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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Wax On, Wax Off

I'm going to start off by saying that Karate Kid is one of the awesomest movies....EVER. How can you not love Ralph Macchio?! And Mr. Miyagi? He cracks me up. SO funny. Paint the fence! Such a great movie, and today's nails were inspired by the handkerchief sewn on the back of Daniel's karate uniform, with the sun and Bonsai tree silhouette.

I used Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with American Apparel Manila to make the sun, then darkened it with Zoya Jancyn, then the top part of the gradient is Zoya Jancyn mixed with Nubar Sexy Red. For the Bonsai tree, I used American Apparel Hassid. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

BANZAI!!!

Patchwork mani Tutorial....

I posted this on MUA back on October 20th, here is the original post
http://www.makeupalley.com/m_116721515

So I figured I should post it here, and hope it helps you guys :) I will only show the 4 nails, that you see in the pic, but you get the idea.

This time I started with a hot pink. Orly Purple Crush

I then put on a coat of SV, and let that dry.

Then I taped off my pinky, like so.
****Please remember to stick the tape to your palm before you place it on your nails. This removes some of the stickiness, and prevents the tape from pulling up your base polish. Sometimes you may need to stick it a few times. ****

Grabbed my 2nd color, black, and painted the non-taped section

Then pulled off the tape, and ta da

Next was my ring finger. I taped that off (still using the same piece of tape)

Painted the black

and pulled off

Middle finger

Painted it black

(forgot to take a pic when the tape got pulled off :( )

Pointer finger

Painted it black (didn't get a pic again) and pulled it off

Then, when you're done all the nails, top them all off with SV and let it dry

Then go back to your pinky, and using 2 pieces of tape, tape it off

Painted on BFF

Then pulled the tape off

Ring finger

Middle finger

Pointer finger

I didn't get pics of the BFF being painted on the rest, because I figured you had the idea by then. but when your done............you get this!

Hope this helps!!!

Oh and if you notice the final step in painting the BFF on my ring finger, I had the tape in the wrong place, but I fixed it, and didn't get a pic.

A few Claire's swatches

I picked up a few Claires polishes, while out at the Philadelphia Outlets. I am just loving their new glitters!!
These were all 3 coats, and a very easy application!

The first is Dazzling

This is Diva

Twinkle Twinkle

Glitter Top Coat

Then of course, I HAD to add black tips to this one!

Monday, 1 November 2010

Dia de los Manicure

So I'm back. Version 2.0. The redesign isn't done yet, but the nail designs are here! :) Like I said before, it won't be every single day (I need a life, too!), but I'll try! :)

Today's manicure was in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican celebration also known as the 'Day of the Dead'. Some of the most incredible art is made for this celebration and because of this celebration, and I LOVE this style of art. I based this nail art on an embroidery pattern that I bought from Urban Threads, which is the most amazing site for awesome and nerdy embroidery patterns. The design I used is a skeleton mariachi band! :) Hope you like it as much as I do!

I used American Apparel Cotton as a base, with American Apparel Hassid to outline the skulls, and American Apparel California Trooper to shade. For the background colors, I used Zoya Jancyn on the index finger, Zoya Robyn for the middle finger, and Nubar Sexy Red for the ring finger. For the pinky and thumb, I used American Apparel Hassid for the background, with Nubar Sexy Red for the roses, American Apparel Manila for the trumpet on the pinky, with Zoya Jancyn to shade inside the bell of it. For the guitar, I used American Apparel California Trooper as a base, with MAC Brown Bag over it. I also used MAC Brown Bag for the sombreros. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Welcome back! ;)

Oh! And Happy Belated Halloween!!

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Urban Decay Sale on Hautelook!!

GREAT deals on Urban Decay today on Hautelook!! (think $4.25 for eye shadow duos!) There is mascara, colored mascaras, eyeshadows, lipgloss, palettes, Body powder, even the Summer of Love nail polish set (for $7!)

Head on over! Urban Decay sale at Hautelook!

Rock & Republic stuff is on sale too...I <3 their shoes. lol (can't afford them though!!)

Happy Day After Halloween!!!!

I am sooooo exhausted! We had a blast this weekend, and the hubby and I hosted an adult party on Saturday, and a kids on Sunday. After the kids party we all went out with the kids, and came back to our place for the night. I had so much fun, but I think I might actually pass out at my desk!

I wanted to take the time to say thanks to G from http://nouveaucheap.blogspot.com/. Thanks to her, and her amazing shout out to me, my followers have almost doubled over the weekend. I am so thankful that you all are enjoying my blog!

Here is a pic of me and one of my hubbs all dressed up!
I'm the kitty

My Hubby is in the blonde wig, and maxi dress, lol.

Hope everyone had a great weekend, I'm off to grab another cup of coffee!
XOXO

Quit possibly, my new FAVE glitter!!!

I ordered this off of Sinful's site, along with a few others. It does resemble Frenzy, but this is more opaque, imo, and itsy bitsy different colored glitter in it. The cool name...................are you ready...............is Purple Blue Glitter, LOLOLOL. Anyways, sorry for the weird skin tone, I was in a hotel room, bad lighting, but the nail colors are dead on. It was soooo shiny, and this is actually one that made me keep looking at my hands! This was also layered over black, just because I didn't expect it to be so opaque.