was dried I used my white and turned the stamp upside down and re stamped over it. I love the way this turned out. Its the first time that Ive done a double stamping and couldn't be happier with it.

I defiantly do like this color combination on Pink Voltage rather than Make some noise.

What do you guys think are some must have Konad stamping polish colors?

Martini Manicure

I am so sorry for being so absent lately, not only has the game Ive been waiting for for like 7 years finally come out, Diablo 3. But I also have to work my 2 days off this week so Ive been extremely busy. I feel so bad and miss posting for you guys. But hopefully this weekend will be better as im off sunday and Monday :) Also Monday I should have some pictures of some polishes Ive been working on for my lovely birthday group, finally got my SF and some other stuff Ive been waiting on. Also some more exciting news im doing my first Brazil swap and im getting the new Jade holographic polishes and a few other so cant wait to get those and show you guys<3

Now onto the nails. If any of you guys have China Glaze likes on facebook youd know that they came up with a "Martini Manicure", the whole point of this is that the 3 fingers your hold a martini glass are differnt then the other 7. These fingers are tipically your middle, pointer and thumb on your right hand. They also came up with a list of differnt drink inspired combos from there polishes and are having a contest that ends today to win a whole set of the China Glaze neons. Even thou I already own them I entered anyways as it is open internationaly.

Here is there manicure menu.

My oringal manicure I choose to do was the Pina Colada which is Sun worshiper on 7 nails and Electirc Pineapple on the other 3. I do love this color combination!!! I used 5 coats for Sun Worshiper as its really sheer and wanted it really opaque, Electric Pineapple only took 3.

So since before I got to write this blog post this manicure got ruined at work from having to clean up a broken polish I did another one :)

I decided to do Singapore sling as well since when deciding on the first manicure I realized that some how I didnt own Pink Voltage!!! How the hell did this ever happen, I was so shocked when I raelized it. So I obviously bought it adn did this one. Shocking pink took 3 coats, and Make some noise only took 2.

Now in order to enter the contest your picture also has to include there manicure menu so this is what my picture ended up looking like :)

I love the way this turned out, and love the idea of this. Will you try a "Martini Manicure" or will you be inspired to try adn create your own drink combo?

Thanks for reading <3

AinS: Plate ending in 5

I finally have an Adventures in Stamping Sunday challenge for you guys!!!! Either usually I do it and don't like the final look so don't post it or I don't have a plate to use for it.  So today was a plate ending in 5 which I surprisingly have 2 of those!!!!

I was sooo excited to get to do one that I decided I would finally try stamping with something other than a Konad Polish.

I started out with 3 coats of Models Own Aqua Violet for the base. I got this color in a recent swap from the lovely Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder. I love this color, the application was so nice, and the color is gorgeous. I love the duo chrome effect in it even thou my camera didnt want to capture that too well.

I then decided to use China Glaze OMG for the stamping as Ive seen on other blog posts that its worked pretty well. I wish it would of shown up a bit better but I think it looks nice and vintage. I used plate MLS -05 for the design, which is like an antique flower/vine. I also tried to keep the stamp to the outer half of my nail :)

I really like the way this turned out ill try and get a picture in the sun today as the flash makes  hard to see in some parts. I think with some practice with this color I could get the hang of it.

Anyways dolls, time to get ready for work, have a great Sunday <3

ASBMF: May Flowers

I actually did this manicure last night but it was 2 am by the time I finished it so bed took over before I did a blog post :) I have been debating on what to do for this manicure for a while and finally came up with an idea I liked.

I started off with 2 coats of Julep Niecy. Its a deep pink cream, the application was great. I love this color because its bright but not neon.

I then did 2 coats of China Glaze Shower Together halfway up the nail, once that was dried I used Konad special white polish and Flirty plate B25 to stamp the flowers, and a dotting tool to add on the dots around the flowers and for the yellow centers :)

I really love this color combination and think its perfect for the spring :) I cant believe that i'm almost done this challenge!! I only got 2 more manicures to do if i'm not wrong. I have had a blast doing the and hope you guys have enjoyed them as well <3

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

ASBMF: Chicks and Eggs

Sorry for no posts yesterday, Ive had such a busy past few days Ive been exhausted. I have down half of the crackle swatching thou and done 2 untried manicures and once challenge. Ill do 2 of the blog posts for you lovely readers tonight :) And hopefully on my day off I can go though and read all of your guys lovely comments <3

So today I did the ASBMF Chicks and Eggs challenge. I took a differnt spin on it wanting to try some stamping. Please bare with me on this one, this is the first time I used Sally Hansen Instant Dry polishes to stamp. I used Fushia Flare and Blue-away, as well as Billie Purple. For the bird I used plate MLS 301 and for the dots and lines I used QA3. The base color is 2 coats of Billie French White with 2 coats of Kleancolor Sugar Coat over top :)

I really like the birds I think they are kind of Chick-ish and I like my little spin on the tradition egg. What do you guys think?

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

ASBMF: Butterflies :)

I cant believe Ive almost completed the ASBMF challenge. This is number 10 of 14!!! Its went by so quick but Ive loved every challenge and love that I can do them when I have the time.  Today for the butterflies I decided to go with the technique I tried a while ago, but instead to do it on all the nails instead of just two. I choose this since I was so in love with my Neon nails that I figured it was the best way to achieve a butterfly look without having to remove the neon's. And I figured because of the glitter stamping wouldnt be a good idea.

I used black and white stripe rites to create the butterflies :)

What do you guys think of it? I like the Sticks 'n Stones glitter I think it adds a little something to the butterfly wings :) Now i apologize for the short post tonight, got to head to bed. However I will make it up to you guys tomorrow with nail mail, and my first striping tape mani, as well as Sunday showing off the China Glaze Glitter Crackles so stay tuned :)

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

Sticks 'n stones sunrise:)

Since today's earlier manicure lasted a whole 10 minute on my nails figured I'd try something completely different,  so I decided to do another untried post.Today I received my Sticks 'n stones from Ninja Polish and was itching to try it so I figured a nice neon base underneath it would look awesome.

For the base I started out with 2 coats of Billie French White. In case you guys haven't noticed its by far my favorite white polish. Only cost $1.25 and is opaque in 2 coats with no fussing around :). Once that was dry and I used a damp make-up sponge and used Orly Beach Cruiser, Melt Your Popsicle, and Glow Stick, all from there new Feel the Vibe collection, and created a sunset on the sponge. The water in the sponge stops it from sucking up the polish. Once the lines were on the sponge I blotted it onto a paper to take out a bit of the polish I then applied it to my nails making sure the yellow was at the base of my nail :). Once I did this to all the nails I used the corner of the sponge dipped in polish that's been blotted to fill in and missing spots. The white base really helped to make the neon's pop. Once all this was dry I added a coat of Sticks 'n stones and then 2 coats of top coat. I was actually shocked on the amount of glitter in Sticks 'n Stones. I was actually having to take some off of my nails so that you can see the base color. It was fantastic!!!

I'm really happy with this, I'm defiantly more of a bright colored nail girl and this is right up my alley. And well Sticks 'n stones is just fabulous so how much better could this get. Please excuse the crappy cleanup job I still have a few blue stains from the last manicure and some of the excess polish from the sponge wouldn't come off he he.

Any suggestions on what I should do for tomorrow?

But if you guys want to see more awesome untried polishes head on over to some other lovely ladies in my birthday group!!!

Helen at Nail Newbie

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Alyssa C at Mused about you

Lexi at Finger painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws

ASBMF: Fresh Cut Lawn

So just wanted to start off this post by informing my lovely readers on an amazing giveaway!!! Carli over at Konadlicious is giving away $500 worth of polish items to one lucky winner! That's right $500, includes gift certificates, brand name polishes, glass bead earings and indie polishes!!! Definitely by far one of the greatest giveaways ever, so go over for a chance to win!!!!

Now onto today's ASBMF: Fresh cut lawn challenge. I figured this was the perfect time to try flocking powder. Not going to lie I did one had left it on for 10 minutes and then removed it. I'm not a fan of being able to feel stuff on my nails and this just isn't practice. It is adorable and fuzzy thou :)

I started off by using Essence Lets Get Lost as the base of the sky. I then used a make-up sponge and dabbed on Essence You Belong to Me and Billie French White. The base for the grass even thou you don't see it was Orly Lucky Duck. And for the flocking powder I used Recollections in Emerald. Don't mind the horrible clean up. Essence Lets Get Lost stained my skin biggg time!!!

What do you guys think about this technique? Would you try it?

Now if you want to see more amazing manicure from these challenge, head on over to the other lovely ladies blogs :)

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

Johanna at kayonolan

Orly After Party

Today I wasn't planning on removing my awesome nails until at work I got some massive tip wear due to the work I was doing. So I figured why not go the opposite of the neon's and go with a dark, and which better then After Party from Orly Feel the vibe.

After Party is a black cream with pink and blue sparkles in it. It was a bit thick to apply but only took 2 coats. I like the color, i'm just not a huge fan of dark nails on me... I don't know why just have never been overly fond of them. Also even after using Seche Vite I find the nails have a strange finish to them, unfortunately the pictured don't seem to show this.

Now tomorrow i'm finally going to try my flocking powder so stay tuned :)

Also I wanted to take a second and thank you all for following me, reading my posts and for commenting. It means alot to me. I cant even believe that i'm up to 85 followers!!! You guys are truly amazing and now I will have to start thinking of a 100 followers giveaway for you lovely readers <3 !!!!

But if you guys want to see more awesome untried polishes head on over to some other lovely ladies in my birthday group!!!

Helen at Nail Newbie

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Alyssa C at Mused about you

Lexi at Finger painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws

Orly Glowstick and Beach Cruiser!!!

I am sooo excited for this post today!!!! I am in love with the new Orly Feel the vibe collection, and have been dying to use these bright colors all day long after the craptacular weather we had with the freezing temperatures and snow/freezing rain!!!

As soon as these came into my work today I had to snatch them up and then coming home to my new plate made this day even better!!!

However first well get to swatches of the 2 colors :)

First up is Orly Glow Stick, its a neon yellow jelly. It took 4 coats to get fully opaque however you can probably due less if you layered it over a white. The formula on this was perfect and applied like a dream!!!

Isn't this color incredible!!! Its even brighter in person if you can even imagine that!! I cant wait to do a pedicure with this or even do a funky color blocking manicure with it!!!

Now Beach Cruise is a neon pink cream, I used 3 coats for this manicure but could have gotten away with 2. It also applied like a dream, i think this is my new favorite hot pink. If your a pink fan you need this color!!!

Again this color is brighter in person. And I can tell you now i'm not going to want to take this manicure of tomorrow.

Now I was in love with these before I even stamped my animal print on it. Please be easy on me i'm fairly new at stamping especially full nail designs, but I absolutely love this and think it turned out pretty freaking good :)

A few places didn't transfer completely but that was due to my lack of skill not the plate. The plate was absolutely perfect, it transferred beautifully to the stamper. I used Konad black for the stamping and the plate was MLS 301

So what do you guys think of this? Anyone else ready for summer like I am :) xo

But if you guys want to see more awesome untried polishes head on over to some other lovely ladies in my birthday group!!!

Helen at Nail Newbie

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Alyssa C at Mused about you

Lexi at Finger painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws

Haul and new stamping plate!!!!

Today at my work we got a whole whack of new colors and collections in, I was in polish heaven!!! We got Orly Feel the vibe, dark shadows, and there new core colors. Finger Paints Summer in the city, and China Glaze Glitter crackles.

I figured id buy some of the Orly's today since Ive been lemming after there neon's for quiet awhile now!!! Here are some bottle shots and swatches for ya :)

After party, Beach cruiser, Glow stick, Melt your Popsicle, Bubbly bombshell, and Buried alive

I am in love with the 4 from the Feel your vibe collection, they are soooo bright and the picture doesn't do the shimmer in the black any justice. Also the Buried alive is an awesome color, ill try and do a manicure with it soon :)

Now as you all know Konad Q1 plate is a very popular one but hard to get, so I got the dupe MLS 301.

Isn't it pretty!!!! I couldn't wait to use it so they manicure I did after this has the ripped animal print stamped on it. The plate worked perfectly!!!!

Now stay tuned for my next post which will be done right now using 2 of the new Orly's and this plate!!!

Another untried and ASBMF: Matte Magic

Well today I have a combined post, I decided to use 2 untried polishes for my ASBMF challenge # 8 matte magic. I was originally going to stamp something over a matte background but I decided why not use multi colored glitter and then matte it to try and get that "magic" aspect in there :) Plus i'm still a bit hung over from last night which I did my original Untried manicure but I was already drinking when I did it... it was sooo bad that I already removed it lol.

So I started off with 2 coats of China Glaze Stone Cold from the capitol Colors collection. Its a matte slate grey, I found it was a bit thick but smoothed out pretty good on the second coat.

I then did 2 coats of 365 Days of Color Explosion, it was kind of hard to fish the glitter out but once i got good coverage and matted it with NYC Matte Top Coat it looked awesome!!!

Without flash

With Flash

So now to see more matte manicure be sure to check out the other ladies in the ASBMF challenges

Hannah at Polished Prisms

Amanda M . at Mandys Polish

Karine at Karinea0a

Heidi at DIY Polish

Victoria at Manicurator

Sarah at All This Polish

Charlotte-Louise at Charlottes Nails

Amanda S. at Counting Down to Bliss

Dani at Rustic Comfort

Sue at Creative Nail Design by Sue

Tess at Football and Fingernails

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

April at Munias Nails

And to see some more untried polishes show some love to my birthday girls <3

Helen at Nail Newbie

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Alyssa C at Mused about you

Lexi at Finger painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws

Untried: Cult Nails Captivated and Seduction

Today I have a very special post, I came home to a nail mail Ive been very excited for!!!! My Cult Nails 5 dollar sale polishes!!!!! I bought 2 Captivated (one for me and one for a friend) and Seduction!!! I love how hers come in little polish burritos, they are absolutely adorable!!!

Don't the polishes look so pretty!!! I only own one other Cult Nails polishes besides these two and that's Toxic Seaweed (which is a limited edition color that she is now out of) , and I must say I love them all.

I decided to try both polishes today, one on each hand. I layered them over both white and a corresponding cream. I used 2 coats of each base color adn 2 coats of each  Cult Nails polish. First up will be Captivated!!

Captivated is described as a “coral jelly polish packed with intense gold and coral glitter” , it applies really well, with the glitter spreading out evenly across the nail, all though it was a tad thick due to all the glitter. On the Thumb, Middle and Pinkie I layered it over China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy and on the Pointer and Ring fingers I layered it over Billie French White.

As you can see over the Flip Flop Fantasy it pops a lot more, I find on the white you can see a bit unevenness in the photos but when just looking at my nails you don't notice it. Overall I love this polish and cant wait to try it over black!! You can buy this polish off of her website :)

Now onto Seduction!!!  Seduction is a limited edition polish which is described as "A sheer purple/red jelly top coat polish loaded with red and blue multi chromatic flakes" , it also applied really well although I found it was a bit more sheer then Captivated which you will notice on the fingers which had a white base coat. On Thumb, Middle and Pinkie I layered it over China Glaze Spontaneous and on the Ring and Pointer I layered it over Billie French White.

As you can see in the photo it seem like there's a big difference in color from what Seduction was layered over but again in person you don't notice this as much as with how see through it is in spots. This polish can also be purchased until it sells out on her website :) Bet this polish would also look amazing over black he he.

Both of these colors are much more beautiful in person. The photos just don't capture how much they sparkle adn the depth in both. Make sure you guy get your hands on these if you like glitter/flakies :)

But if you guys want to see more awesome untried polishes head on over to some other lovely ladies in my birthday group!!!

Helen at Nail Newbie

Zoe at Obsessive Compulsive Nail Painting Disorder

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges

Nicole at The Epitome of Superficiality

Alyssa C at Mused about you

Lexi at Finger painted

Miagi at Pretty Kitty Claws