Spring into Plaid

Hi ladies!  I had a little quiet time this morning, so I thought I'd have a little fun with my striping brush!

I started with two coats of Butter London Muggins, a great soft purple creme.

Then I used my striping brush with Milani Dress Maker, Sinful Colors Unicorn, Sinful Colors Morning Star, and Sinful Colors Flutter. I finished with one coat of SV.

This was a fun and easy look to create!  I love all of the pastels I've been seeing so far this spring!

I hope you enjoy it!

Happy Painting!!!!

Colors: Butter London Muggins, Milani Dress Maker, Sinful Colors Unicorn, Sinful Colors Morning Star, Sinful Colors Flutter

Starry Starry Nails

Hi ladies!  I needed a mani to go with a dress I'll be wearing tonight!  It's black and white ... I know.  Huge shock, right?!  It's been ages since I rocked a glitter bomb, so ... .. .

I started off with two coats of Butter London The Black Knight, an awesome black jelly loaded with silver, blue, and pink micro glitter.  This is two coats with no top coat, so the finish is a bit gritty.  I adore The Black Knight, but it just wasn't quite sparkly enough.

I added one coat of Sally Hansen Strobe Light, a clear coat packed with light glitters.

Glitter bomb achieved?  I think so!

My oldest son, Taylor, saw it and said it reminded him of stars in the sky, so that gave me an idea!

I used Konad Special White with Cheeky plate CH26 for the star design.

For a little something extra, I used Sally Hansen Silver Sweep with the same plate image, and added one more stamp to my ring finger.

I finished with one coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.  The sparkles on my nails are nothing short of epic right now!!  I adore it!  I hope you enjoy ladies!!!

Happy Painting!

Colors: Butter London The Black Knight, Sally Hansen Strobe Light, Konad Special White, Sally Hansen Silver Sweep

Sit Down, Look Pretty, and Sparkle

So tonight I was kinda on the fence about what to do with my nails.  So, I actually asked the hubby what I should do!  For those of you who haven't seen him ... Here's my husband, Sean!!  

I know, awww ... right?!  He asked me to do something light with sparkly tips.  (We have a secret meaning for the word "sparkle", so that certain sarcastic banter between us will be kid friendly!)

I grabbed three of my MANY untrieds tonight, starting with Zoya Marley, a very pretty pale lilac with a very subtle silvery shimmer.  This is just one coat of Marley with no topcoat.

For some added sparkle, I used two coats of Nicole by OPI Count on Me.  It's a really pretty lilac shimmer, with shines of blue.  I used one coat of SV over the two coats.

For my accent nail, I went with Butter London The Black Knight - an awesome black jelly loaded with multicolored micro glitter.  I used two coats, followed by one coat of Wicked Fast. 

I taped off and used The Black Knight for the sparkly tips, as requested!!  I finished off my mani with a coat of Wicked Fast.

Sean was really happy with the end result!  I like the way the colors contrast and compliment all at the same time!  This was a quick and easy mani for a very tired girl!  I hope you enjoy this one, and all of the untried colors!  Happy Painting!

Colors: Zoya Marley, Nicole by OPI Count on Me, Butter London The Black Knight

Stripes with a Side of Glitz!

Hi ladies!  Sorry I haven't posted for a few days!  Finalizing things for Elixir has taken up a good bit of time lately.  My bottle of untried Wallis has been glaring at me for a while now, so it's high time it made an appearance!

How gorgeous is Wallis?  Is it green?  Is it gold?  Is is amazing?  Oh YES!!!  I used Revvvolution for the accent color.  Here they are in macro so you can see just how amazazing they are!  (Yeah, I said amazazing!)

And, since it's me, I had to have a little fun with them, so I got out my striping brush!

Colors: Butter London Wallis, Color Club Revvvolution

These two shades work really well together.  Not only are they fantastic colors, but they compliment each other very well, and are actually quite a subtle combination.  I can't believe it took me this long to break Wallis in.  I'm in love with it!  Happy painting ladies!

Snow Fall on Poinsettias

Colors: Butter London Victoriana, OPI Vampire State Building, Ulta Scene Steel-er, Sally Hansen White Out

Everyone in the house fell asleep a little early, so I decided to break out the Red Angel plates tonight!  I used two coats of Victoriana, but this polish has such amazing coverage that one coat would have easily done the trick.  I used the RA-118 plate with Vampire State Building for the poinsettias on my finger finger, and the RA-119 plate with Scene Steel-er and White Out for the snow flakes on the rest of my fingers.  Scene Steel-er worked really well with Victoriana.  You can only see the design when the light hits it, so it isn't too much for the beautiful blue.  This was a quick and easy mani to get done, so I definitely recommend something like this if you're pinched for time!  Happy painting ladies!

If I only had the nerve ...

Today's mani is inspired by The Cowardly Lion!!  I thought about how my little boys might draw a lion ... with a zigzag mane.  So that's what I did!!!  And The Corwardly Lion would not be complete without his medal for courage!!

Colors: Butter London All Hail the Queen, Revlon Hot for Chocolate, Ulta Plum Street, and Sally Hansen Celeb City

I used my zigzag scissors with my scotch tape for the lion's mane, and then used my tiny detail brush to create the medal!